Canadian politicians and pundits are leveraging Trump’s war with Iran to expand fossil fuel infrastructure.

First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.

Leaders of the Alberta separatist movement are insisting they do not want to become the U.S.’s 51st state, but their actions (and own words) say otherwise.

While Michigan lawmakers are taking fossil fuel companies to court for delaying the green transition, the Alberta government is hampering clean energy.

It turns out oil and gas aren’t Alberta’s only hazardous exports.

For some separatists, ignoring Indigenous rights is not only a side effect of an independent Alberta, but an explicit goal.

New data show American capital now controls most of Canada’s oil and gas sector while jobs vanish, royalties lag, and billions flow south.

By tying the project’s fate to Indigenous “equity,” Carney saddles groups with the blame, and potentially the bill, if they move to stop a pipeline they oppose.

Critics say new LNG ventures in British Columbia saddle Indigenous communities with debt, opaque ownership structures, and financial risk that could leave them owing billions.

Our changing climate will produce winners and losers. Canada should look to the Global South for a winning strategy.