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Mitchell Beer, Jody MacPherson, Markham Hislop, Alex Cool-Fergus, Seth Klein, Climate Comms Alliance, Karel MayrandThe Best of the Climate News You Need
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The End of the World vs. the End of the Week: Carney’s Pushback on Trump’s Bullying Could Point to the Next Energy Transition Moment
It looked like a quiet news weekend was shaping up when I closed my laptop at about 11:15 PM Friday.
That changed less than two hours later, when Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he was suspending trade talks with the Trump administrat...
An Alberta County Claimed It Had No Authority to Consider a Data Centre's Climate Pollution. Our Reporter Has Thoughts.
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When writing any story for The Energy Mix, one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced is getting answers from governments at all levels.
A healthy democracy requires that reporters ask the tough questions on behalf...
🎶 If I Had 43.7 Billion Dollars: Ferocious Wildfire Season Distracts from Pipeline, Spotlights the Call for Better Ideas
Hodgson montage: Karri Munn-Venn/The Energy Mix. Wildfire photos (l-r) Kelowna 2023, Denise Black/Facebook. Fort Frances 2026, Ontario Forest Fires/Facebook.
The 38 days since Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith s...
It Looks Like an AI Image. But the Photos of Beachgoers Watching a Wildfire Are Real.
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This week we’re passing the mic to Karel Mayrand, President and CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation, republishing (in both languages) his recent post on LinkedIn.
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Carney’s Grand Bargain Isn’t With Alberta: It’s With the Rest of Us.
Thunder Bay Ontario wildfires, July 2026 Bren McClure/Facebook
We’re passing the mic again this week to political organizer and climate policy specialist Alex Cool-Fergus.
Once again, extreme weather is pushing Canadians’ concern about cl...
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I'm Publisher of The Energy Mix, a non-profit community news site and e-digest series on climate change, energy, and the shift off carbon.
She/her, born at 319 ppm, started as a journalist, went to the dark side (PR), left fossil fuels because of the environment, dabbled in politics, went to government for a decade but returned to journalism. Why have only one career?
Energy journalist/energy transition expert. Hosts the Political Talks podcast, where I interview experts (often academics) about hot political stories. This Substack will frequently draw on those interviews.
Political organizer, climate policy enthusiast, mother of two, bicycle rider and avid reader - not necessarily in that order.
Writer, policy researcher & climate campaigner. Seth is the author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency", former Team Lead of the Climate Emergency Unit, and was a long time director of a progressive public policy think thank.
The Climate Communications Alliance is a global community of practice that connects and builds capacity amongst climate communicators and creatives across all disciplines and industries, harnessing talent for a future where all life can thrive.
Karel Mayrand is President and CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation. He was CEO of the Greater Montreal Foundation (2020-2025) and Director for Quebec and Atlantic Canada at the David Suzuki Foundation (2008-2020).
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