Happiest when outside, political junkie and lifelong environmental policy analyst and advocate. Executive Director of Environmental Defence. Views posted are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3msvimcoty22tMore from the Harperesque push for pipelines: For Canada's 'Major Projects,' Consultation Is Theatre via @thetyee.ca https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/10/Canada-Major-Projects-Consultation-Theatre/12 Aug 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvimcoty22thttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mstgeye7d22tWhat Are Tailpipe Emission Standards, and Why Does Canada Need Stronger Ones? https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/07/28/what-are-tailpipe-emission-standards-and-why-does-canada-need-stronger-ones/11 Aug 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstgeye7d22thttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mrawpkkcjs25Canada’s promises to capture carbon span almost 20 years, with little gains: https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-carbon-capture-history/22 Jul 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrawpkkcjs25https://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mqrhsgezi22rOil Sands Emissions Will Outpace Reductions from Pathways CCS, Climate Institute Warns https://www.theenergymix.com/oil-sands-emissions-will-outpace-reductions-from-pathways-ccs-climate-institute-warns/16 Jul 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrhsgezi22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mqmqby6a3s2y‘Master Class in Greenwash’ as Ottawa, Alberta, Oil Sands Alliance Unveil CCS Deal https://www.theenergymix.com/master-class-in-greenwash-as-ottawa-alberta-oil-sands-alliance-unveil-ccs-deal/ #cdnpoli14 Jul 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmqby6a3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mqae7hv3is2oNew Report Shows Canada is the Worst Public Financier of Fossil Fuels in the G20.  https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/07/09/new-report-shows-canada-is-the-worst-public-financier-of-fossil-fuels-in-the-g20/09 Jul 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqae7hv3is2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mpyq754eck2aIn case you've been told TMX makes money for Canadians: “It’s a misrepresentation of finances on this project.” Is Trans Mountain's Profitability an Accounting Illusion? via @thetyee.ca https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/12/23/Trans-Mountain-Profitability-Accounting-Illusion/ #cdnpoli #energytransition06 Jul 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyq754eck2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mpjofvmxcs2mOntario’s expensive nuclear fantasy will cost the province dearly https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/30/opinion/ontario-nuclear-renewable-energy-cost-comparison #cdnpoli #onpoli30 Jun 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjofvmxcs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mpjfhchsr22rWhy Premier Ford Isn't in Pilot's Seat on proposed Toronto Island Airport's Expansion https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/06/29/why-premier-ford-isnt-in-pilots-seat-on-proposed-toronto-island-airports-expansion/ #NOJetsTO30 Jun 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjfhchsr22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mphbj7xcqs2mNew taxes per solar panel for the average person but a free pass for $billions in public liability for oil industry tar sands tailing waste: Alberta fires latest salvos in ‘war’ on renewable energy https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/29/analysis/alberta-renewable-measures-analysis29 Jun 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphbj7xcqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mph7j5ae6k2hWell it is not a grasshopper but it is very endangered. Dumb, uneccessary highway for sprawl. https://thepointer.com/article/2026-06-28/they-re-worried-about-a-grasshopper-jumping-across-a-highway-internal-documents-show-scientists-reject-doug-ford-s-environmental-study-of-the-413-highway #onpoli29 Jun 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mph7j5ae6k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3movtu7w2qs2uWhy Premier Ford Isn't in Pilot's Seat on proposed Toronto Island Airport's Expansion https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/06/04/why-premier-ford-isnt-in-pilots-seat-on-proposed-toronto-island-airports-expansion/22 Jun 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3movtu7w2qs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3movm4x67f22uCongrats to Hamilton Board of Health action on Dofasco pollution https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/06/22/environmental-groups-applaud-board-of-health-action-on-dofasco-pollution/ #ONPoli #CityofHamilton #toxic22 Jun 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3movm4x67f22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mogoxezlj224Guilbeault on Carney’s climate plan: ‘He thinks that the markets are going to do it’: https://thenarwhal.ca/guilbeault-exit-interview-canada-environment/ #cdnpoli16 Jun 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mogoxezlj224https://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mofwkwvufc25Gas Plants ‘Aren’t Competitive’ After Ontario’s Big Battery Buy: https://www.theenergymix.com/gas-plants-arent-competitive-after-ontarios-big-battery-buy-advocate/16 Jun 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofwkwvufc25https://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mo3xpxr4622uBattery Storage Beats Gas in Ontario's Energy Auction https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/06/12/battery-storage-beats-gas-in-ontarios-energy-auction-and-sets-record-for-lowest-prices-ever/12 Jun 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3xpxr4622uhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mnwtvcnlj22bThis nightmare replacement of the Island Airport with Heathrow on-the-Lake has to be stopped: Feds launch Billy Bishop consultation as opponents pressure Toronto Liberals https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/10/news/federal-consultation-billy-bishop-airport10 Jun 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwtvcnlj22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mlsrlelxls2i“in exchange for a nearly worthless industrial carbon pricing regime—that the federal government appears unwilling to even enforce—a dismantling of Canada’s entire federal regulatory system for environmental protection is taking shape.” https://www.theenergymix.com/ottawa-alberta-deal-delays-carbon-price-to-2040-endangers-clean-economy-jobs/14 May 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsrlelxls2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mlhj67hg7s2aI lived through the Harper era attacks on our natural spaces, wildlife and health at the behest of the oil and gas industry. I did not expect a PM who knows better to take it further: https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/mark-carney-runs-roughshod-over-the-environment-its-worse-than-what-harper-did/article_1fa59928-a8d5-481a-896b-405c86a466d1.html10 May 2026 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhj67hg7s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mlejinzts22zJoining with Doug Ford: Proposed changes to Major Project decision-making risks environmental progress https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/05/08/statement-proposed-changes-to-major-project-decision-making-risk-dismantling-decades-of-environmental-progress/08 May 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlejinzts22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mlbx7qv73k22Fossil Industry Disavows Canada-Alberta MOU as Climate Groups Defend Carbon Pricing, Methane Rules https://www.theenergymix.com/fossil-industry-disavows-canada-alberta-mou-as-climate-groups-defend-carbon-pricing-methane-rules/ #Cndpoli07 May 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbx7qv73k22https://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mkl5og3uds2aThousands of acres of land have already been allocated to speculator sprawl. We own these lands and should keep them: Ontario residents stopped an airport, but now developers are coming for the land https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/28/news/ontario-pickering-farmland-airport-development #cdnpoli #NewRouge28 Apr 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl5og3uds2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mk6odbc5w22mTown admits operating in protected piping plover habitat at Wasaga Beach following lawsuit https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/22/news/town-admits-operating-protected-piping-plover-habitat-wasaga-beach-following #Cdnpoli23 Apr 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6odbc5w22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mjzkvybfmc2tLawsuit races to halt Wasaga Beach development as endangered species nears extinction in Ontario https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/21/news/federal-lawsuit-wasaga-beach-piping-plover #onpoli #CNDpoli21 Apr 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzkvybfmc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mjwmgw4z322nLawsuit seeks emergency protection for endangered Piping plovers at Wasaga beach https://ecojustice.ca/news/lawsuit-seeks-emergency-protection-for-endangered-piping-plovers-at-wasaga-beach/ #cdnpoli20 Apr 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwmgw4z322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mjkh7nku6k2jWe collectively own 9,300 acres of forests and farmland in the GTA. Should it go to sprawl or be protected for food supply, clean water and clean air? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-for-toronto-more-sprawl-or-a-green-future/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links15 Apr 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkh7nku6k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mjfg6lujyk2cOntario’s Endangered Species Act is officially dead. Here’s what that means: https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-species-conservation-act-enforced/13 Apr 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfg6lujyk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3mj35s7f75c2gWith @Fordnation killing protection for Endangered Species, Ottawa must step up: https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/environment-endangered-species/article_a1400be8-6898-5fb9-bca1-3f9321c6fd54.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share via @thespec #cdnpoli #Species09 Apr 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj35s7f75c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3miyswa625223Toronto and region is great, but it is suffering from attacks on its environment, governance, financing, transportation systems and housing. I joined some smart people and penned a chapter in the new book that sets out a plan to get it back on track. #Onpoli #TOpoli08 Apr 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyswa625223https://bsky.app/profile/canadagray.bsky.social/post/3migtyufyh225Ontario scraps Endangered Species protection and hands responsibility to the Federal Government https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/04/01/ontario-government-hands-endangered-species-to-federal-government/ #ONpoli01 Apr 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:miarfpkg7va3ik4vw72gaujo/app.bsky.feed.post/3migtyufyh225