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Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought | Seth Klein (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 5 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

This. He's not a climate guy. But the alternatives would destroy the environment to spite people who want to protect it.

At least Carney can be reasoned with.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    From what I understand, he used to be greener. But there's a lot at stake to play ball with... and Trump is volatile. So is Danielle Smith...

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago*

    Agreed. There's definitely an element of Realpolitik at play. The USA is creating a power vacuum and Canada needs to fill enough of that void in the short term to maintain leverage long term.

    I don't know much about China or Russia but I'm going to assume their billionaire oligarchs as equally soulless as the cretins that rule western nations.

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