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Emily Hunter

@ecohuntress.bsky.social
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Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate @ Environmental Defence Canada. Tkaronto. Born @ 344 ppm. Views are my own.

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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🔥 Ontario has 171 active wildfires—burning across 188,000 hectares. 🚨 First Nations are evacuating and Toronto’s air ranked worst among major cities worldwide. 😷 Yet today, Premier Ford promotes Tim Hortons ☕ and Minister Lecce promotes oil pipelines. 🛢️ This is your government. lnkd.in/gbVNbF3y
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/07/2026
830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.
A NASA map of the wildfires burning across Canada right now.
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🔥 The dark irony of the day is hard to miss: as #wildfire smoke turns Ontario’s skies orange and Toronto’s air quality ranks among the world’s worst, the #Ontario government on the same day is promoting its #NorthernShield oil pipeline and expanded refining in #Sarnia. Say NO to pipelines!
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Ontario Pushes for Northern Shield Pipeline Despite Air Quality Crisis - Environmental Defence
Statement by Emily Hunter, Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate, Environmental Defence Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
India just generated 50% of its electricity from clean sources. For 15 minutes. Sounds trivial? That's how every record starts: first minutes, then a day, then a month, then a whole year. Some states are already there: Karnataka crossed 60% clean power last year.
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🧟 A mini–Energy East #Pipeline is knocking on Ontario’s door. Northern Shield #Pipeline could carry nearly twice as much oil as #Ontario refineries can process—without a proven need, price tag or private backer. Ontarians would carry the cost, pollution & risks. 🛢️💸🌊 Read more...
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Northern Shield is an Unnecessary Oil-Export Pipeline Scheme - Environmental Defence
Statement by Emily Hunter, Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate, Environmental Defence Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🚨 Breaking: Ontario's nuclear-heavy energy plan could cost ratepayers $117 billion to nearly $300 billion more than renewable alternatives. The PM wants to follow suit! ⚡ Cheaper, safer and faster options exist: renewables, storage and efficiency. 👉 Read it:
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The Real Costs of Ontario's Nuclear Gamble - Environmental Defence
This analysis compares Ontario’s planned nuclear-heavy electricity pathway with a renewable energy alternative built around wind, solar, battery storage, and energy efficiency. It finds that the nucle...
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#GoodNewsFriday --🔋 Battery storage just beat gas generation in Ontario’s latest energy auction!!! Ontario awarded 640 MW to battery storage projects — proving batteries are reliable, cost-effective and ready to help keep the lights on. Read on for more: environmentaldefence.ca/2026/06/12/b...
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Battery Storage Beats Gas in Ontario's Energy Auction - Environmental Defence
Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director, Environmental Defence Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, At its AGM on June 11, the Toronto Port Authori...
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
As Earth Month 🌍 wraps up, we celebrate a major renewable power WIN in Ontario's grid⚡ But make no mistake, gas is creeping back — and unless we change course, the decisions this summer could lock us into fossil fuels for decades! I break it down here ⬇️ 🔗 environmentaldefence.ca/2026/04/29/a...
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#Ontario just announced 1,300+ MW⚡️of new #renewable electricity—enough to power a city like Ottawa. But we’re still heading the wrong way. ⚠️ #Gas is rising—from 4% in 2017 to 19% in 2025. We need #battery storage 🔋—not more fossil gas—as backup to keep the grid clean. Read here for more:
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Statement: Renewables Approved in Ontario—But Gas is Still a Problem - Environmental Defence
Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director, Environmental Defence Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation,
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
#Ontario changed its electricity rules — and it could cost us. Under #Bill40, an “economic growth" focus makes it easier to justify: • New fossil #gas infrastructure • Costly, risky #nuclear build-outs • Shifting long-term costs onto ratepayers • Deprioritizing #climate accountability Read blog 👇
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Ontario's Electricity Fork in the Road - Environmental Defence
The Ontario government wants Canada’s most populous province to become an "energy superpower." That's the promise behind Bill 40 — the Protect Ontario by
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Canada has a natural advantage in #renewableenergy 🌬️🌊 Offshore wind + tidal power could add $500M+ annually to the economy — creating jobs & cutting pollution. The energy transition isn’t theoretical — it’s already at our shores. Read more: shorturl.at/yJfh7 #cdnpoli
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
#Toronto has a chance to lead on clean energy — but provincial energy planning still prioritizes fossil gas and nuclear over local #renewables and storage. My new blog breaks down the decisions on the table and why they matter for our #climate and community👇 environmentaldefence.ca/2026/02/10/t...
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Toronto’s Energy Future: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - Environmental Defence
In late December, Toronto City Council admitted a hard truth: the city is not on track to meet its climate goals. The city that was once a leading climate
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Stephen Lecce says Darlington was “on budget & ahead of schedule.” OPG’s own filings say it’s at least 25% over budget and needs 6 more years. The truth matters. #onpoli #ontarionews www.cleanairalliance.org/lecces-nucle...
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Lecce's nuclear spin
Stephen Lecce says Darlington was “on budget & ahead of schedule.” OPG’s own filings say it’s at least 25% over budget and need 6 more years. The truth matters. #onpoli #ontarionews
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Darlington isn't “on budget.” It’s at least 25% over, years behind schedule, and needs another $3.3B to run to 2055. Yet #Ontario plans ~$400B more nuclear. 🤔 Ontarians deserve FACTS — NOT spin: cleanairalliance.org/lecces-nuclear-spin/ #ontarionews #onpoli
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator #netzero #climatechange Story by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/net-zero-sce...
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Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator - Carbon Brief
A scenario that meets the “net-zero by 2050” goal would be the “cheapest” option for the UK, according to the National Energy System Operator
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 11/12/2025
GRAPHIC OF THE WEEK | This week, we are showcasing the colossal transformation of Britain’s offshore wind power over the last 25 years 🌊💨 Starting with two small turbines in 2000, offshore wind has grown to generate nearly a FIFTH of British electricity 🎉 loom.ly/AWSeFdE
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Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
There are still people cutting Carney all kinds of slack on the climate front. But I now think I was naïve to believe Carney would support Trudeau-style, regulatory climate policy. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...
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Mark Carney is making a cynic out of me
What to do in a political ecosystem where, for anyone concerned about climate change or whose politics run even slightly left of centre, there is precious little choice?
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuels...
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Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge
Fossil fuel employment has fallen to less than 1% of the Canadian work force, while growth in global energy jobs outpaced the wider economy for the third year in a row, according to two reports releas...
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Check out my comment in the #Toronto Star today: #Ontario needs batteries AND renewables — NOT battery greenwashing. www.thestar.com/politics/pro... #onpoli #CleanEnergy
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Doug Ford touts Canada’s largest battery storage facility as a way to counter Trump’s tariffs
Ford's comments came at the ground-breaking for the Skyview 2 battery energy storage system, which is expected to open in 2027.
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"Our territories are not carbon sinks or green investments. They are living systems of culture, economy, and spirit. Ending subsidies and investments that drive deforestation... would do more for climate and biodiversity than any new fund could." #cop30 #climate icmagazine.org/indigenous-w...
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Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals – Intercontinental Cry
Nemonte Nenquimo, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, and Rukka Sombolinggi are Indigenous women leaders from the Amazon, the Chad–Congo Basins and Borneo-Mekong basin, res
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
$6.5 B electricity subsidies last year, $8.5 B this year! All to artificially lower rates so that the public doesn't freak out about Ford's high cost nuclear + gas energy plan. It's time to transition to low-cost, smart renewable energy. #onpoli #climate #fordnation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Critics call on Ford government to address rising hydro rates | CBC News
Critics are calling on the Ford government to stop spending billions subsidizing hydro rates, and to instead find ways to reduce the cost of electricity across the province’s grid after a 29 per cent ...
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Ontario’s “Big Battery” plan is greenwashing. Batteries should store renewable power, not gas-fired electricity. Without a renewables-first strategy, we’re just powering homes and EVs with gas generators. Read our statement 👇 environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/12/s... #Ontario #Batteries #Climate
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Statement: Ontario Big Battery Plan Falls Short of Clean Power - Environmental Defence
Statement by Emily Hunter, Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg,
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/11/2025
The US has abdicated any role in fighting the most urgent threat to human welfare in history, so other countries need to step up and figure out how to do it without us.
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How to fight climate change without the US: a guide to global action
With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe.
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This person took this when they called the race
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 04/11/2025
#MEDIA: A broad coalition is urging Toronto City Council to reject the province’s fossil-fuel-heavy energy plan. It locks residents into decades of pollution, ignores local climate goals, and sidelines clean, affordable solutions. Read the full release: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/04/g...
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26 Groups Call on Toronto to Ditch the Province’s Dirty Energy Plan - Environmental Defence
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE, TORONTO EAST RESIDENTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY (TERRE), CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Ontario’s Critical Minerals push is being sold as clean energy — but without a real renewables plan, it’s mining to nowhere. Read our statement: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/10/29/s... #ONpoli #CleanEnergy #Lithium #Climate
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Ontario’s Lithium Project is “Mining to Nowhere” Without Renewable Energy Strategy - Environmental Defence
Statement by Emily Hunter, Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg,
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Tell PM Carney to build a modern east-west electricity grid powered by low-cost renewable energy – wind, water, solar and storage – not nuclear. #cdnpoli #onpoli www.cleanairalliance.org/carney-wrong/
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Carney gets it wrong on climate
Tell PM Carney to build a modern east-west electricity grid powered by low-cost renewable energy – wind, water, solar and storage – not nuclear. #cdnpoli #onpoli
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 29/10/2025
NEW 🚨Since the Paris Agreement, 4 Global North countries - the US, Canada, Australia & Norway - blocked global progress on oil and gas phaseout. While the rest of the world reduced oil & gas production by 2%, these 4 countries increased production by nearly 40%. oilchange.org/publications...
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Check out my new blog - From Green to Gas, how Ontario's Clean Energy Futrure is Being Hijacked!
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From Green to Gas: How Ontario’s Clean Energy Future Is Being Hijacked - Environmental Defence
This was supposed to be renewable energy’s big moment. Ontario was set to launch the largest clean-energy build-out ever in our history. Yet, instead of
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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 15/10/2025
Great news, Ottawa! 4 new solar projects have been approved, bringing 117.5 MW of #cleanenergy to the region! This is a huge win for climate action in #Ottawa! We’ll keep engaging as the City develops its upcoming policy framework for community energy projects. Let’s celebrate this solar success!
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Hey Toronto - what do you want to see for Toronto - more nuclear and gas OR more renewables and conservation? Tell Council and the ON Gov't on Tues. Join us with your signs, your voices, and your love for the future. #topoli #onpoli Find out more: www.cleanairalliance.org/how-much-lon...
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Prof William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Crazy weather. . . .
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 09/10/2025
I would love to know at what point the right wingers will finally accept that fossil fuels are dying, but never underestimate the power of obstinance I guess lol www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
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Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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Grist @grist.org · 10/10/2025
As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy. Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports. grist.org/internationa... #Renewables #Energy #Climate #Solar #Wind #Batteries
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As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy
Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two reports published this week.
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Pierre Poilievre claims Christians are the #1 victims of hate crimes — but StatsCan shows it’s Jewish & Muslim Canadians most targeted. His speech is packed with racist dogwhistles, designed to make his base think they’re under attack by “foreigners.” 🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www.... #SaveTheCBC
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/10/2025
Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/10/2025
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
100+ Ontario mayors are pushing back on Ford’s threat to scrap school-zone speed cameras. Critics say he’s pandering to drivers over kids’ safety. AMO: “This isn’t a cash grab. It’s law enforcement.” 🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www.... #ontpoli #roadSafety
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
☀️ Rooftop solar could power 530–730 homes in Kitchener via six proposed installations — and maybe charge EVs for millions of km! 💡 City council has backed the move unanimously: shorturl.at/OQRQZ #onpoli #climatenews #climateaction #onclimate
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Rooftop solar panels look to power hundreds of Kitchener homes
Each project would produce enough energy to power between 530 and 730 homes, or charge electric vehicles for millions of kilometres.
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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Join our Free WEBINAR - On October 23rd at 7 pm EST on 'Exposing the Oil and Gas Playbook' as we crack open Big Oil’s playbook and show you exactly how these tricks work. act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/179460/...
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Join our as we reveal the fossil fuel industry’s hidden tactics and how to recognize them.
On Thursday, October 23 at 7 PM EST join us for a webinar that reveals ten key tactics the fossil fuel industry uses to shape opinion, influence decision-makers and block climate progress while securi...
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Good news: fossil fuels have plateaued and solar is growing by leaps and bounds worldwide apnews.com/article/clim...
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Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says
A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
💰 Enbridge pulled in $1.3 B from #Ontario ratepayers in the first half of 2025 — a 27.5% jump. Profits climb while families pay more for fossil fuels. Time to shift investments to affordable, #renewable energy. 🌬️☀️ Read Here: shorturl.at/8y4ye #onpoli #climatenews #onclimate
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Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario
Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
☀️ 1 in 3 Aussie homes now has rooftop solar—the highest in the world! A new smart inverter standard means households can export more #renewable power to the grid, cutting bills & avoiding costly upgrades. Smarter grid = brighter future 🌏⚡️: shorturl.at/WO8ca #solarpower #climatenews
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One quiet change is about to let you export much more solar
It doesn’t sound big. But this humble new set of rules will make it possible for many Australian households to export a lot more solar – and help the power grid .
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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 23/09/2025
🌞🌬️ Big win for clean energy! Sault Ste. Marie Council just approved 4 new solar + 1 new wind project — 500+ MW of renewables coming online. Ontario needs more of this, not more polluting gas. Tell Premier Ford & Minister Lecce to choose renewables: act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/169263/...
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Ontario's Energy Future is at a Crossroads!
Did you know? 70% of Ontario’s gas comes from the U.S.—and that’s a problem. We’re relying on expensive, polluting fossil gas from another country to heat our homes and power our grid. And Ontario pol...
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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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Emily Hunter @ecohuntress.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
#Ontario: Think that a #HeatPump will cost you more than a #Gas furnace? Don't always believe what a gas company will tell you. They depend on your gas hookup! Check out #TOStar article for pushback against #Enbridge. Time to take back our #Power! Literally! @environmentaldefence.ca
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Are heat pumps more expensive now that Carney killed the carbon tax? Ontario homeowners question truth of Enbridge notice
Emily Hunter got an email from Enbridge warning about the cost of her planned heat pump. She says the natural gas company has a conflict of interest.
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
If Canada is to meet future electricity demand affordably and reliably, 70% of new capacity should come from wind, solar, and battery storage, creating billions in investment opportunities and hundreds of thousands of jobs. #climate #energy #cdnpoli www.theenergymix.com/wind-solar-s...
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Wind, Solar, Storage Could Supply 70% of Canada’s New Electricity Capacity, CanREA Outlook Finds
A new report projects that if Canada is to meet future electricity demand affordably and reliably, 70% of new capacity through 2050 will come from wind, solar, and battery storage. The analysis highli...
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
By designating U.S. nuclear and LNG as projects of national interest, Carney has chosen the riskiest energy pathways rather than the most reliable, lowest cost and cleanest options available – wind, solar, storage. #cdnpoli #onpoli #climate #energy shorturl.at/o9lwg
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Canada’s National Projects: Betting on Nuclear & LNG While the Future Waits - CleanTechnica
Canada’s megaproject choices lock in billions for nuclear and LNG. Mining and trade offer alignment with the future but remain small.
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