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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Indigenous leaders from across so-called Canada and South America came together this week in Ottawa to build a transnational movement to fight back against reckless fossil fuel expansion. Listen to their words and join them. #energysky #Rights #climate

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Told you so. First lawsuit filed against the Pacific Leak ahem Link tar sands bitumen pipeline and the unconstitutional attempt by @mark-carney.bsky.social to get it fasttracked. Even for Cold Lake First Nation, this is too much. #cdnpolitics www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

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Alberta First Nation taking Ottawa to court over move to fast-track Pacific Link pipeline

The group is the first to bring a legal challenge against the federal push to speed approvals for the project, a key priority of both Ottawa and Alberta

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Greenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

1/8 🚨 NEW: We found a network of 30+ pro-oil front groups coordinating, tracking progress, and reporting back to their funders about how they are shaping energy conversations in Canada. It looks like that was supposed to stay under the radar, except they left their platform completely public 👇

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Honoured to have worked side by side with leaders this week in Ottawa as we build a transnational movement to stop fossil fuel expansion.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We need a wide cross-sectional all ages and peoples movement. Here we go!

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"The energy transition is underway, Canada is late to the party. It's time to put ourselves on the right side of history" - Senator Rosa Galvez joined by Senator Kim Pate, Ecuadorian MP Fernando Nantipia and Brazil's Juliano Medeiros. #cdnpolitics #energysky

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

International solidarity against fossil fuel expansion is being built energized right now in Ottawa, at the halls of so-called power. Indigenous leaders and parliamentarians from South America and Canada are uniting. #energysky #cdnpolitics

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Great day for Canada" says Prime Minister during announcement of the $35 billion expansion of LNG Canada. Neglects to note that the giant steel modules will be made in China. What gives @mark-carney.bsky.social? Even more money off-shored. Bad enough it's 100% foreign-owned.

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IEEFA North America @ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

LNG Canada Phase 2 just reached final investment decision. Given the U.S.-Canada trade war, contractors bidding today must consider not only current prices but also potential tariffs, trade dispute escalations, supplier markups, and logistics costs. More: buff.ly/7nN8YxF

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LNG Canada Phase 2: After FID key questions remain

Phase 2 must contend with greater uncertainty around construction costs, economic inflation, potential global oversupply, and a turbulent trade environment.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Let's remember what made news earlier this year about LNG Canada and how clean its #LNG and operation actually are. In 2025 LNG Canada, which only operated for 6 months of the year, flared more gas than ANY OTHER LNG TERMINAL IN THE WORLD. @davidebybc.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...

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LNG Canada exceeds estimated 2024 global record for burned gas | The Narwhal

LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned more gas in 2025 than any other liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on record in 2024

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reporting here from @financialtimes.com : “Real federal government leadership is: ratcheting up investments to accelerate clean energy projects, which will have better long-term returns & will not worsen extreme weather events while also respecting Indigenous rights." as.ft.com/r/377ad763-f...

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Shell-led consortium backs $23bn expansion of LNG Canada project

Flagship liquefied natural gas project’s production capacity to double

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Shell pre-empts the Prime Minister of Canada, announces expansion of LNG Canada overnight. TC Energy also announces doubling of Coastal Gaslink fracked gas pipeline capacity. More pollution, whale-injuring tanker traffic, flaring, conflicts, profits for foreign corps, fracking. Good for who?

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For initial commentary see my LinkedIn Post at: Emissions from Phase 2 - fracking, transportation , liquefaction, shipping, regasification and burning - is equivalent to nearly double all passenger cars in Canada. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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#lng #gas #cdnpolitics #energy | Richard Brooks

Breaking: Prime Minister Carney to announce LNG Canada reaches Final Investment Decision for doubling capacity and advancing with Phase 2 on Tuesday. LNG Canada, entirely foreign owned by Shell, Mits...

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What's a world leader to do after a summer of wildfires & heat waves? Announce the expansion of one of the most polluting #LNG facilities in the world. On Tuesday @mark-carney.bsky.social will announce LNG Canada's Final Investment Decision to double its facility. Welcome to 2 Mordors. #greensky

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 24/09/2026

These are some of the hidden faces of the fashion industry: garment workers in Bangladesh, the world’s third largest apparel exporter. Garment workers sew your clothes, stitch by stitch, yet Big Fashion is putting the burden of the energy transition on their shoulders. 🧵 #GreenSky #Fashion

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Seems misleading or at least misaligned for companies that are state owned when the state is getting off gas for climate reasons. But fine to sell it to other countries to continue polluting or will the Germans be saddled with expensive contracts they will have to cancel & pay penalties on?

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Explain this math: Germany to be gas free by 2045 but state-owned power companies SEFE & Uniper have signed 20-year purchase agreements or MOUs with unbuilt Ksi Lisims LNG in BC to supply #LNG from 2032 onwards. Who's lying? Why are BC & Canada pushing a project less & less viable? #bcpoli

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How can one be Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Nature and be the face of the approval of this disastrous methane gas project close to one of Canada's major population centres, also the home to endangered orcas, threatened salmon. @juliedabrusin.bsky.social /1 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Tilbury LNG facility in Delta gets greenlight for expansion | CBC News

Approval came immediately after the provincial government issued an environmental assessment certificate to FortisBC. The project involves adding a new storage tank and equipment to produce 7,700 tonn...

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Canada was for sale this week as @mark-carney.bsky.social welcomed the likes of Blackroc, Blackstone, ADNOC & Temasek to peruse the menu of Canadian infrastructure & accelerate me oil, gas & data center projects. Tax breaks, deregulation and public $$ ready to help. We are fighting back. #bluesky

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

$100 billion of oil and gas projects include Ksi Lisims LNG project, budget has ballooned to $30 billion & a climate bomb West Coast Oil pipeline. + tremendous number of #AI data centres. @mark-carney.bsky.social has maxed his rolodex to invite the worst to buy Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Over 1,000 protesters demonstrate against Carney's investment summit in Toronto | CBC News

More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered in downtown Toronto on Monday to protest against an investment summit organized by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lots of coverage in media about the rally to confront the Billionaires who are wheeling and dealing today at the #Canada Investment Summit for control over land, water, minerals, air. $1 trillion up for sale incl. $100 billion of oil and gas projects #greensky toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/15/m...

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Carney's investment summit in Toronto draws protests

The summit is expected to attract the heads of some of the world's largest asset managers, including BlackRock CEO and chairman Larry Fink.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Billionaires and their capital needs a lot of protection from the people. Must be pretty fragile. #billionaires #canada #themanyvsthemoney #investment

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Many vs the Money gather before going to confront the Billionaires betting on Canada's land, water, air and major infrastructure. #TheManyvsTheMoney

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So-called nation-building infrastructure shouldn't be auctioned off in closed-door summits. Canadians shouldn't have to rely on a leaked pitchbook to learn how foreign funds, Wall Street firms and sovereign wealth fund princes plan to buy up our #energy future. #investment

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Liquidation of Canada's natural wealth, packaged up in a pitchbook to line the pockets of Trump’s buddies at Wall Street, private equity vulture firms and banks and sovereign funds. Canada will not be more secure nor preserve our sovereignty. #themamyvsthemoney www.thestar.com/news/gta/pro...

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Protests to target Carney’s global investment summit as it kicks off in Toronto

The protest will begin at Nathan Phillips Square then move to the AGO, where hundreds of the summit's attendees will be gathering for a private gala.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Breaking: $100 billion of new oil & gas projects in the Canada Investment Summit dealbook being shopped around to the world's billionaires, private equity firms, pensions and sovereign funds. 180 Mt of CO2e = all cars & trucks in Canada annually. Not the right vision for Canada. #cdnpolitics

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm sorry but Ksi Lisims is not shovel ready.. It doesn't have adequate firm contracts, it doesn't have full permits, it's facing lawsuits, FID has been delayed several years over. And it's owned by a Trump " tariff Canada to death" ally. Huh?

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you had $23 billion would you invest it in a wild LNG project in Quebec where the CEOs email is a gmail.com address? The Canada Investment Summit Projects are wild. #cdnpolitics

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If the top energy official in BC - in charge of how tax dollars get spent on energy makes not just one mistake, but four mistakes costing $1.5 billion, how can you trust when they say building more whale killing LNG & polluting fracked gas drilling is a good thing for #BC. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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B.C. energy ministry says 4 calculation mistakes led to $1.5B budget error | CBC News

Mistakes involved currency conversion error, incorrect gas unit calculations and use of cost inputs from 2025 instead of 2026.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If one had no [financial] brain or didn't care about taxpayer money (usually someone who doesn't depend on gov't services) than that makes sense.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The room that is on [wild]fire? Or is it the flooded room? The room that just experienced severe once in a 100 year droughts? Or do you mean the room where the financial analysis concludes that Asia markets are accelerate plans to phase down LNG useage? Or EV sales in China outpace ICE cars?

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Canada Investment Summit otherwise known as the Canadian Resources Fire Sale is less than a week away. US billionaires, foreign sovereign wealth funds, private equity vultures are swooping into Toronto to buy up oil, gas, data and mining projects for cheap. Time to fight back. #themanyvsthemoney

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 08/09/2026

Trump-backed U.S. private equity firms just bought up a B.C. pipeline network. This isn't "Canada Strong" — this is lining the pocket of wealthy foreign investors while Canadians pay for higher energy bills and climate disasters. 🧵 #GreenSky

theglobeandmail.com

Enbridge lands $2.7-billion investment from KKR, Apollo in B.C. natural gas pipeline expansion

It’s an example of the type of infrastructure commitment the PM is targeting at upcoming investment summit

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

As the @mark-carney.bsky.social gvt gets ready for their big Canada Investment Summit, otherwise known as the Canada Fire Sale, it's good to know that many Canadians are opposed to the expansion of LNG projects that that will only benefit big corporations and billionaires. Don't invest in #LNG

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ShellsLies @shellslies.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act legally commits #Canada to achieving #NetZero emissions by 2050 & requires govt to set national emission reduction targets but there are no consequences for missing them & Dec progress report showed the govt is nowhere near meeting its target #EndFossilFuels

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

More in my ongoing series of why no one needs another west coast Canada tar sands pipeline: China’s emissions dropped due to less oil usage age due to surge in EVs. China is reaching peak oil. #cdnpolitics #oil share.google/kbvq0x5Sg9yB...

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China’s falling emissions amid Iran war spark hope of decarbonisation watershed

Oil consumption plummets and EV sales soar as analysts say demand may not fully return even if crude price falls

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Then I'll say back: "God's pretty angry right now because of how we've messed up the planet. "

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Meanwhile, in less than two weeks, billionaires, private equity vulture firms, banks, sovereign funds and pensions will gather in Toronto to bid on a deluge of new oil, gas and mining projects as @mark-carney.bsky.social convenes the Canada Investment Summit aka Canada fire sale. #manyvsthemoney

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Climate change hits Toronto with a red alert thunderstorm, flooding, golf ball-sized hailstorm and power outages. In a broadcast alert, people were told to head to their basements due to possible tornado and storm damage. #greensky #storm ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/damagin...

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Damaging storms sweep across Ontario cause flooding, power outages in Toronto area

TORONTO — Severe storms cut across the Greater Toronto Area late Wednesday afternoon, causing widespread power outages and localized flooding as an intense weather system brought torrential rain, larg...

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Not sure that spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars on new oil and gas projects during a raging wildfire season is in the best interests of a majority of Canadians. Certainly in the interest of private equity billionaires and US-owned oil companies operating in Canada though.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

West Coast Pipeline $45 billion CCUS project (to extract more oil) $25 billion LNG tax credit $1 billion LNG project subsidies $4 billion TMX $35 billion Shall we continue the tabulation ?

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I presume you are trying to say that this singular hydro deal, which has been in the works for a while, negates all the public dollars and government salesmanship being done by Carney and Hodgson on behalf of Big Gas and US private equity firms? That headline is exaggerated hyperbole btw. Timeframe?

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As a climate activist, I wish we had accomplished this without war and invasions and terror and the loss of way too many lives.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Funny how a war or two and a greedy fossil fuel empowered despot in the White House seizing another country's oil industry can really supercharge the energy transition. Sad that my country, Canada, is betting the bank on guaranteed increased oil and gas demand. #energysky #greensky #gas #oil

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