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Oh, Hello: Utah DT Aniti Paiva Commits To Penn State
THE SKINNY Height/Weight: 6-foot-3, 300 poundsHometown/High School: Draper, Utah (Skyline H.S.)Ranking: ★★★ (87 Rivals — No. 94 DT)Notable Offers: Arizona, Boise State, Colorado, Oregon State, Washington State HIGHLIGHTS OUTLOOK Kalani Sitake might have turned down the Penn State job, but the Nittany Lions are still in the Utah business thanks to defensive tackles coach Ikaika […]
Gov. DeSantis approves bills to help high school athletes, including one inspired by Teddy Bridgewater
Coaches will get more leeway and support in doing their jobs of mentorship.
DeSantis signs Florida bill on H.S. sports transfers, coaches' pay
The bill is meant to curb frequent high school athlete transfers and boost pay for coaches.
South West heat health alert as holiday temperatures near 29C
A yellow heat health alert is issued with warnings of NHS pressure, coastal risks and a heatwave.
John Harbaugh pleased with Giants' safeties: 'Good-looking group'
New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh is pleased with the team's safety unit, particularly Jevon Holland and Tyler Nubin.
Michael Carrick given permanent deal as Man Utd manager
Manchester United on Friday rewarded Michael Carrick with a permanent deal as head coach for guiding the club to a third-placed finish in the Premier League."We are delighted to announce Michael Carrick will continue as our head coach, having signed a new contract," United said in a statement on Friday.
Confirmed: Pep Guardiola to leave Manchester City
Manchester City Confirm Pep Guardiola Summer ExitManchester City head coach Pep Guardiola will step down this summer, bringing one of English football’s defining managerial reigns towards a major co...
Mallon Receives Inaugural Dawn Staley Legacy Award at Philadelphia Sports Legacy Honors
PHILADELPHIA - Janet E. & Barry C. Burkholder Family Head Women's Basketball Coach Amy Mallon was one of six recipients of the inaugural Dawn Staley Legacy A...
Can a tennis star learn to play the sport backwards? A French Open wild card may be the answer
19-year-old American Akasha Urhobo learned to play tennis at the net. Now she takes her biggest step forward in learning how to move back.
New Business Licenses: 5.22.26
Forty-four licenses for Henrico and Chesterfield, including a driving school, a peer coach, restaurants and more. (BizSense Pro required)
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for May 22, 2026, puzzle No. 606
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Jason Kidd breaks silence following departure from Dallas Mavericks
Jason Kidd has officially broken his silence following his departure from the Dallas Mavericks earlier this week. In an official statement released on social media, Kidd expressed sincere gratitude for his time with the Mavericks and all of the people he got an opportunity to work with along the way. .. I want to sincerely thank the Mavericks organization, the players, coaches, staff, front office, ownership and every employee behind the scenes who put their heart into this team every single day.
State of the Coast keynote urges adaptability for coast business leaders
Striking the right chord with business and community leaders when it comes to adaptability was the message of the seventh annual State of the Coast Symposium, hosted by the Gulf Coast Business Council.
Jacksonville man sentenced to prison after not paying $3.7 million in business taxes
Devils announce assistant coaching changes
The New Jersey Devils continue to make staff changes following the introduction of new General Manager Sunny Mehta.
Wizards Of The Coast Begs Staff To Think Twice About Unionizing
"It is about...the kind of relationship you want to have with the rest of the Wizards organization moving forward"
Long Beach Century Club Hosts 38th Annual Middle School Sports Awards Banquet
The Long Beach Century Club hosted its 38th annual middle school sports awards banquet last Thursday at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid, honoring young athletes from across the Long Beach Unified School District. The club welcomed around 1,500 athletes, coaches, faculty and family members whi
NC State baseball coach Elliott Avent will retire after 30 years of leading program
NC State baseball coach Elliott Avent will step down at the end of this season, marking the end of a 30-year tenure for a man synonymous with the program.
Bill Belichick Appears To Be Doing 'Damage Control' Right Now
North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick has been doing the media circuit recently, appearing on major programs with Sean Hannity and Pardon My Take. But one analyst believes that the longtime rival of the media is doing it more out of damage control than a desire to get his face on camera. It was ...
Lew Frankfort Turned Coach Into A Coveted Global Brand
Lew Frankfort had never heard of Coach Products when a friend suggested he apply for a position at the company in 1979.
Colts coach evaluates state of linebacker unit heading into OTAs
Colts LB coach James Bettcher evaluated the current state of this unit heading into OTAs.
Opinion | MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA movement has reshaped the public health debate. But if the coalition behind it begins to fracture, what comes next?
Ranking Penn State's top five most exciting matchups for 2026
Penn State football's 2024 schedule features five exciting matchups, including USC and Michigan, under new coach Matt Campbell.
Opinion: Youth mental health must be a defining issue for Colorado’s next governor
Colorado can be a national leader in supporting young people’s mental health. A new coalition of state advocates and organizations is a start.
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for May 21, 2026, puzzle No. 605
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New sports complex coming to San Luis Obispo
A new nonprofit sports complex is coming to the Central Coast. Former A's pitcher Tim Kubinski co-founded the Klubhouse Sports Complex in San Luis Obispo.
UNESCO warns a tsunami in the Mediterranean is inevitable
The French Riviera may look like an unlikely place for a tsunami disaster, but scientists warn the threat is far more real than most people realize. Historical events and new modeling show that destructive waves have already struck the Mediterranean coast — and could hit again with very little warning. Some tsunami scenarios could reach beaches in under 10 minutes, leaving almost no time for traditional alerts.
Illinois politics surrounding data centers | The Chicago report
Brad Tietz, with the Data Center Coalition, Brad Klein, with the Environmental Law and Policy Center, and Jen Walling, the CEO of the Environmental Council, joins Fox Chicago's Bret Buganski to discuss Illinois politics surrounding data centers in the Chicago area.
Minneapolis police believe string of business burglaries across the metro are connected
Why Is Space So Fascinating?
We all tuned in when the Artemis II crew splashed down off the San Diego coast. Planetary scientist and academic leader Meenakshi Wadhwa shares her thoughts on why space captures our imaginations so well.
Photos: Prescription for Progress addresses adult-use cannabis in New
The Times Union-convened coalition Prescription for Progress met for a conversation about the health and safety impacts of legalizing adult-use cannabis in New York state.
Why The Former ‘Fastest Girl In America’ Wants To Change Sports
A record-breaking runner reveals the harmful side of sports culture and shares her ideas for how coaches, parents and young athletes can cultivate a healthier sports environment.
Tybee Island, Marine Science Center to host free Community Day
The City of Tybee Island and the Tybee Island Marine Science Center are teaming up for a special Community Day offering free admission for Tybee Island residents. The event will include interactive exhibits, family activities, raffle prizes and opportunities to learn more about coastal conservation.
Mike McCarthy Reacts to Aaron Rodgers Attending Steelers OTAs
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy reacted to quarterback Aaron Rodgers showing up at voluntary OTAs this week.
Two weeks after 'PBA' voted through, IHSAA commissioner addresses new bylaw in letter
IHSAA commissioner Paul Neidig addresses new PBA bylaw in letter. Other notes include basketball coaching hire, recruiting updates.
Pitch invasions 'a bad look' - but Clarke praises Tartan Army
National head coach Steve Clarke says fans spilling on to the pitch to celebrate in domestic games is "a bad look" for Scottish football but praises the Tartan Army for avoiding such scenes.
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for May 20, 2026, puzzle No. 604
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Republicans Collins, Dooley Advance to Primary Runoff in Hopes of Facing US Senator Ossoff in November
By David Morgan May 19 (Reuters) - A hardline Republican congressman and a former college football coach who has never held elective office advanced to a runoff on Tuesday in Georgia's U.S. Senate Republican primary election, extending a messy intra-party battle to determine who will face ...
Alcoa tops Knoxville's best moments from Day 1 of TSSAA spring state tournament
Here's a look at top moments from Day 1 of the TSSAA spring state tournaments for Knoxville area athletes and teams.
Two Whales Just Broke a Migration Record Scientists Didn't Expect
"Challenges what we thought we knew."
Mavericks split with head coach Jason Kidd after 5 seasons
The Mavericks will now enter next season with a new head coach, team president and general manager.
Channel 9 Sports Director Alex Walker goes 1-on-1 with Florida head football coach Jon Sumrall
Channel 9 Sports Director Alex Walker goes 1-on-1 with Florida head football coach Jon Sumrall
5 Things to Know About Derek Dooley, Republican Senate Candidate in Georgia
Mr. Dooley is a former football coach running in the Republican primary with the support of Gov. Brian Kemp.
Palmetto Sports Daily: Spurrier headlines latest SC Athletic Hall of Fame class
Former South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier was immortalized Monday as part of the latest SC Athletic Hall of Fame class.
Rival coaches highlight Florida, Sumrall's 'home-run' offseason move
Anonymous SEC coaches offered strong praise for Florida football and Jon Sumrall entering the 2026 season.
Business students navigate market ‘roller coaster’ to secure positive returns - News
Students in Money and Banking and Global Trade and Finance classes at the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business recently wrapped up… More on this post
Get Outside with Sports, Fitness, and Plenty of Fun This Summer
There’s no shortage of ways to play in the great outdoors on Florida’s Historic Coast Skimboarding PRO/AM Tournament Florida Skimboarding Pro/Am takes Place on Vilano Beach in St. Augustine Florida August 14-16. Bridge of Lions 5K The Annual 5k Run starts at Castillo de San Marcos, along Matanzas Bay and across the Historic Bridge of Lions takes place on July 11. St. Augustine, FL, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Summer is the perfect time to get outside, stay active, and explore everything Flo
Senate Small Business Hearing Suggests Some Tariff Wariness - Coalition For A Prosperous America
A Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing held last week had only one manufacturer serving as a witness. He liked the tariffs because they stopped the bloodletting of cheaper imitations from China. However, he told the Senate that changes could be made to existing tariff policy to help lower costs as commodity and other input prices are rising fast.
Tuesday concerts returning to Millsboro’s Cupola Park
Summer nights can be a little more magical with live music. And, once again, the Town of Millsboro will welcome the public to relax and jam at their 2026 Tuesday-night
North Korean coach ‘focused only on winning’ ahead of historic South Korea soccer game
No North Korean sports delegation has competed on southern soil since 2018, with no soccer game between the two in the South in 12 years.
Team-based care improves blood pressure control
A team-based approach including home blood pressure monitoring and health coaching reduced blood pressure in a high-risk group.
Court Rules for Small Businesses, Dismisses Case Threatening Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
Coalition of Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses and Trade Organizations Triumphs After Intervening to Defend Equity Department of Transportation Program
Dodgers’ Alex Freeland, Isaac Ayon win minor league weekly honors
Last Monday, Alex Freeland was the odd man out in the Dodgers infield when Mookie Betts was activated off the injured list. Freeland was optioned to Triple-A, but made the most of things with Oklahoma City, winning Pacific Coast League player of the week in his first week back in the minors. The switch-hitting Freeland […]
Nebraska baseball rises in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll rankings
Nebraska baseball is sitting pretty in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after a successful weekend against the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Lucy Bentsen: Coastal roots lead to marine science, diving career
Lucy Bentsen, a passionate marine science student, shares her journey, experiences, and future plans in marine rescue, rehabilitation, and diving.
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for May 19, 2026, puzzle No. 603
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Dallas Wings respond to coach's public criticism with blowout win over Mystics
The Dallas Wings responded to coach Jose Fernandez's 'selfishness' call-out with a dominant win over the Mystics.
Mark your calendars: Weekly sports schedule for May 18-23
Take a look through the weekly sports schedule for the Central Coast. Read our coverage online or in print.
International expedition explores the origins of fresh water under the sea floor
Doctoral student Gretl King’s research focuses on Cape Cod’s ancient coastline
Scientists found a smarter Mediterranean diet that slashes diabetes risk by 31%
A large European study revealed that a lower-calorie Mediterranean diet paired with exercise and coaching dramatically reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes. Participants who made these lifestyle changes were 31% less likely to develop the disease over six years. They also lost more weight and trimmed their waistlines compared to those following a standard Mediterranean diet alone.
Supreme Court deals blow to Big Pharma
Presented by Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare{beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Supreme Court deals blow to pharma challenge …
Neymar included in Brazil's 26-man World Cup squad
Forward Neymar is included in head coach Carlo Ancelotti's 26-man Brazil squad for this summer's World Cup.
Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network to air MHSAA baseball state championship games
Multiple MHSAA baseball championship games to air on GCSEN
Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network to air MHSAA baseball state championship games
Multiple MHSAA baseball championship games to air on GCSEN
The Nature of Political Art - College of the Atlantic
MuMultimedia artist N.B. Aldrich discusses the intersection of art and politics.
Steve Scalise endorses Julia Letlow for Senate after Bill Cassidy ousted from office
It’s a sign that Louisiana’s GOP establishment may be coalescing behind Letlow after her commanding win in Saturday’s election.
Bill Belichick Shares Truth About Tom Brady's Evolution With Patriots
The New England Patriots had one of the greatest dynasties in NFL history with Tom Brady at quarterback and Bill Belichick as head coach.
Slumping Austin FC fires coach, sporting director before World Cup break
Slumping Austin FC fired head coach Nico Estévez and sporting director Rodolfo Borrell on Monday as the team sits near the bottom of the MLS standings just one season after returning to the playoffs.
Why accountable Warriors coach Steve Kerr aims to have comeback year next season
Steve Kerr was not pleased with his own coaching performance this season, and will look to be better moving forward.
College baseball rankings for Week 15: Updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches poll, top 25 polls
Here's an updated look at the USA TODAY Sports College Baseball Coaches Poll, D1Baseball Poll and Baseball America poll for Week 15 and more.
Austin FC fires coach Nico Estevez, sporting director Rodolfo Borrell
Austin FC fired both manager Nico Estevez and sporting director Rodolfo Borrell after the team's struggles came to a head in a 2-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City.
Austin FC fires head coach, sporting director as MLS struggles continue
Austin follows Orlando, Montreal, Miami and Columbus in becoming the fifth MLS team to make an early-season coaching change
Austin FC fires sporting director Rodolfo Borrell, head coach Nico Estevez
Precourt fired sporting director Rodolfo Borrell and head coach Nico Estevez, he announced Monday. Davy Arnaud will take over as the interim head coach, and the search to fill both positions will b…
Austin FC Parts Ways with Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell and Head Coach Nico Estévez
Austin FC today announced that the Club has parted ways with Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell and Head Coach Nico Estévez, effective immediately. The Club has begun searches for its next Sporting Director and Head Coach while implementing an interim leadership structure for Soccer Operations. Davy Arnaud has been appointed Interim
Visited coastal Connecticut town that's better than the Hamptons: Madison
Madison, Connecticut, is easy to get to from New York City and has nice beaches and as many things to do as the Hamptons, just with fewer crowds.
Jose Mourinho: Real Madrid agree deal for ex-Man Utd boss to return as head coach on two-year deal
SERIE A 2025/26: DATE AND TIME FOR MATCHDAY 38
Coach Allegri's Rossoneri will play their final match of the 2025/26 Serie A season at home, with San Siro behind them. Here are the details of matchday 38:Matchday 38, AC Milan v Cagliari: 24 May at ...
Bristol City recruit Ellis as sporting director
Bristol City name former Arsenal technical director James Ellis as sporting director and reveal he has already been involved in the head coach search.
Patriots assistant coach participating in NFL accelerator program
Terrell Williams will be among 16 coaches participating in the revived program.
Scientists discovered nature’s own “brakes” deep beneath the Pacific Ocean that may have prevented massive megaquakes
For decades, a strange patch of the Pacific Ocean has quietly puzzled earthquake scientists around the world. Deep beneath the seafloor, near the coast of Ecuador, a massive underwater fault has been producing almost identical earthquakes every five to six years.
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for May 18, 2026, puzzle No. 602
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Sunday Patriots Notes: Mike Vrabel stays consistent in tumultuous offseason
Notes and thoughts about the Patriots’ head coach, their new longest-tenured employee, and more.
Timberwolves' Mike Conley makes decision about retirement after NBA Playoffs
Coach Chris Finch and the Timberwolves led by Anthony Edwards would be happy with Mike Conley finally addressing retirement rumors after the NBA Playoffs.
🚨 Eintracht Frankfurt sack Albert Riera after turbulent months
Eintracht Frankfurt announced on Sunday night the end of Albert Riera’s spell as first-team coach.Riera had conflicts with several players and, in the final stretch of the season, was even booed by ...
Full reopening of Hwy. 1 has business booming again along the Big Sur coast
From Cambria to Carmel, the region has seen a dramatic uptick in visitors, business activity and hotel occupancy since Highway 1 reopened after a three-year closure, Caltrans said.
Asian Night Markets Jacksonville shares tradition, food and entertainment with First Coast
TST Best Bets: May 17, 2026
The final spot in the NBA Conference Finals is up for grabs tonight, as the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers face off in what should be a thrilling Game 7 matchup. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of a season for the Pistons, who shocked the world by winning 60 games in the regular season to take the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Their playoff run first looked to set up for disaster, as they fell down 3-1 to the Orlando Magic before pulling off the unlikely comeback to escape the firs
Big tobacco is exploiting fears of the illicit market to unwind health gains, Australian experts warn
Cigarettes kill 66 Australians every day, coalition says, criticising MPs who heard evidence from Philip Morris in secret
The hopeful update Chase Rice just shared after stepping away from music this year
Stops at Red Rocks and Stagecoach reignited something in the singer, who says performing made him miss the stage all over again.
Xabi Alonso to Chelsea: Former Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen coach confirmed as manager at Stamford Bridge
🚨 BREAKING: Chelsea confirm appointment of Xabi Alonso
Chelsea have confirmed the appointment of Xabi Alonso as their new head coach, having parted ways with Liam Rosenior at the end of April.The announcement comes less than 24 hours after the London club...
🚨 Official: Xabi Alonso joins Chelsea
Thunderbolt in the Premier League!Chelsea officially announced this Sunday morning that Xabi Alonso will take over as head coach starting next season!The former Anfield darling thus becomes the new ma...
When athletes trade sports dreams for regular jobs
After years of taking orders from coaches, some ex-players decide it’s their turn to start bossing people around.
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for May 17, 2026, puzzle No. 601
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Care Out Loud launches in Jacksonville with mental health awareness event
A new mental health coalition in Onslow County held its first event in Jacksonville, connecting hundreds of residents with local mental health and substance abuse resources.
Now What? With Carbon Pricing Eroded and Pipeline Politics Advancing, Here Are the Pathways for Climate Success
At the end of a whirlwind week of news on carbon pricing and electricity strategy, capping a madcap year of pretty much non-stop, dramatic change, the word across much of Canada’s climate and energy transition community is that climate policy in this country has been shredded. Eviscerated. Hit with a sledgehammer by policy rollbacks that have pushed the country’s 2050 net zero target “well out of reach”. That means it’s never been more important to look for the rays of hope and glimmers of possibility. To glimpse the seeds of the next set of strategies to get Canada’s climate pollution under control and the country into the accelerating global dash away from fossil fuels. And then, once we’ve spotted those possibilities, get on with the hard, day-to-day slog of trying to make them a reality. Nothing takes away from the frustration and the deep disappointment so many climate and energy hawks are expressing, the sense of betrayal by the author of Value(s) and the former UN special envoy for climate action and finance. But we knew two things as the week drew to a close. We’re looking at the world as it most definitely is. And we don’t get to give up finding the pathways to confront climate change and deliver faster, deeper carbon cuts that leave no one else behind. So really, the first question we all have to ask ourselves is: What’s next? Subscribe All the Oxygen in the Room The outpouring of anger and grief over the carbon pricing deal between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been absolutely understandable. So much of the climate community poured years, more than a decade, into dragging the current federal pricing regime across the finish line, then defending it from a deluge of three-syllable rhymes after the Trudeau government proved utterly incapable of delivering its own message. The policy foisted on us by neo-classical economists took up all the oxygen in the room, burned through years of climate response time that we won’t get back, while cornering climate hawks into the position that the best response to the crisis of our lifetimes is a new tax…in an era of historic anti-tax sentiment. I mean, really—what could possibly have gone wrong? Against that history, let’s appreciate columnist Max Fawcett’s point that even a modest carbon pricing agreement with a government as off-the-wall libertarian/conspiracist as Danielle Smith’s—those adjectives are mine, not Max’s—is a win worth savouring (as long as Smith keeps her promises for a change). But part of living in the world as it is (no, I’m not letting that go) is to be clear-headed about what we can and can’t control. And one thing we get to decide, after seeing this week’s carbon price festivities take up all the oxygen yet again, is whether we want to keep letting that happen. Particularly when success down that road depends on a factor that no one with a climate agenda can control or influence—a provincial carbon pricing mechanism that has been manipulated and eroded beyond its lowest possible denominator. Thankfully, that’s not the way it has to go. Not when we have so many other powerful, practical tools at our disposal, including the ones still available to us through this abominable Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Canada and Alberta. Tools In Our Toolbox When I started roughing out this list, I didn’t expect it to grow to nearly a dozen bullet points. It’s probably still incomplete. Some of the greatest hits in today’s climate solutions toolbox include: • No Carbon Capture, No Pipeline: On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney explicitly stated that there’s been no change to the MOU provision that there will be no West Coast pipeline without an industry commitment to build its massive, $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage (CCUS) hub in Northern Alberta, and vice versa. The two megaprojects were joined at the hip when the MOU was signed Nov. 27, and the implementation agreement this week affirmed that they still are. A parade of independent analysts have spent years pointing to the economic and technical flaws in CCUS, while the industry kept postponing its investment decision until it could arm-twist the government for more “clarity” (by which it meant even more lavish taxpayer subsidies) on the project. Now the industry itself is running away from the CCUS hub and insisting the pipeline should proceed without it, but Carney doesn’t seem to be budging from a central tenet of the MOU to which Smith has signed on. • No Subsidies, No Investors: Climate analysts and advocates have quite rightly been hammering away at Carney and his team, insisting that any new capacity the industry wants to build must proceed without new subsidies. The government has responded with a growing collection of funding and financing mechanisms for the very wide menu of industrial development and nation-building projects they say they want to take on, and that menu always includes fossil fuel infrastructure. But it’s hard to see how even the combined fiscal clout of the federal and supportive provincial governments will deliver the financial backing private investors would need when the business case for new fossil fuel development is evaporating before their eyes. Particularly when… • No Market, No Demand, No Investors: As our friend Markham Hislop at Energi Media (our apparently sleepless friend, given the massive volume of great material he’s been churning out) points out this morning, the biggest vulnerability in any pipeline deal is the assumption that Asian buyers will want the oil or liquefied natural ga that our fossil industry is so keen to send them. Hislop writes in part: Ottawa and Alberta are effectively betting that countries like China and India will continue increasing oil imports for decades as their economies grow and energy consumption rises. That assumption underpins the entire economic rationale for expanding oil sands production and building billions of dollars in new export infrastructure. But Asian energy systems are changing rapidly… China, India, South Korea, and other major hydrocarbon importers are now investing hundreds of billions of dollars into electricity systems built around wind, solar, batteries, nuclear, hydro, and expanded transmission infrastructure. Domestic “energy sovereignty” is increasingly replacing the old energy-security model based on stable oil and gas imports. Those investments are expected to sharply slow oil demand growth and eventually reverse it, even as overall energy consumption continues rising. There are also refining constraints. Many Asian refineries and petrochemical complexes are already optimized to process discounted heavy crude from the Middle East and Latin America. That raises serious questions about how much additional Canadian bitumen Asian markets can absorb at profitable prices. Small wonder that there’s still no private sector investor for the project, despite Smith’s government desperately beating the bushes to put together a deal. For now, Alberta is acting as proponent and covering early start-up costs for a pitch to the federal Major Projects Office, which could actually turn into the next tough hurdle for Smith and her pipeline to jump. • Canada Day Looms: How ironic that Canada’s birthday this year could become a major chokepoint for the provincial premier who’s been working so diligently to tear the country apart! The July 1 target date for Alberta’s pipeline proposal is baked into the MOU, was reaffirmed by the implementation plan, but it hadn’t dawned on me that it cuts both ways. As one very smart colleague wrote in an email yesterday, “they’ve thrown the ball into Alberta’s court to get the project proposal on the table really quickly and to have to do a whole pile of work to put together a massive, complicated project that would typically take years to assemble, and they’ve given them weeks to do it.” That makes July 1 a looming deadline that Smith won’t be able to run away from politically, especially with the separatists in her party and her caucus breathing down her neck. (See previous ref to off-the-wall.) But if Alberta comes in with a sloppy, incomplete submission, even after Carney bent over backwards to simplify the application process and the rules that govern it, it may be harder for the province or the industry to blame Ottawa and insist on the faster process they claim their investors are demanding. (Oh, wait—which investors would those be??) • We’ll See You In Court (Then We’ll See You Again): If Carney did cave, that would be just one more reason for Indigenous and other affected communities to take the government and the process to court—Just as Alberta First Nations did, successfully, in response to Smith’s half-baked separation referendum. Veterans of the Harper era have been warning that a shoddy process around fossil fuel infrastructure or other major projects will be a recipe for the very delays that process seeks to avoid. And now more than ever, with renewable energy and energy storage eating fossil fuels’ lunch in import markets around the world, a delayed pipeline or LNG terminal may be as good as a cancelled one. • Charged Up, Ready to Go: With its goal of doubling Canada’s electricity supply to meet a doubling of demand by 2050, the national electricity strategy that Carney unveiled Thursday has a lot to like. With its explicit language about speeding the shift from fuels to more efficient and affordable electricity, global investment and deployment patterns that already favour that shift, an emerging bidirectional power grid, the role of front-line options like rooftop solar and heat pumps, the emergence of electric vehicles as behind-the-meter energy storage, and the domestic jobs and manufacturing to make it all happen, the document doubles down on the essential cornerstone of a faster shift off fossil fuels. The strategy envisions a more prominent role for gas and nuclear power. But some of those provisions were already in the Clean Electricity Regulations that climate hawks are now fighting so hard to defend, inserted as a compromise in a futile attempt to mollify the industry and its political representatives in Alberta and Saskatchewan. But once again, gas will be a tougher sell when it’s more expensive and now so much more unpredictable than the clean alternatives. The new nuclear technologies are still speculative and deeply vulnerable to cost overruns. Increasingly, utilities, developers, and investors know it. Carney declared Thursday that “it doesn’t do us good to be sitting in court all the time with provinces. It doesn’t do us good to be talking past each other. What does do us good is to come together with specific projects.” There are no guarantees, but so much of the language and narrative-building in the electricity strategy suggests the lion’s share of those projects will be renewable. • The Party Has Already Started: The electricity strategy only rarely digs down to specific projects, but provinces representing three-quarters of Canada’s population are already embracing a faster transition. Hydro-Québec is working on a 10-year, $185-billion renewable energy and grid buildout by 2035. Ontario recently brought 10 provinces and territories together in a National Energy Corridor Agreement to boost interprovincial and -territorial transmission infrastructure. And the MOU implementation agreement commits Alberta to facilitate investment in renewable energy projects, a big step back from its continuing, punitive restrictions on renewables development. The electricity strategy envisions much of the financing and infrastructure that will be needed to pull those advances together into an integrated whole. • Delivering on Affordability: The MOU implementation plan has little or nothing to say about affordability (are you surprised?), but the electricity strategy does, with a top-line pledge to reduce home energy costs for seven out of 10 Canadian households by 2050, a total saving of $15 billion across the board. It’s just a start, but it puts affordability on the government’s narrative map. If they’re serious and deliberate about patching together a least-cost energy strategy, it’ll have little if any room for oil, gas, or nuclear—not with powerful evidence, for example, that electricity prices are higher when those prices are set by gas. • Smith Proves that Canada Works: By signing a deal that makes it harder to claim the federal government is blocking a new pipeline, Smith has helped prove Carney’s constant anti-separatist refrain that “Canada works”—incurring the rage, no doubt, of her own political base. Canada also needs to work for anyone who depends on a clean environment, healthy and thriving ecosystems, and safe, stable climate. But with Smith and her separatist constituents setting up as a fifth column for annexation by Donald Trump’s United States, let’s set aside any notion that 51st state status for Canada is a recipe for anything other than climate disaster (and so much else). Resisting and withstanding Trump (just 170 more sleeps until mid-term elections, which is a damn sight better than the 730 we started with) doesn’t mean a free pass for a pipeline, but we can still appreciate it that keeping Canada whole and sovereign is still Carney’s Job One. • The Words Not Spoken: Apart from a commitment to export a million barrels of “low-emission” Alberta bitumen per day (memo to Smith and Carney: You realize that that’s less than the industry is already exporting??), the MOU implementation plan says nothing about the international trade and economic sovereignty deals that Carney has been travelling the world to negotiate. It didn’t have to. Carney doesn’t need permission from Danielle Smith, her American enablers, or her separatist allies to continue building the alliances that will ratchet down our economic dependency on our unstable, unreliable neighbour to the south. But every connection he builds with countries outside North America helps align our economy and our future with a faster shift off fossil fuels. Little if any of this was on our bingo cards a year or two ago. But it’s the pathway that has opened up to us. And if it gives Canada any climate or energy gains at all in an era still dominated by Trump and his increasingly ridiculous tariffs, his loutish trade negotiations and his continuing annexation threats, we have to take the wins. Not least because they’ll be the point of departure for what we can achieve in 2027, 2029, and beyond, as Trump’s grip and this era begin to loosen and then fade. What is Carney Doing? If this line of thought is right—and it’s a possibility, not a prediction—it means that Carney’s actions and decisions are largely about buying time. Time for Trump’s power to wane. Time for Alberta’s separatist/conspiracist virus to spread, mutate, die out, or at least die back, with help from a vaccine of federal steadiness and calm (appropriate enough, for a movement populated largely by vaccine deniers) that no conspiracy theory can dismiss. And time for the government’s trade and investment agenda to deliver results—even knowing that some of those results will bring impacts that front-line communities will not and should not accept. In the immediate moment, none of this changes the way the wider climate community has to respond, from campaigners to investors to front-line practitioners. All of our voices are still essential. But those voices will be stronger and more confident if we have a clearer sense of the brutal game we’ve been pulled into, and a plausible path (or two it three) for playing it to the win we need. This conversation also underscores our biggest task for the remaining years of what was supposed to be the “decisive” decade for climate response: if we can shift the energy narrative in Canada, make it a mainstream view that the country’s preoccupation with oil and gas has us falling farther behind a changing world, we’ll see far better results in the 2030s and beyond. For many veteran climate advocates, taking on that part of the fight will begin with recognizing that most of our friends and family, neighbours and colleagues already understand that climate change is real and right in front of us: they’re looking away and staying silent because they don’t have what climate communicator Katharine Hayhoe calls “efficacy”. As Hayhoe recently pointed out in a feature interview with The Energy Mix, it amounts to science denial to keep hammering away at the dire news about global warming without also helping audiences understand what they can do about it, with multiple studies telling us why that won’t work. Far better to open those conversations with the dominant crises like energy security, food security, emergency preparedness and business continuity, affordability, and financial security that have knocked climate change far lower on the list of public priorities, and will likely keep it there. We Knew This Would Happen Climate hawks have always known this day would come. For decades, we warned that everyone had to pay attention to climate change right now, because it would be much tougher to respond once the crisis itself started affecting our daily lives. We were right, and here we are. But now, thanks to decades of hard work, communities and countries have an alternative to doubling down on fossil fuels. “In 10 years everyone will have ‘always known’ that solar and batteries were going to win,” Morgan Solar Executive Chair Mike Andrade writes on LinkedIn. With the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz roiling energy priorities around the world, Canada and the United States are among the shrinking number of countries that are still very keen on fossil fuel development. Understanding that gap is a first, essential step in spotting the opportunities ahead, and averting the deep economic as well as environmental and social risk we face if we don’t seize them. Thanks for reading The Energy Mix Weekender! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Subscribe Mitchell Beer traces his background in renewable energy and energy efficiency back to 1977, in climate change to 1997. Now he and the rest of the Energy Mix team scan 1,200 news headlines a week to pull together The Energy Mix and The Energy Mix Weekender. 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