Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE****
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Co-founding member of the @calgaryclimatehub.ca & host of the #ClimateLens podcast. Posts are my own. #TalkClimate: you're not alone, you're in the majority. #yyc #ClimateChange #ClimateSky
Convo at the grocery store: “Do you ride your bike every day?” “Most days.” “I see you with it. In my country, I wasn’t allowed to ride bikes. Because woman. I’m going to learn to ride. When I do, I’m going to tell you.” — Thanks for telling me your story, Bahar. (I live for these moments.)
"This map shows a critical situation... It’s hard to avoid speaking of an ecological breakdown or point of no return for some of France's aquatic environments…When a riverbed dries up completely, almost all aquatic biodiversity—flora & fauna—disappears, with consequences for the entire food chain."
Dr. Serge Zaka@sergezaka.bsky.social · 11h agoCette carte est gravissime. Mais elle n'a pas fait la une de l'actualité. Pour moi, l'été 2026 marque un tournant. Après celui de 2022, il devient difficile de ne plus parler de "rupture écologique" ou de "point de non retour" pour une partie des milieux aquatiques français. 1/18
Might be helpful to read today's column in conjunction with this one, from January, as they point to the same root cause: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Meet the cyclist who wants to be the first to bike the Gordie Howe International Bridge #Windsor #Ontario www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Meet the cyclist who wants to be the first to bike the Gordie Howe International Bridge
While the pedestrian path on the Gordie Howe International Bridge doesn't open until 8 a.m. Wednesday, Justin Bellemore is already in line.
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#SolarForAll #EnergyTransition #ClimateChange #PlugInSolar #BalconySolar #yyc #cdnpoli #abpoli #SolarPower #Solar
Plug Life: Person in Plug Costume
Alt: Plug Life: Person in Plug Costume
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Calgary Climate Hub@calgaryclimatehub.ca · 3h ago“What's called #PlugInSolar or #BalconySolar is a relatively quiet energy revolution that has begun in countries around the world, in a number of US states across the partisan divide and maybe, just MAYBE if we put our backs into it, right here in Calgary, Alberta (or whichever town you call home).”
Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert
Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert
Move comes as fourth heatwave of summer intensifies, edging temperatures in some areas close to 40C Italy is to place all of its 27 major cities, from Trieste in the north to Palermo in the south, under the highest heat alert as the fourth heatwave to hit the country this summer intensifies. A red alert means there is a higher chance of an emergency owing to the health risk posed by prolonged extreme temperatures to the entire population. Continue reading...
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Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing climate fires across Europe and North America. Meanwhile the planet burners are making record profits. And they are hitting up the Canadian taxpayers for $100 billion for another pipeline. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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They should be talking about how badly Mark Carney has betrayed them
Are you surprised that Carney is going so far back on all his past environmental positions?
I’m surprised he is going *this* far. He was the UN Special Envoy on Climate Change and Finance. He spoke about golden investment opportunities in renewables. Nothing in his speeches or writing suggested more oil and gas as the key to future prosperity.
It is indeed horrifying that we are going backwards as a country on our climate change commitments.
Liz Renzetti@lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 6h agoI'm in St. Catharines for the week and all anyone is talking about is the flooding. The consequences of unchecked greenhouse gas emissions everywhere this summer. Floods and fires and heatwaves. It's horrifying that as a country we're going backwards on climate pledges www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
OTTAWA - Mark Carney has officially given notice that his government will be designating Danielle Smith’s West Coast pipeline a project of national interest, allowing the massive oil and gas project t...
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Govt has one job, to protect its citizens. Canadians are being failed by Mark Carney. He literally doesn't give a shit. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wildfire has destroyed structures on about 120 properties near Clinton, B.C.: regional district official | CBC
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Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, was backed by prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Progressive El-Sayed Wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate Primary—Results Much Closer Than Expected
Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, was backed by prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
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Climate Doom is not a mobilization strategy. 🏭🔥🚒😨😒 New @pnas.org: Psychological inoculation against climate doom doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Here in Canada we’re promoting pipelines to be in the national interest. Seems to me we should be building bigger storm sewers instead of oil pipelines . www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'It was like a tsunami': Massive flooding in St. Catharines, Ont., leaves residents in grief and shock | CBC News
Amid a state of emergency from the fallout of two storms within a week, people in St. Catharines say they're in shock and grief as they deal with severe flooding in their homes and elsewhere in the ci...
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Wildfire has destroyed structures on about 120 properties near Clinton, B.C.: regional district official #BritishColumbia At least 200 homes have burned down near Vernon, Okanagan Indian Band chief says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wildfire has destroyed structures on about 120 properties near Clinton, B.C.: regional district official | CBC
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Absolutely spot on. The billionaire class is a real threat to the lives and well being of the whole world and they must be taken out one way or another. Tax private wealth over €100m (more than plenty for a luxurious lifestyle) at 100% and imprison anyone found to have hidden away any more than that
As an aside, if any other professionals were as incompetent as certain journalists, they'd be sacked and disbarred. But in the rightwing press, gross incompetence appears to be a qualification. After all, without its bullshitters for hire, how else would capital deny, deflect and distract?
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’ #Climate
Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’
New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude
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The American EV Industry Is Dazed and Confused #Climate
The American EV Industry Is Dazed and Confused
What’s next for electric cars? There’s no consensus.
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You are an inspiration for many of us, B! 🩵
It makes far more sense to install air-to-air heat pumps, i.e. air conditioning units that can also heat very efficiently in winter. Portable units are inefficient and almost as expensive. 'Wall-mounted' & 'all-in-one' heat pumps/air cons seem very available: www.aircondirect.co.uk/ct/air-condi...
Climate Centre@climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 10h agoBritain has run out of air conditioning units After four consecutive heatwaves, warehouses are empty and some portable coolers won't be available until April 2027. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
. The Heat Is On: Turning Up the Pressure for Climate Action Find out more: raceequalityfoundation.org.... #ClimateAction
The Heat Is On: Turning Up the Pressure for Climate Action - Race Equality Foundation
As heatwaves become more frequent occurrences, it becomes increasingly important to recognise that rising temperatures are not felt equally.
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It’s exactly stuff like this that brings you so much more fire and smoke to breathe every year. #AxeTheTax #CarbonTax #cdnpoli #abpoli #ClimateChange #MarkCarney #Wildfires #smoke
Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE****@bigclimate.bsky.social · 2d agoYou got played, Canada. Some of us called it every step of the way. You can blame the greasiest of politicians but also blame so much of our national media that failed us in every possible way on this file. #AxeTheTax #CarbonTax #cdnpoli #abpoli #ClimateChange #MarkCarney
Which ignores yet more science: "The IPCC warns that relying too much on carbon capture technology represents a major risk to climate safety. The growing consensus is that CCS for oil and gas won’t be enough and costs too much. IPCC research supports that view.” 9/ www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
IPCC Research Shows Need for Ramping Up Mitigation Ambition, Tackling Adaptation Gaps
The IPCC Synthesis Report of its sixth assessment cycle confirms that the world is dangerously close to the 1.5°C limit under the Paris Agreement—but also affirms there are proven options to avert cat...
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The primary way that these accelerated climate harms are being sold to the public is with the idea that the damage will be offset by giving big oil yet another thing it wants: public funding for the Pathways Carbon Capture and Storage project. 8/ www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/13/n...
Feds lower carbon capture project targets and offer new subsidies as costs double
Deal between Ottawa, province and oilsands heavyweights trades “expanded access” to global markets via West Coast pipeline for megaproject that will sequester a fraction of the carbon originally envis...
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