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🚨 Six-time CL winner goes! Real announce legend's exit
He wore the shirt of Los Blancos for a lifetime – or rather, for 23 seasons. As a youth player, he helped lay the foundation stone for the Valdebebas training complex. Today, the paths of Dani Carva...
Gallery of Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure - 4
Image 4 of 6 from gallery of Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure. The Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, Oxford, England, 2020. Image © Motacilla via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Gallery of Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure - 1
Image 1 of 6 from gallery of Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure. Teatro Imperio, Valparaíso, 2023. Image © Carlos Figueroa Rojas via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Trump’s Approval Rating Hits New Low, and Ebola Outbreak Declared a Global Health Emergency
Plus, inside the closed-door talks over Greenland.
Best Sports Business Cities: 2026
The data, the industry and even rival markets agree: Atlanta is No. 1
Trump’s Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects
With the midterms nearing, President Trump’s approval rating has hit a second-term low as voters question his handling of the economy, according to the latest New York Times/Siena poll.
Country music star cancels tour: ‘I need to be honest with myself’
The 39-year-old shared the news on social media.
Evaluating Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) After A Sharp Share Price Pullback
Recent performance snapshot for Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) has drawn investor attention after a period of weaker share performance, with the stock down about 16% over the past month and roughly 25% over the past 3 months. See our latest analysis for Flutter Entertainment. The recent decline has been steep, with the share price down 57.68% year to date and the 1 year total shareholder return falling 62.95%. This points to fading momentum as investors...
Cleveland thrash Pistons to reach Eastern finals
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat top seeds the Detroit Pistols 125-94 in their series decider to secure a place in the NBA East Conference Finals.
NBA: Detroit Pistons 94-125 Cleveland Cavaliers - Cavs reach Eastern Conference final
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat top seeds the Detroit Pistols 125-94 in their series decider to secure a place in the NBA East Conference Finals.
Ronda Rousey entered Gina Carano fight injured
Former UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey only needed 17 seconds to finish women's mixed marital arts pioneer Gina Carano at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. on Saturday. The two met in the featured fight of Most Valuable Promotions and Netflix's debut MMA event. It ...
Historic Entertainment Venues in Oxford, Valparaíso, and Osaka Reflect Growing Pressures on Cultural Infrastructure
Explore community-led efforts to restore historic theaters and preserve cultural heritage amid real estate pressure.
British Takeovers Up 250% as Global Buyers Bypass Political Flux
Britain has been a go-to destination for international deal hunters. The value of M&A mergers targeting UK companies is up more than 250% this year to around $150 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert reportedly sent 25 bus loads of Cleveland fans to Detroit for Game 7 romp over Pistons
Gilbert is doing his best to mitigate Detroit's home-court advantage for Sunday's Game 7 against the Pistons.
Executive education challengers raise pressure on business schools
New rivals are driving traditional institutions to double down on their USP — or adapt and partner with them
Cleveland Cavaliers eliminate top-seeded Detroit from NBA playoffs
The Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated top-seeded Detroit from the NBA playoffs Sunday, dominating a decisive game seven 125-94, and will face the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals.But it was heartbreak for Detroit, who comfortably topped their conference's regular season at 60-22, yet underwhelmed throughout their stuttering playoff run, and finally fizzled out in front of their home fans.
Cavaliers crush Pistons to reach conference finals: Instant takeaways
The Cleveland Cavaliers dominated the top-seeded Pistons in Detroit in Game 7 of their playoff series and will meet the New York Knicks next.
A Look At Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Valuation After Recent Share Price Momentum
What recent performance says about Live Nation Entertainment stock Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) has drawn fresh attention after a period of steady share price movement, with the stock up 7.9% over the past month and 6.7% over the past 3 months. For investors tracking momentum and business fundamentals, those returns sit alongside reported annual revenue of US$25.6b and a reported net loss of US$410.3m, highlighting a mix of scale and ongoing profitability challenges. See our latest...
Five Points businesses say IRONMAN road closures hurt access, customers; city promises better communication
Jacksonville’s first-ever IRONMAN brought nearly 2,000 competitors to a route spanning parts of Duval and St. Johns counties this weekend, drawing crowds downtown, and prompting widespread complaints about traffic, road closures and access issues in neighborhoods like Riverside’s Five Points.
Covalence for May 2026: Faith-and-science currents in the news cycle - Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology
The May 2026 Covalence highlights new ELCA liaison Laurie Jungling, the Overview Effect from Artemis II, the Templeton Prize, and a new climate certificate.
Philippines to convene court for VP impeachment amid political turmoil
The Philippine Senate was due to convene as an impeachment court on Monday that could decide the future of Vice President Sara Duterte, with a heated battle between two rival political camps set to be front and centre in the trial.
Why does Amazon have no Western rivals?
The internet giant dwarfs other online retailers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Kids narrate new audio tour at Albuquerque's National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Third graders at Lavaland Elementary recorded a new audio tour at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.
Cavaliers vs. Pistons score, live updates, how to watch: James Harden, Cade Cunningham face off in Game 7
Trump targets political rivals ahead of midterms
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, who’s been at odds with Trump, lost his primary this weekend. It comes as the president is targeting other political foes ahead of midterms, with another primary fight set for this week. NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports.
A prayer festival calls for more religion in politics, not less
A prayer festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC was partially organized and funded by the federal government. Its evangelical Christian messaging and call for more religion in politics not less, aligns with the Trump administration's fusion of faith and governance. NPR's Emily Feng went to the event to understand the audience for this approach, and she spoke with author Eric Metaxas, a speaker at the Rededicate 250 festival.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.This episode was produced by Henry Larson, with audio engineering by It was edited by Sarah Robbins and Daniel Burke.Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
NBA News: Insider Sheds Light on Cavaliers’ Plans with James Harden
The Cleveland Cavaliers made a gamble during the season with the James Harden trade, banking it would get them over […]
Buccaneers Predicted To Overcome AFC North Hurdle
Winless against the AFC North since 2019, Todd Bowles and the Buccaneers look to shatter a persistent hex as experts predict a breakthrough season against physical rivals.
Top-seeded Arkansas men's golf opens regional in Oregon
The Razorbacks are the top seed at the Corvallis Regional.
NextEra to discuss paying about $76 per share for Dominion, Bloomberg News reports
U.S. power firm NextEra Energy is discussing a mostly stock deal for Dominion Energy that would value the smaller Virginia-based utility at about $76 per share, or around $66 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert reportedly sending 25 bus loads of Cleveland fans to Detroit for Game 7 vs. Pistons
Gilbert is doing his best to mitigate Detroit’s home-court advantage for Sunday’s Game 7 against the Pistons.
Concert to feature Vivaldi, Biber, Handel, Matteis
The Baroque Orchestra of Maine will perform at the Bar Harbor Congregational Church on Sunday, May 24, at 4 p.m.
How a Detroit business is prepping for Game 7 between Pistons and Cavaliers
New business opens in Bluefield, celebrates with inaugural spring festival
Bluefield was certainly in bloom at the inaugural spring festival put on by Bella’s Tea & Coffee shop, a new business that officially opened on Bland Street with a ribbon cutting.
Riverrock brings festivities, outdoor sports to Belle Isle for 18th year
Richmond’s beloved sports and music festival Riverrock brought together athletes, crowds and dogs for three days of outdoor activities, family fun and live entertainment this weekend.
Barbra Streisand won't attend Cannes Palme d'Or ceremony after a knee injury
Barbra Streisand says she won’t attend the Cannes Film Festival ceremony where she was to receive an honorary Palme d’Or after sustaining a knee injury | Newsradio 1140 WRVA
Barbra Streisand won't attend Cannes Palme d'Or ceremony after a knee injury
Barbra Streisand says she won’t attend the Cannes Film Festival ceremony where she was to receive an honorary Palme d’Or after sustaining a knee injury | 104.1 FM KMOX
Barbra Streisand won't attend Cannes Palme d'Or ceremony after a knee injury
Barbra Streisand says she won’t attend the Cannes Film Festival ceremony where she was to receive an honorary Palme d’Or after sustaining a knee injury | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM
Barbra Streisand won't attend Cannes Palme d'Or ceremony after a knee injury
Barbra Streisand says she won’t attend the Cannes Film Festival ceremony where she was to receive an honorary Palme d’Or after sustaining a knee injury | WWL
Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement 'got killed very quickly' in Hollywood
Cate Blanchett says that the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in remarks at the Cannes Film Festival | Newsradio 1140 WRVA
Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement 'got killed very quickly' in Hollywood
Cate Blanchett says that the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in remarks at the Cannes Film Festival | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM
Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement 'got killed very quickly' in Hollywood
Cate Blanchett says that the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in remarks at the Cannes Film Festival | Talk Radio 1210 WPHT
Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement 'got killed very quickly' in Hollywood
Cate Blanchett says that the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in remarks at the Cannes Film Festival | KNSS Radio
Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement 'got killed very quickly' in Hollywood
Cate Blanchett says that the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in remarks at the Cannes Film Festival | Talk 1370
Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement 'got killed very quickly' in Hollywood
Cate Blanchett says that the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in remarks at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement 'got killed very quickly' in Hollywood
Cate Blanchett says that the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in remarks at the Cannes Film Festival | KCBS All News 106.9FM and 740AM
Hospitals are taking the fall for high health care costs
On right and left and among industry rivals, everyone is pointing the finger at the caregivers.
Full 2026 schedule for NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks
Checking the schedule of the Arizona Cardinals' NFC West rivals, we have the Seattle Seahawks' full 2026 schedule.
Astros vs. Rangers Game Thread: Game 48, 5/17/2026
TODAY’S GAME: The Houston Astros (19-28) will play the final game of their seven-game homestand today as they go for a sweep in the first round of the Silver Boot Series, presented by the Texas Lottery, against the in-state rival Texas Rangers (21-24). RHP Peter Lambert (2-3, 2.76 ERA), a minor league free agent signing […]
No one's happy in Silicon Valley, Menlo Ventures partner says
More money, more problems, as they say. Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das paints a bleak picture of the mood in Silicon Valley right now.
Business People: General Mills veteran Dana McNabb named COO
General Mills, Golden Valley, announced that Dana McNabb has been promoted to chief operating officer, effective June 1. MONO, a Minneapolis- based ad agency, announced the return of Jeffrey Gorder as CEO. Pope Design Group, St. Paul, announced the addition of Sara Rapp as northern Minnesota market lead, based in Duluth.
God, The Science, The Evidence: The Dawn of a Revolution
In effect, therefore, this book is a call for a return to the medieval vision of a rational God who created rational creatures equipped to discover the verities of nature. In other words…
France's Publicis to buy US data firm LiveRamp in $2.2 billion
French advertising group Publicis Groupe has agreed to acquire U.S. data collaboration company LiveRamp for a total enterprise value of about $2.2 billion in an all-cash deal, it said on Sunday.
Oregon defense receives glowing evaluations heading into 2026 season
College football analysts think Oregon has four of the 26 most-feared defensive players in the nation. USC needs to do something about that
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
Republican state senator says Gov. Newsom's proposal won't leave California with a "clean budget"
California Politics 360 host Ashley Zavala sits down with Republican State Sen. Roger Niello after Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined his proposed budget.
California Politics 360 Full Episode | Governor & lawmakers debate proposed spending plan
This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined his priorities, proposing to spend $349 billion. On California Politics 360, Ashley Zavala sits down with Republican State Sen. Roger Niello.
Miami mental health center moves closer to final approval 20 years after it was promised to voters
Spotlighting Mental Health Awareness Month
This week on In Focus, State Assemblymember Paula Kay and Mental Health Association of Rochester President and CEO Valerie Way join the show to discuss Mental Health Awareness Month.
Walmart Introduces Two New High-End ONN Android Tablets Blending Premium Features with Affordable Pricing
In a move that continues its strategy of delivering strong value in consumer electronics, Walmart has rolled out two fresh additions to its popular ONN lineup of Android tablets. The new 8.1-inch Core Tablet in Silver and the larger 13-inch Pro Tablet in Black position themselves as high-end options accessible to everyday consumers, combining modern […]
Busy Ann Arbor construction ‘blindsided’ handful of frustrated downtown businesses
MLive/The Ann Arbor News spoke with owners and managers at four businesses who shared their disapproval of the ongoing street renovations.
Voter voices from the San Gabriel Valley on California governor's race
Becerra and Hilton have emerged as the candidates to beat. But dozens of interviews across the San Gabriel Valley, a prime campaign battleground, find many voters still undecided. And discouraged.
Why quiet luxury is giving way to loud, tacky wealth
From Lauren Sánchez to the gold-plated Oval Office to "Mar-a-Lago face," America's elite are embracing louder, flashier displays of wealth.
A Look At Brookfield Business Partners (BBU) Valuation After Softer First Quarter 2026 Results
Brookfield Business Partners (BBU) is in focus after Brookfield Business Corporation reported first quarter 2026 results, showing sales of US$6,436 million and net income of US$40 million, both lower than in the same period a year earlier. See our latest analysis for Brookfield Business Partners. The recent 1-day share price decline of 2.09% to US$31.46 and a 30-day share price return down 9.21%, alongside a year to date share price return down 12.20%, contrasts with a 1-year total...
The best SD cards for Nintendo Switch 2
This post covers the best SD card values and deals, as well as storage-saving tips and tricks for Nintendo Switch 2.
Kennesaw State to launch bachelor of science in fintech
Kennesaw State University will be the first Georgia institution to offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees in the fintech field with approval of a new bachelor of science in financial
Virginia Beach Neptune Wine Festival gives small businesses a chance to grow their reach
Small businesses at the Virginia Beach Neptune Wine Festival say the event offers visibility, new customers, and growth in a tough economy.
Dashboard Data: Ohio ranks near bottom in health value
Ohio again is not comparing well to other U.S. states when it comes to health values. The state is ranked 43rd in the latest Health Policy Institute of ...
Ketlen Vieira decisions Jacqueline Cavalcanti at UFC Vegas 117
The UFC Vegas 117 fight card featured a women's bantamweight bout between contenders No. 5 ranked Ketlen Vieira and No. 11 ranked Jaqueline Cavalcanti. Vieira entered the fight coming off a split decision loss to Norma Dumont looking to get back in the win column. Cavalcanti made the walk to the ...
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. Chart of the Week BYD Eyes 20 Dealership Locations After Canada Greenlights Chinese EV Imports ‘Sledgehammer’ Carbon Price Deal Boosts Emissions by 230Mt, Aims for Fall 2027 Pipeline Approval ‘Worse Than Harper’: Regulatory Rollback Would Stop Canada from Assessing Project Impacts, Critics Warn Electricity Strategy Aims for Doubling by 2050, Allows ‘Flexibility’ for Gas Power Plants Opposition Mounts as O’Leary’s Data Centre Approved in Drought-Stricken Utah Diluted Carbon Price Misses ‘Reality of the World We’re In’, Could Impede Diversified Trade: Climate Institute $200B in Clean Energy Investment Will Need On-Time Delivery, Reliable Policies, Trade Association Says ‘Sovereign Pipeline’: CEO Pitches to Keep Trans Mountain in Government Hands What a Supercharged El Niño Could Mean for Canada Canada’s future is electric, and here’s how a power grid superhighway would get us there (Toronto Star) The Perilous Waters of Hecate Strait (Globe and Mail) Saudi Aramco profits jump despite conflict in Middle East (The Guardian) Farmers confront rising cost of fertilizer and fuel as spring seeding under way (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Clarkson forecasts 24% decline in offshore oil, gas capital expenditures (Oil & Gas Journal) Pipe Dreams: How Oil and Gas Fail to Deliver Economic Development in Africa (Oil Change International) Developing countries must hold the pen to script the fossil fuel transition (Climate Home News) Iran war threatens the dream of a post-oil economy in the Gulf (Washington Post) U.S. Oil, Gas Work Force Hits Lowest Level Since 2022 (Rigzone) Why Polestar Is Doubling Down on Net Zero as Rivals Pull Back on EVs (Bloomberg) Why this Michigan utility plans to sell its hydro dams for $13 (E&E News/Politico) Levees can no longer save New Orleans (Vox)
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