The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak.
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... The youth and their legal team say today’s guidance reinforces a principle at the heart of the case: constitutional rights cannot be erased by repealing legislation. ...
Ecojustice@ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 10h agoBREAKING: 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...
If you're having a tough day, I highly recommend giving your brain a break with the @explore.org livestream of Sea Lion Beach in British Columbia, where you will currently see piled-up sea lions in a snoozy cuddle puddle www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uoo...
Solar and wind power are now the cheapest source of new electricity in Ontario environmentjournal.ca/renewable-en...
Renewable energy is now the cheapest source of new electricity in Ontario - The Environment Journal
By Jake Brooks Ontario has reached a momentous turning point. With a few caveats, the price of new electricity from renewable energy sources is now below that of electricity from […]
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Thank you @cathmckenna.bsky.social for telling it like it is. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'We are in a fossil fuel climate crisis': former environment minister - B.C. wildfire situation 'explosive and extremely dangerous,' official says as thousands forced from homes
Former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna said the wildfires burning across Canada are clear evidence of a climate emergency. She said new temperature records are being set every year, an...
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I'm in the Star today with a piece on the Carney government's handling of relations with the United States. Last year, Canadians gave Mark Carney a mandate to disentangle our country from the empire to the south. By any reasonable standard, he's done the opposite. Link in first reply.
The energymix piece references a very good item at reclimate.ca/how-petro-st...
How Petro-state Politics Are Shaping Climate Communications in Canada - Re.Climate
Plans to push ahead with new pipelines and LNG are colliding with concerns about climate change — forcing climate communicators to rethink how they talk about energy, prosperity and security.
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The Energy Mix@theenergymix.com · 3d agoThe proportion of Canadians who identify environment & climate change as a top-3 concern has jumped from 14 to 21% in the last four months, as a summer of epic wildfires, heat domes, and flooding creates what the @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social calls “thorny challenges” for the Carney government.
🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe"
Are you listening, Mark Carney? Back-bench Liberals? UN Secretary General: “Every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous, and our world less secure." unfccc.int/news/un-secr...
Do you know about soccer tennis? Saturday nights are tournament night for the sport on the Granville Street Pedestrian Zone, & these teams are no joke! Nice way to cap off a great day on the people-street. Overheard one family talking about how they “can’t believe how great Granville Street is now.”
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d agoThe Big Apple bench is going in. The ball chairs that were all soccer balls during the World Cup, now reflect all sorts of summer sports you can watch on Granville Street patios. Tonight’s Dominican Street Dance drew a crowd. And simple games help make the street magnetic. Week Two looking good.
An incredible limb view of Super Typhoon Dolphin under a setting sun, captured by GOES-18 earlier today.
The missing words in the climate conversation are not human-caused climate change, but fossil fuel emissions. By Hayley Fowler and myself: theconversation.com/was-this-hea...
‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question
Instead of asking whether climate change caused a heatwave, we should ask how much hotter it became because of fossil fuel emissions.
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Europe's on fire. And it's cos we're super-heating our climate.
Everything's on fire
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
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Do the "the wildfires are just arson and nothing to do with climate" people think that more arsonists decide to only work & all come out when it's really hot?
Human-induced climate change made the extreme fire weather that fuelled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, according to our new study.
For years, LNG Canada committed to operate without routine flaring to B.C.’s energy regulator New docs reveal it removed them before the facility launched — then the flaring started thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-d...
LNG Canada dropped commitments to operate ‘without routine flaring’: docs | The Narwhal
For years, LNG Canada made environmental commitments in documents submitted to BC Energy Regulator (BCER). It removed them before the Kitimat facility launched
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SCOOP: The Doug Ford government received 98.98% opposition to its plan to replace Ontario’s Endangered Species Act with weaker legislation, according to an internal analysis viewed by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social. The bill passed anyway. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...
98.98% opposition to Doug Ford’s new endangered species law revealed | The Narwhal
Internal Ministry of Environment analysis shows ‘confusion’ and concerns about ‘negative impacts on Ontario’s biodiversity’ raised over the Species Conservation Act, under Bill 5
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I’m sure this was not fun to come home to but it was an absolute delight to read about!
Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · last wk.Overnight, a masked bandit broke into our kitchen. Armed with opposable thumbs, he proceeded to sample everything on offer. I’d just visited the farmers market, so the menu was extensive. I can now share a highly specific peer-reviewed list of what this particular raider did & did not enjoy. 🧵
New Angus Reid poll: attention to climate is rebounding and voters most concerned are moving to the NDP and Bloc, causing the Liberal lead over CPC to shrink from 13% (Feb) to 4% (July). Decline in attention doesn't mean voters support weakening climate policies! angusreid.org/climate-vote...
This is important - Honest Brokers (TM) and their echo chamber will often point to the decreasing global wildfire, but that reflects changing human land use practices. In temperate and boreal forests, climate's role is more clear. See this paper by Cunningham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increasing frequency and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Analysis of fire radiative power derived from satellite data finds that the frequency of extreme fire events increased 2.2-fold from 2003 to 2023 and that these increases were mostly driven by extreme...
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The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.Experts say the world is experiencing two opposing fire trends because of human impact.
h/t @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy techxplore.com/news/2026-07...
Recycling fossil fuel infrastructure could save trillions in societal costs
Moving away from oil and gas and toward solar, wind and hydropower: that is the energy transition. To stop global warming, we must shift our energy infrastructure toward renewable sources in the comin...
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Despite being wanted by the #ICC, Netanyahu has flown through Canadian airspace THREE times in the past seven months. Why is Canada flouting its obligations to the ICC & allowing Israel to violate its sovereignty, @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social?? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Israel says it asked Canada for permission for Netanyahu to use Canadian airspace | CBC News
The Israeli government has told CBC News that it requested permission for wanted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to overfly Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on Monday en route to a meeting with ...
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Timely... "Canada’s 2023 wildfire smoke caused a 2.8 percent drop in solar power generation, costing two billion dollars" Follows the @costasamaras.com rule where you know exactly what you get from the title Haven't gotten to do this in a minute: Physical risk 🤝 Transition risk
Canada’s 2023 wildfire smoke caused a 2.8 percent drop in solar power generation, costing two billion dollars - Communications Earth & Environment
Wildfire smoke caused a 6.38 ± 8.86 terawatt hour solar power loss (2.8 percent) and about 1.88-billion-dollar cost, according to an Earth system model comparing simulations with and without wildfire ...
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Scientists warned you about: ♨️ more/longer/hotter heatwaves (hot planet=hot weather) 🌀 stronger storms (warm water=hurricane food) 🌧️ downpours (warm air holds more water vapor) 🌵 droughts (warm air is thirstier) 🔥 fire weather (hotter, drier) 🌊 sea level rise (land ice melts, warm water expands)
"the warmer ocean is killing the salmon that the southern residents depend on," said Andrew Trites, director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at [UBC] "It's not the boats per se, it's what they're carrying. We're effectively the drug pusher." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
75 of these whales remain. A new West Coast pipeline would be 'devastating' for them, experts say | CBC News
Multiple environmental groups are concerned the Alberta government's proposed oil pipeline route poses a risk to southern resident killer whales. They are protected under the Species At Risk Act, but ...
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Eventually, we'll find out what bribe Chad got, or what punishment they avoided in return for this
Wagatwe Wanjuki@wagatwe.bsky.social · last wk.oh my god
What do people in 7 countries see as the biggest global threats? France: Climate change: 48% UK: Climate change: 35% Canada: Climate change: 31% Poland: Military attack: 43% USA: Political extremism: 39% Germany: Mass migration: 36% Australia: Religious terrorism: 31% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
