Climate Change is a huge problem for us all; the existential issue of our time.
It's daunting and feels overwhelming. But this newsreel/blog shows there are champions and
successes happening daily that can turn the trajectory on GHG emissions, waste heat production
and a number of related problems. We can get back to a more sustainable world, but it's
going to take work and an occasional confrontation to get the change we need to survive and
thrive in a more livable world.
As time permits, I'm going to put the esoterica I encounter related to climate change
here rather than trying to update the various pages. So this will be in reverse chronological rather
than logically organized within the structure of the rest of this website. Please don't
rely on this as a consistent and current source for climate change information updates.
Sadly, we cannot rely on our corporate-controlled mass media for good information on this, and my time is limited.
Past blog pages:
2019: May June
July August
September October
November December
2020: January February
March April
May June
July [COVID gap]
2021: [COVID gap] October-December
2022: January-February March
April May-August
September October
November-December
2023: January February
March-April May-July
August-September October-November
December
2024: January February
March April
May June
July August
September October
November December
2025: January February
March-May June-July
August-September
There is no Plan B because there is no Planet B. - Emmanuel Macron (President of France)
2025.11.05 Another (Alberta) taxpayer subsidy to the oil and gas industry you may not have known about
'By the wayside': rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills (The Narwhal)
And yet the federal budget this week suggests taxpayers should be prepared to sacrifice more so the oil and gas industry can pad profits further.
And that's on top of the October 30 story from the Pembina Institute,
2025.10.31 Spooky, scary: Ontario's jump in retail electricity prices starting tomorrow
Ontario electricity supply costs jump 29 per cent as nuclear spending rises (National Observer)
It doesn't have to be this way. A truly conservative government that wants to control government
spending and curb consumer inflation is succeeding by taking
the path Doug Ford destroyed in his first week in office: renewables.
Prices fall sharply in September quarter as renewables surge, batteries displace gas in evening peaks (Renew Economy)
So about those price increases, let's have a look.
2025.10.30 YAFFS = Yet Another Fossil Fuel Subsidy, just Business As Usual in Canada paid for by taxpayers
Alberta's Mature Asset Strategy: another exercise in buck-passing
2025.10.21 Global Energy Power based on a pipeline abandoned by the oil industry, built by taxpayers as a massive subsidy
and still loses money every day on operations.
That's not power, that's financial idiocy.
How One Pipeline Turned Canada Into a Global Energy Power (OilPrice.com)
2025.10.20 Planning? We don't need no stinkin' planning. (we'll just raise prices to guarantee our profits, we have a monopoly)
- Electric utility companies, probably.
To keep power affordable, regulators must rethink who pays - and when (Informa)
Keep this phrase in mind for 2026-27: Grid Defection
2025.10.20 Story from Australia, but similar rules apply in most of Canada and the U.S.
Big Green Lies: Are renewables really "tearing up" agricultural land? (Renew Economy)
The work with maps and zooming show disinformation vs. reality on how much space renewables (specifically wind) take up.
2025.10.18 The idea of the oil industry and its vassal states would give up their profits for human survival was always a fantasy; deny, distort, delay.
The Cleantech Revolution Will Not Be Led By Petrostates (CleanTechnica)
2025.10.16 Burning stuff for cooking impacts health
Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds (The Guardian)
2025.10.16 EVs are winning the innovation race, which is why they will supplant fossil fuels within a matter of years.
2,100 cycles, 99% efficiency: New EV battery anode promises long-life vehicles (Interesting Engineering)
China Just Invented the Battery That Will Kill Gas Cars (The China Academy)
The Quiet Way The Auto Industry Has Been Gliding Toward EV Revolution (CleanTechnica)
Plummeting Battery Prices Will Push BEVs Below Parity Soon (CleanTechnica)
Batteries are improving rapidly, and prices are falling. Fast charging is developing so that a 600 km fill can
be completed in under 10 minutes, with electricity cheaper than gasoline as fuel.
The U.S. auto sector will have no export market within 3 years. Canada needs to get off this moving U.S. train wreck
with a serious contingency plan to align with where the rest of the world is going. If not China, how about
Korea as a jump-start partner? After the Hyundai Georgia ICE raid, they might be interested in a new North American lead partner.
2025.10.16 In other places, battery storage smooths out intermittent renewables supply; in Ontario it's insufficent local natural gas generation at peak times.
'A win-win-win': New $350M facility to provide power at peak times (OrilliaMatters)
Kind of amusing that now battery storage is so cheap and quick to install, it's used to improve return on investment
for an existing natural gas peaker plant.
2025.10.16 Australia joins Canada's boreal forests in switching from GHG sink to net emitter.
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source (The Guardian)
2025.10.15 I would be interested in hearing from anyone who was alive 800,000 years ago to tell us what it was like then.
CO2 in the atmosphere has reached highest level in 800,000 years: WMO report (CBC)
2025.10.14 Allegedly stable 'baseload' generators are now the main cause of rising electricity costs in Australia
Gas and high coal penetration are the drivers of expensive, volatile power prices (Renew Economy)
Renewables and battery storage are providing the stable, reliable, responsive, and less expensive electricity now.
2025.10.12 Yeah, kicking fossil fuels to the curb and picking free energy will do that for you.
Australia's household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests (The Guardian)
But nobody really wants lower energy bills, right, Exxon?
2025.10.11 End of the coal age, less expensive solar and wind energy is winning on financials, not environmental win
Australia's March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy (WIRED)
2025.10.09 As the U.S. (and joined at the hip Canada) become Oil's Last Stand, the rest of the world moves forward, not back
As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy (Grist)
2025.10.07 Yet another taxpayer subsidy for foreign-owned LNG Canada (profits of course will to to Shell Oil and friends)
Taxpayers on hook for more than $100M to connect LNG Canada to BC Hydro (National Observer)
2025.10.05 Reduces labour cost, speeds installation, renewable energy.
"They Build the Sun Itself": AI Robots Now Installing 500,000 Solar Panels in Australia Faster Than Any Human Crew Could (Sustainability Times)
2025.10.04 Norway is an oil EXPORTING country, but sees the path to a survivable future is renewables and electricfication
Norway's Aggressive Push for Electric Planes (OilPice.com)
2025.10.02 The demise of the EVs in the U.S. is a deception campaign. Get yours before the incentives are killed.
Chevrolet EV Sales Grew 86% in 3rd Quarter (OilPice.com)
2025.10.02 Utilities are choosing solar + storage over fossil fuels because it costs less and installs faster than nuclear, coal or gas
Solar dominates new US generating capacity in 2025, and 96% of additions in July (Renew Economy)
2025.10.02 28-minute podcast with Bill McKibben on his latest book, Here Comes The Sun! Good news on renewables, in contrast to U.S. media disinformation barrage
Here comes the sun! The solar energy revolution - podcast (The Guardian)
Past blog pages:
2019: May June
July August
September October
November December
2020: January February
March April
May June
July [COVID gap]
2021: [COVID gap] October-December
2022: January-February March
April May-August
September October
November-December
2023: January February
March-April May-July
August-September October-November
December
2024: January February
March April
May June
July August
September October
November December
2025: January February
March-May June-July
August-September
You can find many earlier postings (going back to year 2000) related to climate change at:
Keith's List Archive and
the Sustainable Biofuel List Mail Archive.
I present a lot of information in this blog and on this website. If you need some help sorting through the
noise level and getting a forward-looking, proactive approach to climate change for your business, I can do
that work for you via my consulting business. Contact