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Mitchell Beer

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Mitchell Beer is President of Smarter Shift Inc. and curator of The Energy Mix.

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Convoy mixes with white nationalists and delivers toxic message to Ottawa

Federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer welcomed a small convoy of protesters to Parliament Hill and white nationalist Faith Goldy told Indigenous protesters to go back where they came from as the United We Roll protest descended on Ottawa this week.
Analysis | February 21st 2019

Memo to David Dodge: who are the extremists?

The fevered rhetoric coming from Trans Mountain pipeline boosters is dangerous. It’s provocative. And it bears no relationship to the facts on the ground.
Opinion | June 21st 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,

The speech Justin Trudeau never gave about Kinder Morgan

"No deal ... no buyout." A speech that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could have given if he'd said 'no' to Kinder Morgan is imagined by 'Mitchell Beer, publisher of The Energy Mix, an e-digest on climate change, energy, and post-carbon solutions.
Trans Mountain
Opinion, Energy, Politics | June 4th 2018
Montreal, Beaver Lake, Skating rink, ice, climate change

Loss of beloved local rink ignites calls for climate action

It felt weirdly self-indulgent to mourn the loss of a Montreal skating rink when Cape Town, South Africa, is on track to run out of water in April. But both are strong reasons to step up the fight against climate change, writes Mitchell Beer.
Opinion, Energy | February 7th 2018
Russ Girling, TransCanada

Analysis: TransCanada may be listening to bad advice

It seemed oddly perverse to many critics and observers when TransCanada Corporation announced its decision last week to sell off its solar assets and invest the proceeds in new natural gas projects.
Analysis, Energy, Politics | November 3rd 2017
Breitbart News, fake news, Steve Bannon, alt-right, Donald Trump

How Canada's online shopping sensation, Shopify, helps finance hate talk

On its Shopify store, Breitbart can be seen hawking offensive t-shirts telling foreigners to “get in line,” and glorifying Trump’s promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Opinion, Politics | February 6th 2017
Justin Trudeau

OPINION: Trudeau risks youth vote with two-faced energy policy

As 2016 drew to a gut-wrenching, heart-rending close, the PM gave every sign of doubling down on both oil production and climate policy.
Opinion, Energy, Politics | January 4th 2017

A longer arc: How we win on climate and energy, after Trump

After the wrenching events of Tuesday night, that fundamental truth is unchanged. We just now know that the arc will be a bit longer.
Race Against Climate Change
Opinion | November 12th 2016
catherine_mckenna_pre-cop_paris_briefing_nov.29_-_mychaylo_prystupa

McKenna’s photo expenses in Paris helped put climate change in the picture

Race Against Climate Change
Opinion, COP21 | August 30th 2016

Nenshi is Energy East's champion in Ottawa. But his pipeline pitch has holes.

Canada's Oilsands
Opinion, Energy | February 4th 2016
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