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$60 million in NYS business aid is up for grabs, but applicants are scarce
Only a dozen eligible applications were received last year, state records show.
WATCH: 'He's a thug,' Trump says of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner
President Donald Trump spoke at length on Wednesday about Democrat Graham Platner, who clinched Maine’s Democratic Senate nomination on Tuesday.
Scion Group to buy Student Quarters’ $1.5B operating business
The major student housing owner and operator sees consolidation accelerating in the sector and is eying further acquisitions, particularly at large public institutions.
Campbell’s CEO: “Tough decisions” loom for struggling snack business
While the Goldfish maker is making progress to improve the operation, its top executive warned the turnaround will “take some time” amid a challenging environment.
Ferris seniors place second in world in environmental science competition for research on smoke and agriculture
Sitting at the awards ceremony for the largest international high school science fair in the world this May, Ferris High School students Teddy Osborne and Anders Thogerson were a bit disappointed as the judge read off the fourth-place winners for projects in environmental science.
Deadline Hollywood
Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment are teaming on U.S. rights for 'A Talent for Murder' starring Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke. Read more below.
Republicans try to extend winning streak in South Carolina as Graham seeks fifth term
Democrats in both gubernatorial and Senate primaries have criticized what they see as failures of South Carolina's GOP-dominated leadership.
The other Dan Sullivan in Alaska’s Senate race says candidacy is not a sham
Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan acknowledges that sharing a name and party affiliation with the incumbent Republican gives him “an instant megaphone" in the crowded primary race.
‘You have to adjust:' Chris Kuper outlines his plans to replace Jeff Stoutland
Chris Kuper’s job description is coaching the Eagles’ offensive linemen. His initial challenge is getting them to believe he can do it.
The 10 biggest letdowns in Cincinnati sports since Y2K
Letdowns? We invented them here in Cincinnati. Here's a look at the 10 biggest letdowns of the century for Cincinnati sports fans.
Game Discussion: Milwaukee Brewers (40-23) @ Athletics (31-34)
The Brewers open their series in Las Vegas with Kyle Harrison on the mound.
Jacoby Brissett reports for minicamp but still wants new contract
Brissett's arrival for mandatory minicamp doesn't mean the contract issues are over.
Jets' consistent inconsistency prompts zero primetime games in 2026
Even the worst teams get a primetime slot or two throughout the season, at least that's how it used to be.
Platner holds town hall in Portland as he looks to steady Senate campaign
Graham Platner was met by an enthusiastic and supportive crowd Sunday at a town hall-style event in Maine as the Democrat moves to stabilize his Senate campaign after new reports about his past treatment of women.
Iran after 100 days of war: The triumph of survival
Tehran sees its ability to preserve its governing system amid a regime-change war as a clear victory.
Rally Royals: 9th inning comeback pushes Royals past Twins
A rare comeback after giving up the lead late!
UFC Vegas 118 live results, highlights and play-by-play
UFC Vegas 118 results, highlights, live discussion and instant play-by-play, reactions and analysis.
7-month-old baby killed after Israeli troops open fire on a car, Palestinian health officials say
The Palestinian health ministry said that a 7-month-old baby was killed after Israeli troops opened fired at his parents’ vehicle in the occupied West Bank, with the bullet striking the boy in the face.
Bengals enjoy embarrassment of riches at QB, too
It's not just wide receiver. The Bengals have the best quarterback room in the NFL, too.
Michael Carrick expected to receive special coaching help
Not only is the first team set for changes, but Manchester United also have plans to upgrade their coaching staff over the summer.After Michael Carrick agreed to take charge on a permanent basis, INEO...
Mayors & Business Leaders Speak at U.S. Mayors Meeting
Mayors and business leaders gather at the United States Conference of Mayors 94th annual meeting.
WATCH: Trump says Pulte isn't 'permanent' pick for national intelligence chief after GOP pushback
More Americans own wearables, connected health devices: survey
Many adults are sharing device data with their providers too. But users are typically healthier and wealthier, suggesting people who could benefit the most from health monitoring are less likely to adopt the tools, according to Rock Health.
WVU Health System takes next step toward buying Independence Health
An acquisition of Independence would further expand West Virginia University Health System into southwestern Pennsylvania.
Radio scans find no evidence of alien tech from interstellar comet 3I/Atlas
The SETI Institute said Wednesday that extensive radio scans by its telescope in Northern California found no signs of otherworldly technology from our solar system’s latest interstellar visitor.
MacBook Neo is So Popular That Apple Reportedly Doubled Production
On an earnings call in late April, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said that customer response to the MacBook Neo was "off the charts," and the popularity of the laptop has reportedly led the company to significantly boost production. Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo this week said he believes that MacBook Neo shipments to Apple were doubled from an initial target of 5 million units to 10 million units in 2026 at some point after the laptop launched in March.
Deloitte taps CSO to lead sustainability for new EMEA business
Company veteran Smruti Naik-Jones — most recently CSO for Deloitte UK and North and South Europe — will lead sustainability strategy for the firm’s Europe, Middle East and Africa business.
Declan Doyle raves about Lamar Jackson's arm talent
Ravens offensive coordinator Declan Doyle praises Lamar Jackson as the twitchiest athlete he has ever seen.
WATCH: Trump administration 'not moving forward' with anti-weaponization fund, Blanche testifies
Alphonso Davies confirms he'll miss Canada's World Cup opener
Canada will have to manage without Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies for their World Cup opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 12.As expected, Davies will sit out the match as he continues to...
WATCH LIVE: Senate Democratic leaders may address Bill Pulte for DNI, 'anti-weaponization fund'
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to tap his housing finance director as acting director of national intelligence, saying Bill Pulte is “a partisan thug with no experience in intelligence.”
Air Pollution and Brain Health: What You Need to Know
Discover how air pollution affects brain health in children and adults. URochester Medicine researchers reveal links to learning difficulties, dementia, and Parkinson's—plus steps you can take to protect yourself and your family.
Silicon Valley’s $140 Billion Tax Break Is Going Mainstream
At business breakfasts and investor lunches across the US, the topic du jour is a strategy pioneered in Silicon Valley to avoid paying taxes on billions of dollars of capital gains.
Appeals court panel rules that transgender troops were illegally barred from U.S. military service
A Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday.
AMD Bundles Carbice Ice Pad with Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Carbice, a U.S.-based developer and supplier of next-generation carbon nanotube thermal interface materials (TIMs) and high-performance cooling solutions, today announced that the Carbice Ice Pad is shipping with the relaunched special edition 10th Anniversary AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D chip. The bundle br...
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama Gets Emotional About Gregg Popovich
Legendary San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich stepped away from coaching last May but remains a presence on the team.
Blue Jays outfielder Jesús Sánchez leaves game Sunday after getting hit by a ball thrown by fan
Titans RB coach Randy Jordan opens up on Tony Pollard
Tony Pollard remains the Tennessee Titans' key backfield weapon as he chases a fifth straight 1,000-yard rushing season.
These Are The States With The Stupidest People In The U.S., According To ChatGPT
In new research, the AI model had wild answers about where the sexiest and ugliest Americans live, too.
Where to watch Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes Game 5 NHL playoffs: Live stream, start time, TV channel for Friday, May 29
The Canadiens are trying to avoid elimination against the Hurricanes in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Louisiana passes new congressional map to eliminate majority-Black district, give GOP another seat
Approval of the new House map came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s current map as an illegal racial gerrymander, weakening the landmark 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.
Green Bay area high school sports results for Thursday, May 28
High school softball, baseball, soccer and tennis teams were in action.
First Look at iPhone 18 Pro Color Options Revealed by Dummy Models
Leaker Sonny Dickson today shared images of iPhone 18 Pro dummy models in the device's four rumored colors, offering the first real-world look at what to expect from the lineup visually. Corroborating previous rumors, the dummies show the iPhone 18 Pro Max in Light Blue, Black, Silver, and Dark Cherry. Dickson said "Cherry will probably be the next hit, orange did very well". Cosmic Orange was the signature color of the iPhone 17 Pro and proved popular with customers.
CHAI releases AI governance guidance for health systems
The resources aim to offer a standard but flexible framework for health systems, regardless of their size or available resources, the industry group said.
Longevity science picks up steam in pharma
Fueled by multi-billion-dollar valuations and a deeper understanding of aging biology, the field is rapidly moving past the hype and into the clinic.
Talarico targets Paxton's scandals in Texas Senate race, pivoting from his sunny primary message
Texas Democrat James Talarico, a former middle school teacher and a state lawmaker from Austin, laid out a clear strategy for the months ahead: Litigating Paxton’s scandals to a weary electorate.
Teladoc adds virtual care services to Walmart digital health platform
Customers using Walmart’s Better Care Services will be able to access Teladoc’s virtual care products, including urgent care, dermatology and nutrition support.
Amazon taps Amwell co-founder to lead health business
Dr. Roy Schoenberg, who founded the telehealth company Amwell with his brother two decades ago, will become the new head of Amazon’s healthcare unit on July 1.
Bringing Fans Closer to the Action: Snapchat’s Spring of Sports
Creator-led coverage and immersive AR are bringing fans closer to the moments that matter
Caesars acquired by Fertitta Entertainment in $17.6B deal
The combination would bring Caesars’ iconic resort portfolio and digital gaming platform under the same roof as Fertitta’s Golden Nugget Hotels & Casinos and Landry’s restaurant brand.
Trump’s latest immigration move clouds the path to green cards
When President Donald Trump's administration announced last week that it would require green card seekers to apply from their home countries instead of in the U.S., immigration attorney Flavia Santos Lloyd’s phone began ringing off the hook with clients worried about the implications for them.
Washington Nationals vs Cleveland Guardians Game Thread
Follow along as the Nats look to keep the good times rolling and sweep the Guardians
Qdoba completes $435M whole business securitization
The transaction will allow the chain to refinance debt, providing liquidity to support its goal of reaching 2,000 units and its investments in remodels and digital makelines.
WakeMed declines merger proposal from UNC Health in midst of Atrium deal
The health system received UNC’s offer to combine days after publicly announcing plans to merge with Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health. Ultimately, WakeMed decided Atrium is the best path forward.
WakeMed declined offer from UNC Health in midst of Atrium deal
The health system received UNC’s offer to combine days after publicly announcing plans to merge with Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health. Ultimately, WakeMed decided Atrium is the best path forward.
Full-length Replay: The American Rodeo Showdown Round
From Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX
Gov. Whitmer (D-MI), Mike Pence & Pete Buttigieg on Bridging Political Divide
Former Vice President Mike Pence, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) gather at a policy conference in Mackinac Island, Michigan, addressing topics like bridging the political divide.
Supreme Court sides with Trump in dispute over immigration judges' speech restrictions
The justices overturned a lower-court ruling that questioned whether a complaint system for federal employees is still working as intended after the Republican president fired some of its top officials.
CIOs tackle hybrid roles, blending business outcomes with IT
Tech leaders are taking on dual-role mandates as businesses look to consolidate silos and capitalize on AI, according to executive search experts.
Ebola Patients Flee in Attacks on Congo Health Facilities, Hobbling Response
By Gradel Muyisa , Fiston Mahamba and Aaron Ross BUNIA, May 25 (Reuters) - Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus ...
Green Bay area high school sports results for Saturday, May 23
High school baseball and tennis teams were in action.
Snake Bytes 5/24
Team News Lovullo gave Marte a piece of advice, and he’s been mashing ever sinceMarte, though, asked to move back into the leadoff spot a few weeks ago — “We were winning games then,” Lovullo recalled him saying — but the real difference has been his dedication to getting back on track. “I just said, […]
This year could produce the largest loss of Black political representation ever. Here’s why
The redistricting frenzy across Republican-controlled Southern states threatens to resurrect some of the gravest racial injustices in American political history.
Appleton area high school sports results for Friday, May 22
High school baseball, softball and soccer teams were in action.
Report: NCAA could rule top international prospects ineligible
This could cause a major shake-up in college basketball
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.
HHS launches AI-backed health fraud crackdown
The department will use AI to examine audits from states and other federal grant recipients, and potentially withhold funds if they aren’t able to fix errors.
Former Associates of Pres. Obama Discuss his Rise in U.S. Politics
Former associates of Pres. Barack Obama join the Institute of Politics founder David Axelrod for a discussion on the 44th president's journey through American Politics.
WATCH: Trump says White House 'won't be a very secure place' without $1 billion security proposal
Appleton area high school sports results for Wednesday, May 20
Kimberly, Brillion win conference golf tournament championships.
Actor Noah Wyle Leads Rally for Health Care Workers
Actor Noah Wyle leads a rally for health care workers featuring bipartisan lawmakers and other stakeholders.
Blue Jays pitcher José Berríos undergoes Tommy John surgery
A two-time All-Star, Berríos has a 7-year, $131 million contract that runs through the 2028 season.
US Health Secretary Kennedy Fires Heads of Key Preventive Health Panel
NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this month fired the chair and vice chair of the influential task force that decides which preventive medical care is provided at no cost to patients. The Preventive Services Task Force, which typically has 16 ...
Google, Samsung Offer First Look at Android XR Smart Glasses. Here's What You Get, and What's Missing
In partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, Samsung will launch Google-based 'audio glasses' this fall. At I/O, XReal also offered a first public look at its Aura glasses.
Industry Experts Testify on Rise of Sports Betting & Prediction Markets
A Senate Commerce subcommittee holds a hearing on the expansion of sports betting and prediction markets.
How Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, toppled by Trump, charted his own way
There aren’t many lawmakers like Thomas Massie left in Congress. READ MORE: Massie's loss leaves no doubt about Trump's power over the GOP. 6 takeaways from Tuesday's primaries The renegade Republican who rose to prominence as an idiosyncratic and stubborn outlier in his party, popular in the Kentucky district that repeatedly sent him to the House, lost his primary bid for reelection Tuesday after a vicious and costly attack by President Donald Trump. The stunning
China’s Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin hold talks just days after US President Donald Trump made an official visit to China.
Phillies Japanese Scouting Report Will Fire Fans Up
The Philadelphia Phillies organization has done a lot right over the past few years, but there have also been times when the organization hasn't done what's needed.
Live Results: Oregon midterm state and congressional primaries
Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek and the nearly two dozen challengers hoping to defeat her are among the candidates who will seek their parties’ nominations for state and federal offices in Tuesday’s primary.
Neogenyx CEO talks plans for new RNG business with $400M investment
The new company spun off from Ameresco, which retains a majority stake. The fresh infusion of capital will allow a biogas developer with a long history in the industry to more aggressively pursue its project pipeline.
Green Bay area high school sports results for Monday, May 18
High school softball, baseball, soccer, track and field, and golf teams were in action.
Potential federal college sports reform could reshape Florida football
Proposed federal reforms surrounding NIL, transfers and NCAA authority could significantly impact Florida and other SEC football programs.
Amid upfronts sports overload, pitches around data, AI come into focus
Legacy firms NBCU and Disney, tech titans Netflix and Amazon and publishers shaped by M&A showed off evolving offerings during last week’s shows.
Trump has only one real option to slash gas prices
The energy crisis is a financial nightmare for Main Street and a political nightmare for the White House.
President Trump Remarks on Health Care Affordability
President Trump participates in a health care affordability event at the White House.
Green Bay area high school sports results for Saturday, May 16
High school track and field, softball, baseball, soccer and tennis teams were in action.
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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