Mitch Anderson

1 week ago | desmog.com | Mitch Anderson

U.S. President Donald Trump famously bragged on the campaign trail that he would end inflation and the war in Ukraine “on day one.” Simplistic claims sometimes sell, as seen by the fact that Kamala Harris is not occupying the Oval Office. Yet after less than four months of the chaotic Trump presidency, many American voters may wish they could build a time machine to revisit their choice on November 5, 2024.

1 week ago | ecotopical.com | Mitch Anderson

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2 weeks ago | desmog.com | Mitch Anderson

If anyone was doubting that Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre would give the oil industry exactly what they want, he helpfully provided a visual aid at a recent campaign event in Newfoundland. Poilievre posed beside a large poster of industry election demands itemized in a letter from 14 energy CEOs, and used a sharpie to check boxes beside each one. Cancel industrial carbon pricing? Check. Expedite energy approvals within six months? Check. End the federal emissions cap? Check.

2 weeks ago | desmog.com | Mitch Anderson

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to upend global financial markets, with his chaotic tariff chaos last week plunging the Dow almost 4,000 points in two days and wiping out more than $4.8 trillion in value on the S&P 500. Canada was hit somewhat less than feared, however our country remains on economic wartime footing given that annexation ambitions apparently live on in the mind of the U.S. administration. And with war comes a rare sense of urgency and shared purpose.

2 weeks ago | ecotopical.com | Mitch Anderson

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to upend global financial markets, with his chaotic tariff chaos last week plunging the Dow almost 4,000 points in two days and wiping out more than $4.8 trillion in value on the S&P 500. Canada was hit somewhat less than feared, however our country remains on economic…