Nice to speak to @geoffdembicki.bsky.social @desmog.com about leaked documents revealing the capacity of planned fossil plants for Canadian data centres + my estimate that if they became operational, they'd cause enough emissions to wipe out 15 years of progress
www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m...
#GoodNewsFriday --🔋 Battery storage just beat gas generation in Ontario’s latest energy auction!!!
Ontario awarded 640 MW to battery storage projects — proving batteries are reliable, cost-effective and ready to help keep the lights on.
Read on for more: environmentaldefence.ca/2026/06/12/b...
“The federal government could have easily said data centres have to be powered by new renewable energy sources. Instead, Canadians will get dirtier air alongside higher electricity prices, all so corporate CEOs can try to take away our jobs with AI.”
One of the lesser-noticed aspects of the pipeline MOU signed between the federal government and Alberta was the exemption for AB from the Clean Electricity Regulation, specifically to enable rapid AI data centre growth
Documents obtained by @greenpeaceca.bsky.social: One of the big 'benefits' of AI data centres, according to Carney government, is a bigger market for fossil gas
www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m...
If the high-end scenario of 15.5 gigawatts [growth in electricity demand due to AI] materializes, it could cause an increase of somewhere between 33 to 63 MT of annual greenhouse gas emissions, @ketanjoshi.co calculates, "effectively undoing the past 15 years of emissions reductions in Canada."