Bessent pans Carney, cheers on Albertan separatism amid growing US-Canada rift - POLITICO

"Canada doesn't live because of the United States," the prime minister responded Thursday in Quebec City. "Canada thrives because we are Canadian."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/scott-bessent-canada-alberta-independence-00743947 

 

Tim Alberta on Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism (Al Franken podcast)

The author of the profoundly disturbing book The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory explains how evangelicals have been turned into a political tool for the Republican Party. 

Alberta grew up in the evangelical wing of the Presbyterian Church and watched as they turned their back on him after he criticized Donald Trump. 

How did the evangelical church turn so far towards right wing politics?

What exactly is an evangelical? 

How can those voters ever be won back?

Interview: 

https://www.alfranken.com/listen/tim-alberta-on-evangelicals-in-an-age-of-extremism

Tim Alberta: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

Evangelicals and Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErbTbyvwpdQ

Tim Alberta’s “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory” laments evangelicals’ politics - The Washington Post

One leader in the community, the head of an influential megachurch in Dallas, had a veritable "shrine" to Trump in his office. If "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory" were a novel, I would say the symbolism was a bit on the nose. 

Alberta is not just a thorough and responsible reporter but a vibrant writer, capable of rendering a farcical scene in vivid hues. At one particularly outlandish church, he found himself worshiping "inside a tent next to a pistol-toting man wearing an Alex Jones shirt." When he attended the ReAwaken America Tour, a sort of revivalist traveling circus organized by former national security adviser Michael Flynn, he found a "scam artist's Super Bowl." "Here," Alberta wryly notes, "people panicked about Big Pharma's trickery were toting around boxes of unregulated vitamins."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/12/07/kingdom-power-glory-evangelicals-extremism-tim-alberta-review/

Oilsands CO2 emissions may be far higher than companies report, scientists say - CBC News

A number of major oilsands operations in Alberta seem to be emitting significantly more carbon pollution than companies have been reporting, according to a new study from federal scientists.....
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/oilsands-carbon-emissions-study-1.5106809

Tribes in Canada and U.S. join forces against tar sands pipeline development

Dozens of native tribes from Canada and the United States have joined forces against Alberta’s tar sands crude oil transport with the signing of a treaty Thursday. Calling for a clean and sustainable economy, tribes said any further pipeline or rail development for Canadian tar sands puts indigenous territories and waterways at serious risk to toxic spills. In the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion, tribes also said development “will unquestionably fuel catastrophic climate change.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/tribes-join-forces-against-tar-sands-15955ea90f72#.whuid4y55