Blacklock – A focus on climate change. (Paywall)
Don’t worry, at least the CEO won’t suffer.
Now what? LNG, Inflation, BC Hydro
Brian Crossman: So, we had an election. Now what?
TotalEnergies signs supply deal with proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project on B.C. coast
Inflation slows sharply to 1.7% in April as consumer carbon price ends
BC Hydro’s challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
Y2Kyoto: Schadenfrozen
You’re welcome: Is there a long German word for regret over rejecting nuclear energy?
Doug Ford’s Battery Fiasco
Here’s a Rebel News report on the latest ridiculous green scam: Battery Energy Storage Systems. Rural Landowners are faced with a fait accompli when profiteers team up with gullible local and provincial politicians to put the screws to rural landowners.
Millions upon millions of tax dollars have been wasted on a dangerous facility with a measly 4 hours of electrical storage capacity.
Oops
Telegraph- Why Europe came to regret its ‘crippling’ nuclear power shutdown
In the end, it took Denmark just minutes to scrap a ban on nuclear power that had stood for 40 years. The totemic change – rammed through in a parliamentary vote – passed with only a few murmurs from the country’s MPs, two thirds of whom supported it.
Nice Of You To Notice
Globe and Mail- An unnecessary harvest of pain from Ottawa’s EV tariffs
Canola, pork and seafood producers are collateral damage in the brewing trade war between Canada and China. Despite a supposed “anti-discrimination” investigation by China, it is crystal clear that agriculture has been chosen in order to inflict maximum economic pain on Canada.
Load Duration Curves Matter
Climate etc.- Why “cheaper” wind and solar raise costs. Part I: The fat tail problem
Just as rare but massive losses in trading can wipe out gains, peak demand periods in power systems drive costs that overshadow renewables’ savings during easy times. Electricity demand fluctuates, and supplying power is far more challenging—and expensive—during certain periods.
Assuming They Worked To Begin With
Moe’s demands, breathing life into dying oil wells
Moe issues Saskatchewan’s demands, a week after Smith announces Alberta’s
Reaching for a million (or 600,000?), Part 3: Low Productivity and Reactivation Oil Well Program announced. What if you could breathe new life into an old, depleted well?
New Governor, Same As The Old Governor
This man is a radical.
Always has been.
He doesn’t belong in cabinet.
His view of Canadian identity stretches from Senneville to Pointe-aux-Trembles.
His comments on oil and gas will destroy national unity.
He’s the Minister of Canadian Identity.— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) May 14, 2025
Danielle Smith’s reaction here.
Update: @DimitrisSoudas
This was, without question, the worst day of the Carney government to date.
The Foreign Minister blamed the democratic State of Israel — not the terrorist group Hamas. The Justice Minister announced he’s working from home and will be taking meetings on Zoom, as though the justice system were a tech startup. The Heritage Minister — who has nothing to do with pipelines — publicly contradicted the Prime Minister on energy policy. What’s next? Will he put a Canadian flag on a barrel of oil and call it culture?
And then there’s the Housing Minister, who made it clear that making homes more affordable just isn’t a priority for him.
Canadian Deep Green State
Jim Warren: The Canadian Deep Green State. Do you think current bureaucrats believe in BANANAs? (build absolutely nothing anywhere)
The shark gets swallowed: Whitecap closes Veren (formerly Crescent Point) strategic combination. The company that pretty much defined Saskatchewan’s Bakken Boom, gobbling up over 30 companies (most of them in southeast Saskatchewan) is no more.
Pipeline Online Podcast: Ep. 9 E. Craig Lothian, CEO of Lex Capital.
AFN chief calls for review of natural resource deals amid talk of Alberta separation
Nobody Wants To Eat Bugs
Another Liberal success story. Trudeau’s cricket farm fails. Maybe Carney can force Canadians to eat them.
Lives on for another day
Enbridge’s Seven Stars wind project survives crucial RM of Weyburn vote
Y2Kyoto: The Stupid Country
🇨🇦 Canada is the only country in the world with abundant natural resources increasing our GDP…
that elected a Prime Minister that will do everything to sabotage our prosperity to the climate cult.This from .@ScottAdamsSays
⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/VusmVgpfiW— Keith (@keith_t64) May 2, 2025
Wind and solar
SaskPower awards major wind and solar projects to Meadow Lake Tribal Council, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak and Potentia partnerships
All-of-the-above approach: SaskPower Minister’s speech at wind and solar announcement
Meanwhile:
Energy Realities Podcast: Spain and Portugal’s major blackout
Y2Kyoto: Baywatch
CLIMATE CHANGE: Look at how rapidly and alarmingly sea levels are rising, per satellite video.
This explains why Democrats continue to buy up beachfront property.pic.twitter.com/p0fcCcdFvz
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 26, 2025
It could be dead, Jim.
Either a bylaw amendment is approved, or the Weyburn wind project is dead.
Y2Kyoto: A Do It Yourself Carrington Event
A thread from Michael Shellenberger;
This is truly bananas: all of Europe appears to have been seconds away a continent-wide blackout.
The grid frequency across continental Europe plunged to 49.85 hertz — just a hair above the red-line collapse threshold.
Narrative Contradictions
Who would have thought that a warmer climate could create more frequent spring frosts? It’s not as if you can expect fewer frosts in a cooler climate. But maybe that’s just my bourgeois logic at fault. If you find that people aren’t buying that argument anyway, you can always just blame Trump.
Traditionally, the plants’ buds break out in spring, emerging with colorful grapes that range from the cabernet franc’s deep blues to the soft greens of the region’s most popular grape, riesling. However, a warming world is making that happen earlier, adding to uncertainty and potential risks for farmers. If a frost comes after the buds have broken, growers can lose much of the harvest.
Political tensions, such as tariffs amid President Donald Trump’s trade wars and the administration’s rollback of environmental policies, are also looming problems.
Net Zero?
At 12:35 pm today local time, the lights went out across Spain and Portugal, and parts of France.