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Alex Walker

@alex-w4lker.bsky.social
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your friendly local talker about about climate, energy, finance and beating corporate baddies. program manager @ environmental defence canada. views my own.

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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 02/06/2026
#Media - Climate change is now responsible for approximately 50% of your home insurance premium increase. That's $533 more per year for the average Canadian homeowner. Our new report breaks down the math: environmentaldefence.ca/report/mount...
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Mounting Costs - Environmental Defence
Climate change is rewriting the rules of home insurance across Canada, as wildfires, floods, and extreme weather events increase in frequency, insurance premiums are rapidly rising. Understanding the ...
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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 29/09/2025
#MEDIA: Today marks 10 years since PM Carney’s Tragedy of the Horizons speech, yet our financial system remains underprepared for climate risks and continues to favour investments in fossil fuels over clean energy. Action is urgently needed: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/29/p...
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PM Carney's "Tragedy of the Horizon" at 10: groups call for stronger action - Environmental Defence
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, CHANGE COURSE, ECOJUSTICE, INVESTORS FOR PARIS COMPLIANCE, SHIFT: ACTION FOR PENSION WEALTH AND PLANET HEALTH Ottawa | Traditional,
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Alex Walker @alex-w4lker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Spoke with @emilylowan.bsky.social from @canrac.bsky.social all about the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline for this week's Climate Cents video interview. climatecents.substack.com/p/wall-stree... @environmentaldefence.ca
Wall Street in Western Canada: How US money could drive the PRGT pipeline
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The Energy Mix @theenergymix.com · 21/05/2025
Canada’s new finance team has deep climate credentials. But as guest writer Alex Walker (‪@alex-w4lker.bsky.social) warns, tools like transition plans and taxonomies must deliver real results, not just enable fossil fuel expansion. Read the full analysis: www.theenergymix.com/carney-champ...
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Carney-Champagne Finance Team Brings Climate Credentials—But Must Deliver
As the Carney government begins its work, Canada stands at a pivotal moment for climate finance, writes Alex Walker, Climate Finance Program Manager at Environmental Defence Canada. The platform commi...
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
BREAKING: Sit-ins call on BC NDP to reject MAGA pipeline. Pro-democracy organizers are sitting-in at the offices of the Min of Energy in Victoria and Eby’s Vancouver office today, to demand that the BC NDP reject the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline. New website out now: stopprgt.ca A 🧵
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Alex Walker @alex-w4lker.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This week's Climate Cents - My analysis of old Carney speeches and what that means for climate finance in Canada 💰 - A breakdown of the latest developments in the Mathur et. al case led by Ecojustice Canada ⚖️ - Tony Blair's diatribe against net-zero 🙂‍↔️ climatecents.substack.com/p/climate-ce...
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📈 Climate Cents: The Good, The Bad, and The Carney in Canadian Climate Finance
Canada’s (soon to be) Second Most-Read Newsletter About Finance 🤠😉
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 22/04/2025
Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)
A view of Earth rising above the Moon's horizon, taken from space. The Moon's barren, gray surface stretches across the lower portion of the image, while Earth appears as a small, vibrant blue-and-white sphere against the vast blackness of space.
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Finance Watch @financewatch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🔥 #Climaterisk: the financial system is blind to the climate crisis. And people will pay for this multiple times unless policymakers prepare the financial system for an orderly transition. Read our blog 👉 www.finance-watch.org/blog/unprepa... #SafeTransition #ClimateLTV #Breakthedoomloop
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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 03/04/2025
🚨 In 2024, Canada handed nearly $30B in subsidies to fossil fuel companies, fueling pipelines & an aging industry at the expense of health, the environment, & our future. 🌍 It's time for sustainable energy solutions. 🌱 Read the full analysis 👉 bit.ly/3RxJUhe
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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 28/03/2025
#Media: Some good news! Yesterday the City of Toronto passed a motion to advance climate aligned finance! Decisions like this will help 🇨🇦 build a strong economy & stop the financing of polluters. Read our full statement below: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/28/s...
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STATEMENT: City of Toronto Passes Motion Advancing Climate-Aligned Finance - Environmental Defence
Statement by Alex Walker, Program Manager, Climate Finance Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the
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Julie Segal @julieesegal.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This @insurancebureau.bsky.social advertisement does not mention climate change when it laments that "extreme weather is getting worse in Canada". Protecting Canadians means reducing emissions to prevent climate-caused damage, not only a payout when damage happens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx5p...
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Protecting Your Tomorrow
YouTube video by insurancebureau
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Alex Walker @alex-w4lker.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We just released the second edition of our newsletter Climate Cents. Thank you to @saveohioparks.bsky.social and @shiftaction.bsky.social for your contributions. Happy reading everyone :)) TLDR; CPPIB need to sort it out. climatecents.substack.com/p/climate-ce... @environmentaldefence.ca
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Environmental Defence
Defending clean water, a safe climate, and healthy communities.
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Alex Walker @alex-w4lker.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Huge reporting on this one from Bloomberg. TD Bank involved in money laundering related to human trafficking, while slashing costs to maximize shareholder value. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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How TD Became America’s Most Convenient Bank for Money Launderers
Rapid expansion made TD Bank a household name but left it vulnerable to crooks—and $3.1 billion in fines.
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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 19/03/2025
We're #Hiring 🚨 We're on the hunt for a passionate Senior Program Manager to lead bold climate campaigns, push for national policy change, and inspire a high-performing team. Interested? 👇 edc-careers.applytojobs.ca/campaigns/36...
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Environmental Defence Canada Inc. Job Board - Senior Climate Program Manager
Job vacancy for the role of Senior Climate Program Manager
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Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
So much for Canada's strategy of shipping more oil to China Energy security means reducing our dependence on volatile & sunsetting commodities, not doubling down on them
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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 04/03/2025
#MEDIA In 2024, fossil fuel lobbyists met with federal officials 1,135 times. That's over 4 times per workday. Our New Report Exposes Big Oil’s Relentless Lobbying in 2024 📢 Press release here ⬇️ environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/04/n...
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New Report Exposes Big Oil’s Relentless Lobbying in 2024 - Environmental Defence
Environmental Defence’s report finds that fossil fuel lobbyists met with federal government officials 1,135 times in 2024.  Montréal/Tiohtià:ke | In 2024, fossil fuel companies and industry associatio...
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Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health @shiftaction.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Today Shift released its annual Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, an independent benchmark for evaluating the quality, depth and credibility of climate policies for 11 of Canada’s largest pension managers, collectively managing $2.4 trillion in retirement savings.
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2024 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
The 2024 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, an independent benchmark for evaluating the quality, depth and credibility of climate policies for 11 of Canada’s largest pension managers, reveals which...
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Alex Walker @alex-w4lker.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
RBC finally pulled out of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance today. Check out my blog on the issue here: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/01/28/t...
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The Great Bank Exodus: what’s the story? - Environmental Defence
Four of our largest banks have recently withdrawn from the UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). This may seem like a setback for climate progress
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Alex Walker @alex-w4lker.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In some good news, investment in low-carbon energy surpassed fossil fuels for the first time ever in 2023! There was a lot of bad news in the report but I'll stick to the good today 😎 about.bnef.com/blog/third-a...
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Third Annual Energy Supply Investment and Banking Ratios | BloombergNEF
The energy industry is shifting more of its investments into cleaner sources of supply. Bank financing for low-carbon energy supply technologies reached 95% of that for fossil fuels in 2023 – meaning ...
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Alex Walker @alex-w4lker.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Huge investigation out today, looking at how big polluters are accessing vast "sustainability-linked loans" which gives them access to cash without any requirement to reduce emissions 😠😠 pure greenwashing but fantastic reporting from this crew apnews.com/article/shel...
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How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans
Some of the world’s biggest polluters are reaping billions of dollars through a lax form of green finance, a new investigation by The Examination has found.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
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Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Earlier this fall @cafreeland held a meeting with the Pathways Alliance tarsands companies I filed an ATIP requesting any briefing material - and was told there was none This is not standard practice...is Freeland trying to hide the details of what was discussed?
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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Not going gently into that dark night of Trump-lite in Canada. I’m currently chained to a replica oil jack blocking Pierre Poilievre’s driveway, calling him out for protecting polluters over people
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Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Last year the Pathways Alliance - a coalition of the largest tar sands companies - spent millions on a misleading ad campaign Our new video exposes the truth behind Big Oil's greenwashing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1yW...
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Clean Pathway to Future - (Official Video)
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Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Fossil fuel lobbyists are once again swarming climate negotiations, inc. Canada’s official delegate list Our analysis of the UN’s Provisional List of #COP29 Participants found 28 people with ties to the fossil fuel sector were given Party badges by Canada environmentaldefence.ca/2024/11/14/f...
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Fossil fuel lobbyists are once again swarming Canada’s COP29 delegation   - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Fossil fuel lobbyists are once again swarming the international climate negotiations,
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Alex Walker @alex-w4lker.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
$48 million in additional costs to provincial taxpayers to pay for the removal of existing bike lanes that have been constructed in recent years. Lost investment of $27 million in city costs to install the existing infrastructure. Likely minimal improvements in travel time once lanes are removed 👍👍
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Allie Rougeot @allie-rougeot.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The climate crisis is a very serious thing, but the shenanigans happening at the UN climate negotiations sometimes can only be illustrated through humour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwbZ...
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Guess what is REALLY HAPPENING at the UN Climate Conference in November 2024?
YouTube video by Big Oil Alliance
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