Climate Change Reporter @TorontoStar I write about solutions
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John Tory said Olivia Chow, as an incumbent, should have won by more.
He didn’t say Chow got more votes tonight than any Toronto mayor ever, including Tory (3 times) #TorontoVotes2026
Unlike the Premier and Prime Minister, who wield great power to pass legislation and command other elected officials, Toronto’s mayor famously has only 1 vote on council and must persuade councillors to support their agenda. 5/
Free electricity!
It's not a fantasy. It's real in Australia and UK
When inflation is used to delay climate action, here is a pocketbook policy that drives the clean energy transition
Build renewables and they produce so much power, it can be given away
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Trapped in a Tesla
18 months after 4 people died in a horrific car accident, the Star obtained federal investigation records that point to electronic handle failure, where the doors could not be opened from the inside or out as fire engulfed the vehicle. thestar.com/news/gta/trapped…
Trump takes up so much space in Canada, many of us have been hoodwinked into thinking climate action is dead.
If we could only look past the looming figure to our south, we'd realize that climate solutions are actually accelerating worldwide. #cdnpoli
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Prepaying for nuclear power before it's built -- what could go wrong?
Ask the people of South Carolina. #onpoli
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The oil industry often touts its importance to the Canadian economy, but doesn't mention that there are 30,000 fewer jobs than 10 years ago.
Now, there's a small cohort of roughnecks in the GTA putting their skills to work for the green economy #cdnpoli thestar.com/news/gta/from-al…
Fascinating essay on the mental adjustment required now that China has surpassed us
"The familiar framing of China as 'rising' or 'catching up' no longer holds. China is now shaping the trajectory of development, setting the pace economically, technologically and institutionally"
"For Americans especially, the deeper psychic shock lies in the recognition that modernity is no longer something they authored and others merely inherit. That story has outlived its usefulness."
Or, as I have been putting it recently:
(North) Americans are going to have a hard time coming to terms with the fact that we no longer have the best stuff.
It's going to feel like East Germany, smuggling in jeans and LPs, only with phones and apps
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Canadian EV sales fell off a cliff in 2025.
What happened?
With news that Canada just dropped its tariffs for (a small number of) Chinese EVs, maybe we can turn this around. #EV #cdnpoli
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In the climate community, there are few subjects more divisive than nuclear.
It's either absolutely necessary or a wasteful folly.
Ontario knows what side its on and is betting $100B to make it happen. #onpoli thestar.com/politics/provinc…
Relevant context: Ontario still hasn't paid off the construction bill from its last nuclear plant, which opened in 1993!
But it has gotten good at hiding the outstanding debt. thestar.com/news/canada/how-…
