A new front in the push to phase out fossil fuels Ministers and diplomats from 55 countries are about to convene on the Caribbean coast of Colombia for what’s billed as the 'First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels.' Their meeting in ...

Some hopeful climate news from @chrishatch.bsky.social, ass leaders from 50+ countries gather to plot a path away from fossil fuels.

Some of these countries, like 🇨🇦, are historic fossil fuel producers, but unlike us, are ready to confront some hard truths.

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/o...

The left is cheering for leaders they don’t really believe in It is strange to see progressive voters rooting so wholeheartedly for Prime Minister Mark Carney and Hungary's Péter Magyar, leaders who, let’s face it, lean pretty heavily to the right.

The left is cheering for leaders they don’t really believe in.

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/o...

‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds An analysis of six extreme heatwaves found when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people.

‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/n...

Here’s how each province is doing in the global race to zero-emission cars Last year was a coast-to-coast climate car wreck.

A breakdown of declining EV sales in every province last year (and how the rest of the world is kicking our butts): www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/a...

They Are Killing Our People This past week, the Mikisew Cree First Nation of Alberta released a report on the massive cancer rates in their community.

They Are Killing Our People.

Important read here from @charlieangus104.bsky.social, on the long-term health costs to Indigenous people from oil sands production.
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

France announces ban on gas boilers in new buildings starting in 2027 French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu also announced on Friday a doubling of support for electrification by 2030, from €5.5 billion to €10 billion annually.

VERY BIG NEWS out of France a week ago:
"French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Friday, April 10, a ban on installing gas heating systems "by year's end" in new buildings, including multi-unit housing, to curb France's dependence on fossil fuels."
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

"As long as we depend on oil and gas, we will continue to pay the price for other people's wars," the PM stated.

The government also reiterated its aim to install one million heat pumps "made in France" each year by 2030, which would allow heating costs to be "halved."

A call to climate justice champions — run! — for office With our world on fire, we need to elect more political firefighters. So, find, recruit and support your local climate justice champion. Send them this article as a way of saying, “I believe in you.” ...

...With our world on fire, we need to elect more political firefighters.

So, find, recruit and support your local climate justice champion. Send them this article 👇 as a way of saying, “I believe in you.” And if you can’t find one, be one.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/14/o...

Every Single Thing in the Utility RELIEF Act A full description of all 30+ policies contained in the 2026 energy omnibus package

The Maryland legislature recently passed a big energy omnibus bill that is effectively a huge bag of smaller policies. It's difficult to even summarize -- there's stuff on permitting, plug-in solar, data center, on & on. @jamiedemarco.bsky.social has pulled it all together into a master list:

Climate Change Concern Near Its High Point in US 44% of US adults worry "a great deal" about climate change or global warming is near its 46% high point from 2020.

44% of Americans are very worried about climate change — among the highest levels since 1989 — and 63% believe the US government is not taking enough environmental action, the highest since @Gallup.com started polling the question in 1992.

"As long as we depend on oil and gas, we will continue to pay the price for other people's wars," the PM stated.

The government also reiterated its aim to install one million heat pumps "made in France" each year by 2030, which would allow heating costs to be "halved."

France announces ban on gas boilers in new buildings starting in 2027 French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu also announced on Friday a doubling of support for electrification by 2030, from €5.5 billion to €10 billion annually.

VERY BIG NEWS out of France a week ago:
"French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Friday, April 10, a ban on installing gas heating systems "by year's end" in new buildings, including multi-unit housing, to curb France's dependence on fossil fuels."
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the unintended (and often paradoxically hopeful) consequences of Trump's war:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the unintended (and often paradoxically hopeful) consequences of Trump's war:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A call to climate justice champions — run! — for office With our world on fire, we need to elect more political firefighters. So, find, recruit and support your local climate justice champion. Send them this article as a way of saying, “I believe in you.” ...

With Prime Minister Carney having secured his coveted majority, and a federal election likely three years away, now may seem an odd time to issue this appeal. But I beg to differ:

Here's my call to climate justice champions — run! — for office... 😊 👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/14/o...

Sharing my latest newsletter on the urgent need for a windfall profits tax on oil and gas:
open.substack.com/pub/sethdkle...

Liberals don't care that Mark Carney is ruling like a right-winger YouTube video by The Breach

Great interview snippets here from the federal Liberal convention last weekend. Kudos to Martin Lukacs of @breachmedia.ca for pressing so many folks into some necessary & uncomfortable conversations 👇
youtu.be/HmPqacqk1nc?...

In a First for the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas

Here's some good news as you head into your weekend:

In a first last month, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the shift to clean energy.
e360.yale.edu/digest/us-re...

Ford’s latest bill collides with cities’ efforts to phase out gas in buildings New legislation — Bill 98, or the Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act — is snaking its way through the Legislature, and aims to kill green building standards for good, and i...

Bad news out of Ontario:

Ford’s latest bill collides with cities’ efforts to phase out gas in buildings www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/16/n...

In a First for the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas

Here's some good news as you head into your weekend:

In a first last month, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the shift to clean energy.
e360.yale.edu/digest/us-re...

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

This is a shocking story. Congrats to @thenarwhal.ca on exposing this.

LNG Canada in Kitimat – 🇨🇦's first major LNG facility – is now one of the highest sources of GLOBAL emissions for flaring, undermining claims that we produce the cleanest natural gas in the world: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...

Canada needs a windfall tax on oil industry war profiteering Skyrocketing oil prices do not create profits out of thin air. They redistribute money away from consumers and businesses and into the pockets of oil companies.

Another great call: Canada needs a windfall tax on oil industry war profiteering.

Excellent piece by @hadrianmk.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/15/o...

Taxing the oil and gas companies’ profits means we can deploy some of those revenues directly helping lower and modest-income households, while using some of the funds to expedite our transition off these deadly fuels.

Sharing my latest newsletter on the urgent need for a windfall profits tax on oil and gas:
open.substack.com/pub/sethdkle...

Liberals don't care that Mark Carney is ruling like a right-winger YouTube video by The Breach

Great interview snippets here from the federal Liberal convention last weekend. Kudos to Martin Lukacs of @breachmedia.ca for pressing so many folks into some necessary & uncomfortable conversations 👇
youtu.be/HmPqacqk1nc?...

A call to climate justice champions — run! — for office With our world on fire, we need to elect more political firefighters. So, find, recruit and support your local climate justice champion. Send them this article as a way of saying, “I believe in you.” ...

...With our world on fire, we need to elect more political firefighters.

So, find, recruit and support your local climate justice champion. Send them this article 👇 as a way of saying, “I believe in you.” And if you can’t find one, be one.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/14/o...

... Whatever the jurisdiction, it’s vital that there are robust squads of true climate justice champions within the caucuses of multiple parties — people who genuinely get the emergencies we face and will insist on bold action. ...

As the great climate warrior Bill McKibben recently wrote, “What I’ve learned by long observation of the politics around energy and climate: to make real change, it helps immensely to have champions.” ...

A call to climate justice champions — run! — for office With our world on fire, we need to elect more political firefighters. So, find, recruit and support your local climate justice champion. Send them this article as a way of saying, “I believe in you.” ...

With Prime Minister Carney having secured his coveted majority, and a federal election likely three years away, now may seem an odd time to issue this appeal. But I beg to differ:

Here's my call to climate justice champions — run! — for office... 😊 👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/14/o...

LNG Canada: the worst flaring in the world? | The Narwhal LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned 350 million cubic metres of gas in 2025. That’s more than any other LNG export facility on record in 2024

Our newsroom published three investigations this week, including one that revealed Canada’s first major LNG export terminal was among the worst-emitting LNG plants in the world in 2025.

Catch up in this week’s newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-l...