Policy expert & Clean50 Award recipient with 30+ years advancing energy and environmental solutions and building environmental leadership. GreenPAC founder, author, and former Sr. Advisor to Ontario Premier. Policy. Politics. Planet 🌎https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mtwrbh73qe2iSolar delivers as Europe’s power plants struggle amid heat and drought https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/solar-delivers-europe-heat-drought?amp%3Butm_medium=email&amp%3Butm_campaign=canary&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_c2OR1OHTGrBPxUcvyNvcKiS4hBiNk-7uWHXpCPVgoqW2eS9Gpp1GyN2woPA3c7eDi2El6ZI7HDvBFqkaJqrtY_2CowQ&_hsmi=434962431&utm_source=newsletter25 Aug 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwrbh73qe2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mtwak54fzz2jCoal will cost Saskatchewan tens of billions more than natural gas or renewables: Burning Questions | Pembina Institute https://www.pembina.org/pub/burning-questions25 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwak54fzz2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mtk6wputur2rUnpaid rents, unpaid municipal taxes, and orphan well cleanup costs - Alberta taxpayers are getting stuck with tens of millions of dollars’ worth of costs from bad actors in the oil and gas sector, according to a new report from the Pembina Institute https://www.pembina.org/pub/unpaid-bills20 Aug 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk6wputur2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mth5prtoko2xA party that cannot resist a fake storyline is showing the country how it would weigh evidence in a real crisis. Sharan Kaur: The smearing of a departing Liberal MP reveals a toxic political playbook buff.ly/ue6O5N4 https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/sharan-kaur-the-smearing-of-a-departing-liberal-mp-reveals-a-toxic-political-playbook/19 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth5prtoko2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mt345m4yad27Reducing congestion can only be done by building transit. But Ontario pays 15X what it used to (adjusting for inflation) and what it costs in other cities like Montreal. "This is 100% on Mr. Ford and his Conservative government. They own the bus, and they’re the ones driving it." buff.ly/eVjUtBA https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-years-behind-schedule-and-23-billion-over-budget-meet-doug-fords/14 Aug 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt345m4yad27https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mt2lf6ogjb24China exported $3 million of solar panels to Cuba in 2023, then $117 million in 2025. Cuba has installed around 1 gigawatt in the past year. Renewable energy now makes up roughly 10% of Cuba’s electricity, up from around 3% in 2024, which will rise to at least 24% by 2030. buff.ly/yR6R7wC https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/climate/cuba-solar-us-oil-blockade-trump-china14 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2lf6ogjb24https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3msvkhumbqy27They're making record profits, but oil companies still won't 'drill, baby, drill' https://grist.org/energy/record-profits-oil-companies-wont-drill-baby-drill/?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9iuyXr_TZ16zwoGWdOvFRl1hkaA5FAuI4B1hwCRDkyFJhb0Rd55Grbb9zQyMBvl-NjPm3r8J83ERKBXfT99BXMkwf6CA&_hsmi=432576817&utm_content=432576817&utm_source=hs_email12 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvkhumbqy27https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mstkqmyugl2yWhy it takes more than twice as long to build natural gas plants compared to renewables + storage : Siemens’ gas turbine backlog nears 70 GW as company expands manufacturing buff.ly/Rq25VxK https://www.utilitydive.com/news/siemens-gas-turbine-backlog-nears-70-gw-as-company-expands-manufacturing/827390/?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-98rlEiL-JOnv1lvcW5c9XM9vwpjld-ALM6MzHgEYMhRS2K_5WQyk9kSkSB7Jruu7jPwFSzUdgUknH4FNioEU1tw8Swtg&_hsmi=432576817&utm_content=432576817&utm_source=hs_email11 Aug 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstkqmyugl2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3msszxym7zo2sTrump’s war on offshore wind is robbing a generation of workers https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/trump-offshore-wind-robbing-workers?amp%3Butm_medium=email&amp%3Butm_campaign=canary&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9xvDp57c1RomEixvFOwcvAIftCBL4RsLFqPPFiBeUy1gqnH5hVD0K1FRzlaY8-W1486Rvn-l6h_fcp6VJbw5D82fY0Vw&_hsmi=432576817&utm_source=newsletter11 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3msszxym7zo2shttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3msr2bmzzrd2nScoop: Amazon Is Behind One of the Largest Planned Gas Power Plants in the US https://newsletter.cleanview.co/p/scoop-amazon-is-behind-one-of-the?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--wPm5pFSD4IcRpPO0xcllNwz_ooHUlnjsyx0iIcBB2uRUPDlFRzDiyN2XkfYFkaAgbw9QZ-F0bXQTVxNMo-U6SPVoP6g&_hsmi=432371840&utm_content=432371840&utm_source=hs_email10 Aug 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr2bmzzrd2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3msjiutgy7i25We're desperate for new electricity sources, with a doubling of forecast supply to meet electrification needs. Yet Trump - and Doug Ford in Ontario - prefer ideology to economics. Ford cancelled 750 renewable projects, costing taxpayers $200M in decommissioning costs. buff.ly/VUZLMgx https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e1vg0gjl5o07 Aug 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjiutgy7i25https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3msiy4tssra2yCanada is burning. Why won’t CBC tell us why? https://ricochet.media/media/canada-is-burning-why-wont-cbc-tell-us-why/07 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiy4tssra2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3msbgqat4ks2sFarmers who signed large-scale solar leases were three times more likely to say they’ll use the revenue from solar to invest in their farms than to reduce operations. Nearly half of the farmers with leases said they did not plan to change their agricultural practices at all. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/solars-threat-nys-agriculture-may-be-overstated04 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbgqat4ks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3ms7gzd2ley23Still thinking it's great idea to bet the farm on Big Oil? https://www.iea.org/reports/electric-car-markets-in-a-time-of-uncertainty/executive-summary03 Aug 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7gzd2ley23https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3ms6wapwjxs2gTD says even the best case scenario for an oil pipeline is quite financially risky. If industry wants to take this risk, that's their bet, but any public subsidies are a terrible deal for taxpayers. https://economics.td.com/ca-pipeline-and-pathways03 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6wapwjxs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mruufa5g3z26As concern about climate change rebounds, one-in-six 2025 Liberal voters are migrating – for now – to the NDP - Angus Reid Institute https://angusreid.org/climate-vote-liberal-ndp/30 Jul 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruufa5g3z26https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mrsuongpas2xToday would have been the 68th Birthday of Terry Fox, a true Canadian icon.29 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsuongpas2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mrntqobp352xThoughtful piece on the "Condo Bail-out": If it is delivered with discipline—acquisition below replacement cost—it deserves support. If government pays above market, buys units that don’t serve middle-income buyers, or protects developers over public value—it should be condemned. buff.ly/K3X3ddY https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/07/27/Rent-to-Own-Can-Work/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=27072627 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrntqobp352xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mrbbg6oz7g2wOil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/climate/methane-natural-gas-leaks-flaring.html?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ytPrVcf6EV2R5lRim1i7r5DmWfkH2NV1JNMnC7k1qiHzaVBsNccKkGv99Y7RLPMHznuzQSsl6USLkZ8AXWIDoHP-_RQ&_hsmi=429584462&utm_content=429584462&utm_source=hs_email22 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbbg6oz7g2whttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mr6a7ctwvc2rBefore more public money flows into LNG governments should account for who, in the actual buying countries, will still be there to take the gas a decade from now. buff.ly/wVR9zR5 https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/20/canada-is-committing-public-money-to-lng-infrastructure-as-asian-demand-turns/510561/?utm_source=The+Hill+Times&utm_campaign=9e70df3f6f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_20_03_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_251d35861a-9e70df3f6f-93702473&mc_cid=9e70df3f6f&mc_eid=1236656e5021 Jul 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6a7ctwvc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mr4aia4slp2x“If we hadn’t invested in these resources, we would have been even more exposed and overexposed to the fuel sources that are more volatile and more subject to the dramatic swings in prices during peak periods” buff.ly/CSUHzIt https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/07/17/new-england-solar-projects-cut-millions-in-costs-during-july-heatwave-report-says/?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7qFKFh_cPfUgAwt8BGUo6y80zRyvwIBOwxUELzz-HDiD1k-qEt8PXU7II--HEwM1lghYMtA7vknW4Poyb_kiOZIWMzA&_hsmi=429190864&utm_content=429190864&utm_source=hs_email20 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4aia4slp2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mr3pqvk5ql2mThe CEO predicted a "return to higher pricing" and couldn't rule out prices of "$80 or $90" by early 2028. TransAlta is predicting $100 -- 3X today's price. Driving this is the province's reliance on natural gas, which can't be built fast enough to accommodate data centre demand buff.ly/tOUleVY https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/20/analysis/alberta-power-costs-data-centres?utm_source=National+Observer&utm_campaign=0245bba0a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_18_12_39&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cacd0f141f-0245bba0a9-27699123320 Jul 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3pqvk5ql2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mqpo5tejhm2fThis is the result of a deliberate and cost-effective decision to transition off of dirty and expensive energy sources. Solar becomes EU’s largest power source for first time in June - Energy Live News https://www.energylivenews.com/2026/07/14/solar-becomes-eus-largest-power-source-for-first-time-in-june/15 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpo5tejhm2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mqn5or22ts23The global authority on electricity costs just released new numbers: Unsubsidized renewables remain the most cost-competitive generation source; renewables continue to be the majority of US capacity additions Why is Ont tripling gas generation, making us more dependant on US imports? https://www.lazard.com/media/kcfconhf/lazards-lcoeplus_vf.pdf?_gl=1*1ari107*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTQ3ODM3Njk0MS4xNzg0MDQ2MjAx*_ga_K3JH1E8DGM*czE3ODQwNDYyMDAkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODQwNDYyMDAkajYwJGwwJGgw14 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqn5or22ts23https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mqmmws7aql2iClean energy helped the grid avoid heat-wave catastrophe buff.ly/92xLrJJ https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/grid-edge/clean-energy-grid-heat-wave?amp%3Butm_medium=email&amp%3Butm_campaign=canary&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--hKh_K2vOcVQ5S-gGdvwlTOl_5ZnldUgQukQ6YCox43bivHrhQ4prgFBckCtcPA6NPc6vgIkG9guNBpOxW5UkAOoU_5Q&_hsmi=428145183&utm_source=newsletter14 Jul 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmmws7aql2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mqk4hdzdmr25A Strong GHG Emissions Standard Will Drive $20+ Billion in Charging Infrastructure Investment https://www.ccic-ccir.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CCIC-Canada-LDV-Regulations-and-Charging-Investment-Report-2026.07.07.pdf13 Jul 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk4hdzdmr25https://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mqfmbrzeju2gTrump’s clean energy attacks are costing the US jobs buff.ly/zhNZTUB https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy-jobs/trump-policy-project-cancellations-employment?amp%3Butm_medium=email&amp%3Butm_campaign=canary&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--OjRMmVnxLB0Ji8d8-EZ9zwBRO5BkH3TvQb5fvF4N5inhC6LTGkZWlrnUO5ayczvGByXofZS8DT1TYeaz1XLtBuulN4A&_hsmi=427827723&utm_source=newsletter11 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfmbrzeju2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mqd3sxf7w42wUnable to find a private company to back pipeline, governments resort to 90% taxpayer ownership | Pembina Institute https://www.pembina.org/media-release/unable-find-private-company-back-pipeline-governments-resort-90-taxpayer-ownership10 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqd3sxf7w42whttps://bsky.app/profile/aaronfreemanca.bsky.social/post/3mq3kgmj7me2yElectric school buses tapped to shore up fragile US power grids during summer heat buff.ly/BDWRETw https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/electric-school-buses-tapped-shore-up-fragile-us-power-grids-during-summer-heat-2026-07-03/?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9g7ZwTR7EOoeqCiPNUcjZTI4rn-ZsvouMgAtFvBatN3oIxa8ezwqL3X-ZSAyyA85eeZb8KKMXN60uNQtw9He68cAbgUw&_hsmi=427286719&utm_content=427286719&utm_source=hs_email07 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jwkvqhpnltohn6ajf2ojfmsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3kgmj7me2y