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• Post #4488300

  “Over the first five months of 2026 [in the United States], utility-scale solar output rose 21.6 percent from a year earlier, while coal generation dropped 10.9 percent. The agency projects that solar, wind, and battery storage will add about 83 gigawatts of new capacity by May 2027. Fossil and nuclear capacity are set to slip by nearly 4.7 gigawatts over the same period.” Nuclear power may be cleaner than fossil fuels but it takes years to implement and the costs are exorbitant, not to mention...

• Post #4213266

  “Meta Platforms (META.O), reported a precipitous 91% drop in free cash flow ​on Wednesday, underscoring the financial strain of the social media giant's ‌costly AI buildout despite an uncertain payoff.” So much for the $13 billion data centre in Alberta?? #Meta #AIDataCenter #Alberta https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-narrows-annual-capex-forecast-ai-buildout-grows-2026-07-29/

• Post #4135120

  “Let’s be clear about what Smith, Carney and the oilsands companies really are saying with their latest MOU. They are embracing a dubious, dangerous technology because it helps them pretend they are tackling the climate crisis that poses an existential threat to coming generations. Isn’t it time to call their bluff?” #canpoli #cdapoli #FossilFuels #ClimateChange https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/07/27/Calling-Carney-Carbon-Capture-Bluff/

• Post #4075750

  RE: https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/116977537582139180 “‘Remember,’ Doctorow warns, ‘seven giant AI companies account for 35 per cent of the U.S. stock market. Amputating 35 per cent of the market is going to destroy a ton of innocent bystanders, including people whose retirement savings are invested in index funds considered the safest of all safe bets. We’re talking about a crash that will put 2008 in the shade and meet or exceed the pandemic sell-off.’”

• Post #4039082

  @aaron.rupar Always projecting…

• Post #4018471

  RE: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/world-ga9dq8i9z/-/a-4tTTNsfFTheG-Jis_ehjgA%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0 It’s sad that Environmental Ministers (Catherine McKenna, Steven Guilbeault and now Monique Barbut in France) need to quit in order to feel they can achieve more for the environment outside of government. “However, Macron did not accept her resignation, and Barbut will stay in her post due to the ‘urgency to address the consequences of climate change,’ her team said in comments carried by the A...

• Post #4016870

  RE: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/toronto-eeqmkds1z/-/a-vM9_6x0qQZSjVZEu8kjDzg%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0 Doug Ford: “We need more jails to protect Ontario.” #onpoli #DougFord #NeverVoteConservative

• Post #3996149

  Admittedly there are times AI has its uses…

• Post #3920879

  @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca At least the liberal attendees are in a position to report on their stand during the conference and fact check any statements that come out.

• Post #3913091

  “The criticism from Trump and his ambassador comes despite the administration’s own moves to scale back U.S. climate action, even as scientists continue to link climate warming to more frequent and intense wildfire conditions.” Go figure. #uspoli #DonaldTrump #ClimateChange https://globalnews.ca/news/11970645/hoekstra-trump-tariffs-wildfire-smoke/

• Post #3908264

  @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca Spain (among many other European countries) attended. How do some of your family and friends there feel about the impact on their democracy by attending? https://time.com/article/2026/07/16/far-left-terrorism-conference-us-rubio/

• Post #3898535

  @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca I have no idea what he thinks, but he certainly isn’t such a thug that he’d resort to spouting the same vitriol as “communications director” Cosmin Dzsurdzsa.

• Post #3895692

  @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca Until our economy is less dependent on trade with the US, like Spain.

• Post #3895607

  @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca In a perfect world we could quite rightly say to an American administration that left wing terrorism is not a problem that needs to be resolved whereas right wing terrorism is so we politely refuse to attend your gathering until you convene one that is directed to dealing with the right wing issue. However this is not a perfect world and to try and politely decline an invitation from Rubio at this time is fraught with negative implications beyond delaying the ope...

• Post #3893959

  Of course he is… #DonaldTrump #DementiaDon https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/trump-threatens-to-raise-tariffs-over-canadian-wildfire-smoke/

• Post #3893819

  Has Pete Hegseth thought this through? “Pete Hegseth sends heads rolling after noticing his no-beard policy is going unenforced” — Raw Story July 10 “Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone” — New York Times July 15 He wants them clean shaven while limiting their readiness by having them shaving all the time (including women apparently). #uspoli #PeteHegseth

• Post #3872614

  “But the John Howard Society captured the real dynamic: ‘Crime is down in Canada, but you'd never know it.’ A recent survey found GTA residents were convinced crime is rising even as every major police service in the region reports declines. Media saturation creates fear and the constant coverage induces what researchers call vicarious trauma. That's when perception becomes reality. That's precisely what these [Ontario taxpayer funded] ads amplify.” #onpoli #DougFord #NeverVoteCons...

• Post #3867500

  “Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Jack Bergman, John James, Lisa McClain and John Moolenaar penned a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, and reportedly sent it on Wednesday ‘demanding immediate action from the Canadian government,’ a press release said. ‘American lungs are paying the price for Canadian inaction, year after year,’ the letter said. ‘Sovereignty comes with responsibility, and the responsibility to prevent a foreseeable disaster from crossing into another...

• Post #3867260

  RE: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/toronto-eeqmkds1z/-/a-t4Taby0KSQCqKlElgX5f1g%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0 “‘Well, as my colleagues know, unacceptable. Believe it or not, totally unacceptable,’ Ford said Thursday in Windsor, Ont.” Clearly Doug knew it was unacceptable as well yet let it persist until, like so many other occasions, the unacceptable activity was reported. Shades of some Conservatives in the UK using their MP benefits to build a duck house on an island in a pond on their property or...

• Post #3860875

  In an opinion piece in The Star the author bemoans the fact that “Carney won’t release the text of his arrangement with Trump and Canadian officials are refusing to brief the media.” Further down in their opinion they note that “Trump is now calling the bridge deal ‘great, and fair’…” Given the way Trump trumpets everything he does as immensely great (he’s ended ten wars after all) it’s very likely the deal he negotiated has limited value for the US with a stipulation that the Canadians keep q...

• Post #3856283

  RE: https://flipboard.com/@natobserver/canada-s-national-observer-3fli7fiuz/-/a-jKfrVpLKTzS207N00C2KEA%3Aa%3A2723035079-%2F0 “Doug Ford’s ‘Northern Shield’ pipeline isn’t going to happen. Even so, his decision to propose it speaks to a mindset, and a worldview, that still hasn’t reckoned with the economic realities bearing down on his province and its people. Ontario can, and should, take energy security seriously, and it should be thinking about how that interacts with the economic interests...

• Post #3830461

  “Like Donald Trump, Mr. Poilievre appears to own a mirror that tells him every day he is the fairest leader of them all. It is inevitable, however, that one day he will have to come face-to-face with an unpleasant reality: He’s not the person who should be leading the federal Conservatives.” #PierrePoilievre #NeverVoteConservative https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-help-wanted-the-federal-conservatives-are-in-need-of-an-adult/ https://archive.ph/izysq

• Post #3746837

  “Oh, god, am I ever going to get mail for this one.” No shit… https://www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-case-for-stornoway-in-defence

• Post #3694034

  Danielle Smith promotes Alberta: “Alberta is the ideal North American spot for data centres, thanks to affordable electricity, flexible power generation, a cooler climate, a skilled workforce, and lots of homegrown expertise in AI.” https://offgridsolarsystem.ca/blog/Canada-electricity-rates.html As to affordable electricity, Alberta’s rates are among the highest in Canada, but maybe she’s comparing to US prices. 🔴 Northwest Territories: 25.0¢–34.0¢/kWh - Diesel generation 🔴 Yukon Territory:...

• Post #3658115

  The mayor of Sarnia has thoughts about a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta that would terminate there: “It’s been a lonely conversation in the last 10 years with the federal government as it relates to respecting the petrochemical sector of the oil industry, and now we’re seeing a much more adult conversation taking place…” Unfortunately the adults having that conversation are effectively promoting child abuse given the impact of climate change on future generations. #FossilFuels #OilPipelin...

• Post #3651784

  “Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced that his province was pulling the plug on a large natural-gas-powered data centre proposed by a pair of companies from the U.S. and British Columbia on 141 hectares of farmland south of Winnipeg. —————————————————— ‘I reject the idea that we have to be slaves to surveillance capitalism in order to participate in the modern economy,’ he said.” Wab Kinew for Prime Minister! #noAI #DataCentres #WabKinewForPM https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/07/07/Smith-Plan-...

• Post #3637264

  RE: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/saskatoon-4fq5e2plz/-/a-6BxR_QnFQiOeCAwLNCUmKA%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0 Let’s build more pipelines and see if we can increase the number of tornadoes…

• Post #3636911

  Doug Ford shooting off his mouth again: “Let me cut to the chase here, the previous federal government, not this one, the previous federal government treated Alberta like garbage, like terrible. I’ve never seen anything as bad as that.” I seem to recall a pipeline was bought and an expansion built by the previous federal government that we paid for, not the oil companies. Funny how so many Conservatives choose to ignore that and the fact the Harper Government™ didn’t get one built for Alberta....

• Post #3631530

  “Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have unveiled a proposed route for a new west-east crude oil pipeline that would run from Alberta to Ontario. —————————————- The proposal stems from a memorandum of understanding between Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan focused on new energy and trade infrastructure.” Who cares what those NDP types in Manitoba think? #DougFord #DanielleSmith #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #NeverVoteConservative https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article...

• Post #3555656

  @randahl@mastodon.social Canada: “At the G7 leaders' summit in Évian, France on June 16, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a $4.3-billion Ukraine support package (split between $2 billion in military assistance and a $2.3-billion infrastructure loan repaid by interest on frozen Russian assets in Europe) and new sanctions targeting roughly 200 vessels in Russia's shadow tanker fleet plus a list of individuals and entities involved in sanctions evasion.” https://refdesk.ca/blo...