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"Unless the public pushes back, Canadian politicians may soon commit billions more in public subsidies to an already highly subsidized fossil fuel sector with little hope of reclaiming their investment.

Intimidating Canadians into committing tens of billions of dollars to fund fossil fuel projects that have little hope of ever paying for themselves or turning a profit, may do more to destroy Canada’s economy than tariffs alone."

#fossilfuels #subsidies

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nationalobserver.com/2025/02/1

Canada's National Observer · Forget pipelines — the U.S. trade war is our chance to decarbonizeEnergy sovereignty is economic sovereignty, and there’s no faster route to energy sovereignty than by harnessing the fully renewable energy resources that are already abundant within Canada and whose value is not dependent on export markets.

Getting Australia out of climate denial?

Get more sympathetic media coverage by involving the blokes from "resources and economic production, rural and regional areas, masculine norms, and conservative belief systems and politics"
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nature.com/articles/s44168-025

Farmers, investors, miners and parents:
how unconventional climate advocates can reach new audiences "Holdout groups in Australia can include people associated with political conservatism, the business sector, farming, the resource sector, some religious groups and some sports fans."
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theconversation.com/farmers-in
#climate #climatedenial #RealityDenial #extractivism #industry #MasculineNorms #conflict #msm #media #LoggingImpacts #FossilFuels #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateAction

NatureTheorising unconventional climate advocates and their relationship to the environmental movement - npj Climate ActionEnvironmentalist-identified advocates have contributed to high levels of public support for climate action across countries. However, there remain important holdout constituencies that theory and evidence suggest are less likely to be persuaded by environmentalists, especially constituencies associated with resources and economic production, rural and regional areas, masculine norms, and conservative belief systems and politics. Emerging from these holdout constituencies, though, are some novel advocates for climate action. In this paper we theorise ‘unconventional climate advocates’ as those who combine advocacy for climate action with a social identity that departs from the prototypical environmentalist identity. Using social network analysis we show that unconventional climate advocates in Australia are peripheral to the main environmental movement, that is, the conventional advocates for climate action. We contend that unconventional advocates can broaden the social base of support for climate action, and their independence from conventional advocates – environmentalists – may aid in their efforts.

#German election shows how far green wave has receded in #Europe

#ClimateAction barely featured on the campaign trail before Germany’s federal #elections on Sunday – except when right-leaning parties used it to swipe at the Greens. #Merz’s jab was at the tamer end of attacks aimed at the Green party candidate, Robert #Habeck, the #economy and #climate minister who pushed through an unpopular law to promote clean heating, but is a sign of how far the political conversation around #climate action has shifted.

Centre-right and far-right politicians have accused the Greens of turning Germany into an “eco-dictatorship” for policies that limit the burning of #FossilFuels or require the public to change their behaviour. In a fiery speech the day before the election, Merz said he would do politics “for the majority who can think straight, and who also have all their marbles … and not for any green and leftwing nutcases”.

theguardian.com/world/2025/feb

#ClimateCrisis
#DEpol

The Guardian · German election shows how far green wave has receded in EuropeBy Ajit Niranjan

Action on global warming from toxic fossil fuel pollution:

Economist: The solution to global warming is for consumers to reduce their carbon footprint. If consumers care about stopping global warming, they will pay a premium for lower emissions products and let the free market take care of the rest. Governments shouldn't pick winners, let the market decide.

Consumer: I'm playing my part by reducing my carbon footprint! I just bought a bike, installed solar panels, and went vegan. It's a small impact, but every little bit helps!

Fossil fuel CEO: To grow our profits, we're investing in new oil wells. We're also donating millions to think tanks that spread climate denial, plus lobbyists, plus donations to politicians that favour our industry. And a new plastics factory too. Also, global warming is the fault of consumers for not reducing their carbon footprint and not recycling enough.

Silicon Valley VC: We're investing billions in new blockchain and LLM startups. These will require massive new data centres, with thousands of servers and GPUs. We're reopening old fossil fuel generators and building new ones to power and cool these data centres. Also, our algorithms will promote climate denial content.