I check in with HalifACT - the city's ambitious climate plan - to see how plans are progressing, what they've achieved, and if they're still on track to meet those original ambitious 2019 goals, seven years on and two years since we last spoke. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/best...

An update to a 2023 story we did on the very cool work Coastal Action is doing down in Mahone Bay building a multi-tiered living shoreline to protect some of the town's most treasured spots from storm surge damage. Things are "growing" splendidly. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/m5ak...

Rolling with the tide (REVISITED) — Climate Stories Atlantic

A quick update on how things have been going with Mahone Bay’s Living Shoreline project since we last spoke in 2023.

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In fall 2023 we spoke with the Building to Zero Exchange about plans to help "greenify" the Atlantic building sector and help us reach 2030 emissions reduction targets. Two and a half years on, we had a quick chat to see how things have been going. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/y5a4...

Why would you ever grow a raspberry under the shade of a solar panel? All will be revealed in our latest article: Agrivoltaics: Pairing Unlikely Bedfellows - pairing farming and solar - to the benefit of all, including, of course, the planet. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/agri...

With this first "Revisited" article I have a quick chat with Dartmouth's Grace United Church for a sense of life after their 2022 heat pump install. Some of the spin-off benefits were pleasantly unexpected and surprising. @ecologyaction.bsky.social www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/jo65...

A renovation and a prayer (REVISITED) — Climate Stories Atlantic

A quick update on how things have been going with Dartmouth’s Grace United Church and the Faithful Footprints program as a whole since we last spoke for the 2023 article.

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The greening of Sable...and a little bit more Our favourite overgrown sandbar - Sable Island - has recently begun green retrofits. We take a look at those, and go a little bit further into life and work on this most fascinating and bewitching of islands. @sable-institute.bsky.social

In our most recent article, The rise and fall...and rise again...of tidal turbines we take a look at the promising new possibilities for harnessing the energy of our world-renowned Nova Scotia tides. Try try again... @orbitalmarine.bsky.social www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/the-...

In our latest article, Doing our dirty work by @aauld.bsky.social, we take a closer look at how this humble super filterer is helping to clean the contaminated waters of Boat Harbour, NS. Read it here: www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/doin... @dalhousieu.bsky.social @oceanfrontier.bsky.social

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This week, in Electrifying the Port of Halifax: a how-to guide, we take a look at the work of a local software data company trying to help boat owners, ports, and utilities figure out the best path to going hybrid or electric, and what that entails. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/elec...

Electrifying the Port of Halifax: a how-to-guide — Climate Stories Atlantic

A local software data company works to help vessel owners, ports, and utilities figure out the hows and how-to’s involved with embracing vessel electrification, and what’s needed to support any move i...

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In our latest column, Writing for communities, not algorithms, by @seankellyprospect.bsky.social, we take a look at why supporting professional, unbiased journalism is more important than ever. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/column/writi...

In this latest episode of the podcast I talk to Will Burt, from @planetarytech.bsky.social Wow, just wow. A great guy doing the extremely important work of trying to help save the planet by correcting the alkalinity of our oceans. @dalhousieu.bsky.social @xprize.org @ecologyaction.bsky.social

Thermal Energy Storage...what exactly is it? The various types and why it's an important part of using our grid in a smarter, cleaner way, and what's coming down the pike in terms of newer and better uses. @nsccofficial.bsky.social Find the story at: www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/back...

Hope Blooms...and thrives by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social Checking in on Halifax’s Hope Blooms, two years after our first article, only to find they’re now fully renewable and continuing to grow — in more ways than one. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/hope...

Hope Blooms…and thrives — Climate Stories Atlantic

Checking in on Hope Blooms, two years after our first article, only to find they’re now fully renewable and continuing to grow, in more ways than one.

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In this week's article, we take a look at the resurgence of sodium-ion batteries - the unsung sibling of lithium batteries - and how they may just be the answer to some of our current and upcoming battery and mineral woes. @dalhousieu.bsky.social www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/lith...

Lithium’s unsung sibling — Climate Stories Atlantic

Why a turn towards sodium-ion batteries might soon make a lot of sense.

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What's a NS town or city to do when flooding from rising sea levels and storms threatens waterfront or coastal areas? We take a look at that issue In Shoring up for the future - by @evertlindquist.bsky.social. @ecologyaction.bsky.social www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/shor...

After a summer of wildfires, heat & toxic air, 250+ city leaders urge Ottawa to fund “nation-building, not nation-burning” projects. Elbows Up For Climate says a clean grid, housing, & transit could strengthen economic independence, lower emissions & reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

Back ‘Nation-Building, Not Nation-Burning’ Projects, 250 City Leaders Urge Carney

A coalition of more than 250 mayors and city councillors from across Canada is calling on the federal government to keep #ElbowsUp with nation-building projects that respond to the climate emergency, ...

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In our latest article we look at the Efficiency Nova Scotia programs working to bring energy retrofits to traditionally underserved communities dealing with the challenging and often complicated issues around title and property ownership. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/one-...

One size does not fit all — Climate Stories Atlantic

Efficiency Nova Scotia brings retrofits to traditionally underserved communities dealing with challenging title and property ownership issues. Nova Scotia climate solutions, Atlantic Canada climate so...

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New podcast: “Dan Roscoe - harnessing our NS winds” by The Cautious Climate Optimist, where I chat with Dan Roscoe of Roswall Dev. to talk all things wind and wind turbines. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/podcast/dan-... @#LCC @djroscoe.bsky.social

"Mapping our future" about how one NSCC researcher says the key to avoiding the worst of in-land flooding during more common, more severe storm events is to get ahead of them with potentially life-saving predictive mapping. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/mapp... @nsccofficial.bsky.social

Is it too late?, the next installment of our Climate Focus column - written by CSA co-founder, @seankellyprospect.bsky.social . www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/column/is-it... @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social

New article: Adapting and adopting by Matt McIntosh, about how drought is impacting Nova Scotia farmers, and what they’re doing about it. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/adap... #LCC #AnnapolisValley

New article: Bringing It Home by Elizabeth Peirce. Leveraging carbon credits as a source of funding for local non-profits. www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/brin... #LCC @rocarbonlabs.bsky.social @cib-bic.bsky.social