Julia Levin

16 June

I teamed up with young Canadians & doctors to take the federal government to court, given that PM Carney has dismantled every significant measure in the Emissions Reduction Plan to the point where it is no longer compliant with the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act ecojustice.ca/file/demandi...

theguardian.comEV sales outpace petrol cars for first time as Australians dodge soaring fuel costsNew record for Australia as more than 27,000 EVs sold in August, driven by the rising cost of fuel and new government policy

EV sales in Australia exceeded petrol cars for the first time last month - driven by high fuel prices and government policy encouraging clean car uptake accelerated. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comAustralia’s dependence on gas generation during evening energy peak falls by almost 70%Batteries now meet almost half of the grid’s dispatchable power needs during hours of highest demand

The argument for gas peaker plants is rapidly vanishing In Australia, dependence on gas generation during evening energy peak has fallen by ~70% Batteries now meet almost half of the grid’s dispatchable power needs during hours of highest demand www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

begiant.caThis P.E.I. city is closing in on 100% renewable powerWind and solar provide most of Summerside’s energy needs. Here’s how it plans to get the rest of the way there

Summerside, PEI is closing in on 100% renewable power www.begiant.ca/stories/plac...

euronews.comIn Argentina, solar power from the Andes keeps this train runningThe Tren Solar de la Quebrada can run nearly double its current length on solar power alone.

Argentina’s first solar train runs on batteries charged by the Andean sun www.euronews.com/2026/09/20/a...

📣Big news! The Federal Court ruled in our favour in the climate accountability case 🎉 In June @environmentaldefence.ca teamed up with three youth and @cape-acme.bsky.social to take the federal government to court over their lack of a credible plan to meet the legally binding 2030 climate target 1/

ecojustice.caCourt sides with youth in climate caseYouth, health, and environmental groups are celebrating a legal victory after the court finds their climate accountability case can move forward.

2/ Last month the feds tried to get our case thrown out, arguing it didn't stand a chance of succeeding. If PM Carney's government believes its climate plan is credible, it should be willing to defend it in court. And as it turns out, they'll have to. ecojustice.ca/news/court-s...

3/ The Federal Court rejected the federal government’s attempt to strike our case. That means the case will proceed to a full hearing. What we’re seeking: the court to compel the Min Dabrusin to amend Canada’s 2030 GHG Emissions Reduction Plan so that it can achieve Canada’s 2030 target

17 Sept

1/ Last May PM Carney announced plans to bulldoze through major projects despite harms to nature & wildlife. The public pushback was huge. In response the feds said they will not move ahead with proposal to authorize projects that could impact the recovery of endangered wildlife. Victory? Not yet.

environmentaldefence.caCivil Society Groups Urge PM Carney to Protect Endangered Orcas and Environment - Environmental DefenceCoalition says the federal government can and must protect Canada’s natural heritage, uphold Indigenous rights and ensure major projects serve the public

17 Sept

2/ If the feds are serious about protecting endangered species, they must also eliminate the power to cause their extinction under the Building Canada Act (C-5). And they can't list the West Coast Oil Pipeline or Roberts Bank megaport as Projects of National Interest under the BCA.

17 Sept

Read our full press release here: environmentaldefence.ca/2026/09/17/c...

16 Sept

Ahead of the government's caucus retreat & Parliament's return next week, we released new polling. The results? The federal government’s plans to subsidize a new pipeline plan & fast-track mega projects are hurting their popularity. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/09/16/n...

environmentaldefence.caPM Carney’s Investment Summit Risks Leaving Canada Further Behind - Environmental DefenceEnvironmental Defence releases new backgrounder ahead of the Investment Summit, warning Canada risks falling behind by betting on the wrong economic

1/ PM Carney's Investment Summit could chart a new path for Canada, or ensure we get left behind in the 21st century clean energy race. @alex-w4lker.bsky.social & @environmentaldefence.ca's newest analysis exposes the risk of betting on the wrong pathway environmentaldefence.ca/2026/09/11/p...

3/ Doubling down on the fossil fuels causing the climate crisis is shortsighted. The trends in the energy sector are clear: investment in clean energy nearly double investment in fossil fuels. Canada has what the world wants and it isn’t oil or gas.

4/ For Canada’s long-term economic growth, the costs of climate change are no less consequential than the risks of weak investment. Last year, climate change reduced Canada’s GDP by approximately C$25 billion, comparable in scale to the impacts of the US trade war.

2/ PM Carney’s pitch book does include some big clean energy projects - but it also includes $108 billion of fossil fuel projects. Investing in the clean energy transition while also expanding fossil fuel production isn’t a coherent investment strategy, it’s a contradiction.

New analysis from the @climateinstitute.bsky.social confirms the damage being done by PM Carney’s dismantling of climate policies. Canada is now more than 20 years behind schedule in achieving its 2030 international climate goal. climateinstitute.ca/news/canada-... /1

More pollution is a policy choice - one that is costly for Canadians. The costs to Canada from climate disasters are already comparable in scale to the impacts of the US trade war – and they will keep rising year after year if PM Carney doesn’t reverse course.

cbc.caAs Carney advances Vancouver port expansion, environmentalists raise concern for at-risk species | CBC NewsCanada's federal government is taking steps to designate the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 port expansion in Vancouver as a project of national interest. Environmentalists are concerned that fast-tracking t...

This is why we’re taking Prime Minister Carney and his government to court. We’re asking the courts to step in and order the federal government to create a climate plan that can actually protect Canadians and the environment from the worst impacts of climate change by meeting the 2030 target.

/2 Canada’s climate rules were starting to work – until PM Carney gutted them. The list of weakened/cancelled policies includes: - industrial carbon pricing -cap on pollution from the oil and gas -EV sales standard rules At the same time, he has recklessly doubled down on fossil fuel expansion.

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Brock Wilson

@brockwilson.bsky.social

5 Sept

The Carney government is taking steps to designate the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 port expansion in B.C. as a national interest project. I spoke to @jflevin.bsky.social about why advocates say the move is an attempt to bypass environmental legal protections. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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John Woodside

@woodsideful.bsky.social

2 Sept

Same story, but CBC chooses a headline that actually misrepresents the study and frames climate change as a now irreversible problem. The actual study, as AP notes, describes going over 1.5C and how to get back under that threshold.

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Ecojustice

@ecojusticecanada.bsky.social

31 Aug

Meet the Smiths. For over 30 years, Nicole and Butch Smith built a life for themselves raising bison on the Alberta plains. Then, their lives were turned upside down when an energy company moved in next door. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8VF...

youtube.comThe Smiths’ Story: Alberta Ranchers Speak Out About Losing Farm After Fracking Company Moves InYouTube video by Ecojustice Canada

calgaryherald.comEnergy sector's strength produces healthy executive bonus, incentive payoutsDespite economic upheaval and global political instability, many of Alberta's top companies and their leaders had a strong year in 2025.

14 Aug

In 2025, while most of us struggled with affording the basics, oil & gas American shareholders had a 32% increase in returns & CEOs saw big pay bumps, like Enbridge's CEO who made $24.39 million But yah, let's give even more public handouts to these guys..... calgaryherald.com/business/exe...

thetyee.caFor Canada’s ‘Major Projects,’ Consultation Is Theatre | The TyeeA summer info session on Alberta’s pipeline left a chill in the room for First Nations.

12 Aug

Pm Carney claims the govt is "consulting" First Nations on the west coast pipeline "The honour of the Crown requires respectful dealings, not self-imposed urgency in a condensed consultative process that demands answers from First Nations based on completely absent design and technical detail."

The Tyee@thetyee.ca

@adampolsen.bsky.social: The presentation was bureaucratic and rigid. We were reminded multiple times by the administrators that the question — whether or not the West Coast Oil Pipeline is in the national interest — is narrow, and we were cautioned to not get ahead of ourselves. #abpoli

cbc.caDid Sask. pick coal to power its energy future for financial reasons, or political ones? | CBC NewsThe mayor of Estevan says the city projected it would lose a third of its population without coal. After the provincial government's reversal, it's now planning for a new subdivision.

12 Aug

A new analysis has found that the Saskatchewan government's decision to refurbish its coal-fired power plants could cost as much $46.4 billion over the next 20 years. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

canada.caMinister Dabrusin announces 141 new projects to help protect 128 communities from climate risks - Canada.caToday, the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change, and Nature, Shannon Miedema, Member of Parliament, Tim Tierney, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalitie...

12 Aug

This morning Min @juliedabrusin.bsky.social & MP Miedema announced measures to "help protect communities from climate risks" You know the best way to do that? End your government's reckless pursuit of more fossil fuel production. www.canada.ca/en/environme...

thestar.comThey get free electricity to run AC and charge EVs. Why is Canada missing out?Australia and the U.K. have more solar and wind power than their electrical systems know what to do with — so they’re giving it away.

11 Aug

This summer, people in parts of Australia and the U.K. are getting their electricity for free. And it’s all thanks to renewables. Why is Canada missing out? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

greenleft.org.auHow fossil fuel companies target children with climate disinformationFossil fuel companies are targeting young people in schools, early childhood centres, museums and community organisations to propagandise about the industry, downplaying its role in causing climate ch...

10 Aug

How fossil fuel companies target children with climate disinformation www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1459/an...

ubcic.bc.caOPEN LETTER: Wildfires and Floods are Devastating Communities; Canada and Alberta Must Stop Expanding the Fossil Fuel Industry and Respect First Nations RightsWorking towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights

10 Aug

The @ubcic.bsky.social is calling on Canada & Alberta to immediately halt efforts to advance the proposed West Coast Oil Pipeline - calling it a threat to the rights of First Nations and to communities are already experiencing devastating climate disasters

UBCIC@ubcic.bsky.social

"This day recognizes the rights, cultures, knowledge, and enduring contributions of Indigenous Peoples around the world, but it must also be a day of accountability." www.ubcic.bc.ca/ol_wildfires...

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350 Canada

@350canada.bsky.social

The Liberals🤝 Big Oil A new report by @envirodefence shows that the federal government was lobbied by the fossil fuel industry at least 1,318 times. Now they want to name the proposed West Coast pipeline a "project of national interest" (PONI).

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Tzeporah Berman

@tzeporah.bsky.social

In the first year of PM Carney’s government, oil lobbyists had over 1300 meetings – that’s 5 times per working day. So if you have been wondering why Carney's government is expanding pipeline, oilsands, fracking, LNG and gutting climate policy. Here is your answer

Julia Levin@jflevin.bsky.social

1/📣New analysis reveals that fossil fuel lobbying has skyrocketed under PM Carney’s government In the first year of PM Carney’s government, oil lobbyists had over 1300 meetings – that’s 5 times per working day. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/06/f...

thebeaverton.comCarney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the groundOTTAWA - Mark Carney has officially given notice that his government will be designating Danielle Smith’s West Coast pipeline a project of national interest, allowing the massive oil and gas project t...

This is barely satire..... “Who has time to address climate change when wildfires are decimating precious pipeline space?” thebeaverton.com/2026/08/carn...

4/ Government MPs are taking way more meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists. In 2024, Liberal MPs had 91 meetings, versus 323 in PM Carney's first year (though Ministers account for some of that uptick of course)

5/ The most active fossil fuel lobbyists were the companies making up the Oil Sands Alliance – the largest oilsands companies behind the Pathways CCS project – with 305 meetings. At the same time, these same decision makers are shutting out civil society, including climate organizations.

2/ Minister Hodgson took 83 meetings with the fossil fuel lobby. In comparison, Min Wilkinson had 15 meetings his last year (still a very high number) Canadians can’t trust Minister Hodgson – who served on the board of an oil company – to regulate the industry that he has such cozy ties to.

3/ Access matters. Over Prime Minister Carney’s first year in office, he has dismantled Canada’s climate progress and environmental protections and has instead pursued an aggressive and reckless agenda of doubling down on fossil fuels. He has given Big Oil everything on their wish list.

eenews.netWorker sues for access to fossil-fuel-free investment optionsA Thermo Fisher worker sued the company for ignoring his religious accommodation for a 401(k) plan without oil and gas investments.

5 Aug

Worker in NY is suing his employer for failing to provide oil- and gas-free retirement funds, saying investing his money in fossil fuels violates his religious convictions This new legal front could give workers a legal right to sustainable retirement investments www.eenews.net/articles/wor...

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Mississauga becomes first Ontario city to pause new AI data centres www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/a...

jasperlocal.comProposed Alberta pipeline would cross Jasper National Park - NewsA proposed Alberta oil pipeline would pass through Jasper National Park, reviving questions about industrial development in one of Canada&#039;s most protected landscapes. According to Alberta&amp...

Proposed Alberta pipeline would cross Jasper National Park Beyond the symbolism of running a mega carbon bomb through a community that was burnt down because of a climate disaster, what could go wrong? www.jasperlocal.com/2026/08/01/p...

environmentjournal.caRenewable energy is now the cheapest source of new electricity in Ontario - The Environment JournalBy Jake Brooks Ontario has reached a momentous turning point. With a few caveats, the price of new electricity from renewable energy sources is now below that of electricity from […]

Solar and wind power are now the cheapest source of new electricity in Ontario environmentjournal.ca/renewable-en...

reuters.comCanada's Enbridge postpones plans for second phase of Mainline oil pipeline expansionCanadian pipeline operator Enbridge has postponed the 250,000-barrel-per-day second phase ‌of its Mainline crude pipeline network, it said on Friday, partly because Canadian oil producers have not com...

Enbridge postpones plans for second phase of Mainline oil pipeline expansion because Canadian oil producers have not committed to significant output increases But tell me again that we need an enormous new taxpayer funded pipeline www.reuters.com/business/ene...

environmentaldefence.caPM Carney proceeding at breakneck pace with West Coast Pipeline - Environmental DefenceStatement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Over the weekend, while Canadians across the country are dealing

1/ Over the weekend -- while Canadians across the country were dealing with raging wildfires and the aftermath of severe flooding and heatwaves -- PM Carney quietly accelerated the timeline on his taxpayer funded pipeline. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...

3/ PM Carney's sneaky move came the day after UN Secretary General criticized countries for doubling down on fossil fuels, saying “[e]very new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heat waves more dangerous and our world less secure.”

4/ How many wildfires, heatwaves, droughts, burnt down communities, ruined livelihoods, and lost lives will it take for PM Carney to stop his reckless pursuit of expanded fossil fuel production?

2/ It’s no wonder he didn’t want to draw attention to this environmentally and economically risky -- and taxpayer funded -- project, and the breakneck speed at which he wants to get it approved without due oversight.