Stephen Thomas

As @chrishatch.bsky.social writes, it's good to see the feds investing in a big wind energy project. That said, this decision "continues the pattern of millions for clean versus billions for conventional energy." The Yes Agenda is ready. Is Canada? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/19/o...

76% of Canadians support an #excessprofitstax on #oil&gas companies - up from 66% in April. Revenue could generate billions in relief for Canadians & communities: lower bills, stronger services & climate resilience. buff.ly/FXurta7 #cdnpoli

Great to see Nova Scotia’s massive Wind West project take another step ahead with $100M from the federal government, as part of the Atlantic Energy Strategy. www.canada.ca/en/natural-r...

This is cool and good! I think this is exactly what federal and provincial governments should be doing to support early-stage work toward building out Atlantic Canada's #offshore wind resource. #energysky #nspoli #cdnpoli

🇨🇦 Canada’s climate action is headed in the wrong direction, with the federal government under Mark Carney’s leadership steadily dismantling climate policies. We continue to rate Canada’s climate action as “Highly Insufficient”. Read our full analysis here: climateactiontracker.org/countries/ca...

Et si les projets d'intérêt national du Canada pouvaient assurer notre souveraineté et notre avenir? Voir grand présente 110 exemples concrets de ce à quoi pourrait ressembler un avenir énergétique propre. Les solutions sont à portée de main. climateactionnetwork.ca/fr/a-propos-...

What the heck is happening in Canada? Canada’s electricity production today is “less green than it was just five years ago”. 440megatonnes.ca/insight/net-...

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

It's time for an actual wealth tax - not an income tax.

1/8 🚨 NEW: We found a network of 30+ pro-oil front groups coordinating, tracking progress, and reporting back to their funders about how they are shaping energy conversations in Canada. It looks like that was supposed to stay under the radar, except they left their platform completely public 👇

What if Canada’s nation building projects could safeguard our sovereignty & our future? The Yes Agenda maps 110 concrete examples of what a clean energy future can look like. The solutions are at our fingertips. climateactionnetwork.ca/about/yes-ag...

I often say that the reasons why Canada hasn’t done more in the energy transition are not issues of technology, or cost, or supply chains. It is that Canada is not (yet) even trying to actually transition. We’ve got so much work to do.

Canada’s emissions increased in 2025, largely due to oil and gas production, natural gas usage and lagging progress on clean electrification. #cdnpoli #climate #energysky @climateinstitute.bsky.social 440megatonnes.ca/insight/earl...

That oughta do it www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

More bad news for the environment. Ottawa just designated its money-pit pipeline as a project of national interest. Read our full statement: https://bit.ly/3TtEgS1

Carney tells us that among the criteria for a project being designated in the national interest, the major projects office considers whether the project “contributes to Canadas clean growth and climate goals.” And a BITUMEN PIPELINE PASSED THIS TEST? Then the test is bullshit.

"Building Canada Wrong: Pacific Link oil pipeline is a risky project that will circumvent environmental protection laws." Our statement from @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social on today's pipeline announcement. #cdnpoli #climate #abpoli #energysky davidsuzuki.org/press/buildi...

Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle.

Carney tells Canadians “we have to do this” (??) because there’s an energy crisis on three fronts. One of those fronts, he says, is climate change. Which is why we need………a new crude oil pipeline???????

Every Child Matters March in Montréal yesterday. Grateful to the organizers and each of the powerful speakers.

Let's check in on those "Asian Markets" that today's oil export pipeline are looking to serve if/when it's built: 👀 "China’s oil demand is expected to fall by 600,000 barrels a day, or 8.9%, in 2026, marking ​a third straight annual decline" #cdnpoli #energysky energynow.ca/2026/09/chin...

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Canada has a lot of work to do. In some ways, we’re actually backsliding right now -- from residential school denial to rights-busting "national building projects." We gotta do a better job of defending and respecting Indigenous rights:

Residential School Denialism is a Psy-Op

This is the only major project that I deem to be in the national interest today: #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

This National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we’re lifting up the work of One Day's Pay: a national campaign to mobilize settlers and non-Indigenous people to give one day’s pay (or what you can afford) to an Indigenous-led organization. Check out www.onedayspay.ca to make your donation today.

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Just one day before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Prime Minister Mark Carney has dealt yet another devastating blow for the climate and Indigenous rights. Who else is sick of seeing this government bend over backwards for fossil fuel billionaires?

Nothing to celebrate here. It's a sad day. Combined, LNG Canada Phases 1 & 2 will have downstream carbon emissions roughly equivalent to TOTAL annual domestic emissions for all of BC. Phases 2 will only result in about 240 more permanent jobs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Yet another generational mistake that wastes tens of billions of dollars, does real harm to communities, wrecks the climate and hurts energy affordability in Canada. Visionless, and a damn shame. Canada Strong 🫠 #cdnpoli #energysky #bcpoli #climate www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Deranged, dangerous, pathetic, cowards. Sad and enraging that these masked douchebags need to intimidate survivors, elders and communities to feel tough and like they belong. These men make their loneliness and insecurity everybody’s fucking problem. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

El Niño-Driven Heat Could Cause Nearly Half a Million More Deaths, Group Says www.theenergymix.com/this-years-e...

Exciting things happening in the Maritimes: "Could a single Maritime power grid make electricity more reliable?" This is exactly the sort of collaboration and long-term thinking we need as we plan for the age of #electricity in Canada. #cdnpoli #nspoli #EnergySky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ottawa is kicking off fall by "streamlining" how project impacts are assessed in Canada. In this case, "streamlining" processes = steamrolling protections for nature and human health. Industry will profit; we'll pay the price. Our thoughts: https://bit.ly/3V2FmVf

The federal government’s latest legislative changes are gutting environmental and labour protections to build major projects above all else - at the expense of Canadian communities and the ecosystems they hold dear. Are major projects built this way truly in Canada’s national interest?

The changes to the Canada Labour Code in this new bill are “without precedent in Canadian law and they’re without precedent even amongst our trading partners in the G7.” “It provides the complete and unlimited discretion to the federal minister to decide who gets to go on strike and who does not.”

Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.

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...

Canada’s electricity strategy aims to double power supply by 2050, but realizing the full economic, affordability and energy-security benefits of that investment requires: - Doubling electrification⚡️ - Doubling energy efficiency🎯 Read more https://ow.ly/cNhK50ZOLyK

As gas jumps another ten cents/litre due to craziness on the other side of the planet with zero connection to Canada, this is my regular reminder that the cost of producing that gas hasn’t changed one cent. More on why we pay so much for our own petroleum: centreforfuturework.ca/2026/05/17/a...

"Canada is now more than 20 years behind its 2030 target, with net zero nowhere in sight" #cdnpoli #climate #energysky 440megatonnes.ca/insight/net-...

Y’all, one does not “prepare” for a word that has warmed by 5°C. One experiences the total collapse of the systems that sustain our communities. Every fraction of a degree matters. And #cdnpoli is failing badly right now. We gotta get to work. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

"While this is devastating and alarming, it is not the end of the fight. Every tenth of a degree means lives saved. Period." Timely words and ageless millennial memes by the great @alexcoolfergus.bsky.social #cdnpoli #climate climatememes.substack.com/p/carbon-cap...

‘Call to Apathy, Not to Arms’ as UN Warns Climate Overshoot Is Inevitable, Downplays Fossil Phaseout www.theenergymix.com/call-to-apat...

New polling from the AOSWC and Spark Advocacy shows strong support for offshore wind development in Nova Scotia. Nearly 3 out of 4 of respondents had favorable views of offshore wind, but this support was conditional on concerns over risk management and potential impacts to marine ecosystems.