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Resilient Canada @resilientcanada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, British Columbia has the potential to generate more than C$50 billion in government revenues over the life of the project: www.lngcanada.ca/news/lng-can...
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LNG Canada Announces Phase 2 Final Investment Decision - LNG
LNG Canada today announced that its Joint Venture Participants (JVPs) – Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and KOGAS – have taken a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the LNG Canada P...
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As the Trump administration ratchets up its economic attack on #Canada with a ban on selected imports, it is promoting planned tariff cuts on USD 60 billion in bilateral #trade with #China. Go figure. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
US-China tariff cuts include emus, robots, whales and soccer balls
Both countries have struck a deal to lower tariffs on non-sensitive goods worth $US60 billion, with the list including live animals, surgical robots and toys.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Indonesia is currently responding to its worst wildfire season in years. Agricultural slash-and-burn practices routinely cause uncontrolled seasonal fires across the archipelagic nation. Following years of worsening burn seasons, a severe El Niño in 2026 is expected to set new historical highs.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook are reportedly unwilling to accept paid advertising for Alex Gibney’s movie #Musk. Here's the trailer in case you're interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp5W.... @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social #Elon #Tesla #SpaceX
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Musk Official Trailer (2026) – Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk Documentary
YouTube video by Trailer HQ
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Center for Global Development is hosting a panel discussion on new research mapping #China's engagement across the multilateral development banks, the vertical funds and the UN system: www.cgdev.org/event/new-er... @cgdev.org @adb.org
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A New Era of Multilateralism: China’s Evolving Role
This event will present new CGD research mapping China's engagement across MBDs, the vertical funds and the UN system and will use it as a shared factual baseline for a panel discussion bringing toget...
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The @oecd-ocde.bsky.social assesses that #Malaysia's strong growth has boosted living standards, but further progress requires education reforms, productivity-enhancing regulations, and fiscal consolidation - including subsidy rationalization and tax reforms: www.oecd.org/en/topics/su...
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Malaysia Economic Snapshot
The snapshot offers a concise summary of Malaysia's economic trends and prospects, including GDP and inflation projections, growth prospects, and structural reform priorities, drawing from the OECD Economic Survey, Economic Outlook, and Foundations for Growth and Competitiveness reports.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Signals from today's meeting of China's State Council Executive Meeting suggest that the leadership is now worried about economic performance for the rest of the year and may be looking at a Q4 supplementary stimulus, per Bill Bishop @sinocism.com.web.brid.gy
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has asked for a temporary injunction against #OpenAI and #ChatGPT, claiming the company doesn't have the ability to properly regulate its own technology. The legal fight could further test how far states can go to restrict AI companies.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No leading politician in the USA lies like Donald Trump: www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Analysis of the #AI buildout shows its huge scale: $10.3 trillion in estimated AI infrastructure investment through 2032. That's 3.6% of GDP a year, dwarfing the investment booms that built the USA's railroads, highways, electric grid & telecom networks: www.brookings.edu/articles/fin...
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Financing the AI buildout | Brookings
AI's data center boom could demand 3.6% of GDP in annual investment through 2032—financed increasingly through debt structures that mask real risk.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
South Korea’s National Learning Card integrates training support for employed and unemployed workers into a single 5-year grant - expanding access to #digital skills and lifelong learning in a changing #labor market: development.asia/case-study/h... #aging #education
development.asia
How Korea's National Learning Card Expanded Access to Lifelong Learning
The Republic of Korea broadened access to skills development by simplifying support for training across employment statuses.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
China’s #AI surge looks less like a coordinated state strategy than a brutal domestic race. Despite major constraints - chips, compute & capital - stiff competition, cheap energy, open models & strong hardware capabilities are producing great innovation: earnedintuition.substack.com/p/involution...
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Involution Without Export Is Wasted Effort
A week in Beijing and Shanghai with the people building AI in China
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Kazakhstan plans to introduce a driverless taxi service in 2027, with an autonomous vehicle already undergoing testing in Almaty and a pilot project underway in three cities: astanatimes.com/2026/09/kaza...
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Kazakhstan Plans to Launch Driverless Taxi Service in 2027 - The Astana Times
Kazakhstan Plans to Launch Driverless Taxi Service in 2027
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Commemorating 30 years of independent accountability, the Asian Development Bank has just published the Accountability Mechanism (AM) Annual Report, highlighting how the AM gives project-affected communities a voice and promotes sustainable development: www.adb.org/sites/defaul... @adb.org #finance
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
China’s new 134km Pinglu Canal creates a direct river-to-sea gateway to #ASEAN, cutting shipping routes by 560km and logistics costs up to 30% - a game-changer connecting Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Chongqing to booming regional #trade: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/... #China #Vietnam
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What’s the Pinglu Canal, China’s new gateway to Southeast Asia?
China's first modern river-to-sea canal could significantly cut down time and costs of trade to Southeast Asia.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A clean #energy surge halted CO2 emission growth in India’s power sector from 1H 2024 to 1H 2026 - marking the first two-year period with zero coal power growth in over 50 years: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind.... @carbonbrief.org #emissions #renewables #India
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Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge - Carbon Brief
A surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth from the first half of 2024 to the same period in 2026.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
China aims for cars that use alternative clean energy sources to hit 70% of new car sales and 40% of commercial sales by 2030, according to a new five-year plan. Analysts suggest #EV and hybrid adoption could even reach 80%, up from 65% today.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
China has implemented strict new overseas travel controls for civil servants, party cadres, state-enterprise staff, and sensitive-sector private citizens to protect state secrets, penalizing violations with fines and exit bans: www.ft.com/content/3f2b... #HotelCalifornia #CCP #PRC
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China tightens control of overseas travel in sweeping new law
President Xi Jinping steps up efforts to secure state secrets, advanced technology and highly skilled workers
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The @gatesfoundation is investing US$1 billion in #AI for health, education, and agriculture, with 40% targeted at healthcare tools, diagnostics, and decision-making support for frontline workers in maternal and newborn care: www.geekwire.com/2026/gates-f...
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Gates Foundation bets $1B on AI to boost global health, agriculture and education
The Gates Foundation is committing at least $1 billion over the next two years to AI tools for health workers, farmers and teachers. CEO Mark Suzman told GeekWire he expects the figure to grow, but sa...
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bell Canada’s #AI data centre near Regina is expanding to a projected C$50B investment and 1.2GW hub under Saskatchewan’s “Bring Your Own Power” policy. PM Carney, SK Premier Moe, and Bell Canada CEO Bibic announced the quadrupled project at the #Canada Investment Summit.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary "Musk" unsparingly dismantles Elon #Musk, framing the trillionaire not as a visionary savior, but as a dangerous, volatile confidence man with a god complex, inflated stocks, and toxic, unchecked power. Hits the theaters on October 16.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Asia-Pacific #SDG progress shows notable gains in poverty reduction, health, and clean energy, though results remain uneven. Geopolitical tensions, climate shocks, entrenched gender gaps, and transport disruptions threaten long-term regional development: sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g... @iisd.org
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Progress Reported on SDGs in the Asia Pacific, But Inequalities Persist
By Delia Paul Countries in the Asia-Pacific region have made great strides toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but results vary across the different subregions. The UN’s annua...
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Despite growing competition from Western initiatives, #China’s Belt and Road Initiative continues to be very influential. The #BRI is adapting by pivoting toward renewable #energy and digital infrastructure to meet changing global conditions: www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-feat... #infrastructure
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Why China’s Belt and Road Initiative will remain relevant despite growing competition
Rival infrastructural projects are forcing the BRI to evolve Read more at The Business Times.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Driven by rising global fuel prices, #China’s Belt and Road Initiative directed a record $20.1bn into green energy financing in early 2026, with private companies increasingly steering investments toward commercial opportunities: www.ft.com/content/221a... #BRI #oil
ft.com
China pours funding into green energy deals as Iran war hits oil demand
Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative takes advantage of rise in appetite for renewables as Middle East conflict drags on
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Asian growth faces mounting headwinds from slowing productivity, rapid population #aging, #trade fragmentation & energy vulnerabilities. To sustain momentum, policymakers must navigate these disruptions while harnessing #AI to drive inclusive innovation: www.imf.org/en/publicati...
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Gartner warns that using AI primarily to cut jobs is a short-sighted trap. By 2029, 30% of workers laid off for AI will need to be rehired at higher costs: www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/...
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Gartner Identifies 4 Shifts Shaping the Future of Work
While CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, Gartner predicts that by 2029, 30% of employees laid off due to replacement by AI will need to be rehired, often at a si...
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Laura Lee on Lake ONTARIO 🇨🇦🍁🦫 @laura-leez.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Over. mastermindquotes.com/5-times-that...
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5 Times That Canada Saved America
Most people think of Canada as America's friendly neighbor to the north, known for maple syrup, hockey, and saying "sorry" a lot. But throughout history, Canada has actually stepped up in big ways to ...
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"The people building #AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." -Jacob Coxon, who just resigned from @anthropic.com
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
To sustain growth amid aging populations and trade fragmentation, Asian policymakers must pivot toward productivity, deepen regional trade ties, and leverage #AI while expanding digital access and energy security, argues IMF's Director of Asia/Pac: www.imf.org/en/publicati...
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Southeast Asian nations have emerged as key drivers of China's clean-energy export boom, with the region making record purchases of #energy storage batteries, grid equipment, electric vehicles and clean-power generation components so far this year: www.reuters.com/commentary/r... #ASEAN
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COMMENTARY: Southeast Asia emerges as a crucial driver of China's clean-tech exports
Southeast Asian nations have emerged as key drivers of China's clean-energy export boom, with the region making record purchases of energy storage batteries, grid equipment, electric vehicles and clea...
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Canada has imposed counter-tariffs on about US$20B of U.S. goods after Washington used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply duties to Canadian imports. The duties fall heaviest on political swing states such as OH, PA, MI & WI, while also targeting key industries in other GOP strongholds.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
India has taken positive steps toward addressing the enormous digital divide between its elderly citizens and the rest of the population. Yet the growing number of older persons over the coming years requires greater investment in overcoming this divide: bigtrendsguy.medium.com/helping-indi...
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Helping India’s elderly cross the digital divide as the country ages
India boasts more than 560 million internet users, making it the second largest online market in the world. Yet there are vast disparities…
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Trump’s #tariff-centric foreign policy is failing. Minor market gains can't offset great economic costs, alienated allies, and lost global influence - all while emboldening adversaries and leaving the USA poorer, isolated, and less secure: thedispatch.com/newsletter/d... @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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Trump’s Vaunted ‘Trade Deals’ Are Much Less Than Meet the Eye
Especially compared to the real-world alternatives we already had at a much lower cost.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Himalayan flooding disaster has claimed more than 1,380 lives in #Nepal and #Tibet with 5,500+ missing. In flooded Trishuli, displaced mothers and newborns face critical shortages of food, shelter, and emergency obstetric care in overcrowded camps: www.trtworld.com/article/1744...
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TRT World - Nepal-China border floods death toll climbs to 1,385 as thousands remain missing
The combined death toll from flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border rises to 1,385, while 5,519 remain missing, say official data from two countries.
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Resilient Canada @resilientcanada.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
According to @asiapacificfdn.bsky.social, in 2025 Canada–India two-way foreign direct investment increased to C$2.5 billion, a 30% increase compared to 2024. Canadian investment in India — totalling C$2.2 billion in 2025 — accounted for the vast majority of this figure. #India
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Resilient Canada @resilientcanada.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Approaching the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we honour the people of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. Their remarkable selflessness in welcoming thousands of stranded passengers remains a powerful legacy of compassion and good-neighbourliness: 911memorial.org/connect/blog... 🇨🇦
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“Lend a Hand, Do What You Can”: Remembering the Generosity of Gander | National September 11 Memorial & Museum
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New climate scenarios projected for the next IPCC report show 2100 global warming ranging between 1.6°C - 3.3°C. The top-end warming projection has fallen for the first time, while avoiding a 1.5°C temporary temperature overshoot is no longer considered plausible: www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-th...
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Explainer: The CMIP7 emissions scenarios – and how they explore future climate change - Carbon Brief
Every few years, climate modelling groups run a coordinated set of simulations that explore climate change in the future. Carbon Brief unpacks how the new scenarios were designed and how they differ.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Bloomberg reports that “solar panels are now China’s top source of power capacity, surpassing coal in a key milestone for the country’s green-energy boom”.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
China's trade with #ASEAN exceeded $1 trillion for the first time in 2025, with bilateral trade value reaching $1.05 trillion, up 7.4% year-on-year. For numerous years, #China and ASEAN have been each other's leading trade partners, reports China Daily.
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
China's cash-strapped local governments are shifting to a new development model. They're building integrated industrial parks around key inputs, linking suppliers, head firms, and startups into new ecosystems and localizing supply chains: aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/how-chi...
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How China’s Debt-Ridden Local Governments Are Rewriting Their Economic
Having lost their primary source of revenue from land finance, indebted Chinese counties and cities are pursuing new strategies to sustain development, pivoting toward industrial parks and venture cap...
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Is #China lowballing the number of people killed in the horrific glacier collapse and flood on the #Tibet-#Nepal border? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... @savetibet.bsky.social @hrw.org
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China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners
Rights group claims 300 homes were destroyed in Tibet and number of missing people is ‘far higher’ than Beijing admits
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you are interested in how #Canada is building its future in the midst of global uncertainty and an unfriendly administration in Washington, check out the following account: @resilientcanada.bsky.social. #Never51 #CanadaStrong #LakeOntario #automobiles #trade #Ontario #Quebec #energy #tariffs
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New report presents five case studies on the transfer of knowlege and innovation from Asian Development Bank projects in #China to other developing countries to tackle challenges related to climate change, pollution, urbanization and aging: www.adb.org/publications...
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Success Beyond Borders: Replication Study Series Volume 2
This publication demonstrates how elements of ADB projects in the People’s Republic of China are being replicated successfully across Asia and the Pacific.
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Resilient Canada @resilientcanada.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
South Asia is a very promising region for diversifying Canadian exports. For example, #Pakistan purchased more than 500,000 tonnes of Canadian canola during the first six months of 2026 (compared to none in all of 2024 and 2023). #Saskatchewan #trade
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"Canada is stuck in a top-floor apartment with a destructive and eccentric neighbour crashing around downstairs, however much it might want to relocate to Europe Towers," writes @alanbeattie.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com #EU #trade
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Bartapest @bartapest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In a defeat for state efforts to penalize #ESG investing, in American Sustainable Business Council v. Hegar, a Texas federal court declared Senate Bill 13 (SB 13) - a state law targeting financial companies that "boycott" fossil fuels - unconstitutional: www.mondaq.com/unitedstates...
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Federal Court Strikes Down Texas Anti-ESG Investment Law
Policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels have questioned whether investment decisions can or should hinge on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors...
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Resilient Canada @resilientcanada.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Largest #renewable energy investment in North American history: www.theenergymix.com/biggest-clea...
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‘Biggest Clean Energy Investment in North America’ Brings Hydro, Wind, Transmission Deal to Churchill Falls
The Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and federal government have reached a tentative agreement for up to 14,000 megawatts of hydropower development and 2,000 MW of wind, in what Prime Minister Mark ...
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Resilient Canada @resilientcanada.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Canada to build six new icebreakers: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Carney unveils $11B in funding to make 6 icebreakers in Quebec | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the federal government will pour $11.3 billion into Quebec's shipbuilding industry to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, fulfilling a promise made ...
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Resilient Canada @resilientcanada.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
European countries have ordered 22 new Canadair 515 aircraft from De Havilland Canada since 2022: www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
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Canada built an iconic wildfire-fighting plane. Can it keep up with demand? | CBC News
The hand-built planes are unmatched in the firefighting aircraft market and are built to last for decades. Europe wants more of them than ever.
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