"Over the weekend, while Canadians across the country are dealing with raging wildfires & the aftermath of severe flooding & heatwaves, PM Carney quietly moved forward with his oil pipeline plans." Statement by @jflevin.bsky.social @environmentaldefence.ca: environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...

PM Carney proceeding at breakneck pace with West Coast Pipeline - Environmental Defence

Statement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Over the weekend, while Canadians across the country are dealing

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BREAKING: Today, Ontario’s highest court confirmed the next step in the groundbreaking youth-led #Mathur case — a new hearing at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. PRESS RELEASE 👉 ecojustice.ca/news/ontario...

And by June 2021, almost every single COVID death was in unvaccinated people It was essentially entirely preventable—but folks like RFK Jr, who lied by saying the COVID vaccine was “the deadliest vaccine in history,” were doing all they coul to derail vaccination 😢 2/2 www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Nearly all COVID deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated

It is a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.

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You might hear about El Niño on a daily basis, but if you’d like to know more about precisely what it means, Climate.us has the resources you need. #ENSO #ClimateForUs

++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

“The problem with climate change reporting is that sometimes it feels like you’re intellectualizing something that doesn’t actually need to be intellectualized. This is pretty simple. It’s fossil fuel companies destroying our future for a quick buck. That’s all you need to say.” @emorwee.bsky.social

Emily Atkin Is Not an Optimist

The founder of HEATED on fossil fuel advertising, billionaires taking over media, and what removing plastic from her life is teaching her about systems change.

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With science under attack in research areas such as... well, ALL of them... advocacy is more important than ever. Check out our library of free legal resources, including a pocket guide on how to engage safely & effectively in political advocacy: www.csldf.org/political-ac...

It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests

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I think in part people are afraid of stepping outside the system - they want Capitalism to solve it for them: 'You can just have organic free-range eggs!' Giving up eggs/meat/dairy entirely crosses a psychological threshold.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last wk.

When I discuss huge systemic issues, people say "but what I can I do?" When I mention something meaningful you can do immediately, people say (as the replies here show) "but what's the point, in the face of the huge systemic issues?" There are, it seems, plenty of people who want to be helpless.

disaster capitalism

Gaia Vince@wanderinggaia.bsky.social · last wk.

This is grotesque

But still we find impacts are happening ##FasterThanExpected

Heat extremes in Western Europe increasing faster than simulated due to atmospheric circulation trends - Nature Communications

Heat extremes in Western Europe have increased by an outstanding amount in the last 70 years. Climate models simulate weaker trends. This is largely due to atmospheric circulation trends, favouring he...

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The Prime Minister of Spain: “This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned all of Spain and Europe about.” This is the realistic climate discourse the world needs. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w...

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’

Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.

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Good grief, this hits home.

“'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies have only one true fix.” The headline that shouldn't have shocked me. @chrishatch.bsky.social on the radical idea of headlines that simply told a basic truth. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/27/o...

The headline that shouldn't have shocked me

It is remarkably rare that a news story about climate impacts actually mentions climate change. Rarer still are the stories that pinpoint fossil fuels as its primary cause. To do so in a headline is v...

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Quiet Alarm - A Review of CBC's #Climate Reporting www.sfu.ca/ceri/publica... #EndClimateSilence

5/ As historian of science and technology Jean-Baptiste Fressoz has recently written: "Climate expertise must shift from tech illusions to concrete proposals on sufficiency, redistribution, sectoral degrowth and structural change—or risk delaying meaningful action."

In tech we trust: A history of technophilia in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) climate mitigation expertise

This article examines the technocentric bias that characterizes climate mitigation literature, focusing on the reports of the IPCC's Working Group III…

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"The big tipping point was 2002. In that yr, & every yr since, Canada’s managed forest has lost C to the atmosphere. That’s 22 straight yrs of annual CO2 emissions. This clearly isn’t a problem caused by a few freak yrs. It’s an every-yr crisis & the crisis is accelerating" -@bsaxifrage.bsky.social

This keeps getting worse until we stop burning fossil fuels 🔥 #KeepItInTheGround

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · last wk.

🔥🔥🔥Newspaper frontpages🔥🔥🔥

There are a LOT of proposed solutions to climate change out there. But how do you know what actually works? And what doesn’t? Check out the Drawdown Explorer. It’s based on real evidence — not hype, greenwashing, or ideology. And it’s 100% open and free. Drawdown.org/explorer

Drawdown Explorer™

We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.

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Attention Mark Carney:

Lauren M@elenem.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remember everyone, we can't do anything to mitigate climate change because the mitigation will disrupt our lives too much whereas catastrophic climate change won't affect us at all. I think that's correct, anyway?

Be careful what you fish for. Resilience is a euphemism for “Buckle up, it’s getting rough out there. I hope we can make it.” Ironically, on average, investments in resilience lead to a decline in welfare of citizens. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

We Are Living in an Era of Resilience. That’s Not Good.

From the economy to climate change, our growing celebration of resilience says less about our strength than about a world we increasingly expect to be unstable.

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This will keep getting worse until we stop burning fossil fuels.

Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fires just 15km from Bordeaux as officials consider ‘total evacuation of city if necessary’ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Worth a watch for all the Canadians. #Canada youtube.com/watch?v=9DEk...

CBC fails to link wildfires to climate change

YouTube video by The Breach

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Very true about this book. It's a gem. A family member got it for me last Christmas.

Jack Ashby@jackdashby.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm late to the party, but @andreawulf.bsky.social's masterpiece is utterly brilliant. I knew almost nothing about Humboldt, but his impact on how we see nature in the West - both ecologically and emotionally - was nothing short of immense. But more than that, the story is brilliantly told. Read it!

2026 is on track to be the warmest (~35% chance) or second warmest (~63%) year on record, while 2027 is very likely (92% chance) to be the warmest on record on the back of a growing super El Niño event. For more, check out my new Carbon Brief State of the Climate Q2 update: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Uncontrolled AI is a threat to our jobs, our environment, and our communities. Canadians across the political divide know this, and that’s why they’re fighting back. The public must assert its role in the technologies shaping our lives, and draw hard lines where AI causes nothing but harm.

“This is a big deal.” A first-of-its-kind lawsuit is moving forward to the discovery and trial stage in Washington state. Misti Leon is suing oil and gas companies for the wrongful death of her mother during the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome that killed more than 1,400 people.

The First Wrongful Death Suit Against Big Oil Is Not Going Their Way

A judge has ruled that tort claims against the industry can proceed to trial, potentially opening the door for prosecutors to become agents of climate accountability.

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Sharing this essential bit again, in light of everything being on fire.

Stuart Goldsmith@stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's hard being a climate comedian's therapist... 🫠

This. And: it’s not a model of science at all. It’s a model of information technology in service of ideology.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...