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dariussnieckus.bsky.social
Journalist writing on the global energy transition for Canada’s National Observer: https://bsky.app/profile/nationalobserver.bsky.social. Views expressed my own.
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Another utility, Xcel, says it will be carbon pollution free by 2035. We can do this for the whole country, if we only try! Don't lose faith, folks. Progress is still possible. www.startribune.com/xcel-says-it...

#stealingfrompetertopaypaul

In 2014, finishing a stint as a baby intern, I blew the whistle about Canadian Geographic providing cover for the oil industry to sneak propaganda into classrooms. A report this week exposes that campaign and much more (and mentions my small role, too!) www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/n...

North America’s largest urban #solarpower plant takes shape – in Canada's ‘Gas City’. Read the full story in @nationalobserver.com: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/n...

Read @nationalobserver.com tomorrow for exclusive interviews on North America’s largest urban #solarpower project - in Canada’s ‘Gas City’: www.nationalobserver.com

Your weekend read: @woodsideful.bsky.social and I delved into the near-term politics and long-term economics of building new gas and oil pipelines across our home and native land to ensure Canada’s energy sovereignty: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/14/a...

Mike Judge & Michael Moore presaged the Trump presidency:

“In this critical time for #climateaction, we need to raise our voices even more. We’ve seen the power of women. When we come together, we go further, faster,” #CatherineMcKenna said speaking to @nationalobserver.com at #globexchange25. • Read the full story: lnkd.in/ekeTPpXS

⚡ China’s First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Project The Fangchenggang Offshore Wind Power Project in Guangxi is now fully operational, with 700 MW of capacity. It’s China’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm using 100% domestic turbines. www.newenergyera.com/news/chinas-... #WindPower #CleanEnergy

Look to #GenX dads in limbo between the modern and postmodern worldviews ….

“Never let a good crisis go to waste.”

Can’t Trump drink from a glass w/o a straw like a big boy?

Also how did #CCS become “green tech”, @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social?

Also how did #CCS BECOME “green tech”?

BC's widely-reported plans to fast-track a slate of major #mining and #energy projects to help declaw the tariffs threatened by #Trump includes only one critical mineral mine — Teck’s Highland Valley copper project. Read the full story: @nationalobserver.com: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/06/n...

#kleptocracy #kakistocracy #klaquetocracy

'Shitstorm of uncertainty' despite tariff delay. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/05/a...

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point www.theguardian.com/environment/...

US and Canada should “jointly invest” in NAm #criticalminerals and energy megaprojects, says Jonathan Wilkinson, raising concerns the country could risk relinquishing total control of its #naturalresource wealth. Read CNO for the full story: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/05/n...

Pritzker: "He promised he was gonna lower costs & make us safer. He's done none of it. I realize he's only been in office 2 weeks, but it's gotten worse, not better. You think grocery prices have gone down? No, they've gone up bc of what he's threatening or what he's already put in place"

#whatishegsethhiding

Doug Ford’s stump speech promise: “I’ll do whatever it takes” to support embattled Ontario #EV sector facing softening market conditions and Trump tariff threat… www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/31/n...

Read @nationalobserver.com as Canadian industrial giant Linamar seals $1.1bn deal to develop nextgen #ZEV/#EV #technology: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/29/a...

I think he must be referring to wind-powered grist mills in the US (wink) - surely not the turbines that drive 160GW of electricity to the grid … #timesupforfossils

Windmills are for milling flour Wind Turbines generate electricity #LittleDetailsMatter

Ideology over economics - bad deal!

Canada wants to host the coming wave of hyperscale data centres but with many grids already maxed-out and the queue of IT players trying to connect growing longer, where will the vast volumes of power come from? Read @nationalobserver.com for the full story: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/23/a...

Calling on the #ClimateChange ecology community: what sort of events would you like to see? Complete our survey below and help shape the activities of the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Climate Change group ⬇️

Critical minerals are certainly one card Canada can play in U.S. tariff negotiations — but it is not a trump card, as some have been suggesting. Fascinating piece here from @dariussnieckus.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/10/a...

Read @nationalobserver.com: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/10/a...

Is Canada’s #EV dream running out of charge? Read @nationalobserver.com to find out: www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/17/a... #electricvehicles #decarbonization #netzero

Many were looking to access my recent Toronto Star piece - I've posted it here: www.climateandnature.com/media/opinio...

New @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social study: "Distress can be maladaptive, impeding participation, or it can motivate people to engage in climate action" mailchi.mp/yale/new-stu...

Read @nationalobserver.com as Alberta announces new ‘agriculture first’ #renewableenergy rules that lift seven-month moratorium on #wind and #solar projects: www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/10/n...

What’s going well with the energy transition in Europe? What isn’t? My conversation with @chrisnelder.bsky.social of the @transitionshow.bsky.social 👇 energytransitionshow.com/episode-238-...

Alberta’s Texas-sized missed #wind and #solar powered #energytransition opportunity - via @pembinainstitute.bsky.social: www.pembina.org/pub/what-the...

"Disinformation threatens climate action, UN warns" by @bberwyn.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org: www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/02/n...

Read @nationalobserver.bsky.social’s exclusive interview with Canada’s minister for innovation, science & industry, #francoisphilippechampagne: www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/29/n... #ev #energytransition #reindustrialization #decarbonization

#hopespringseternal #fasterfurther #energytransition

From renewables revolution wallah to climate crisis cartoon villain - our Elon …

And long haul truck transport …

Oh ye of little faith … batteries aren’t design to - wind and solar by contrast are cheaper than newbuild oil and gas … vive la clean energy revolution

Talking point: China has 600k electric buses, 1m electric trucks, and 46,000km of electric high-speed rail. No hydrogen to speak of—fewer than 10,000 H2 vehicles. Is Europe and NAm wasting huge resources on hydrogen as an energy solution rather than what it will be best for: industrial feedstock?

clearly untrue. Homo sapiens are the primary cause!