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Keith McNeill

@keith65.bsky.social
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Now retired, I was formerly the editor of the Clearwater Times newspaper in Clearwater, BC, Canada. My special interest is global carbon fee-and-dividend - charge a fee on fossil fuels and distribute the revenue to everyone as equal dividends worldwide.

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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 10h
With $100 worth of gasoline, an internal-combustion-engine car would go 862 miles; with $100 worth of electricity, an electric vehicle would go 2,310 miles #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition insideclimatenews.org/news/0110202...
insideclimatenews.org
All Hail Electrification. But Let’s Talk About the Hard Part. - Inside Climate News
The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity. Upfront costs are just one of the obstacles.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 13h
“You have huge holes like cheese in the middle of the ice that have collapsing roofs. These are processes that tear the glaciers apart and make them retreat even faster.” – Matthias Huss, ETH Zürich #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 17h
“The danger is not technology. The danger is technology without accountability.” – António Guterres, UN secretary-general #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.desmog.com/2026/09/30/a...
desmog.com
AI Was Supposed to Cut Emissions. Instead, Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using It to Find More Oil and Gas.
A new study found AI-driven fossil fuel productivity could increase emissions. Here are examples of companies already using AI to boost production.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 17h
The project faces opposition from environmental campaigners, who fear it could harm Lamu Old Town, a World Heritage site that supports fragile marine life #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.reuters.com/business/ene...
reuters.com
Nigeria's Dangote breaks ground on $16 billion East African oil refinery in Kenya
Construction begins on Wednesday of ​a $16 billion Kenyan oil refinery aimed at lowering East Africa's fuel costs and saving the region hard currency used to import refined products.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In 2019, Shell Canada paid the BC government no royalties but produced 175 billion cubic feet of natural gas. The government later passed legislation forbidding any further release of royalty information #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
thetyee.ca
BC’s Big, and Now Secret, Natural Gas Giveaway | The Tyee
Tax credits let companies pay little for resources. What do the parties say?
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We were able to use the coral records to show that the El Niño variability in the last 40 to 50 years is stronger than in the pre-industrial era." – Julia Cole, University of Michigan #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition news.mongabay.com/2026/09/evid...
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Evidence builds showing climate change could be intensifying El Niño events
As a potentially historic El Niño builds in the Pacific, evidence suggests that climate change is ratcheting up the intensity of such events. And as temperatures rise in the future, the number and fre...
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“This, of course, shows us just how bad it is for us to be dependent, just how unsustainable it is for us to be dependent on energy sources from other places in the world." – Dan Jørgensen, EU energy commissioner #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition apnews.com/article/euro...
apnews.com
EU nations seek energy alternatives after spending over $113 billion extra since Iran war began
European Union nations have spent over an extra $113.5 billion on energy imports since the Iran war began, forcing politicians to seek alternatives to fossil fuels as prices skyrocket.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Of the major climate modes of variability, 'only El Niño can force globally synchronous crop failures,' because it simultaneously affects breadbaskets on multiple continents." – Zeke Hausfather, climatologist #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-impact...
theclimatebrink.com
The impacts of this year’s record-shattering El Niño
El Niño will drive severe drought from Indonesia to the Southern Africa and northern South America, with wetter winters from the US Gulf Coast to Southern South America.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We have been hearing from so many people angry and desperate because their bills have doubled – temperatures are going up and so are the costs." – Mark Wolfe, NEADA #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘It’s just cruel’: US households hit by surge in electricity shutoffs amid record hot summer
Utility disconnections were up 28% in 10 states in July 2026 – the hottest month ever recorded in the US – compared with July 2024, data shows
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"So if you have this geopolitical rival that has gotten really good at making the cars of the future, and they are setting up in your largest and most important export market (Canada), if you’re a U.S.-based automaker, that’s not great." insideclimatenews.org/news/2809202...
insideclimatenews.org
Planet China - Inside Climate News
From electric vehicle exports to massive overseas infrastructure projects, China is having a big—and contradictory—environmental impact worldwide.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The fix? Dropping taxes on electricity and shifting them over to fossil fuels.” – Paul Kenny, European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Heat pump sales soar across Europe after states cut electricity taxes, data shows
EU to push member states to cut tax rate below duty on gas, with 10%+ surge in sales also put down to fallout from Iran war
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The constant pressure is sea-level rise. It is going to keep rising and rising, and the beaches will retreat landward.” – Sean Vitousek, U.S. Geological Survey #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition apnews.com/article/cali...
apnews.com
Sea level rise is reshaping a California beach town and threatening a key rail line
The beach in this small Southern California community has been shrinking due to rising ocean waters.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some island nations, like Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands, face near-total inundation due to sea-level rise. Under the agreement, they will retain control over their old maritime borders #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition grist.org/internationa...
grist.org
UN passes first declaration on sea level rise, protecting island nations' sovereignty
The world, including the U.S., agreed that rising seas will not change national borders even as small islands disappear.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"It’s a very traumatizing event. But it’s also a good opportunity for everyone to get united, because what happened today with us could happen to anyone tomorrow." – Tanuja Pandey, Nepali climate justice activist #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition insideclimatenews.org/news/2609202...
insideclimatenews.org
After a Deadly Flood, What Does Climate Justice for Nepal Look Like? - Inside Climate News
“A country responsible for less than 0.02 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions is paying an even higher price for a crisis it did not create.”
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Provisional data reveals that Antarctic sea ice has recorded its third-smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 48 years ago #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.carbonbrief.org/concerning-l...
carbonbrief.org
‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak - Carbon Brief
Antarctic sea ice has recorded its third-smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 48 years ago, new data reveals.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“I find it better working in this building, because I am often sick. And that’s the result of air conditioning, which is very strong in offices." – Delphine Robert, Réunion tourism board #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘We wanted to prove we didn’t need air conditioning’: the airport cooled by natural ventilation
At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, the ceiling design funnels a light tropical breeze into the terminal
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The first phase of the project initially was supposed to capture 12 megatonnes per year by 2030. We’re now talking about six megatonnes a year by 2032." – Janetta McKenzie, Pembina Institute #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.desmog.com/2026/09/24/p...
desmog.com
Pathways Proponent Claims Carbon Capture Project Only 'Slightly Smaller' Despite Reduction by Half
Oil Sands Alliance's Kendall Dilling confirms that the proposed carbon capture project is more scaled back than oil producers originally advertised.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Researchers also find that the probability of reporting an emerging disease outbreak fell by, on average, 32% for every additional hour of travel to the nearest healthcare facility #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.cidrap.umn.edu/climate-chan...
cidrap.umn.edu
Fractured ecosystems, climate change raise risk of zoonotic, vector-borne disease outbreaks, study finds
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If the world switched to sustainable diets, cattle production could fall by half by 2050, land devoted to fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes could rise, and land used to farm grains could fall #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/09/what...
anthropocenemagazine.org
What happens to the world's farms if everyone eats less meat?
Researchers ran the numbers on a worldwide sustainable-diet transition—and found a food system that looks nothing like today’s.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The EU's Deforestation Regulation kicks in on Dec. 30 and requires companies importing goods such as palm oil, coffee and wood into the EU to prove they were not produced on deforested land #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.politico.eu/article/cana...
politico.eu
Canada seeks deforestation law carveouts as EU ties deepen
Ottawa complained of “burdensome requirements” for Canadian firms under anti-deforestation rules.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“If a bridge is washed away, it has the same impact whether it’s done by [a foreign power] or the climate." – Richard Nugee, retired general #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the future will be shaped by how the world addresses “four great tests of power” – war and peace, climate chaos, artificial intelligence and inequality #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition apnews.com/article/unit...
apnews.com
UN chief says power has polarized the world and urges leaders to cooperate
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging global leaders to cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence and intensifying inequalities.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"At the last possible moment, with backs to the wall, we still have our face to the sun." – Bill McKibben #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben
There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
IMHO, the best way (and possibly the only way to do it quickly) to reduce worldwide inequality while also controlling climate change is global carbon fee-and-dividend #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.thenews.com.pk/latest/14172...
thenews.com.pk
Net zero may not end climate inequality for poorer nations, research warns
The world’s poorest countries could remain among the hardest hit by global warming even after greenhouse gas emissions reach net zero, new research has found.The study, published in...
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“These are not separate emergencies; the planet is telling us, in every region at once, that it is out of balance." – Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Planetary Guardians #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The current El Niño event – which has been underway since June and is expected to last until next year – has been developing faster than any previous event on record #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-sup...
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Analysis: ‘Super El Niño’ reaches ‘remarkable’ all-time record - Carbon Brief
This year's so-called “super El Niño” is entering into record-breaking territory
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, is responsible for more of the carbon emissions driving the escalating climate crisis than any other company #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, is responsible for more of the carbon emissions driving the escalating climate crisis than any other company #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“At a time when the world faces three existential threats, international cooperation is more necessary than ever.” – António Guterres, United Nations secretary-general #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition apnews.com/article/un-a...
apnews.com
War, runaway AI and climate shocks to take center stage as world leaders meet at UN
World leaders are meeting under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions for their annual meeting at the United Nations this week.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The combination of high costs, poor weather and geopolitics leaves US farmers with an uncertain growing season despite higher prices for their yields #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
US wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaos
Some experts worry factors affecting wheat exports could push global food prices even higher than they are now
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Across 65 highly climate-vulnerable countries analyzed, debt servicing is expected to consume 65 percent of government revenue in 2026 #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...
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For Climate-Vulnerable Countries, Debt Costs 25 Times More Than Climate Action - Inside Climate News
The countries most vulnerable to climate change are spending nearly 25 times more on repaying debt than on climate action, according to a new ActionAid report released Wednesday.  The report, “Debt Fu...
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“It was the hottest of summers – it was the meekest of responses.” – Magda Stoczkiewicz, Greenpeace #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
According to the IEA, 33 governments adopted policies to shift from fossil fuels to electricity or improve energy efficiency in response to the Middle East conflict #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition apnews.com/article/iran...
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“...consumers are under a lot of financial pressure.” – Mark Zandi, Moody’s #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.commondreams.org/news/iran-wa...
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US Energy Consumers Have Spent $121 Billion Extra Since Trump Launched Iran War: Moody's | Common Dreams
Moody's analysis shows Trump's illegal war with Iran has cost US consumers $1,760 per household. Energy prices spike, adding financial pressure.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The dividend side of carbon fee-and-dividend is essentially the same as universal basic income. GiveDirectly's programs, such as its one in Malawi, suggest that UBI has strong benefits #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition basicincome.org/news/2026/09...
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The World’s Largest Unconditional Cash Transfer Is Building an Economy in Rural Malawi  | BIEN — Basic Income Earth Network
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If the pace of India’s clean-energy expansion is to continue, it will need to upgrade its electricity grid, rapidly build out energy storage and boost the flexibility of coal power #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...
carbonbrief.org
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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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The four companies that dominate oil sands production are nearly 3/4 foreign-owned, with about 60% of their shares held by Americans #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca
Why Patriotic Calls to Support ‘Canada’s’ Oil Ring Hollow | The Tyee
As Trump’s US rakes in oilsands profits, we’re sold a clouded narrative of energy sovereignty.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Once you account for what happens when a building actually gets hit by a disaster, designing it to stay functional can prove to be the sustainable choice, not a trade-off against it." – Fernanda Cruz Rios, Drexel U #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/09/why-...
anthropocenemagazine.org
Why less steel and concrete isn't the same as more sustainable
A provocative new study argues that a building's real environmental cost is measured by how well it survives disaster, not by how little it weighs.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The cascade of clean energy that we’re seeing now is just doing so much more than anybody expected even 10 years ago.” – Steve Smith, University of Exeter #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The cascade of clean energy that we’re seeing now is just doing so much more than anybody expected even 10 years ago.” – Steve Smith, University of Exeter #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Colombia remained the deadliest, with 39 people killed. Many of those were caught in conflicts over land, illegal mining and cultivation of the coca plant grown for cocaine #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...
insideclimatenews.org
An Environmental Defender Is Murdered Every Three Days - Inside Climate News
At least 124 people were killed in 2025 for protecting their homelands, forests, farms and waterways from pollution and other harms, according to a new report.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“The loss of transparency is a problem; we should be told whether the provincially owned utility is meeting these objectives." – Bill Mason, former BC Utilities Commissioner #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition thenarwhal.ca/bc-hydro-cle...
thenarwhal.ca
BC Hydro just scaled back its clean electricity reporting
BC Hydro has to supply 100% clean energy by 2030. As the province stares down a supply crunch, the utility just made it harder for the public to track its progress
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When talking about climate, RCP8.5 appears to be the worst plausible scenario. Should risk assessment be confined to the most likely outcomes, or should it include RCP8.5? #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-worst-...
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The Worst Case Is Still on the Table
Why removing RCP8.5 from the National Climate Assessment would be a serious mistake
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
International Maritime Organization has proposed a global carbon tax on shipping. IMHO, this is important because it could lead to global carbon taxes on all fossil fuel use and to global carbon fee-and-dividend #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.linkedin.com/pulse/nation...
linkedin.com
Nations work on green shipping deal that Trump has tried to spike
Hello and welcome to The Associated Press Climate Watch newsletter. I’m Jennifer McDermott, an AP reporter covering green energy.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The atmosphere holds more water vapour than it used to because it is warmer. This will contribute to increasingly intense rain events until we stop dumping CO2 into the atmosphere #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-atmosp...
theclimatebrink.com
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record
More water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"As America’s oil and gas industry ramps up production, it can no longer ignore what can only be described as super-sized pollution events seen from space.” – Cara Horowitz, UCLA #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The fact that China makes such a large percentage of the batteries that increasingly power the cars and grids of the world makes certain governments nervous #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...
canarymedia.com
The battery era is here — and China is supplying it
Batteries are taking the energy sector by storm, whether to power vehicles or boost the grid. Most are made, and deployed, in China.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"This is full-throated climate denial while the climate crisis happens in real time and a shocking betrayal of the American public.” – Holly Bender, Sierra Club #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Trump’s EPA reportedly ⁠poised to axe carbon pollution rules for power plants
Advocates and experts describe the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks as gifts to polluters at expense of planet
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
'Canada has pursued mandatory climate disclosures, and through my proposed Climate-Aligned Finance Act, I am seeking to align financial markets with our climate commitments.' – Rosa Galvez, Canadian senator #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Australia and Canada can learn from each other on climate if we separate action from declaration | Rosa Galvez
Climate integrity means being honest about the gap between emissions reduced on paper and emissions reduced in the atmosphere
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"If this rule is finalized there would be no more review, no more public engagement, for essentially any future drilling in the Western Arctic.” – Ben Tettlebaum, The Wilderness Society #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition insideclimatenews.org/news/1109202...
insideclimatenews.org
The Trump Administration Wants to Fast-Track Arctic Drilling - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration is moving to accelerate oil and gas drilling across the Western Arctic with a new proposal that would slash environmental review and public input.  The proposal could bring in...
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