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Joan Baxter

@joanbaxter.bsky.social
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Author, independent investigative journalist, member ICIJ global network - environment, climate, and corporate capture my obsessions - allergic to hypocrisy, propaganda and greenwashing grifters. Still writing after all these years. Opinions my own.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 20h
I’m reaching out to environmental groups and advocates now to get the expert read on all this, but as I understand things now, I’m appalled.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Disgusting, desperate behaviour from Bradford here. Please share and support the incredible folks at the National Observer!
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘Restoration greenhouse’ offers seedlings – and hope – for restoring degraded lands and woodlands in Nova Scotia reported by Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social
halifaxexaminer.ca
‘Restoration greenhouse’ offers seedlings – and hope - for restoring degraded lands and woodlands in Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner
Working with forests and not against them means growing diverse local hardwood tree and shrub species in forests, making woodlots healthier, and reducing flood and wildfire risks.
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Dr Elisabeth Kosters @elisabethkosters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absoluteky scandalous. Lets tax pollution-reducing vehicles more. Vindictive Stupid Short-sighted Bastards www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
New EV, plug-in hybrid levies take effect Oct. 1 in Nova Scotia | CBC News
Nova Scotia’s new tax on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids comes into effect Oct. 1, but traditional hybrids — ones that aren't plugged in — are exempt.
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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
this is unjustifiable. and if you think it's justifiable, you've lost your humanity.
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Guy Rochon @sustainabilityguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There should be a channel that’s devoted 24/7 to the climate crisis. Humans have forsaken their communion with nature primarily due to the proliferation of fake news, and the focus of MSM that we’re all subjected to “Don’t look up”
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The new program is excellent, but it is too short. Which is my point. The climate crisis merits at least one hour of dedicated and broad-reaching coverage every week on Canada’s public broadcaster. It went from an hour slot to a half hour slot last week. Maybe you’re happy with that. I’m not.
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Odd that “West of Centre” ran until 11:35, then. And the real point / issue here is that What On Earth deserves an hour as it had before, and the climate crisis also deserves daily reports, which is what business gets on CBC Radio One.
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So this week, CBC’s “What On Earth” didn’t start until 11:35am, meaning it is not even a half hour now. Just 25 minutes. And again, ironically, it was about broadcasters being told not to talk too much about climate and the crisis we are facing.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have known Sean Casey for many years. He is an honourable MP. He deserves better than to lose his parliamentary position for opposing arm sales to Israel. Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social there is a genocide going on. You know that right? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Liberal MP says he was demoted for supporting NDP bill targeting arms export controls | CBC News
Charlottetown MP Sean Casey says he was removed from his position as parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs because he voted against the government and supported an NDP private me...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My latest column is out today in @nationalobserver.com.web.brid.gy, in which I explain how the “new climate denialism” is holding back progress in the fight of our lives, and how PM Mark Carney has become its lead practitioner. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/25/o...
nationalobserver.com
Is Mark Carney a climate denier?
This new form of denialism has our political leaders assuring us they understand and accept the warnings about climate change — but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for poli...
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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
STOP. BELIEVING. CARNEY'S ETC. SPIN. Carney et. al. HINT at maybe doing positive things, often in foreign media. To distract us from what they are actually doing here: bsky.app/profile/cono... Privatization. Cuts to workers rights & environment. Tax cuts for Trump's ultra-rich friends. #CDNpoli
middleeasteye.net
Canada, France, Italy and Greece allow Netanyahu’s overflight despite ICC warrant
Israeli PM’s route via four ICC member states prompts fresh scrutiny over their alleged breach of international law
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 24/09/2026
Nova Scotia swimming in red ink By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
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Nova Scotia swimming in red ink - Halifax Examiner
Finance Minister John Lohr provided an update on the state of the province’s finances Thursday, and the news is not good.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yeah "In doing so, the government is largely moving ahead with sweeping proposals it made in May, and making them permanent, despite spending the summer hearing from a public concerned about exactly this: that the Liberals’ plan could sideline scientific expertise..." thenarwhal.ca/canada-bill-...
thenarwhal.ca
Canadians warned Carney not to sideline scientists. Bill C-39 does just that, critics say
When the Liberals proposed overhauling major project approvals, the public worried it would concentrate power and infringe on Indigenous Rights. Now, pipelines and nuclear development will be reviewed by an energy agency, instead of environmental
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Important webinar tomorrow morning with @johnvaillant.bsky.social and CAPE.
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Wildfires, smoke and our health: Making sense of wildfires in 2026
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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
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Jim Milne🇨🇦 @milneice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not a good look @darrenfisherns.bsky.social
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
While these seniors were being arrested for trying to show MPs photos of the ravages of the fossil-fuel-driven climate crisis, Carney’s “Liberal” minions were pushing a bill removing environmental and climate protections to enable pipelines and other massively destructive projects. It is to weep.
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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is fascism.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 21/09/2026
I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess.
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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"We’ve come 4,000 kilometres. Many of us have been sounding the alarm on climate change for 20 to 30 years, and we feel like we’re running out of time. So, we will be persistent, we will not be violent, but we aren’t going to turn around and go home easily."
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors will ‘risk arrest’ to deliver climate-impact photos to MPs and Mark Carney by Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social
halifaxexaminer.ca
Seniors will 'risk arrest' to deliver climate-impact photos to MPs and Mark Carney - Halifax Examiner
"We will be persistent, we will not be violent, but we aren't going to turn around and go home easily."
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Mark Heyck 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @markheyck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
You misspelled corporate welfare.
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Carn(ey)age. Rolling back a half century of progress in environmental and climate protection. For what? Oh right, profits for the already very fucking rich & some jobs in the extractive sector, while the rest of us are fucked by climate, ecological and democracy’s collapse. Danger: Banker At Work.
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This week’s half hour “What On Earth” show is about why climate seems to have dropped off the list of Canadians’ priority concerns. Lots of possible explanations, except for the elephant in the room: media’s failure to cover the fossil fuel-burning-caused climate crisis adequately or often enough.
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our public broadcaster CBC Radio continues to disappoint when it comes to covering the climate crisis. It has only 1 little weekly show, “What On Earth” devoted to climate issues (we get 3 or 4 business reports a day), and now that 1 show seems to have been reduced from one hour to a half hour.
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Breaking: The United States has reached a security agreement with Denmark over Greenland that consists of exactly what the situation has been for the last eight decades and not a thing more
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cool, another big pro-corporate, anti-worker move from our Conservative prime minister! I am becoming The Joker Source: www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
CTV News article text reads: The sources tell CTV News the gover ment has conveyed to them that the legislation will be aimed at introducing binding mediation before strike action is taken. Industry's message to the government was that its traditional tool to use for binding arbitration, Section 107 of the Canadian Labour Code, can only be applied too late in the labour dispute process and from its perspective, does not adequately prevent the damage caused from a work stoppage.
Several union sources CTV News spoke with are on red alert over the possibility of this legislation and contend it will strip workers of their right to strike. Unifor National President Lana Payne expressed worry on Friday in an interview on The Graham Richardson Show on HeartRadio.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/09/2026
The profit-taking for Wall St and Bay St begins immediately! Billable hours already piling up as big banks will skim millions off the sale itself. The rich making bank off the public: welcome to privatization, folks. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Morgan Stanley, CIBC Win Mandate for Sale of Canada Airport Concessions
The Canadian government has hired Morgan Stanley and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to advise on selling the operating rights to the country’s four largest airports, according to people with knowl...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fantastic piece: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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We crashed Mark Carney’s billionaire investment summit. Here’s why
Young Canadians are facing both climate disaster and economic hardship.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The gas tax holiday can’t outpace global oil greed, writes @jimbostanford.bsky.social So much for Carney's gas tax cut. "Its full value has been absorbed, and then some, by continued escalation in petroleum prices..." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/o...
nationalobserver.com
The gas tax holiday can’t outpace global oil greed
Ironically, gasoline and diesel prices in Canada today are higher, even with the tax break, than on April 19, before it came into effect. It seems that the government can’t outrun the petroleum market...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Left-leaning political commentator." I'm a journalist, Mark. This is gross!
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts, reports @cloelogan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/n...
nationalobserver.com
Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Lots of news in Morning File, including @joanbaxter.bsky.social writing about the feds burying a crucial climate report. I wrote about my thoughts on Marco MacLeod, Tim Houston, and what men still need to learn about misogyny. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
halifaxexaminer.ca
'This could have gone differently': The real tragedy in Marco MacLeod's story is that too many men still don't understand misogyny - Halifax Examiner
While the MacLeod story is now old in media terms, misogyny is tragically an issue that's always timely.
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fatal flood in Cape Breton and Nova Scotia emergency management minister Kim Masland is on CBC radio claiming the NS govt is doing all it can to prepare for floods, protect public safety. That’s BS. Houston’s govt refuses to opt in to Canada’s flood risk map. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...
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Houston government opts out of Canada’s new 'Flood Risk Finder,' depriving Nova Scotians of critical information - Halifax Examiner
The flood hazard portal allows Canadians to type in their address to find out the nature and level of flood risk to their home, or could do. But only if their province or territory opts in to the onli...
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's a #LongWeekend. You're not *supposed* to be paying attention which is why #MarkCarney did the standard oily (pardon the pun) political move of releasing an absolutely DAMNING #ClimateChange report in a #FridayNewsDump. He doesn't want media talking about it or YOU to know about it 🧵#cdnpoli
post from @cristyceek outlining what government's do when they want coverage of their actions vs what this government did with it's climate change report
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's as if the government is giving the finger to future Canadians.
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just a hunch, but given the “value(s)” of Carney and his whipped-into-submission-and-silence-on-climate cabinet, the decision to bury this crucial Canada climate report didn’t come from a comms person. (It’s also buried at the very bottom of CBC’s News page, well below Miley Cyrus’ name change.)
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lots of people posting about bad flooding in Nova Scotia today. Canadian govt produced a “flood risk finder” that would help us cope with all these fossil-fuel-caused-climate extremes. Nova Scotia opted out, afraid of what? Developers? www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...
halifaxexaminer.ca
Houston government opts out of Canada’s new 'Flood Risk Finder,' depriving Nova Scotians of critical information - Halifax Examiner
The flood hazard portal allows Canadians to type in their address to find out the nature and level of flood risk to their home, or could do. But only if their province or territory opts in to the onli...
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Scientists who contributed to the paper shared their concern that a report of this magnitude was quietly released by the federal government. The last time a similar report was shared in 2019, it went public with a press conference. This week’s edition was released the Thurs. before a long weekend.”
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Carney and Cabinet tried to bury it. It's Cabinet which is supporting him and his incineration of our children's futures.
environmentaldefence.ca
Canada's Latest Climate Report Should Be Call to Action, Instead Gov't Tried to Bury It - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/09/2026
Environmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.
nationalobserver.com
Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Canada is strengthening legal protections for Canadian investors abroad while abandoning any pretense of holding those same corporations to account at home for their conduct. Read our latest for @canadiandimension.bsky.social #ISDS #EcuadorCanada
canadiandimension.com
Canada protects mining investors while scrapping its corporate accountability watchdog
Canada is strengthening legal protections for Canadian investors abroad while abandoning any pretense of holding those same corporations to account at home for their conduct. The Canada-Ecuador Free T...
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Can I ask a rude question? If this is supposed to be about investment diversification, why are the Americans invited? They own most of our economy as it is. www.blg.com/en/insights/...
blg.com
Canada Investment Summit 2026: What business leaders need to know
Discover key legal and regulatory implications from the 2026 Canada Investment Summit, including updates on the Investment Canada Act, defence, and infrastructure.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wow! Big news: Tim Houston says the peaker plant procurement process should be re-opened to look at battery storage. This isn't a commitment to battery storage, but it's a step back from total commitment to gas plants.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
26M Canadians in 930 Communities Faced Climate Impacts So Far This Year, New Map Shows www.theenergymix.com/26m-canadian...
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26M Canadians in 930 Communities Faced Climate Impacts So Far This Year, New Map Shows
More than 26 million Canadians in more than 930 communities, more than 60% of the population, have personally faced the impacts of climate change so far this year, the #ElbowsUp for Climate campaign r...
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Damn tired 🍁 @ohcarolinian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What are we doing here? Like really?
CBC news website.  One headline on top says "Climate change past the point of no return, UN says, as worst impacts are now unavoidable."  Headline beliw says "Federal government will extend gas and diesel tax holiday into 2027."
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Ben Holt 🇨🇦 @beanjammin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Carney is showing us who he is. This isn't how democracy or justice work, but it is how dictatorships work. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government asks court to strike down climate litigation | CBC News
The federal government is asking a court to toss out a high-profile environmental lawsuit, arguing it has no business directing Canada's climate policy.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Read the fucking room. financialpost.com/personal-fin...
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It's time for Canadian income tax rates to match those of the U.S.
Kim Moody: Strong is a tax system that competes. Ours doesn’t, and pretending otherwise is the actual rupture. Find out more here
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The cover is clearly AI generated
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