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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18h

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

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Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 12h

“Women are half the population, and we need broader diversity in politics—women, but also diversity across the line, whether it’s Indigenous Peoples or members of LGBTQ+ community or racialized Canadians,” @cathmckenna.bsky.social told @whigstandard.bsky.social

www.thewhig.com/opinion/run-...

‘Run like a girl’ to defeat misogyny

Catherine McKenna is busy these days fighting the good fight on behalf of women and the environment.

www.thewhig.com

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C-Train @celiaravenlee.bsky.social · 16h

I was planning to be an orca for Halloween. If you’ve never seen an orca on a bike….C’mon down. And hey, it’s Alberta - maybe we’ll find some fun boats to tip.

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2d

MARK THE DATE, ghosts & goblins! The Hub's INAUGURAL #Hallowheelin' event is coming up Saturday, Oct 25th!

🧛‍♀️ Downtown Business Trick or Treating!
👹 Costume Contest!
👻 The Beasts & Banshees #BikeLane!
🎃 Haunted Calgary Tour Stops!

& MORE!!

RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hallowheelin
#yycbike #yyc

Event is Hallowheelin against a dark Calgary backdrop with folks in costumes on bikes, a trick or treat filled pumpkin, City of Calgary & Hub logos

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Keith Blomstrom @ecoranger.bsky.social · 18h

I have installed a few. I have toured a factory in Mitchel South Dakota that manufactures ground source heat pumps, i have intalled them.

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 19h

Our good friends #Eavor Technologies in the news! #EnergyTransition leaders RIGHT HERE in Calgary Alberta! #Geothermal #ClosedLoopGeothermal #CleanEnergy #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/03/o...

Geothermal energy is one of those rare win-win solutions

The idea of tapping into the heat trapped inside deeper reaches of the earth has been around for decades, and has been exploited in places like Iceland where it’s particularly close to the surface. Bu...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 17h

“When you're on a bike, you actually notice things around you as you go! One of the many side benefits of being on a bike is you just keep discovering new things about the city, specifically businesses.” #yyc #yycbike #BikeLanes #yyccc

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 24d

The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

www.podcastics.com

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 19h

Our good friends #Eavor Technologies in the news! #EnergyTransition leaders RIGHT HERE in Calgary Alberta! #Geothermal #ClosedLoopGeothermal #CleanEnergy #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/03/o...

Geothermal energy is one of those rare win-win solutions

The idea of tapping into the heat trapped inside deeper reaches of the earth has been around for decades, and has been exploited in places like Iceland where it’s particularly close to the surface. Bu...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 4d

#yyc

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 4d

This would be that same #DougFord government so obsessed with ripping out #BikeLanes they had to make stuff up about them and ignore even their own reports about all the good cycling does for a city. Maybe keep this in mind, Calgary #onpoli #yyccc #yycbike

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: A vehicle assigned to a Ford cabinet minister has been recorded at stunt driving speeds 12 times.

The premier's office suggested it was the same driver each time, and implied they still work for the government. #OnPoli
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2d

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2d

MARK THE DATE, ghosts & goblins! The Hub's INAUGURAL #Hallowheelin' event is coming up Saturday, Oct 25th!

🧛‍♀️ Downtown Business Trick or Treating!
👹 Costume Contest!
👻 The Beasts & Banshees #BikeLane!
🎃 Haunted Calgary Tour Stops!

& MORE!!

RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hallowheelin
#yycbike #yyc

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 19h

Forestry contributes an estimated $330 million to Manitoba’s economy annually. As wildfires destroy swaths of the province’s logging areas, experts say proactive measures are needed to protect forests — and profits. Via @jsrutgers.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-wil...

Manitoba plans new strategy in wildfire fight | The Narwhal

After a devastating wildfire season, Manitoba is considering new tools to protect forests, communities — and industry profits

thenarwhal.ca

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 1d

Solar Dominion — China just locked down both energy and matter. With record 256 GW solar installs, new export controls on lithium, graphite & rare earths, it’s securing the atoms of the clean-tech era. The Petro Age is ending; the Electron Age has begun. #Solar #Lithium #EnergyTransition #LFP #BESS

Solar Dominion: The Decade China Locked Down Energy and Matter

ChatGPT said: China cements dominance in rare earths, lithium, and solar power, reshaping global energy, tech, and industry as the West scrambles to catch up.

evcurvefuturist.com

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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 1d

More Bike Lanes and less Highways, please!

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 23h

B.C.’s Peace River Region faces ongoing severe drought, oil & gas set a new record high for freshwater extraction, with an alarming 50% increase. Take action now calling for common-sense changes to oil & gas water regulations: Stand.earth/FrackingWithFreshwater
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Fracking with Freshwater 2025 - Stand.earth

At a time where we should be making every effort to conserve water and phase out fossil fuels, oil and gas companies in B.C. withdrew and polluted enough freshwater for more than 110,000 households – ...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

Important reminder here that the US is not the only place where fossil fuel interests are pushing back hard against climate science and clean energy 👇

Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 1d

BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions.

In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 1d

Hallowheelin - Saturday, Oct 25th from 10am - 1230pm
RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hallowheelin

#TrickOrTreat #Halloween #Calgary #yycbike #yyc

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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John Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social · 1d

Quasi monthly update of the monthly climate dashboard

The first September updates are starting to come in. Globally another very warm month.

www.jkclimate.fr/MonthlyDashb...

Graph showing monthly global mean temperature anomalies from 1850 (in varying shades of yellow, green then dark blue with colours getting darker over time) to 2025 (shown in red). Data are from six data sets: HadCRUT5, NOAAGlobalTemp v5, GISTEMP, Berkeley Earth, JRA-3Q and ERA5. The latest month shown is September 2025.

Graph showing the ranking for monthly global mean temperature from six data sets between February 2023 and September 2025. Rankings are shown as coloured squares. Red is warmest on record (for that month and dataset), orange is second warmest, deep yellow (a beautiful shade that I want to call cadmium yellow but it's not toxic) means a top five month and pale yellow (the colour of sun-faded straw) is top ten. Nothing is outside that range. Every single warmest month in all datasets happened since July 2023.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2d

MARK THE DATE, ghosts & goblins! The Hub's INAUGURAL #Hallowheelin' event is coming up Saturday, Oct 25th!

🧛‍♀️ Downtown Business Trick or Treating!
👹 Costume Contest!
👻 The Beasts & Banshees #BikeLane!
🎃 Haunted Calgary Tour Stops!

& MORE!!

RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hallowheelin
#yycbike #yyc

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 3d

Guy in elevator yesterday, excitedly:
"Maybe we'll skip winter this year!"

Me:
"We've skipped a few now."

#yyc #ClimateChange

Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 3d

On October 7th, 2025 we hit 20 degrees in Calgary. #ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #Nenshi #ClimateSky

Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 3d

Q: Which of Canada's leaders understand how a simple graph works?

A: All of them and NONE OF THEM CARE
#ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #Nenshi #ClimateSky

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2d

"Is there any evidence that prior to #BikeLanes cities like #Calgary weren't congested or did we ALWAYS have traffic at certain times of day & always will so long as we're all trying to get through the same place at the same time in a bunch of cars?" #yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange #yycbike

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 24d

The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

www.podcastics.com

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 1d

Fossil Fuel executive says the quiet part out loud: "supply leads demand. You put more supply on the market and more demand gets created".

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 1d

💯 %. The climate crisis is a policy failure, not something that can be solved by individual actions. Putting the onus on consumers when the system is built to benefit wealthy corporate executives and investors is just the wrong place to focus. sure do what you can, but demand and vote for change

Alex Barron @alexrbarron.bsky.social · 1d

This post buries the lede: "Push for what you can't control alone. Vote for leaders who support climate-smart investments; demand action from those already in power; sign petitions; and join collective campaigns that drive change at scale."

WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 1d

🌍 80% of people worldwide want stronger #ClimateAction.

But not all choices are equal. WRI Climate research ranks 19 ways to help the climate, showing which actions make the biggest impact.

Explore the list: bit.ly/4q0pWvC

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shuilian.bsky.social @shuilian.bsky.social · 1d

The People are good for it.

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 1d

It's only a trillion dollars. There's always bailouts, right? #CostOfClimate #ClimateChange theecologist.org/2025/oct/09/...

A trillion dollar climate risk

New research shows fossil fuel exposures of the world’s 60 biggest banks.

theecologist.org

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1d

#ResistanceEarth

Looking for a bit of good news? In this interview, British data scientist Hannah Ritchie explains why she sees the world making real progress in the climate change fight, even as the U.S. loses momentum due to the current anti-science regime.

e360.yale.edu/features/han...

This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight

Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change. In an interview, she talks abo...

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 1d

It's only a trillion dollars. There's always bailouts, right? #CostOfClimate #ClimateChange theecologist.org/2025/oct/09/...

A trillion dollar climate risk

New research shows fossil fuel exposures of the world’s 60 biggest banks.

theecologist.org

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