Can they gaslight us anymore than this?
At the opening of the COP30 climate conference in Belem, Brazil’s President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, declared it would be “the COP of truth,” and would act to “safeguard public trust in climate policy.”
“Net-Zero Tyranny”
Mark Carney’s Pseudo-Faith-Based War on CO2
The Canadian prime minister invokes the language of faith to silence critics of Net Zero policies.
Tariffs delivered a big blow to Canada’s economy this year, but they would be less of a problem if Canada weren’t squandering billions of dollars on Net Zero, which will not stop climate change.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Budget 2025 passed first reading on Nov. 18 by a vote of 170-168, which spared Canadians a snap election. The second reading is in progress, and as of Nov. 28, the third reading had not yet been scheduled.
Europe’s Green Energy Rush Slashed Emissions—and Crippled the Economy
European politicians pitched the continent’s green transition to voters as a win-win: Citizens would benefit from green jobs and cheap, abundant solar and wind energy alongside a sharp reduction in carbon emissions.
Nearly two decades on, the promise has largely proved costly for consumers and damaging for the economy.
Europe has succeeded in slashing carbon emissions more than any other region—by 30% from 2005 levels, compared with a 17% drop for the U.S. But along the way, the rush to renewables has helped drive up electricity prices in much of the continent.
Alberta energy deal was ‘the last straw,’ says Guilbeault after cabinet resignation
Canada will not be able to achieve the climate change targets it has set given recent decisions by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government, warns former Liberal minister Steven Guilbeault.
Speaking on Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde en parle, Guilbeault said recent decisions by Carney’s government, such as last week’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta, will make reaching the targets impossible.
“Prime Minister Carney has a different view from mine on this,” he said during the show which aired Sunday evening.
So long eco-wanker!
Mark Carney must reveal cost of his industrial carbon tax
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to inform Canadians of the cost to them of his proposed industrial carbon tax.
The federal budget is approximately 500 pages long, but it doesn’t specify the cost of the industrial carbon tax.
GOLDSTEIN: Our climate emperors have no clothes
When five independent examinations of the federal Liberal government’s industrial greenhouse gas emission targets conclude they are unachievable, when does it become acceptable to state the painfully obvious — that the targets are a farce?
Liberal government spent at least $530 million on NextStar battery plant: documents
The federal government has paid out at least $530 million in incentives to NextStar Energy, the company behind a major battery plant in Windsor, Ont., records show.
It’s a relatively small portion of the billion-dollar funding deals with NextStar, which is a joint venture between global automaker Stellantis and South Korean battery firm LG Energy Solution. The federal government is providing up to $10.5 billion, while the province has pledged up to $5.5 billion.
Still, the figure provides fresh insight into the financial and contractual relationships between the federal government and NextStar — relationships that have been the focus of intense scrutiny since Stellantis announced it’s moving production of a Jeep model from its Brampton facility to the U.S.
B.C. to scrap requirement that all new vehicles be zero-emission by 2035
Six years ago, B.C. became the first jurisdiction in the world to legislate zero-emission vehicle sales targets.
Two years ago, it accelerated those targets, mandating that 100 per cent of new, light-duty vehicles sold had to be zero-emission by 2035.
On Tuesday, the province acknowledged it is nowhere close to meeting that goal.
Stalinists hardest hit.
MPs ‘speechless’ after Stellantis fails to show up to hearing, citing technical issues
Members of Parliament from multiple parties slammed Stellantis on Tuesday for failing to show up to a committee hearing about the federal government’s multimillion-dollar funding deals with the global automaker.
“I am incredibly annoyed that Stellantis has not been able to join us,” said Vince Gasparro, the Liberal MP for Eglinton—Lawrence. “This is incredibly frustrating and […] at this point, unacceptable.”
A company executive was scheduled to appear by videoconference before the House of Commons’ government operations and estimates committee on Tuesday morning. But that executive, Teresa Piruzza, never showed up over the course of the nearly two-hour public meeting.
Australia: Nationwide alert issued after asbestos is detected in Chinese-made wind turbines across the country
An urgent safety alert has been issued at wind farms across Australia after asbestos was discovered in Chinese-made wind turbines.
The deadly material was first found in brake pads used in wind turbine tower lifts at the Goldwind Cattle Hill wind farm in central Tasmania.
WorkSafe Victoria and SafeWork NSW confirmed on Friday that white asbestos was also found at a number of wind farm sites.
h/t Patti Jo
Plug-in polluter? Why Canada may need to rethink ‘transition’ EV
Pitched as a great compromise for the environmentally conscious yet road-tripping driver, plug-in hybrids — or PHEVs — have a few problems.
For one, people aren’t plugging them in.
Study after study show these vehicles — which boast an electric motor for emission-free rides and a gas engine for longer range — are actually being used more in gas mode. This means they’re polluting a lot more than a customer might think.
The CBC continues to push the LPC’s EV lie.
Ford loans firm 670 Million in latest EV related crap shoot
A Norwegian company is investing $3.2 billion to build a synthetic graphite plant in southwestern Ontario.
Vianode CEO Burkhard Straube says it will construct the plant in St. Thomas, Ont., and will initially create 300 jobs and ramp up to 1,000 jobs once the plant is operating at full capacity.
Premier Doug Ford says the province is providing a $670-million loan to Vianode.
GOLDSTEIN: Carney latest PM to promise impossible climate change targets
Prior to the budget vote this week, under questioning from Green Leader Elizabeth May, Prime Minister Mark Carney declared, “I can confirm to this House that we will respect our Paris commitments for climate change and we’re determined to achieve them.”
You know your EV Strategy is an abject failure when you lose the Commies …
$50-bn in Subsidies has Failed to Secure EV Jobs, Investment or Future
n October 16, 2023, it was all smiles for the cameras in Loyalist Township where politicians and corporate executives gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony to build a new $2.761-billion Electric Vehicle battery parts plant. Loyalist Township, located next door to the Kingston, Ontario, is named after the Loyalists who, 250 years ago, sided with the British King against the American Revolution and crossed the St. Lawrence River to settle in Upper Canada.
The smiling politicians in Loyalist Township included Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his economic minister, Vic Fedeli, as well as Kingston’s Liberal Member of Parliament, Mark Gerretsen, and Trudeau’s federal industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne. Even the Belgian Ambassador was there. The politicians were boasting of 600 construction jobs, 700 permanent positions, and 700 student co-op placements.
Longish read but lots of good data …”communists make excellent critics but poor theorists”
Reality Caught Up to ‘Climate Change’
For decades, the monolithic and sacrosanct international climate change hierarchy went unquestioned.
Western nations in particular spent trillions of dollars over the past half-century to subsidize expensive but erratic wind and solar energy while demonizing carbon fuels as toxic threats to the planet.
Like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion dogma, climate change orthodoxy was embedded into every aspect of Western culture, from the corporate boardroom to the university campus.