Mitch Anderson

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

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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

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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

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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