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Bentley
@bigclimate.bsky.social
Co-founding member of the @calgaryclimatehub.ca, host of the #ClimateLens podcast, Alberta Regional Organizer for Climate Reality Canada. Posts are my own. #yyc #ClimateChange #ClimateSky
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14 degrees in February for two days in a row in Calgary.

Ready to hear from new Mayor @jeromyyyc.bsky.social and our new #CityCouncil what solid, responsible steps we will be taking on #ClimateChange under your watch because so far I'm. Not. Hearing. Much. It's 2026. What do you got, #yyccc?
#yyc
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Another reason why billionaire-owned media is not the solution...

While Bezos guts the Washington Post's climate team the Los Angeles Times is just publishing straight up climate crisis denial from Bjorn Lomborg.

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Why the global retreat from climate alarmism is a good thing
In recent years, Democratic politicians have shifted their focus to affordability, low energy prices and immediate economic relief instead.
www.latimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Thomas Inch, known as "Britain's Strongest Man", displays his strength
February 5, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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How does the expenditure of government energy and taxpayer dollars benefit communities?

What are the risks of #LNG projects? Are they REALLY of national interest?

(Spoiler alert: they're not). #GreenSky
February 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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This is incredibly sad news, @climategenorg.bsky.social 😰

My own small outreach budget ran dry six months ago, and I’ve had to radically rethink how I keep doing this work myself.

While many issues factor into funding, there’s no question it’s a hard, hard moment for climate action in the U.S. 💔
We know this news may bring disappointment, sadness, or questions. Climate Generation has always been about collective action and shared responsibility. That spirit continues now, even as this chapter comes to a close.
prod.cdn.everyaction.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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there is no conceivable context in which a message from Jeffrey Epstein saying "the girls and I are going to see Elon Musk at Space X tomorrow" isn't extremely damning.
Epstein: “the girls and i are going to see elon musk at space x tomorrow, are you around,”
February 5, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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The good folks at #TedTalks put together this #ClimateChange explainer that lays out the stakes better than I've ever seen, heading into #COP27, 2021 www.ted.com/talks/countd...
The 55 gigaton challenge
This is the climate challenge we face: we need to go from putting 55 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases into the air each year to zero. And it all needs to happen by 2050 at the latest. How can w...
www.ted.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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Yeah…they gave up on that because it was too “political “…
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
14 degrees in February for two days in a row in Calgary.

Ready to hear from new Mayor @jeromyyyc.bsky.social and our new #CityCouncil what solid, responsible steps we will be taking on #ClimateChange under your watch because so far I'm. Not. Hearing. Much. It's 2026. What do you got, #yyccc?
#yyc
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
14 degrees in February for two days in a row in Calgary.

Ready to hear from new Mayor @jeromyyyc.bsky.social and our new #CityCouncil what solid, responsible steps we will be taking on #ClimateChange under your watch because so far I'm. Not. Hearing. Much. It's 2026. What do you got, #yyccc?
#yyc
February 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Carney gave a rousing speech at Davos, but he is still in bed with Big Oil. Fossil fuels are almost obsolete. Better, safer alternatives exist. Imagine if every solar panel and wind turbine were incinerated after a few hours use. That's what we do with oil. #keepitintheground #juststopoil
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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City skylines need an upgrade in the face of climate stress theconversation.com/city-skyline...
City skylines need an upgrade in the face of climate stress
Climate change isn’t rewriting the laws of structural engineering, but it is rapidly eating away at our margins of safety.
theconversation.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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William Shakespeare wrote this speech 400 years ago about people in London wishing that immigrants go back to where they came from, performed by Sir Ian McKellen on the Stephen Colbert show:
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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Swiss NGO urges Bern to raise its climate ambition as US walks away from accords

We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change!

More: www.swissinfo.ch/eng/emissi...
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Swiss NGO urges Bern to raise its climate ambition as US walks away from accords
Delia Berner from Alliance Sud says Washington’s exit from climate treaties deals a “bitter blow” to climate justice.
www.swissinfo.ch
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is zeroing in on one horrific court case to demand Canada give her a say in the way Canada appoints higher court judges. This is cheap politicking that risks undermining trust in Canadian courts. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/05/o...
Hands off the judiciary, Premier Smith
Zeroing in on one horrific court case to demand Canada make a wholesale change in the way it appoints higher court judges is cheap politicking that ignores reforms to the bail system already in the wo...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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In the Climate world we'd call this a #Downstream solution. It's great to pull drowning kids out of rivers but we're not addressing where/how they keep falling into the river in the first place. Expect more drowning kids. youtu.be/qarQXqKbmLg?... #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #ClimateChange #UpstreamSolutons
Introduction to Upstream
YouTube video by Upstream
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is a great little video explainer and I think the world needs more of this. I'm going to compile a 🧵of similar explainer vids that make solutions to the many problems we face much easier to understand. Please enjoy & share & by all means make suggestions for similar videos on the comments.
In the Climate world we'd call this a #Downstream solution. It's great to pull drowning kids out of rivers but we're not addressing where/how they keep falling into the river in the first place. Expect more drowning kids. youtu.be/qarQXqKbmLg?... #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #ClimateChange #UpstreamSolutons
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 AM
This is a great little video explainer and I think the world needs more of this. I'm going to compile a 🧵of similar explainer vids that make solutions to the many problems we face much easier to understand. Please enjoy & share & by all means make suggestions for similar videos on the comments.
In the Climate world we'd call this a #Downstream solution. It's great to pull drowning kids out of rivers but we're not addressing where/how they keep falling into the river in the first place. Expect more drowning kids. youtu.be/qarQXqKbmLg?... #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #ClimateChange #UpstreamSolutons
Introduction to Upstream
YouTube video by Upstream
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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New research from @globalenergymon.bsky.social shows massive growth in fossil fuel infrastructure driven by, you guessed it, AI data centers.

No new data centers without 24/7, additional renewable energy. Period. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/29/gas-power-ai-climate
US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate
Projects in development expected to grow global capacity by nearly 50% amid growing concern over impact on planet
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Wow--it's almost as if the worst people in the world are connected through a common thread. Who would have thought?
#EpsteinFiles #Trump #GOP #Bannon #Russia #Saudis
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Did you know air pollution is the top preventable cause of premature death + ill-health in the world today: killing nearly 10 million people per year? And 2/3 of air pollution comes from burning fossil fuels?

For more surprising & powerful facts on health and climate, follow @maibached.bsky.social
Opinion | Air Pollution Kills 10 Million People a Year. Why Do We Accept That as Normal? (Published 2022)
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Maybe we shouldn't be accepting climate policy advice from two Epstein Files alumni (courtesy of @desmog.com):
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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Musk, Gates, Bezos, Murdoch and Thiel are the Bond Villains we were warned about three decades ago
February 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM