Reality Bites
Alberta premier not sold on killing of consumer carbon tax, wants industrial levy plan | CBC News – CBC
Despite calling for its demise for years, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she isn’t phased by the new prime minister’s move to kill the consumer carbon levy.
#DanielleSmith #industrial #polution #carbonpricing #climatechange
Original source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/carbon-tax-carney-alberta-1.7484760
Carney kills consumer carbon tax in first move as prime minister | CBC News – CBC
Prime Minister Mark Carney wasted little time in removing a potent point of attack for the Conservatives in recent years: the consumer carbon tax.
#MarkCarney #carbontax #climatechange #canada
Original source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-drops-carbon-tax-1.7484290
Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister | CBC News – CBC
Canada is looking at cancelling a major portion of its purchase of U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighters and plans on opening talks with rival aircraft makers, Defence Minister Bill Blair said.
#F35 #jets #purchase #canada #unitedstates
Original source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/f35-blair-trump-1.7484477
The Trump administration is coming for student protesters – The Verge
Lawyers called Trump’s actions ‘akin to the threat that McCarthyism posed’ 50 years ago.
#DonaldTrump #students #freespeech #censorship #unitedstates
Original source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/630129/trump-student-protesters-mahmoud-khalil-columbia-deportation
Trump’s oil triumphalism will end in American tears – The Telegraph
The US zeal for ever more oil and gas is the final spasm of green rejectionism
#oilandgas #triumphalism #fossilfuels #climatechange #unitedstates
Original source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/14/trumps-oil-triumphalism-will-end-in-american-tears/
Musk Immediately Calls for Judges to Be Impeached After DOGE Rulings – The Daily Beast
Federal agencies were ordered to reinstate tens of thousands of federal workers.
#ElonMusk #judges #impeachment #hissyfit #doge #unitedstates
Original source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-immediately-calls-for-judges-to-be-impeached-after-rulings-overturn-doge-firings/
Elon Musk Defends Hitler, Mao and Stalin – Futurism
Elon Musk retweeted a post that blamed the atrocities committed by Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong on public sector workers.
Original source: https://futurism.com/elon-musk-defends-hitler-mao-and-stalin
Trump Changes EPA Rules to Allow Vastly More Pollution – Futurism
The Trump administration is massively rolling back environmental protection policies, accelerating an already heated race to the bottom.
#DonaldTrump #EPA #pollution #climatechange #unitedstates
Original source: https://futurism.com/trump-epa-rules-more-pollution
Eye-Popping WHO Report Shows Measles Surging Across the Globe – Gizmodo
A joint WHO/UNICEF report this week shows that measles has made a dramatic comeback across Europe and Central Asia.
#WHO #report #measles #global
Original source: https://gizmodo.com/eye-popping-who-report-shows-measles-surging-across-the-globe-2000576089
Prime Minister Mark Carney vows to get ‘straight to work,’ presents pared-down cabinet – CTVNews
Canada has a new prime minister. Liberal Leader Mark Carney has just sworn the oaths of office and allegiance and is in the midst of presenting his new pared-down cabinet to the Governor General.
#MarkCarney #PrimeMinister #canada
Original source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/prime-minister-mark-carney-vows-to-get-straight-to-work-presents-pared-down-cabinet/
Bill Gates Gives Up on Climate Change – Futurism
Bill Gates is quietly ending his green energy policy and advocacy organization, laying off employees throughout the US and Europe.
#BillGates #climatechange #DonaldTrump #policy
Original source: https://futurism.com/bill-gates-gives-up-climate-change
UN report accuses Israel of genocidal acts and sexual violence in Gaza | CBC News – CBC
Israel carried out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians by systematically destroying women's health-care facilities during the conflict in Gaza, and used sexual violence as a war strategy, United Nations experts said in a report on Thursday.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3310
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say – NBC News
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3309
Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech. Critics say his actions as president threaten it – AP News
President Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of free speech, but First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in his second term.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3308
Canada sounds alarm at G7: ‘Nobody is safe’ from Trump’s tactics – POLITICO
As U.S. joins foreign ministers’ gathering in Quebec, Mélanie Joly warns counterparts that they are next.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3307
ANALYSIS | How does Danielle Smith's tariff strategy measure up to that of other premiers? | CBC News – CBC
Premier Danielle Smith is returning to the U.S., this time to talk tariffs at a fundraising gala in Florida for a conservative group. Though her decision has raised some eyebrows, one expert says it fits with her strategy of diplomacy.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3306
DOGE proposes cutting IRS workforce by a total of nearly 20% – CNN
The Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency are proposing a dramatic downsizing of the IRS that would result in a nearly 20% reduction of its workforce by May 15 — one month after Tax Day in the United States.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3305
Democratic states sue Trump over major cuts to the Department of Education – CNN
A new lawsuit from Democratic attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia alleges this week’s mass layoffs at the Department of Education are gutting the agency as a way to implement an unlawful plan by President Donald Trump to dismantle…
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3304
The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State – Macleans.ca – Macleans.ca
Appeasing Trump's border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here's why we must resist.
Original source: http://Macleans.ca/
