My piece in today's Winnipeg Free Press. Trump threatens tariffs over Canada's wildfire smoke. Well, turnabout is fair play. He's allowing dread disease-carrying ticks to cross the border to Canada. Time for tariffs and export taxes! #NoTrumpTicks #Satire www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Opinion: Ticked off by Trump’s tantrums

U.S. President Donald Trump recently threatened tariffs on Canadian products for the wildfire smoke that wafts across the border.

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When even the Glutton of Greed thinks your profits are obscene, you've gone WAAAAY too far. Long past time for a windfall profits tax on Big Oil. Do it now Mr. Carney. #TaxBigOil www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

‘Making too much money’: Trump blasts Exxon Mobil, Chevron profits

Trump urged the oil giants to "give some of that back to the public" after the two companies reported strong earnings on Friday.

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He’s not wrong. #ClimateEmergency

Laura Phillips@lauraphillips.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

34 seconds of Whale Sharks feeding in a Bait Ball #wildlife

A completely invisible Pinnated Bittern at Medio Queso Wetlands #CostaRica for #overtherainbow #birdoftheday #birds #herons #bitterns

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... @mark-carney.bsky.social THIS SHOULD TERRIFY YOU How do we cool OCEANS?!?!?!? STOP having Canadians take part in destructive fuel sources!!!! We DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS You lied to us. Carney=Harper

Huge great white spotted traveling off US and Canada as shark sightings surge

Contender, largest tagged male great white, heading north as overheating oceans alter range of several shark species

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Expanding NUCLEAR power in Ontario costs over 3x what RENEWABLES would - for the SAME power …& this does NOT include the costs of ☢️ 🧐 Construction delays 🧐 Refurbishment 🧐 Decommissioning 🧐 Waste Storage/Cleanup 🧐 Water requirements 🧐 Shutdowns from global warming

Morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow, any bird looking skyward. Alt #HedgingYourBets, any bird in a hedge or bush. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT From Monday, @atlanticbirding.bsky.social and @helenbennett.bsky.social Will be joining us as cohosts. #birds #ECK #SmallBirdSaturday

I want wetlands that protect communities from floods instead of being paved over. I want whales in healthy oceans, old-growth trees that outlive us, and night skies where the stars are brighter than the city lights.

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay today is #OverTheRainbow: any bird looking skyward. A juvenile (~3 years old) #BaldEagle. #Birds 🪶

Scott Moe is cancelling renewable energy projects to make room for a costly coal plan. Saskatchewan should be building cleaner, cheaper power — not going backwards. Add your name. Sign the petition: Invest in renewable energy. #skpoli www.saskndp.ca/renewable?re...

Sign the Petition: Invest in Renewable Energy

Scott Moe is cancelling renewable energy projects to make room for a costly coal plan. Leaked SaskPower documents show his plan could cost Saskatchewan people $26 billion, carry an “EXTREME” risk, an...

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Need advice. Wife flies #AirCanada to son's jet training grad. Bought expensive dress for formal dinner. Puts in carry-on bag to make 100% SURE it arrives. But Air Canada makes her check her carry-on & they LOSE THE BAG. She shows up to dinner in trailer park clothes. 😡 What's proper compensation?

A Great Blue Heron with its meal. #BirdOfTheDay #EgretsAndHerons #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK

Liber Ero postdoc deadline Nov 1. Exceptional opportunity for research in conservation in Canada - highly competitive, best to have gov't and Indigenous partners liberero.ca

How badly has #misinformation been normalized? An increasing % of people believe the unhinged idea that the COVID vaccine killed more than COVID. 27% think true‼️ ONLY 39% know definitely false‼️ Reality: COVID killed > 7 million. Vaccine saved millions & severe adverse reaction extremely rare.

Happy Friday folks! #BirdOfTheDay is #EgretsAndHerons so here is a Grey Heron in flight with Eel. RSPB Leighton Moss. #Birds ##Wildlife #BirdPhotography

#Egrets&Herons says @robcrank68.bsky.social for #BirdOfTheDay. Here they are in peaceful cohabitation. @alan678.bsky.social @everyheron.bsky.social #Birds #BirdPhotography #Herons @rspbengland.bsky.social

France Shuts Off More Nuclear Power as Heat Builds Across Europe. Reactor No. 2 at the Golfech nuclear power plant. Electricite de France SA shut down the Golfech-2 nuclear reactor in southern France. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

France Shuts Off More Nuclear Power as Heat Builds Across Europe

Electricite de France SA shut down the Golfech-2 nuclear reactor in southern France as a blistering heat wave pushes temperatures toward 40C across parts of Europe.

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🪶 Rob has chosen #HeronsAndEgrets as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. Here are Great Blue #Herons hunting for penpoint gunnels in eelgrass on the east coast of Vancouver Island. The gunnels are usually lime green but some take on other hues including reddish brown.

"Hungary's only nuclear power plant will be forced to shut down entirely for the first time due to record low water levels of the River Danube, Prime Minister Péter Magyar has said." BBC 30th July 2026 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant

Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia are also grappling with the effects of a series of prolonged heatwaves and low rainfall.

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Beautiful capture by @alan678.bsky.social for his #BirdOfTheDay theme of #YourChoice. Here's a sample of the Gannets at RSPB Bempton Cliffs from today. #birds #ECK #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #SeaBirds #ukbirding #naturephotography

Alan H@alan678.bsky.social · 7d ago

Good morning birders. Today I thought I would let you post freely so the #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #YourChoice bird capture/ captures you’ve been itching to post. No alt obviously. I’ve went with the unloved but beautiful in sunlight Starling. Taken a few days ago. #birds #photography #ECK

I just told my MP I oppose Alberta’s proposed bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast. It puts ecosystems at risk and locks Canada into a fossil fuel future. Let’s invest in renewables, protect nature and uphold Indigenous rights. share.nwmd.social/s/q7pNIpAs

Join me in rejecting Alberta’s pipeline ploy.

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When NDP Climate Readiness Minister speaks against expanding fossil fuel infrastructure in the middle of a climate crisis and while BC burns it should alarm all of us that she is breaking with her govt's position. I applaud her bravery, WTF is wrong with the rest? vancouversun.com/news/bc-ndp-...

Kelly Greene's break from NDP cabinet solidarity a potential problem for David Eby, experts say

Some experts say comments from B.C.'s emergency management and climate readiness minister could be a reflection of deeper problems in the NDP

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Today Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #YourChoice, bird capture/ captures one has been itching to post. #Goldfinch 🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MultiColour, birds with 3 or more colours in their plumage. Backlit and belting it out. Three colours minimum required for today’s theme, this one didn’t need to try hard. #Bluethroat #Blauwborst #natuurfotografie #SonyAlpha #EastCoastKin #birds

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #MultiColour - birds with 3 or more colours in their plumage - California quail. #Birds 🪶

Sure, why not more methane-powered turbines? Given that Canada is dead set on jacking up natural gas exports (methane) that ALWAYS drives up domestic prices sharply, let's trap Manitobans into spiraling energy prices. Brilliant! #Renewables #EnergyTransition www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Manitoba Hydro CEO defends plan to build 3 new natural gas turbines | CBC News

Manitoba Hydro's CEO defended plans to build new natural gas turbines on the first day of public hearings into the utility's plan to avoid looming power shortages by building up the province's generat...

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Mr. Carney is willing to sacrifice southern resident orcas for a pipeline with no business case and with falling global oil demand, will probably operate for less than 15 years when 30 years are needed to pay the capital costs. Mr. Carney, you will wear their extinction. 🐋 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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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #EmeraldBackdrop, images where the background color is green, Cheryl the crow. #Birds 🪶

The clean energy transition is coming faster than you think. Especially faster than average Canadians think. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/15/n...

New Zealand’s largest solar farm comes online - pv magazine Global

United Kingdom-headquartered renewables developer Harmony Energy, and joint venture partner, Australian investment company Igneo Infrastructure Partners, have announced New Zealand's biggest yet grid-...

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