Beryl Pilkington
@berylpilk.bsky.social
Retired professor of nursing & global health
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The feds caving to industry will encourage polluting companies to #greenwash, harm companies that have invested in credible environmental efforts, and reduce investor certainty that companies are adequately managing climate-related financial risks. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Ottawa is scrapping Canada’s greenwashing rules. This is a mistake
Canada should not back away from holding firms to account for what they say about the environment
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The feds caving to industry will encourage polluting companies to #greenwash, harm companies that have invested in credible environmental efforts, and reduce investor certainty that companies are adequately managing climate-related financial risks. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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You don’t call climate change an "existential threat" and the "single biggest investment risk that we face", and then spend the next year pouring $7BN from the Canada Pension Plan into investments which make this crisis worse. That’s reckless and absurd.” #cdnpoli www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/11...
Statement: Facing climate litigation, CPPIB made at least $7.1 billion in new fossil fuel investments in the last year — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Facing landmark climate litigation, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments, or CPPIB) has committed at least $7.1 billion to new oil, gas, coal and pipeline assets in the last year....
www.shiftaction.ca
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You don’t call climate change an "existential threat" and the "single biggest investment risk that we face", and then spend the next year pouring $7BN from the Canada Pension Plan into investments which make this crisis worse. That’s reckless and absurd.” #cdnpoli www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/11...
Watch and learn, Doug Ford.
Québec is powering up 🌬️⚡ Premier Legault + Hydro-Québec just announced up to 1,500 MW of new wind energy in eastern Québec — a $4.5B boost for #renewable power + local jobs.
A BIG win for #climate & communities:
https://ow.ly/n6VQ50Xx9f9
#climatenews
A BIG win for #climate & communities:
https://ow.ly/n6VQ50Xx9f9
#climatenews
François Legault announces major wind power development project in eastern Quebec
Quebec Premier François Legault says he wants to develop wind power in eastern Quebec, specifically in Montmagny, L’Islet, Kamouraska, Rivière-du-Loup and Témiscouata. Legault was in Cacouna on Tuesday to announce the signing of a partnership between the Alliance de l’énergie de l’Est and Hydro-Québec. The agreement provides for the production of up to 1,500 megawatts […]
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November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Watch and learn, Doug Ford.
Reposted by Beryl Pilkington
Reposted by Beryl Pilkington
We could live in a country where we reduce our energy bills, clean our air and water, revitalize our communities, take back our energy sovereignty, and create thousands of good-paying union jobs in the process.
The secret? Public ownership.
The secret? Public ownership.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We could live in a country where we reduce our energy bills, clean our air and water, revitalize our communities, take back our energy sovereignty, and create thousands of good-paying union jobs in the process.
The secret? Public ownership.
The secret? Public ownership.
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An Avi-led NDP would establish Connaught 2.0 to rebuild Canada’s public vaccine production capacity, reduce our reliance on multinational pharma, and ensure reliable and affordable medicines.
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
An Avi-led NDP would establish Connaught 2.0 to rebuild Canada’s public vaccine production capacity, reduce our reliance on multinational pharma, and ensure reliable and affordable medicines.
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Public options are key for solving the affordability crisis, an essential ingredient of antifascist economic policy. @avilewis.ca is bringing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.socials winning playbook to Canada. It’s a global movement. The NDP could play an important part.
My Take: bsky.app/profile/isab...
My Take: bsky.app/profile/isab...
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Public options are key for solving the affordability crisis, an essential ingredient of antifascist economic policy. @avilewis.ca is bringing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.socials winning playbook to Canada. It’s a global movement. The NDP could play an important part.
My Take: bsky.app/profile/isab...
My Take: bsky.app/profile/isab...
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If you missed my climate townhall with @avilewis.ca last Monday, the video is now available. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/live/LOakTZi...
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you missed my climate townhall with @avilewis.ca last Monday, the video is now available. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/live/LOakTZi...
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Seems the stock market has more sense than Canada's federal or provincial governments!
We're going to be left with stranded assets, huge debt, and deadly waste while the rest of the world moves forward with low-cost, clean renewables.
#cdnpoli #onpoli
oilprice.com/Alternative-...
We're going to be left with stranded assets, huge debt, and deadly waste while the rest of the world moves forward with low-cost, clean renewables.
#cdnpoli #onpoli
oilprice.com/Alternative-...
Nuclear Stocks Crash, With A Potential Payoff Still Years Away | OilPrice.com
Despite major investment pledges like the U.S.–Canada $80 billion reactor partnership, nuclear and uranium stocks have plunged 15–45% in recent weeks.
oilprice.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Seems the stock market has more sense than Canada's federal or provincial governments!
We're going to be left with stranded assets, huge debt, and deadly waste while the rest of the world moves forward with low-cost, clean renewables.
#cdnpoli #onpoli
oilprice.com/Alternative-...
We're going to be left with stranded assets, huge debt, and deadly waste while the rest of the world moves forward with low-cost, clean renewables.
#cdnpoli #onpoli
oilprice.com/Alternative-...
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'The draft deal on key issues at COP30 has been published - there's no direct reference to fossil fuels in the new agreements.' This would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
COP30 live: Fossil fuels absent from new draft deal as 2025 summit nears end
A conclusion is set to be made in Belém, Brazil, at the end of days of negotiations between delegations from nearly 200 countries.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
'The draft deal on key issues at COP30 has been published - there's no direct reference to fossil fuels in the new agreements.' This would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
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We can win a government that fights for workers and the environment, but only if we do it together.
Join the fight: lewisforleader.ca
Join the fight: lewisforleader.ca
Lewis for Leader - Avi Lewis for NDP Leader
It's time for the NDP to return to our roots—fighting a system rigged for the rich that leaves the r
lewisforleader.ca
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We can win a government that fights for workers and the environment, but only if we do it together.
Join the fight: lewisforleader.ca
Join the fight: lewisforleader.ca
💯!
Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
💯!
Reposted by Beryl Pilkington
Ontario hasn’t procured a single kilowatt of new wind or solar since 2018 - it's all about high cost nuclear and dirty gas.
Help us shine a light on the better ways for our province to meet its energy needs — wind, water, solar, storage and efficiency.
www.cleanairalliance.org/you-can-make...
Help us shine a light on the better ways for our province to meet its energy needs — wind, water, solar, storage and efficiency.
www.cleanairalliance.org/you-can-make...
You can make Ontario better - Ontario Clean Air Alliance
www.cleanairalliance.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ontario hasn’t procured a single kilowatt of new wind or solar since 2018 - it's all about high cost nuclear and dirty gas.
Help us shine a light on the better ways for our province to meet its energy needs — wind, water, solar, storage and efficiency.
www.cleanairalliance.org/you-can-make...
Help us shine a light on the better ways for our province to meet its energy needs — wind, water, solar, storage and efficiency.
www.cleanairalliance.org/you-can-make...
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What's with Doug Ford's $8 B electricity subsidies to artificially lower electricity rates?
And what about Ottawa’s Chinese EV Tariffs?
Great 28 min. interview with Dr. Mark Jacobson, York U
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.tvo.org/video/power-...
And what about Ottawa’s Chinese EV Tariffs?
Great 28 min. interview with Dr. Mark Jacobson, York U
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.tvo.org/video/power-...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
What's with Doug Ford's $8 B electricity subsidies to artificially lower electricity rates?
And what about Ottawa’s Chinese EV Tariffs?
Great 28 min. interview with Dr. Mark Jacobson, York U
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.tvo.org/video/power-...
And what about Ottawa’s Chinese EV Tariffs?
Great 28 min. interview with Dr. Mark Jacobson, York U
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.tvo.org/video/power-...
😒 Not a surprise given the over representation of fossil fuel interests. But, so disappointing.
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
😒 Not a surprise given the over representation of fossil fuel interests. But, so disappointing.
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The world is sprinting toward renewables — & Canada risks falling behind while doubling down on fossil-fuels.
Read why this matters now:
ow.ly/T9fb50XuQtQ
#cdnpoli #climatenews
Read why this matters now:
ow.ly/T9fb50XuQtQ
#cdnpoli #climatenews
America is being left behind in this key area. Canada might be too if doesn’t stop following Trump
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
ow.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The world is sprinting toward renewables — & Canada risks falling behind while doubling down on fossil-fuels.
Read why this matters now:
ow.ly/T9fb50XuQtQ
#cdnpoli #climatenews
Read why this matters now:
ow.ly/T9fb50XuQtQ
#cdnpoli #climatenews
🚨 ACTION ALERT: Reebok is sponsoring the Israel FA while Palestinian athletes are murdered and their stadiums bombed.
Tell Reebok to drop the IFA now or face a boycott. Takes 2 mins.
Sign #BoycottReebok
Check it out cleanclothes.org/campaigns/bd...
Tell Reebok to drop the IFA now or face a boycott. Takes 2 mins.
Sign #BoycottReebok
Check it out cleanclothes.org/campaigns/bd...
BDS
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions is a Palestinian-led movement for justice.
cleanclothes.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🚨 ACTION ALERT: Reebok is sponsoring the Israel FA while Palestinian athletes are murdered and their stadiums bombed.
Tell Reebok to drop the IFA now or face a boycott. Takes 2 mins.
Sign #BoycottReebok
Check it out cleanclothes.org/campaigns/bd...
Tell Reebok to drop the IFA now or face a boycott. Takes 2 mins.
Sign #BoycottReebok
Check it out cleanclothes.org/campaigns/bd...
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A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
Reposted by Beryl Pilkington
Reposted by Beryl Pilkington
How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit | The Tyee
We used to pledge lower emissions. Now we push for higher oil production.
thetyee.ca
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Reposted by Beryl Pilkington
No kidding the deficit is ballooning - more American nuclear reactors and gas means more than $7 B/year added to the deficit to artificially lower electricity rates. What a waste! It's time to transition to low cost wind and solar.
#onpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/a...
#onpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/a...
Critics say Ontario's financial plan forgets workers
Ontario's fall economic statement fails to tackle the province's biggest challenges — auto industry struggles, rising unemployment and affordability — as US tariffs threaten the economy, critics say.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
No kidding the deficit is ballooning - more American nuclear reactors and gas means more than $7 B/year added to the deficit to artificially lower electricity rates. What a waste! It's time to transition to low cost wind and solar.
#onpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/a...
#onpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/a...
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Chris Turner: The global energy transition has become inevitable, but Canada is still straddling the gap between credible climate action and the fossil fuel status quo.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A decade after the Paris Agreement, the clean economy is winning
As the world’s climate negotiators gather in Brazil, they must understand that the energy transition is now inevitable
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Chris Turner: The global energy transition has become inevitable, but Canada is still straddling the gap between credible climate action and the fossil fuel status quo.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
This is shameful 😔
At this week’s UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil, Canada is the only G7 country whose emissions have increased since 1990.
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is shameful 😔
Reposted by Beryl Pilkington
$6.5 B electricity subsidies last year, $8.5 B this year! All to artificially lower rates so that the public doesn't freak out about Ford's high cost nuclear + gas energy plan.
It's time to transition to low-cost, smart renewable energy.
#onpoli #climate #fordnation
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's time to transition to low-cost, smart renewable energy.
#onpoli #climate #fordnation
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Critics call on Ford government to address rising hydro rates | CBC News
Critics are calling on the Ford government to stop spending billions subsidizing hydro rates, and to instead find ways to reduce the cost of electricity across the province’s grid after a 29 per cent ...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
$6.5 B electricity subsidies last year, $8.5 B this year! All to artificially lower rates so that the public doesn't freak out about Ford's high cost nuclear + gas energy plan.
It's time to transition to low-cost, smart renewable energy.
#onpoli #climate #fordnation
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's time to transition to low-cost, smart renewable energy.
#onpoli #climate #fordnation
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...