Keith Stewart
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Climate & energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada. Teach a course on energy policy at U of T. I’m now also on mastodon at @[email protected]
Toronto
Joined December 2010
I watched the Pierre Poilievre - Jordan Peterson lovefest and learned a few things. Like how Pierre thinks oil companies are too green and climate concern means you're overly emotional. Plus he really dislikes loons, even though they are lovely creatures
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Poilievre successfully poisoned the well on consumer carbon tax (thanks, misinformation enablers), but industrial carbon price did the heavy lifting & should be expanded alongside an aggressive green industrial strategy that moves into spaces Trump vacates
theglobeandmail.com
Liberal leadership race’s presumptive front-runners won’t continue consumer aspect of Trudeau’s most visible climate policy, sources say
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This is the best piece I've read so far on the collapse of voluntary 'green' banking alliances: they didn't do much, but banks liked them because they preempted regulation; governments liked them because they didn't have to do the hard work of regulating
theguardian.com
The scope of the Cop26 net zero banking alliance may have been limited, but the exodus of six US banks signifies a seismic political shift, says senior research fellow Adrienne Buller
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AP does a deep dive on how "sustainability-linked loans" greenwash banks and fossil fuel companies: How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans
apnews.com
Some of the world’s biggest polluters are reaping billions of dollars through a lax form of green finance, a new investigation by The Examination has found.
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RT @GreenpeaceCA: As the election approaches, it’s more important than ever to call political leaders out on their true agenda. We may be….
act.greenpeace.ca
A federal election is coming: join the movement to defend people and nature
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RT @GreenpeaceCA: This is CLIMATE DENIAL. Enough is enough. We must demand that political parties put people and the planet before the pro….
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When asked 'how can a new Liberal leader beat Pierre Poilievre?', Trudeau leads with 'Poilievre is bad on climate' in both English and French. Others made this point recently:
cbc.ca
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a mockup of oil-extraction equipment outside the official residence of the Official Opposition leader Thursday morning.
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RT @JeremyAppel1025: If the RCMP can do this to a First Nation’s chief and get away with it, imagine what they can do to any Indigenous per….
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RT @GraphicMatt: "Restricting people's ability to protest and speak is a step backward in the journey toward a hate-free world," says Counc….
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RT @bdacanada: We're hiring a Senior Analyst to coordinate research, advance our open-source model, and work with governments and industry….
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RT @thenarwhalca: The Ontario government has pushed forward plans to boost natural gas to meet soaring energy demand, despite receiving exp….
thenarwhal.ca
The Doug Ford government commissioned a report for up to $1.5 million to identify pathways to net-zero emissions, but continues to procure natural gas despite it
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RT @GreenpeaceCA: While banks shift their money out of fossil fuels & into climate solutions, Canadian banks @RBC @scotiabank @cibc @TD_Can….
greenpeace.org
Canadian banks are pouring billions of dollars into the global expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals that could potentially unleash more than 10 gigatonnes of climate-wrecking greenhouse...
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Follow the money: @Suncor announces capital spending plans to significantly expand oil sands production, but no mention of carbon capture or other major emissions reduction projects #Greenwash.
News release: Suncor Energy announces 2025 corporate guidance
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Trudeau government's carbon price has had 'minimal' effect on inflation and food costs, study concludes via @torontostar.
thestar.com
Carbon pricing had a small impact on the rate of inflation over the past five years, when the climate policy was responsible for a "small fraction" of the surge in
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RT @johnrwellner: How Ontario kicked its coal-power habit and made the air a little healthier to breathe.
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His true claim to fame (in my household): Jason introduced me to my wife 25 years ago.
Excellent news. Toronto has announced its new chief planner: @JasonThorne_RPP.
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RT @doctorow: The Canadian national identity involves a lot of sneering at the US, but when it comes to oligarchy, Canada makes America loo….
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RT @investors4paris: NEWS: Is LNG a good product for investors? And is it the climate-aligned investment that many financial institutions p….
investorsforparis.com
Canadian investors are rolling the dice on LNG.While Canada has no major LNG exports today, between now and 2030 projects in various stages of development are expected to add up to 50.3 million tons...
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