Canadian, independent, non-profit news agency reporting on climate change, solutions, and the pathways to net-zero through in-depth and wide-ranging coverage. 🔗 theenergymix.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mu5n3dbi6c2wEarly analysis is pointing to climate change as a likely contributing factor after a towering flash flood swept through a border area of Nepal and Tibet Wednesday. The death toll has risen to 540, with 1,300 people still missing. https://www.theenergymix.com/160-dead-hundreds-missing-as-towering-flash-flood-in-nepal-points-to-extreme-heat-heavy-rainfalls/28 Aug 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5n3dbi6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mu2ubfv5ns23Despite its statement that “Canada supports a moratorium on commercial seabed mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction,” the government is silent on Canadian-based The Metals Company pursuing a deep-sea mining licence in tandem with the Trump administration. https://www.theenergymix.com/canada-silent-as-trump-backed-deep-sea-mining-threatens-a-vital-climate-buffer/27 Aug 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ubfv5ns23https://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtyyl2wj322tTwo Innu band councils in Quebec have rejected last week’s non-binding agreement between Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the federal government to hugely expand hydroelectric generation along the Churchill River and build regional transmission capacity, saying they were never consulted. https://www.theenergymix.com/two-quebec-innu-nations-reject-churchill-falls-agreement-saying-they-werent-consulted/26 Aug 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyyl2wj322thttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtyd6u4zlk2tWith shrinking sea ice, federal and provincial governments are positioning Churchill as a larger Arctic trade gateway, as it provides the shortest route from the prairies to Europe and could offer a mechanism to diversify trade with Europe and other international partners. https://www.theenergymix.com/shrinking-sea-ice-opens-possibilities-for-churchill-shipping-but-not-without-risks/26 Aug 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyd6u4zlk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtwkgpaq522tA new map of data centres in Alberta shows proposed AI facilities demanding more than 100 times the electricity used by existing ones in the province, a spike that comes with significant emissions impact. https://www.theenergymix.com/alberta-woman-maps-out-the-facts-about-power-hungry-data-centres/25 Aug 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwkgpaq522thttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtvowjuy722tMight Trump’s expanding trade war help Canada speed up its energy transition, diversify its trade, and reinforce its economic sovereignty? Yes, says a panel of climate finance and trade specialists—as long as the feds and provinces embrace the moment and double down on the clean technologies. https://www.theenergymix.com/trump-trade-war-could-be-a-catalyst-to-speed-canadas-energy-transition-experts-say/25 Aug 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvowjuy722thttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mttrkx5kl22tAnd now, for a bit of good news: At outdoor movie nights across British Columbia this summer, the power behind the screen, the speakers, and even the popcorn machine came from a pair of electric pickup trucks parked nearby. #FreshAirCinema #Innovation #CommunityAction #ClimateResilience https://www.theenergymix.com/evs-power-movie-nights-as-b-c-company-ditches-diesel/24 Aug 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttrkx5kl22thttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtrqhkqies2sThere are no guarantees. (There never are.) But PM Mark Carney’s latest move to protect Canadian sovereignty could open a path to the real nation-building projects we need and want. https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-world-vs-the-end-of23 Aug 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrqhkqies2shttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtqrn7ifuk2vThe latest SHIFT: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:749724248759010918423 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqrn7ifuk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtm7cqap2k2jYou'll want to dive into this feature interview with Social Capital Partners' Jon Shell as he talks about who owns the Canadian economy, digital sovereignty, and working on inequality as a way of working on climate change. @jonshell.bsky.social https://www.theenergymix.com/qa-climate-action-community-resilience-begin-with-who-owns-our-economy-jon-shell-says/21 Aug 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm7cqap2k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtj6pi2etc2wThe persistent argument that transitioning to a low-carbon economy spells economic disaster is being tackled head-on by economic and sustainability experts in Canada and the U.K. who point to growing evidence that the opposite is true. Find out why: https://www.theenergymix.com/economic-well-being-depends-on-swift-climate-action-mounting-evidence-shows/20 Aug 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj6pi2etc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mthfsurcxs2kFolks may not have given much thought to the federal government's decision to repeal the EV sales mandate, but government data reveal the high costs of this decision: extra $53.8 billion in fuel costs for Canadians, and additional “climate change-induced global damages” will hit $94.2 billion. https://www.theenergymix.com/drivers-pay-53b-climate-costs-rise-94b-as-ottawa-repeals-ev-sales-mandate/19 Aug 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthfsurcxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtgzcxvjsk2kThe Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and federal government have reached a tentative agreement for up to 14,000 megawatts of #hydropower development and 2,000 MW of #wind, in what Prime Minister Mark #Carney described as the largest #cleanenergy investment in North America. https://www.theenergymix.com/biggest-clean-energy-investment-in-north-america-brings-hydro-wind-transmission-deal-to-churchill-falls/19 Aug 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgzcxvjsk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mte7ahbpbk2kA win for the residents of Olds, AB: A billion-dollar power plant meant for an artificial intelligence (AI) data centre proposed in Olds, Alberta, is “not in the public interest,” the provincial utility regulator ruled Monday. https://www.theenergymix.com/breaking-olds-residents-cheer-as-alberta-regulator-blocks-gas-plant-for-data-centre/18 Aug 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte7ahbpbk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtcqh5t5ds2kCanada’s forests are shifting from a carbon sink to a carbon source, driven by wildfire disturbance, reveal carbon cycle models that better represent Canadian landscapes than earlier estimates. Learn more here: https://www.theenergymix.com/wildfires-pushing-canadian-forests-from-carbon-sink-to-source-new-study-finds/ #Canadianforests #Canadianwildfires #carbonsinks https://www.theenergymix.com/wildfires-pushing-canadian-forests-from-carbon-sink-to-source-new-study-finds/#Canadianforests17 Aug 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcqh5t5ds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mtc4e4tncs2k“Children born in 2020 are projected to experience up to seven times more extreme weather events than those born in 1960,” Sesame Workshop writes. Parents worry about the impacts on their children. Enter the "Storm on Sesame Street." #sesamestreet #extremeweather #emergencypreparedness https://www.theenergymix.com/climate-change-comes-to-sesame-street-as-todays-kids-confront-7x-more-extreme-weather/17 Aug 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc4e4tncs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mt7qpgyxds2oWe think the headline says it all. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:749470577309716889816 Aug 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7qpgyxds2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mt77h5k7d22xMust read: More on the #Meta AI data centre planned for AB's Sturgeon County, and reporter Jody MacPherson's attempts to get straight answers about its impacts on #agriculture, #water, and #environment. https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/an-alberta-county-claimed-it-had #AIdatacentre @sturgeoncounty.bsky.social16 Aug 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt77h5k7d22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mt23ia2w2227➡️ An Alberta judge has quashed celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s bid to block Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation from requesting a judicial review of water permits for the C$70-billion #WonderValley AI data centre project. The review will now go ahead. https://www.theenergymix.com/oleary-loses-first-nation-wins-in-bid-for-judicial-review-of-data-centre-water-permits/14 Aug 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt23ia2w2227https://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3msyht7owds2tHigh heat and humidity are prompting ACORN-Ottawa to connect low-income tenants with available AC units, with more efficient heat pumps out of reach. Right now, community leader Sharon Katz says, “the alternative is either nothing or fans.” https://www.theenergymix.com/ottawa-group-pushes-to-get-ac-units-to-low-income-tenants/13 Aug 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyht7owds2thttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3msxmpyf7f22zAs the first of three proposed road projects opening up Ontario's #RingofFire is being challenged, concerns are being raised that the cumulative effects on Indigenous rights and environmental impacts are being overlooked by assessing each road separately. https://www.theenergymix.com/lawyer-warns-of-cumulative-impact-as-first-nations-group-challenges-ring-of-fire-road/13 Aug 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxmpyf7f22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3msvgpmr5sc2eCanada’s transition to a low-carbon energy system is creating one of the fastest-growing labour markets in the country. But it remains persistently inequitable. This needs to change. Study: Improving equity in Canada’s low-carbon energy workforce. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2753-3751/ae772b https://www.theenergymix.com/canadas-energy-transition-needs-a-more-diverse-workforce/12 Aug 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvgpmr5sc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mstj747kpc2eThe Alberta county council that granted permits for #Meta ’s new $13-billion, climate-polluting, gas-powered artificial intelligence (AI) #datacentre has declared an agricultural disaster due to record-setting extreme weather attributed largely to climate change. https://www.theenergymix.com/alberta-county-declares-farm-disaster-after-approving-13b-meta-data-centre/11 Aug 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstj747kpc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3mssvtp4osk2eRemember that jump in gas prices a few months back? Turns out Canada’s biggest oil companies are cashing in on Donald Trump’s war on Iran, with the four biggest oil sands producers reporting a staggering $13.3 billion in profits in the second quarter of 2026. #IranWar #OilProfits https://www.theenergymix.com/13-3b-in-3-month-profit-shows-oil-sands-companies-raking-it-in-on-middle-east-war/11 Aug 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssvtp4osk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3msq3knbffc2qReforms to Canada's impact assessment process for approving major projects would improve efficiency if they identified ecological risk and cumulative effects early in the process, Wildlife Conservation Authority Canada's Victoria Goodday says. https://www.theenergymix.com/better-decisions-earlier-not-weaker-decisions-faster-canadas-permitting-overhaul-faces-pushback/ @wcscanada.org10 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq3knbffc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3msohb4wcu22xCanada is on fire. Again. The Mark Carney government fast-tracks a #pipeline. Still. Can anyone come up with a better way to invest $43.7 billion that builds the nation rather than burning it down? #wildfires #climate https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/if-i-had-437-billion-dollars-ferocious09 Aug 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3msohb4wcu22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3msnjojraek2aThere are an overwhelming number of opportunities for Canadians to weigh in on public consultations around major projects - as long as they hear about them and have time to absorb the information, formulate a response, and meet tight submission deadlines. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:749218590421259878409 Aug 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnjojraek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3msin2oq4js2lFarmers for Climate Solutions' Brent Preston says we need a “major overhaul” of how we help farmers with business risks. “We can’t wait for crop failures and disasters and then just pay out afterward.” https://www.theenergymix.com/shift-farm-support-systems-must-from-payouts-to-prevention-advocate-urges/07 Aug 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3msin2oq4js2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/theenergymix.com/post/3msfxzclhik27Just-released report from World Weather Attribution shows that fossil fuel-driven climate change made the extreme fire weather conditions behind this summer’s ferocious #wildfires in ON and NWT roughly twice as likely to occur. More: https://www.theenergymix.com/climate-change-made-canadas-ferocious-fire-weather-twice-as-likely-attribution-study-finds/ @wwattribution.bsky.social06 Aug 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:ihiuvtl3f5ojrypbwvpyud45/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfxzclhik27