Mitch Anderson is a Vancouver-based journalist covering climate and extraction industries.
The Peak Numbers Canada’s Oil-Friendly Newspapers Keep Ignoring
If our country is to meet the mounting challenges faced by an uncertain future, we need to focus on credible fact-based information – not industry sponsored hype.
August 21, 2025
The Wheels Are Falling off Alberta’s Gas-Powered AI Data Centre Proposal
Celebrity investor Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary recently hyped the $70 billion AI data center proposal to be powered by “200 trillion cubic feet of sweet natural gas.” Less than two months after O’Leary launched what he called “Canada’s biggest-ever real estate deal” and “the world’s largest AI data centre industrial park,” the wheels appear to be falling off on several fronts.
March 5, 2025
The Wrong Lesson From Trudeau’s Fall Is That Climate Action Is Unpopular
Canadians clearly want to turn the page on Trudeau’s image-infatuated tenure. However, it would be a grave mistake for the Liberal party to also assume they need to jettison climate policy under the mistaken assumption that being too progressive is what led to the party’s current decline.
January 14, 2025





















