Reposted by Emilia BelliveauStephen Thomas @stephenjwt.bsky.social · 03/03/2026It’s so fucking gross that the first thought from these deranged losers is how dystopic scenes of war and bloodshed are a “massive opportunity” for Canada’s oil oligarchs to make a quick buck. 718745
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 19/11/2025COP30 FOSSIL FUEL ROADMAP: We've now seen the full list of 82 countries supporting some sort of roadmap on transitioning away from fossil fuels docs.google.com/spre... 1/2 34017
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauEnvironmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 03/11/2025🎓 From classrooms to social feeds, Big Oil is writing the script. 🕵️♀️ New blog: Exposing Big Oil’s Playbook — Tactic 3 & 4 💰 Find out how fossil fuel companies infiltrate education and fund fake “grassroots” movements. 🔗 Read and take action: bit.ly/4qDlIKI #ClimateCrisis #Media #cdnpoli 0812
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauF Minus @fminus.bsky.social · 27/10/2025As reported in @desmog.com today, our new report with EDC exposes Canadian #fossilfuel lobbyists who also get paid to lobby FOR climate-health issues for health orgs and local governments. These lobbyists are working as #climatedoubleagents @environmentaldefence.ca www.desmog.com/2025/10/27/l...desmog.comLandmark New Report Shows Canadian Lobbyists Represent Major Polluters Alongside Environmental GroupsIn a major conflict of interest, F-Minus study shows nation’s climate action taking a back seat to Big Oil’s lobbying playbook. 01412
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Check out our new report on lobbyists who are undermining the climate goals of their climate-concerned clients, by also lobbying for fossil fuel companies! co-authored @fminus.bsky.social and re.generation 020
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 22/10/2025🤝🛢️It’s time for the monthly round-up of Big Oil’s recent lobbying from @fedlobbot.bsky.social In September, oil and gas companies lobbied federal government officials 124 times. Most Active Companies: • CAPP= 15 meetings • Pembina Pipeline Corporation = 14 meetings • Shell Canada = 14 meetings 144
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauEnvironmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 15/10/2025🚨 New: Big Oil’s Playbook 🚨 Tactic 2 – The “Good Neighbour” 🤝 Fossil fuel giants fund local events & projects — not out of kindness, but to buy consent and protect profits. This isn’t generosity. It’s PR to keep polluting. lnkd.in/g_cGbP6S #BigOil #ClimateJustice #ExposingThePlaybook 078
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauEnvironmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 15/10/2025🚨 Big Oil’s Playbook They don’t just sell fossil fuels — they sell the illusion we need them. 🧠 Tactic 1: ❌ Climate-friendly image. 💸 Same old damage. ⚡ Time to call them out. 🔗 bit.ly/46tKpzY #BigOil #Greenwashing #ClimateAction 176
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauClaire Kraatz @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social · 15/10/2025"Efforts to address climate change have been unsuccessful, we believe because of the work to obstruct them and our failure to understand and overcome this obstruction." @calgaryclimatehub.ca @canrac.bsky.social @citizensclimateiv.bsky.social @cape-acme.bsky.social @forourkidscanada.bsky.social 055
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Have you seen? EDC's Lobby Bot tracking meetings between fossil fuel lobbyists and federal officials is now on Bluesky! ☁️😎 Give it a follow 000
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauSonal Gupta @sonalg.bsky.social · 08/10/2025@nationalobserver.com launched a great resource to help journalists and citizens hold councils accountable! Kudos to @jameswsthomson.com @davidmckie.bsky.social @rorywh.bsky.social!!nationalobserver.comCanada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformationCivic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di... 183
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Just putting this on repeat📼📣: "the fossil fuel industry has singlehandedly wrecked any chance of the [Canada] hitting its legally-binding 2030 emissions reduction targets...due to increasing oil and gas production" www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...nationalobserver.com 000
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauClimate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Tens of thousands in 70+ communities across Canada took to the streets in an unprecedented & historic cross-movement mobilisation to #DrawtheLine and demand Mark Carney & the federal government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.✊ 37656
Reposted by Emilia Belliveaufreegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025On Truth & Reconciliation Day, we must act on ongoing harms. Grassy Narrows still suffers from mercury contamination after 60 + years. Sign the petition for Mercury Justice you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me... #FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows 04421
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauOil Change International @oilchange.org · 22/09/2025🚨New research🚨Rich countries can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action by ending fossil fuels handouts, making polluters pay, defunding wars, taxing the super rich. There’s no shortage of $$ for action. It’s just in the wrong hands. #FixtheFinance ➡️ Read more: oilchange.org/we-can-pay-for-it/oilchange.orgWe Can Pay For It - Oil Change InternationalWe Can Pay for It factsheet shows rich counties can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action 07259
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauEnvironmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 07/08/2025A win for the planet: The International Court affirms that states and fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for their climate pollution. news.un.org/en/story/202...news.un.orgWorld Court says countries are legally obligated to curb emissions, protect climateThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, issued its advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change, read out by the President of the Court, Judge... 04223
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Looking forward to using this disclosure system to call out fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30 this year 👀 Congrats to the campaign that fought to improve transparency at UNFCCC! #KickBigPollutersOut 040
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 15/09/2025🛢️🔥 A hot take to consider as Canada decides what path it will take into the future & where its allegiances lie, and as we see clearly what's at stake if we fail to deliberately and actively cultivate both climate justice & democracy foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...foreignpolicy.comThe Coming Ecological Cold WarDecarbonization isn’t just about technology and markets—it’s a geopolitical revolution. 041
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 15/09/2025"When it comes to NL’s economic and climate emergency, our collective road to safety is being blocked by oil lobbyists in concert with the provincial government... Rather than meet the PM, government to government, [NL Premier] came hand-in-hand with oil lobbyist" www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...saltwire.comOPINION: Oil blocks our fire exitWhen it comes to NL’s economic/climate emergency, our collective road to safety is blocked by oil lobbyists and their government support. 110
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I'm joining in Ottawa action on Sept 20th in support of the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. Come hang! drawtheline.world?event_id=262...drawtheline.worldHome | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness. 000
Reposted by Emilia Belliveau350 Canada @350canada.bsky.social · 27/08/2025🚀350 Canada and Sacred Earth have just co-launched a brand new campaign to demand a People’s Power Grid: an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast. Take action now at 350.org/ppg Watch Serena Mendizabal's video to learn more 👇 39881
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauAndrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 22/08/2025What a terrible joke Oil and gas companies are pocketing most of BC's 'clean' industry funding www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/n...nationalobserver.comOil and gas companies are pocketing most of BC's 'clean' industry fundingThe lion's share of CleanBC's Industry Funds last year went to fossil fuel projects, raising alarms about greenwashing and missed targets. 02119
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauDavid Suzuki Foundation @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Did you know Canada’s provincial electricity grids are more connected to the United States than with each other? ⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡ Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene... 24203162
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 11/08/2025In response to the Israeli assassinations of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, Climate Action Network calls for an immediate end to the ongoing targeting of journalists who are protected in terms of the Geneva Convention. 🇵🇸 climatenetwork.org/2025/08/11/c...climatenetwork.orgCAN condemns Israeli assassinations of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza - Climate Action NetworkClimate Action Network fully condemns the Israeli killings of Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Moamen Aliwa, and their assistant Mohammed Nouf... 03517
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauJohn Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 11/08/2025It has been nearly 500 days since Canadian oil company ReconAfrica was accused of committing human rights abuses and environmental destruction in an ecologically sensitive region in Namibia — and the alleged victims still have no answers. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/n...nationalobserver.comComplaints are piling up against a Canadian oil company — but there's nobody to hear themExperts are dismayed at the lack of progress from the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), which received the complaint in April 2024. Part of the problem is the head position at t... 12821
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Why warfare must be seen as a threat to our climate: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/o...nationalobserver.comWhy warfare must be seen as a threat to our climateAccording to the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, at current emission rates, we have just four years left before we exhaust the carbon budget required to limit warning to 1.5°C. We canno... 000
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauClimate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 07/08/2025📣 Join us next week to hear from union leaders, migrant justice organizers, Indigenous land defenders, & other movement leaders on why we’re uniting this September to Draw the Line! ✊ 📅 Thursday, August 14th 📍 Register: shorturl.at/5FMKn #DrawTheLine: For People. For Peace. For the Planet. 02619
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Gaza is being starved, Palestinians are being murdered, and Israel is committing war crimes. Canada has been complicit in this genocide, but concrete action to escalate pressure on Israel is at its finger tips. The people cannot wait www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...policyalternatives.caTo stop Gaza genocide, Canada must escalate pressure on Israel - CCPACanadian companies, with the approval of the Canadian government, are supplying military equipment for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. 010
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 31/07/2025"For decades, Canada has been a free rider, benefitting from the efforts of others to transition away from fossil fuels while doing little ourselves. We’ve been free-riding because of deeply entrenched interests, mostly in the oil and gas industry..." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: The International Court of Justice’s statement on fossil fuels puts Carney in a tough spotAn advisory opinion on responsibility for emissions means that Canada could be on the hook for major climate-change-related damages in the years ahead 010
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 28/07/2025"When PM Carney described Canadian tar sands production as having the potential to be 'decarbonized oil', it was a farce...It's important we call that what it is: blatant climate misinformation" - Thanks for letting me dig into the many facets of this moment @ thepointer.com/article/2025...thepointer.com 021
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauBankTrack @banktrack.bsky.social · 03/07/2025🚨 New report by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese lays bare how banks & other financial institutions are profiting from Israel’s "forever-occupation" of Palestine & now "economy of genocide" in Gaza. Read our reaction 👇 www.banktrack.org/article/un_r...banktrack.orgUN report calls for corporate accountability in ongoing genocide and occupationThe Don’t Buy into Occupation (DBIO) coalition and BankTrack welcome the publication of a landmark report by the UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, which directly calls on European… 164
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 11/07/2025My new column out today: All of us who work on climate have long walked a razor’s edge between hope and despair, and the last few months (or years) have made it near impossible to keep one’s balance. But I would put the current predicament differently. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/11/o...nationalobserver.comIs Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and lossesAll of us who work on climate have long walked a razor’s edge between hope and despair, and the last few months (or years) have made it near impossible to keep one’s balance. But I would put the curre... 88136
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 12/07/2025 "Global warming expected to exceed 1.5C within a few years, the experts warn that billions of people are at risk from climate tipping points" When I'm out in public I occasionally just look around and wonder how many people understand how close we are to this. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...news.exeter.ac.uk‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leadersWorld leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo... 010
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauKeith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 07/07/2025The letter that Doug Ford and Danielle Smith just signed calling for end to federal action on climate change is largely cut-and-pasted from Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers' 2025 election platform www.capp.ca/en/unleashin...capp.caUnleashing Canada's Energy PotentialCAPP’s 2025 Federal Policy Priorities. How our next government can leverage the energy sector for all Canadians 11311
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauTaylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 02/07/2025Do you know what your child is learning about climate change or fossil fuels in school? Because there's a good chance #Canada's oil & gas sector was involved in developing the curriculum Or even sponsoring their science fair Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/2025/06/30/p...desmog.comPathways Alliance Sponsored Science Fairs for Canadian ChildrenPaying for social license is 'no substitute for solving environmental problems,' say critics. 516458
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Big Oil wasted no time before lobbying the newly minted Minister of Energy and Natural Resources 👀 - Minister Hodgson took 11 lobby meetings in May www.instagram.com/p/DLnNySMM3o... 1107
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauClimate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The Senate just passed Bill C-5, the controversial bill to fast-track so-called "national interest" projects. Bill C-5 threatens ⚠️ democratic principles ⚠️ Indigenous rights ⚠️ public participation ⚠️ our environment & climate We will keep speaking up & holding government accountable. ✊ Our react 👇shorturl.atEnvironmental and civil society groups react: Bill C-5 becomes law, setting a dangerous precedent - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories , 26 June 2025: Environmental and civil society groups condemn Parliament’s reckless passage of Bill C-5’s controversial Building Canada Act. The Act erodes ... 22819
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 26/06/2025From @shiftaction.bsky.social "The report shows fossil-entangled pension directors on boards of companies: 📌 lobbying to weaken climate policy 📌 expanding fracked gas 📌 responsible for oil sands tailing spills and pipeline leaks This undermines the best long-term interests of pension plan members" 032
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauWest Coast Environmental Law @wcelaw.bsky.social · 19/06/2025“National interest” shouldn’t mean exempt from rules. Our latest report shows how skipping safeguards can lead to real harm - for people, land, and water. Read: An Ounce of Prevention → www.wcel.org/publication/... 0148
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauJohn Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 18/06/2025G7 leaders released a joint statement on Tuesday about wildfires with a glaring omission. The Kananaskis Wildfire Charter is 536 words long. None of them are "climate change." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/17/n...nationalobserver.comIn 'serious omission,' G7 leaders release wildfire charter with no mention of climate changeThe discussions that led to the statement’s specific wording were not public. But governments of most G7 nations recognize the role of human activity in climate change, as well as the role of climate ... 49237
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauClimate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 16/06/2025🚫 The Senate is fast-tracking Bill C-5—shortening their review & effectively shutting people out of decisions that affect them. Bill C-5 jeopardizes democratic process, environmental protections, and Indigenous rights. The Senate must send it back to the drawing board. shorturl.at/nXN1ushorturl.atClimate Action Network Canada calls on Senate to send Bill C-5 back to the drawing board - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)The Senate is abdicating their vital role as the chamber of sober second thought by shortening the review process. Hearings of Bill C-5 start this week. 17761
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauRobb Barnes 🇨🇦 @robb-barnes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Canada, we have a leaky well problem. This has implications for policy. On the ground, oil-producing provinces need to accelerate clean-up operations, with more funding by industry. In the atmosphere, our GHG models need to account for this. @cape-acme.bsky.social phys.org/news/2025-06...phys.orgMethane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought, study suggestsMethane emissions from Canada's non-producing oil and gas wells appear to be seven times higher than government estimates, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University. The finding... 02511
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 05/06/2025New guidelines from the Canadian Competition Bureau on #greenwashing don't go far enough to stop the problem, but they should provide enough clarity for Big Oil and other companies to stop using the rules as a scapegoat for their failure to deliver real climate progressenvironmentaldefence.caNew Greenwashing Rules Can’t Be a Scapegoat for Corporate Rollbacks - Environmental DefenceStatement from Emilia Belliveau, Energy Transition Program Manager, Environmental Defence Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the 011
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Suncor in Canada: still treated like a credible source on climate/energy by media and politicians (despite removing net-zero ads in response to last year's greenwashing regulations) Suncor in US: sued for violating Colorado state law by misleading the public about the dangers of fossil fuelsbusiness-humanrights.orgUSA: Colorado Supreme Court allows climate lawsuit against Exxon and Suncor to proceed - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre 000
Reposted by Emilia BelliveauChris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Here’s the issue. There was once an implicit deal AB would get TMX for accepting O&G GHG constraints. Once TMX was in the ground AB destroyed confidence in provincial renewables investment & tore up the deal accepting Fed govt O&G GHG constraints. How can 🇨🇦 trust AB with another pipeline for X deal? 32115
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Incredibly thorough investigation about how Big Oil explicitly uses sponsorships to access powerful people, build influencer networks, and maintain social license. It's not just bad luck that we're failing to stop climate change, Big Oil has a playbook of strategies to keep us hooked on fossil fuels 012
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Here we go again :( Early Heat Wave Driving Prairie Wildfires Was 5x More Likely Due to Climate Change www.theenergymix.com/early-heat-w...theenergymix.comEarly Heat Wave Driving Prairie Wildfires Was 5x More Likely Due to Climate ChangeThis week’s dangerous wildfires that forced tens of thousands to evacuate and prompted provincial emergency declarations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan were driven by an early-season heat wave made at l... 053
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 29/05/2025This is so concerning! So many people care deeply about climate change and are doing their best to make things better. But now we're contending with the implosion of truthful climate info and genuine civic engagement. It's bleak :( www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/28/i...nationalobserver.comA weaponized AI chatbot is flooding city councils with climate misinformationInternal instructions accessed by Canada’s National Observer show that the chatbot produces tailored scripts, petitions, reports and even speeches for council chambers. The messaging is all framed to ... 000
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Here’s my hot take on why pipelines in Canada are a really bad idea 🛢️👎🔥 environmentaldefence.ca/2025/05/27/o...environmentaldefence.caOil Markets & Zombie Pipelines: What You Should Know About Canadian Energy - Environmental DefenceWe need clean, renewable energy to tackle climate change, strengthen energy security, and provide power for a resilient Canadian economy. 143
Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Read all of Keith's 13 posts for a great breakdown of petro-politics in Canada from the early 2000s to today 041