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Mitch Anderson

Mitch Anderson

Mitch Anderson is a Vancouver-based journalist covering climate and extraction industries.

Articles by Mitch Anderson

Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuel Expansion Is ‘Canada Strong,’ but U.S. Investors Get the Profits
ByMitch Anderson
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New data show American capital now controls most of Canada’s oil and gas sector while jobs vanish, royalties lag, and billions flow south.
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal
Out of the “Big Four” oil sands giants, 73 percent are foreign-owned and 60 percent U.S.-owned, leaving Canadian investors control over just 27 percent. Credit: DeSmog
Analysis
‘Utterly Abusive’: First Nations United Against Mark Carney’s Alberta Pipeline Plans
ByMitch Anderson
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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.
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith inked an energy deal last week for a new oil pipeline that threatens First Nations along the pipeline’s route. Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Carney and Smith) (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Analysis
As Mark Carney Fast-tracks Canadian LNG Projects, First Nations Face Hidden Financial Traps
ByMitch Anderson
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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.
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal
The Skeena River in British Columbia, near where the PRGT pipeline threatens the Gitxan community. Credit: Yellowhead Institute
Analysis
What Wartime Hubris Can Teach Us About the Global Energy Transition
ByMitch Anderson
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Our changing climate will produce winners and losers. Canada should look to the Global South for a winning strategy.
World leaders from Brazil and China shake hands in front of a COP30 banner
Analysis
What Is Alberta’s Oil Wealth Paying for? Not Better Education
ByMitch Anderson
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Production is up. Jobs are down. And the province is dead last on per-student funding. That’s not what prosperity is supposed to look like.
Protest sign reads "Children's Safety > Oil"
Analysis
Why Is Canada Fast-Tracking LNG? Not for Economy, Climate or Reconciliation
ByMitch Anderson
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Some questions Prime Minister Mark Carney should ask before pushing ahead with natural gas projects.
Prime Minister Mark Carney seen in a YouTube video
Analysis
Danielle Smith’s Pipeline Without a Proponent Is All Dollars and No Sense
ByMitch Anderson
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Canada has a higher calling than wasting time and political capital indulging fossil fuel fever dreams.
A woman stands in front of a blue podium that says 'Alberta's energy future'
Analysis
Renewables Are a Global Economic Engine, Not a Culture War Threat
ByMitch Anderson
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Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Two construction workers install solar panels.
Analysis
What ‘Chimney Sweep Testicle’ Can Teach Us About Fossil Fuels’ Staggering Health Consequences
ByMitch Anderson
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Coal, oil and gas have been killing people for centuries. We’re still paying for it.
Ten chimney sweeps stand on a roof in 1905.
Analysis
Understanding Alberta’s Expensive, Ideological War on Renewable Energy
ByMitch Anderson
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Premier Danielle Smith and U.S. President Donald Trump are weaponizing the powers of the state against wind and solar energy generation.
President Donald Trump (left) and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (right)