...doubling its thermal coal exports since 2016. 🫨 To add insult to injury, almost 75% of the thermal coal exported from the Port of Vancouver comes from the U.S. Why? Because West Coast U.S. ports won’t take them. 🫠
🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦
@jvipondmd.bsky.social
an emergency doctor desperately trying to save the future (and the present) for his children
England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office says July was driest month in southern England since records began www.theguardian.com/environment/...
July was driest month in southern England since records began
England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office says
theguardian.com
Wildfires Rage Across 2 Continents as Shell Posts ‘Scandalous’ $9.8B Quarterly Profit www.theenergymix.com/wildfires-ra...
Wildfires Rage Across 2 Continents as Shell Posts ‘Scandalous’ $9.8B Quarterly Profit
As devastating wildfires continue to burn across swaths of Canada, the United States, and Europe, oil major Shell posted $9.8 billion in second quarter profits, more than double its earnings from this...
theenergymix.com
spotted in smalltown SK today. My vegetarian daughter was horrified.
Many thanks to CBC Vancouver for a solid discussion on #wildfire, @mark-carney.bsky.social, and the false promise of carbon capture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tUB...
Are wildfires becoming worse?
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
youtube.com
A West Coast pipeline is not in our National Interest. Tell your MP there can be No Pipelines on a Burning Planet. Take action today ⬇️ #climateaction #cdnpoli
350 Canada@350canada.bsky.social · 18h ago🚨BREAKING NEWS: Over the long weekend, the federal government announced that it intends to list the proposed West Coast tar sands pipeline as a so-called “project of national interest.” Quick 🧵on what it means and what we are doing about it! #pipeline #cdnpoli
this editorial manages to avoid the phrase "climate change" entirely
The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 4d ago
Oh no... Okanagan Indian Band Chief Dan Wilson says up to 230 homes destroyed in the fire.
Simon Little 🍁@simonplittle.ca · 22h agoOfficials in B.C. are giving an update on the destructive Bradley Creek fire. You can follow along live here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"As long as countries want to use fossil fuels, there is no harm in Canada supplying it" is evil & intellectually & factually wrong. Not a lot different than a lot of other ignorance based positions that cause harm to vulnerable people & for a lot of the same reasons.
Unusually hot & dry conditions worldwide have fueled a deadly wildfire season, costing lives and destroying communities. “If these infernos don’t bring policymakers to their senses and force necessary changes to grapple with the fossil fueled climate crisis, what will?” writes UCS's Rachel Cleetus:
A World Ablaze: The Climate Future We Feared is Here - Union of Concerned Scientists
Unusually hot, dry conditions across many parts of the world—including in Algeria, Canada, France, Greece, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, and the western United States—have set the stage for the catastrophic wildfire season underway now. Just over this weekend, rapidly spreading wildfires have exploded around Spokane, Washington, forcing nearly 65,000 people to evacuate thus far. Unrelenting hot dry weather, supercharged by climate change, is contributing to the dangerous conditions causing these fires.
blog.ucs.org
If it separates, Alberta would have to reckon with fact that nearly all the oil it exports to US gets shipped through other Canadian provinces. By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | An independent Alberta's U.S. oil exports would mostly be piped through other provinces | CBC News
Canada and separated Alberta could reach pipeline shipment deals. But there are no guarantees in trade talks, experts say.
cbc.ca
Help Alberta’s Voice keep spreading the message across the province ahead of the October 19th referendum. Stay in Canada. No to the Nine. 🇨🇦 🔗Donate today: albertasvoice.ca/donate #ableg #abpoli
SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely HUGE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
"new state laws and safety codes are reclassifying these plug-in kits as standard appliances — meaning renters can finally treat home solar like a simple toaster oven, plugging a personal power plant into any wall socket and cutting electricity bills by up to 25% with zero landlord approval."
Renters have been locked out of solar energy for years, and a tiny balcony device now "picking the lock" is spreading through 8 states
Renters have been locked out of solar energy for years, and a tiny balcony device now "picking the lock" is spreading through 8 states to make it available.
energiesmedia.com
Looking forward to going to Australia soon to deliver the Ian Webster Oration at UNSW on why we need a new philosophy of inquiry for researching health systems. Come in person if you're Sydney-based. Watch online if you're not! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-icfhs...
UNSW ICFHS Ian Webster Oration 2026
UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems Ian Webster Oration
eventbrite.com.au
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.
🧵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"
Read this brand new in-depth Q&A on CCS by my colleague @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social www.carbonbrief.org/qa-does-the-...
Q&A: Does the world need ‘carbon capture and storage’ to reach net-zero? - Carbon Brief
In this Q&A, Carbon Brief explores the role CCS is expected to play in achieving net-zero, its record to date and the reasons it has been criticised, using the UK as an example.
carbonbrief.org
Seeing lots of COVID minimizing / memory-holing in the U.S. lately. A reminder of what it was like at its worst here in Alberta: "The deadliest week came right around Christmas [2020]. From Dec. 21 to 27, the novel coronavirus was claiming 24 lives per day across the province. One death per hour."
What it’s like to die from COVID — and how it feels for those left behind
Marlene Ducommun realized she was going to die and was angry for about 15 minutes. She’s one of nearly 2,000 Albertans who lost their lives to the disease in the past year.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca
600 homes burned to the ground. 60K people evacuated. This is huge and we’re barely even noticing anymore. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Spokane Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Buildings as Thousands Evacuate
Firefighters were hopeful that improving weather conditions in Washington state could help efforts to contain the blaze, which officials described as the largest natural disaster in the history of Spo...
nytimes.com
Good article on That Study claiming to show the Thing that is designed to clear particles from the air does not work on magic particles that somehow defy physics, but actually showing that the Thing doesn't work well when turned off, turned on too low, poorly placed or (checks notes) urinated on.
Can air purifiers prevent flu and COVID-19 in nursing homes? Only if they’re used properly
cidrap.umn.edu
Can I say (and not just because I’m one of the editors) - @desmog.com has been on the right side of history on climate change for decades, taking on significant legal risk to expose Big Oil’s allies. And we’re gonna keep on doing it.
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 3, 2026 ~ Let them eat beans on toast "Farms across the country were affected by floods over the winter, making planting extremely difficult, and now in many areas they do not have access to water as irrigation is being restricted due to drought."
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue
theguardian.com
Just how many dinosaurs 🦖❓️ have been found in Alberta’s Dinosaur Park Formation? Upwards of 40 - 50 species (they did not all live at the same time)! 🔊 Listen to and learn more in Episode #100 featuring the GREAT Phil Currie: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/phil... Art: Bestomater1 on DeviantArt
Author @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: "Their massive tax cuts for the rich, crushing of trade unions, reduction in public housing, deregulation, privatisation, outsourcing and competition in public services were all proposed by Hayek and his disciples." Read more: evonomics.com/ruthless-net...