@atomicker.bsky.social
Interests include shin-hanga + sosaku-hanga, art movements during the Taisho + Showa eras of 20th century Japan (shared mostly on https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker these days). Sustainability 🌱 + Canadian 🍁 topics too.
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Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution
With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying to keep the lights on. Here’s how they did it.
www.thenation.com
Once reliant on expensive fossil fuel imports, Uruguay has gone from blackouts & power cuts to energy sovereignty in under 10 years - with a stable mix of wind, solar, hydroelectric, & bioenergy.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #Canada #NoPipelines
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #Canada #NoPipelines
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As I said the other day, I believe the "pie in the sky" plans for the pipeline are secondary in this collaboration. The primary gesture of this Carney-Smith collaboration is to deploy the idea of this pipeline to strip away regulations on industry and extraction.
Carney's so-called "grand bargain" with Smith is really more of a "grand giveaway", as Carney moves to roll back multiple key policies designed to protect Canada's environment:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
A guide to Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
As I said the other day, I believe the "pie in the sky" plans for the pipeline are secondary in this collaboration. The primary gesture of this Carney-Smith collaboration is to deploy the idea of this pipeline to strip away regulations on industry and extraction.
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But seriously, fuck the Liberal party 🥳
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
But seriously, fuck the Liberal party 🥳
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The future of pipelines depends on the hard economic realities of the market. A looming recession, supply glut and slowing demand will exert downward pressure on oil prices—all of which could reduce pipeline profitability. https://macleans.ca/economy/albertas-new-pipeline-will-remain-a-pipe-dream/
Alberta’s New Pipeline Will Remain a Pipe Dream - Macleans.ca
Danielle Smith’s pipeline promise is nothing but a political abstraction
macleans.ca
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The future of pipelines depends on the hard economic realities of the market. A looming recession, supply glut and slowing demand will exert downward pressure on oil prices—all of which could reduce pipeline profitability. https://macleans.ca/economy/albertas-new-pipeline-will-remain-a-pipe-dream/
The direction Carney is taking #Canada would see us "divided", "economically unbalanced", and "environmentally slipshod, expediting climate change and causing Canadians to suffer"
#CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
#CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
Alberta’s New Pipeline Will Remain a Pipe Dream - Macleans.ca
Danielle Smith’s pipeline promise is nothing but a political abstraction
macleans.ca
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The direction Carney is taking #Canada would see us "divided", "economically unbalanced", and "environmentally slipshod, expediting climate change and causing Canadians to suffer"
#CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
#CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
"Everything in this [agreement] says more fossil fuels, except the first line (...) Call a spade a spade: if you want to double down on fossil fuels, at least have the guts to say it out loud"
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
‘Not going to happen’: First Nations threaten to end Carney’s pipe dream
The Canadian PM’s breakthrough oil deal with Alberta cost him a cabinet minister and will still face stiff opposition
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Everything in this [agreement] says more fossil fuels, except the first line (...) Call a spade a spade: if you want to double down on fossil fuels, at least have the guts to say it out loud"
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
Carney's so-called "grand bargain" with Smith is really more of a "grand giveaway", as Carney moves to roll back multiple key policies designed to protect Canada's environment:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
A guide to Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Carney's so-called "grand bargain" with Smith is really more of a "grand giveaway", as Carney moves to roll back multiple key policies designed to protect Canada's environment:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines
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I’m with Marilyn.
I’m with British Columbia.
I’m prepared stand with title-holding Indigenous communities to protect the land, waters and good relationships we’ve been building. No more pipelines.
I’m with British Columbia.
I’m prepared stand with title-holding Indigenous communities to protect the land, waters and good relationships we’ve been building. No more pipelines.
“We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast." -- Coastal First Nations President Marilyn Slett
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
Comments and reaction on Ottawa-Alberta pipeline memorandum of understanding
CALGARY - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed Thursday a memorandum of understanding that includes shared goals on green technology and a new oil pipeline to
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I’m with Marilyn.
I’m with British Columbia.
I’m prepared stand with title-holding Indigenous communities to protect the land, waters and good relationships we’ve been building. No more pipelines.
I’m with British Columbia.
I’m prepared stand with title-holding Indigenous communities to protect the land, waters and good relationships we’ve been building. No more pipelines.
"Team Canada? Forget about it".
"The pipeline announcement is likely to fracture that noble idea once and for all."
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #BCPoli
"The pipeline announcement is likely to fracture that noble idea once and for all."
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #BCPoli
Danielle Smith Wins Even If a Pipeline Is Never Built | The Tyee
The deal with Carney boosts the premier. But a lot of people are going to hate it.
thetyee.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"Team Canada? Forget about it".
"The pipeline announcement is likely to fracture that noble idea once and for all."
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #BCPoli
"The pipeline announcement is likely to fracture that noble idea once and for all."
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #BCPoli
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@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert, she just needs Prime Minister Mark Carney to promise she can have one, with sketchy details to follow.
#abpoli #canpoli
#abpoli #canpoli
Danielle Smith Wins Even If a Pipeline Is Never Built | The Tyee
The deal with Carney boosts the premier. But a lot of people are going to hate it.
thetyee.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert, she just needs Prime Minister Mark Carney to promise she can have one, with sketchy details to follow.
#abpoli #canpoli
#abpoli #canpoli
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
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But it isn't a simple MOU. It also has put out a carveout on CER for Alberta only, delayed our methane regs by 5 years, put in a precedence for ignoring both the Fisheries and the Species at Risk act, and threatens to remove a 55 year old tanker ban on the BC north coast. It's all kinda of... a lot.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
But it isn't a simple MOU. It also has put out a carveout on CER for Alberta only, delayed our methane regs by 5 years, put in a precedence for ignoring both the Fisheries and the Species at Risk act, and threatens to remove a 55 year old tanker ban on the BC north coast. It's all kinda of... a lot.
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I hope @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social ‘s courage is contagious.
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I hope @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social ‘s courage is contagious.
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After becoming Trudeau’s climate minister, Guilbeault was a prolific supporter and architect of many of the climate policies that came to define the previous government’s vision — many of which were abandoned on Thursday in Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Hours after Carney’s pipeline deal unveiled, Steven Guilbeault resigns
After becoming Trudeau’s climate minister, Guilbeault was a prolific supporter and architect of many of the climate policies that came to define the previous government’s vision — many of which were a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
After becoming Trudeau’s climate minister, Guilbeault was a prolific supporter and architect of many of the climate policies that came to define the previous government’s vision — many of which were abandoned on Thursday in Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
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1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
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Remember when Jim Flaherty and
@mark-carney.bsky.social resigned when Harper went off the rails? It happened way quicker with @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social & Freeland. #cdnpoli
@mark-carney.bsky.social resigned when Harper went off the rails? It happened way quicker with @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social & Freeland. #cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Remember when Jim Flaherty and
@mark-carney.bsky.social resigned when Harper went off the rails? It happened way quicker with @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social & Freeland. #cdnpoli
@mark-carney.bsky.social resigned when Harper went off the rails? It happened way quicker with @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social & Freeland. #cdnpoli
Steven Guilbeault: a new pipeline "would have major environmental impacts", "as it would cross the Great Bear Rainforest, contribute to a significant increase in climate pollution, and move Canada further away from its greenhouse gas reduction targets"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli
Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet in protest against Carney’s Alberta energy deal
Guilbeault is a career environmentalist who has been serving as the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Steven Guilbeault: a new pipeline "would have major environmental impacts", "as it would cross the Great Bear Rainforest, contribute to a significant increase in climate pollution, and move Canada further away from its greenhouse gas reduction targets"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli
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8/8 If Maher is right, the pipeline either dies—giving Danielle Smith a new grievance—or is pushed through in a way that is toxic to Carney's coalition.
Either way, the formidable Indigenous people of northern BC cannot be ignored.
Stephen Maher | The Star
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Either way, the formidable Indigenous people of northern BC cannot be ignored.
Stephen Maher | The Star
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Stephen Maher: Mark Carney’s in a bigger mess than he thinks with this pipeline
Before the ink on the agreement has had time to dry, there are questions around the ability of Carney and his colleagues to get it built
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
8/8 If Maher is right, the pipeline either dies—giving Danielle Smith a new grievance—or is pushed through in a way that is toxic to Carney's coalition.
Either way, the formidable Indigenous people of northern BC cannot be ignored.
Stephen Maher | The Star
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Either way, the formidable Indigenous people of northern BC cannot be ignored.
Stephen Maher | The Star
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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7/8 Nationally, Carney risks looking like a hypocrite, backing oilsands expansion after a career warning of climate dangers.
The opponents in B.C. do not look persuadable, and he cannot afford to lose seats there.
The opponents in B.C. do not look persuadable, and he cannot afford to lose seats there.
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
7/8 Nationally, Carney risks looking like a hypocrite, backing oilsands expansion after a career warning of climate dangers.
The opponents in B.C. do not look persuadable, and he cannot afford to lose seats there.
The opponents in B.C. do not look persuadable, and he cannot afford to lose seats there.
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5/8 Carney is starting to resemble Paul Martin: a business-oriented centrist wooing the right while failing to anticipate the collapse of his own base.
The resignation of Steven Guilbeault underlines the dangerous game being played.
The resignation of Steven Guilbeault underlines the dangerous game being played.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
5/8 Carney is starting to resemble Paul Martin: a business-oriented centrist wooing the right while failing to anticipate the collapse of his own base.
The resignation of Steven Guilbeault underlines the dangerous game being played.
The resignation of Steven Guilbeault underlines the dangerous game being played.
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4/8 It is increasingly hard to be confident Carney’s team knows what they are doing politically.
When B.C. MPs expressed anxiety, Hodgson—a former Goldman Sachs colleague—dismissed them as "naive" and "ideological."
This is the view from Bay Street, not the "bare-knuckle" reality.
When B.C. MPs expressed anxiety, Hodgson—a former Goldman Sachs colleague—dismissed them as "naive" and "ideological."
This is the view from Bay Street, not the "bare-knuckle" reality.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
4/8 It is increasingly hard to be confident Carney’s team knows what they are doing politically.
When B.C. MPs expressed anxiety, Hodgson—a former Goldman Sachs colleague—dismissed them as "naive" and "ideological."
This is the view from Bay Street, not the "bare-knuckle" reality.
When B.C. MPs expressed anxiety, Hodgson—a former Goldman Sachs colleague—dismissed them as "naive" and "ideological."
This is the view from Bay Street, not the "bare-knuckle" reality.
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1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
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Given the extent of the climate catastrophe we’re walking into, the Carney-Smith MOU is arguably an act of autogenocide.
1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Given the extent of the climate catastrophe we’re walking into, the Carney-Smith MOU is arguably an act of autogenocide.
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This whole MOU is based on lies. There's no such thing as "low emission" bitumen. CCUS does NOT work. Indigenous co-ownership IS NOT reconciliation. Doubling down on fossil fuels & AI data centres will NOT "lower costs." Both govts are putting corporations before the public interest. #CDNPoli #ABLeg
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This whole MOU is based on lies. There's no such thing as "low emission" bitumen. CCUS does NOT work. Indigenous co-ownership IS NOT reconciliation. Doubling down on fossil fuels & AI data centres will NOT "lower costs." Both govts are putting corporations before the public interest. #CDNPoli #ABLeg
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Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.
He directly cites today's MOU:
He directly cites today's MOU:
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.
He directly cites today's MOU:
He directly cites today's MOU: