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Carney lists Pacific Link pipeline as national interest

But climate-banking rules could still kill it, warn Friends of Science. By Probe Media Prime Minister Mark Carney just put the Pacific Link oil pipeline on the national-interest list and talked up Canada as an energy superpower in conventional and so-called clean energy. Friends of Science — Calgary earth scientists, engineers, and citizens — say […]

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Iceland and Norway keep saying no to Europe. We should, too

By Tammy Nemeth, published by the Financial Post In Brief by Probe Media The warm optics of Mark Carney’s presence at Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address should not obscure a more basic fact: the countries that live next door to the EU — Iceland and Norway — already enjoy deep single-market […]

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Returning to colony status

Closer EU integration would not be a unique alliance so much as a one-way rulebook. By Dr. Tammy Nemeth for The Nemeth Report Read the original version of this commentary at the author’s Substack here. Normally, I would take some time before writing on momentous events, but given what was said in the EU state […]

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Fear of climate change–not climate change–was a killer in the Nepal floods

By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon, published by The Epoch Times For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here. The true tragedy of the Nepal Himalayan flood that killed more than 1,000 people (with thousands still missing), was not the mountain event itself but the international development industry’s climate-driven rush to […]

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Wildfires can’t wait on climate-change policy

By Andrew Roman, Special to Financial Post “Every summer Canadians watch the same terrifying scenes unfold. Flames race through forests. Families are evacuated with only what they can carry. Firefighters battle blazes that seem almost impossible to control. Smoke from Canadian fires turns skies orange and disrupts life in the U.S., hundreds or even thousands […]

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Energy Probe warns ratepayers still exposed to avoidable costs caused by poor utility practices

By Energy Probe The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has approved a net $21.5 million credit to Enbridge Gas customers from the utility’s 2024 deferral and variance accounts, but consumer watchdog Energy Probe warns the ruling does not go far enough to protect ratepayers from avoidable costs caused by poor utility practices. Deferral accounts reconcile the difference between […]

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Physics, real-world engineering, and economics keep the lights on, not slogans

By Probe Media Scotland’s electricity system is becoming increasingly fragile as the National Energy System Operator (NESO) prepares to conduct a world-first experiment on its power grid. The operator plans to test “synthetic” or alternative stability services—such as grid-forming batteries, synchronous condensers, and other inverter-based technologies—at a scale never before attempted across an entire regional […]

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Carney’s European embrace — sovereignty for sale, red tape for all: Nemeth

Is Canada in danger of importing stagnation to become Europe’s twenty-eighth province? By Tammy Nemeth, published by The Western Standard In Brief by Probe Media Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for a deeper alignment with the European Union (EU) raises serious concerns for Canada’s industries. While Carney speaks of a need for integration in critical […]

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Greens gave Iran the Hormuz stranglehold

If Europeans hadn’t outlawed the fracking that has made the U.S. a net energy exporter, they would need much less Middle East oil and gas. By Lawrence Solomon, published by the Financial Post Iran did not create the strategic leverage it currently derives from the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical maritime […]

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U.S. court case could upend climate change policy

By Lee Harding, published by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy A legal challenge to the EPA’s recent rescission of its 2009 “endangerment finding” on greenhouse gases is set to test the validity of climate science in court, a shift that environmentalist Lawrence Solomon has long anticipated. Read this article at the publisher’s website here.