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Laurie Adkin, Ph.D.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social
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Professor Emerita, University of Alberta, Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Ecology and Democracy, climate policy in Canada and Alberta, populist far right, political ecology of higher education
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#Alberta has no back-up plan to replace royalty revenue.
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Dabrusin is misleading the Canadian public. On the CBC radio show, What on Earth, a few weeks ago, when asked how the govt would meet the 2035 GHG emission reduction target (we are far off), she referred to the Clean Electricity Regulation. 1/
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Environment minister insists Ottawa not rolling back climate policy in wake of Alberta MOU
Environment and Climate and Change Minister Julie Dabrusin insists the federal government is not rolling back its climate policy.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Don't look to the Alberta NDP for any serious program of reform; it doesn't have one.
www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/ne...
Nenshi responds to Canada-Alberta MOU
Engaging Albertans to build an economy for the future.
www.albertandpcaucus.ca
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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December 2nd webinar organized by The Narwhal:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fast track? Unpacking Carney’s major projects push. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on building his political legacy around getting major development projects built — and establishing Canada as an energy superpower. His controversial Bill C-5 c...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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This Al Jazeera report is much better and more detailed than the NYT story, but still reproduces the erroneous statement that an emissions cap on the oil sands will be removed. It was never implemented!
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Canada’s Carney rolls back climate rules to boost investments
In its deal with Alberta, Canada will scrap emissions cap on the oil and gas sector, among other moves.
www.aljazeera.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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If Carney believes this, he is a fool.
“At the core of the agreement, of course, is a priority to have a pipeline to Asia that’s going to make Canada stronger, more independent, more resilient, more sustainable.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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This NYT article contains many inaccuracies, starting with confusing "laws" with "policies" or "regulations." The MoU doesn't remove the cap on emissions because there never was a cap on emissions. Albertans' views of the Liberals have not been "reset." Etc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Even the CCI is finding it hard to cheerlead for the Carney government's energy and climate policy now. Unlike the CCI, I see the MoU with Alberta as consistent with what was mapped out in the budget.
climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
Federal-Alberta MOU risks unravelling Canada’s climate policy
While promised improvements to industrial carbon pricing are positive and important, other aspects of Alberta-Canada MOU will undermine policy effectiveness across the country.
climateinstitute.ca
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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A handful of political economists and Parkland Institute researchers have been trying for decades to inform Albertans about how their interests --and those of Indigenous peoples--have been trampled by the oil sands majors, abetted by captured governments.2/
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U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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This new report from the Grantham Institute is crucial. And it's quite striking to see it published... it seems to indicate people are willing to consider policy ideas long treated as taboo.

www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
Revisiting central bank independence for the climate era: insights from the People’s Bank of China - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
This paper explores the relationship between independence and climate action through an in-depth study of the PBoC, comparing it with Western central banks.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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📣 Today Shift joined 40 other national organizations to stand in solidarity with Coastal First Nations who oppose a crude oil pipeline and tankers project on the north coast of British Columbia.

Read the letter here: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/26/4...

#cdnpoli #bcpoli
41 civil society organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers - Environmental Defence
CALGARY CLIMATE HUB, CANADA'S CLEAN50, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN VOICE OF
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November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Donald Trump annonce exclure l’Afrique du Sud du sommet du G20 à Miami en 2026
Donald Trump annonce exclure l’Afrique du Sud du sommet du G20 à Miami en 2026
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November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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The outgoing comptroller of the New York City Pension Fund has put forward recommendations to terminate three public equity mandates, including a $42bn mandate with BlackRock, after several managers failed to meet climate reporting expectations www.netzeroinvestor.net/news-and-vie...
$42bn on the line: outgoing NYC comptroller pushes for BlackRock divestment
The outgoing comptroller of the New York City Pension Fund has put forward recommendations to terminate three public equity mandates, including a $42bn mandate with BlackRock, after several managers f...
www.netzeroinvestor.net
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
laurieadkin.bsky.social
Yeah, Trump is going to "liberate" Venezuela, just like he "liberated" Palestine.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d
The Trump administration's pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro is creating tense divisions among the many Venezuelans who fled to South Florida over the past two and a half decades. “In theory, we should be united by the same thing,” one said, "which is liberty for Venezuela."
Venezuelan Diaspora Divided on Trump’s Military Strategy
Differences of opinion, complicated by unease over President Trump’s immigration policies, are creating tense divisions among Venezuelans in South Florida.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Exactly. The Empire is unashamed of its nakedness.
#cdnpoli
druhfarrell.bsky.social Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 6d
It's been forever thus, but what's new is the USA has dropped any pretense of goodness while exploiting the global south.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Funny how demands for institutional "neutrality" map onto waves of activism against apartheid, climate breakdown, genocide . . .
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Institutional neutrality or institutionalized silencing?
The partial ceasefire in Gaza offers an opportunity to reflect on how universities have responded to a level of student activism not seen since the protests against apartheid South Africa in the 1980s...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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CfP for Political Ecology Network Conference in Barcelona:
POLLEN Conference 2026
Barcelona June 29 - July 3, 2026
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POLLEN Conference 2026 - POLLEN
Universitat de Barcelona: 29 June, 1-3 JulyUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 30 June The call for Presentations and posters is now Open: The call for presentations & posters has now begun, please vis...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Anand and Carney say Ukraine's sovereignty must be respected, but are happy to hand Palestine over to Trump & Co. What hypocrisy. And their priorities for Africa are trade deals while cutting aid. When will Anand be too ashamed to sit at this cabinet table?
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
U.S. foreign policy causes shift for G20, Ukraine allies at South Africa summit
The world’s most influential nations gathered in South Africa to work around Washington’s disruptive foreign policy Saturday, reaching consensus on issues like climate change and gender equality while...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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You see what happens, PM Carney, when you cave to a bully?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11/22/gop-lawmaker-demands-300b-in-defense-dues-from-canada-00666112
GOP lawmaker demands $300B in defense dues from Canada
Canada defends NATO commitment as forward progress at 'breakneck' speed
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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#Academia in #Australia "feels like the hunger games." We have no security. Extreme precarity for junior academics that can go on for decades. People think of us as being 'elite', but our pay and conditions are woefully inadequate for the years of training.

#SundayShot

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Believe It or Not - November 23 - Liz Allen, Eddy Jokovich and Sean Kelly
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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@anushkayadav.bsky.social provides a wide-ranging overview of the implications of the Carney budget for Canadian climate policy and relations with Indigenous nations over resource extraction.
thepointer.com/article/2025...
‘No Canadian economy on a dead planet’: Carney’s first budget fails to connect climate crisis & economy
‘No Canadian economy on a dead planet’: Carney’s first budget fails to connect climate crisis & economy.
thepointer.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Does Carney understand what he will unleash if he removes the tanker ban? Or is there an underground game going on to neutralize Indigenous opposition?
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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I think what Emily meant to say was that it is difficult to find someone in the Alberta government who is not a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry. 😏
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Alberta sends a former oil lobbyist to #COP30.
A former lobbyist for Canada's largest oil and gas producers is representing Alberta at COP30, raising concerns about the province's commitment to climate action.
www.rmoutlook.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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"If this were a realistic budget, one that understood the reality of what we're facing, we would be investing massively in programs to ensure ecological and social security for the long term." If I do say so myself. #ClimateEmergency
thepointer.com/article/2025...
‘No Canadian economy on a dead planet’: Carney’s first budget fails to connect climate crisis & economy
‘No Canadian economy on a dead planet’: Carney’s first budget fails to connect climate crisis & economy.
thepointer.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM