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Liberal straws

Michael Zwaagstra: Liberals being hypocritical on plastics ban.

And, since everyone is doing the whole year in review, here’s the biggest energy story in Saskatchewan for 2025:

Saskatchewan to rebuild its coal fleet, despite federal regulations calling for its demise

This was the biggest story in Saskatchewan’s energy sector in 2025, by a wide margin. Even the Premier agreed, when asked about it in December. Saskatchewan to rebuild its coal fleet, despite federal regulations calling for its demise. It’s my understanding we should see Boundary Dam Unit 4 returned to service soon in the new year. It was retired under the federal coal regulations, but continually brought back into service because, guess what, we needed it. About a year ago it was finally disconnected, only to be called back to service now.

Lithium, geothermal, carbon tax, drilling, plastics, loans – a bit of everything

Geothermal project near Estevan has major update, with a greenhouse now in the works to make use of surplus heat that would otherwise go to waste.

First Nation wants voice in plastics treaty. Guess they don’t like plastics.

This might have been posted yesterday. Trudeau calls out Moe on carbon tax fight. (Yes, I use the Canadian Press – as a one man band, I can’t do everything!)

More on carbon tax fight, from Trudeau

Quick Dick McDick puts the old farm truck out to pasture. It makes me sad, because my gas guzzling Canyonero of a Ford Expedition is nearing its end of life, too.

For some reason, this didn’t post yesterday:

And when they’re not working on lithium, ROK Resources plans on six oil wells after breakup

Lithium in SK, Part 28: Hub City Lithium operating direct lithium extraction pilot in Estevan

Trudeau says Saskatchewan to get carbon rebates despite province not paying levies

Freeland says $5 billion just a start for Indigenous loan guarantee program

Minister Guilbeault issues statement on high-level meeting as INC-4 begins, verbatim. This is that plastics ban thing. In Pipeline Online’s never-ending quest to ensure the Canadian Public knows exactly what Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault is telling us on how to save the planet, here is his verbatim statement issued on April 23 about the evils of plastic.

An ‘ambitious’ global plastic treaty demands limits on production, Guilbeault says

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