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Jim Matkin

@JamesMatkin

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Vancouver policy lawyer, past Deputy Minister, CEO, UBC law prof., Bank of Canada director. Quora rated him most viewed writer in climatology.

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Joined September 2013
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@StaffanReveman
Staffan Reveman
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Over the past 25 years, Germany has pursued an energy transition by phasing out nuclear power and expanding solar and wind—at a cost of around €500 billion in subsidies. The result: installed capacity has more than doubled, yet electricity generation has declined. The reason is
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@KeillerDon
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You are a lawyer, not a scientist, so I’ll forgive your ignorance. This happened about 11,700 years ago. 10C in 10years. For context the global warming your obsessed with is about 1C in 100 years.
@MikeHudema
Mike Hudema
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We are causing #globalwarming 100 times faster than past natural changes We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with CO2 & temps levels not seen for 3 million years. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy
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@shanaka86
Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡
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The green transition runs on sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid is made from sulfur. Sulfur is a byproduct of refining the oil that the green transition was designed to replace. And 45 percent of the world’s seaborne sulfur trade just got trapped behind the same chokepoint that trapped
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@_10delta_
10Δ
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3 weeks ago I argued the US goal in Iran is to seize the global oil spigot. Venezuela in January -> Iran in February. Neutralize every supply channel outside the dollar system within 90 days. Achieve a compliant successor government and complete energy dominance. The oil
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@JimSteeleSkepti
Jim Steele
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All Alarmist Retards Use Statistical Magic to Claim Rising CO2 Must Increase Extreme Weather! As seen (graphic A), a theoretical statistical Bell Curve illustrates extreme weather happening at the curves’ fringes. Alarmists assume if the average temperature increases and shifts,
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@comical_engr
James 🌸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇺
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Wake up humanity - you are being sold a lie. We often hear that renewable energy is rapidly replacing fossil fuels. But the latest data from the Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) tells a more sobering story. Yes, from 2010 to 2024 solar energy grew
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@cbcwatcher
cbcwatcher
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Former TC Energy pipeline exec Dennis McConaghy on a possible KeystoneXL revival "Well, my first concern about this Canadian government is how they deal with two outstanding issues in the MoU." "Open ended carbon taxes on industrial emissions and dates for decarbonizing any
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@Electroversenet
Electroverse
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Alaska remains firmly locked in winter. At Juneau, snowfall has reached 201.2 inches, a new all-time record in weather books dating back to 1943. The previous record of 197.9 inches (503 cm), set in 2006-07, has now been surpassed, with the 1964-65 benchmark of 194.3 inches
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@PeterDClack
Peter Clack
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The UN says the world is out of balance. Yet it is the UN that is imploding. The UN now faces the prospect of bankruptcy, the loss of a fifth of its workforce plus its entire institutional power base. Donald Trump has severed all US financial support and is withholding UN dues
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@ryangerritsen
Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱
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Well there you have it. Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel says the Federal Governments absurd emission regulations & industrial carbon tax are a big factor in what’s holding them back from investing in a pipeline again.
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@JamesMatkin
Jim Matkin
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Yet Another Reason Why Wind And Solar Electricity Generation Will Never Work To Run An Economy https://t.co/qWKlDkbtAw Another huge problem, which I have previously barely touched on here, is the problem of synchronization and inertia. My assumption is that nearly all readers
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manhattancontrarian.com
If you don’t like fossil fuels — and who does? — our betters in academia and environmental NGOs have the perfect answer: we can just get our energy in the form of electricity from the wind and sun....
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@latimeralder
Latimer Alder
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Climate Myth Buster: 'Fossil fuels are dying because of the Renewables Revolution' No. They're not. All three of oil, gas and coal are being used in record all-time high quantities! Don't let the Green Grifters hoodwink you!
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@MelissaLMRogers
Melissa 🇨🇦
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YIKES 🤯 Canada’s relative productivity has fallen 26% since the late 1990s (red line) Canada’s relative per capita output in the 3rd quarter of 2025 was 14% below levels observed in 1997 🤯 (blue line) The Canada we once knew, is long gone 😒 How can Canada recover?
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@govt_corrupt
govt.exe is corrupt
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This is why prices are so high in Canada. We've increased the money supply by 400%. Stop blaming climate change, wars, or whatever other bullshit excuse. It's money printing and govt deficits.
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@GuntherEagleman
Gunther Eagleman™
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🚨 HUGE WIN in Denmark: The right-wing, anti-Islamic migration People’s Party just MORE THAN TRIPLED its vote share and seats in tonight’s election! Voters are fed up with open borders madness. Europe is waking up.
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@PeterDClack
Peter Clack
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This isn't just about losing balsa trees. It’s about dismantling the natural world's ancient biological architecture. Every tree is a self-contained ecosystem that evolved 350 million years ago, long before grass or flowers. Insects, birds and dinosaurs all relied on trees as
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@JimFergusonUK
Jim Ferguson
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https://t.co/jEflG2mwvi 🚨 NO FUEL — NO FOOD — THIS IS WHAT COMES NEXT An Australian farmer just exposed the reality most people don’t see: It takes tens of thousands of litres of diesel just to grow and harvest a single crop. Now imagine that fuel isn’t there. No diesel
@JimFergusonUK
Jim Ferguson
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https://t.co/R8in3qWJrk 🚨 BREAKING: FUEL SHORTAGES SPREAD ACROSS AUSTRALIA 7News reports that over 160 petrol stations across Victoria have run out of fuel. Demand has surged by 300–400%. And the impact is already visible: • Empty pumps across multiple locations • Long
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@MarcNixon24
Marc Nixon
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BIGGEST CASE of immigration FRAUD discovered in Canadian history 153,000 fraud cases and they only reviewed 2000 of them Many of the fraud have now turned into permanent Canadian residence The liberals have destroyed this country https://t.co/4gY5ilsRkl
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@WEschenbach
Willis Eschenbach
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I asked Grok the following: "List the 20 largest religious terrorist organizations in the world. Rank them by approximate size, and specify what religion they adhere to. No explanations." Below is the reply. Are we sensing a theme here? Islam is not only 100% incompatible with
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@cbcwatcher
cbcwatcher
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Harrison points out that "...at a time when the global demand signal for oil and gas has perhaps never been as high as it has been in the last decade or more, that Canada can't get its act together to help solve for these things is a very detrimental signal to provide to the
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