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Bentley
@bigclimate.bsky.social
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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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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 3d
This quote serves equally well for #Fascism as it does #ClimateChange and indeed so much else. It's well past time we got serious and a great many of us, our leadership most of all, remain as frivolous, under-informed & drastically unsuited to the challenge as we've ever been. #ClimateSky
bigclimate.bsky.social Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 3d
The road to #Fascism is paved by people telling you to stop overreacting (that's not a Bradbury quote but a fundamental Truth of our time). Many of us called out every step of the path, so many more just lazily sniffed that they "don't pay attention to politics" #Fahrenheit451 #RayBradbury #America
Cover of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 w/ quote ""BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE LISTEN. THEY HAVE TO COME ROUND IN THEIR OWN TIME, WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY THE WORLD BLEW UP UNDER THEM.”"
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coveringclimatenow.org
Colorado, one of the 10 most expensive states for homeowners insurance, has had more than 75 billion-dollar disasters since 1980. With climate change–driven extreme weather growing more frequent and severe, state lawmakers are trying to figure out how to reduce damages in the first place.
Climate threats lead to huge jumps in Colorado home insurance rates, and the state is seeking solutions
By one account, average rates in the state jumped 65% in five years
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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coolbikeart1.bsky.social
Wow, imagine trying to steer this

Milkman
Amsterdam, 1953
Photo of a man standing with a bicycle with a massive container of full milk bottles on the bike's front rack.
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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theturner.bsky.social
Simpsons screencap with Bart and Milhouse reading an old magazine and Milhouse saying “Boy, they're really socking it to that Spiro Agnew guy again. He must work there or something,” which only hints at how often Danielle Smith uses Trudeau as her explanation for everything wrong with the known universe
January 31, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
30. Cancel the F-35 and stop buying military equipment from the US

ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Concerns raised that another Canadian Army project is being tailored just for U.S. equipment
There has been growing frustration among Canadian firms that the military is ignoring Carney’s call to decrease reliance on U.S. suppliers.
ottawacitizen.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
29. Stop driving away your own MPs and progressive voters

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Guilbeault quits Carney’s cabinet over energy deal with Alberta | CBC News
Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault has quit cabinet over the federal government signing Thursday’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta.
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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bigclimate.bsky.social
"The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees..."
#HunterSThompson #KingdomOfFear #DeathOfTheAmericanDream #America
Image of HST & quote: "The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they don't mind admitting it. They worship money and power and death. Their ideal solution to all the nation's problems would be another 100 Year War." ~ Hunter S. Thompson, "Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century" 2003
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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calgaryclimatehub.ca
"For America's invasion of #Venezuela in 2026 though there's the thinnest patina around it being the latest front in the war on drugs just about nobody in the world is fooled by that this time thanks in no small part to President Trump himself, who says its about #oil several times a day." #OilWar
calgaryclimatehub.ca Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 3d
With so many countries taking early steps to becoming #Electrostates rather than #Petrostates, will Trump's #OilWar be the biggest yet or is the larger war the #EndOfOil forever? We hit up Canada's best energy writer @markhamhislop.bsky.social for answers

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/4019...
Oil Wars vs Energy Transition (feat. Markham Hislop)
What another oil war means for Canada’s future
www.podcastics.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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pmagn.bsky.social
New 24-hour rainfall records were set in places in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Setting new records is the new normal in the climate crisis.

Storm Chandra, which pummelled the south-west this week, followed hot on the heels of Storms Goretti and Ingrid

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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markhamhislop.bsky.social
The Disruption Dilemma

This is Module 5 in Energi Media's free energy transition training course.

The idea of clean energy "innovative disruptions" is central to our theory of change.

Enjoy.
youtu.be/r-ECM0qRsgo
The Disruption Dilemma
YouTube video by Energi Media
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January 31, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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johnvaillant.bsky.social
Vancouver en route to its first snowless winter:
"We’re on track to see springlike temperatures spread over BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, with conditions possibly coming in =10 to 20 degrees= above seasonal."
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat... = #wildfires
Don’t wait for the groundhog! Canada’s February outlook is here - The Weather Network
After a brief reprieve to start the month, expect very cold conditions to return across much of Canada throughout February
www.theweathernetwork.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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bigclimate.bsky.social
“When the Pentagon feels free and even gleeful about killing anybody and Everybody who gets in the way of their vicious crusade for oil..." #HunterSThompson #DeathOfTheAmericanDream #KingdomOfFear #America #HST
HST image & quote: “When the Pentagon feels free and even gleeful about killing anybody and Everybody who gets in the way of their vicious crusade for oil, the public soul of this country has changed forever, and professional sports is only a serenade for the death of the American dream.” -Hunter S. Thompson from "Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness" (2004)
January 31, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
"The members..were Steven E. Koonin; John Christy; Judith Curry; Roy Spencer, a meteorologist; and Ross McKitrick, an economics professor. All of them have questioned the scientific consensus that climate change poses severe risks to the planet and to human health".
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
Don’t stand in the way of your adversary making mistakes, the USA is over-consumptive and needs to degrow. Trump has accomplished this by removing China 🇨🇳 , India 🇮🇳, and the European Union 🇪🇺 demands for fossil fuels. #choose #decentralized #electro 🔋 #state #power #uspoli #cdnpoli #worldpoli #OOTT
calgaryclimatehub.ca Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 3d
With so many countries taking early steps to becoming #Electrostates rather than #Petrostates, will Trump's #OilWar be the biggest yet or is the larger war the #EndOfOil forever? We hit up Canada's best energy writer @markhamhislop.bsky.social for answers

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/4019...
Oil Wars vs Energy Transition (feat. Markham Hislop)
What another oil war means for Canada’s future
www.podcastics.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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calgaryclimatehub.ca
#Venezuela #ClimateChange #OilWar #EnergyTransition #ElectroStates #PetroStates #CleanEnergy #Renewables #cdnpoli #abpoli #Trump #yyc #Electrification #ElectrifyEverything #ClimateSky #CanadaSky
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
28. Have actions match rhetoric, unambiguously and consistently

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/o...
The prime minister’s climate record doesn’t match his rhetoric. Canada deserves straight answers
Throughout his first ten months in office, Mark Carney has reopened the door to the type of infrastructure experts say is incompatible with a 1.5 degree world.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
27. Move Canada's economy away from fossil fuels and extractive industry rather than making us more reliant on those

thenarwhal.ca/build-canada...
Canada is crossing off an oil and gas wish list | The Narwhal
From fast-tracking approvals to slashing a proposed emissions cap, the Carney government is working its way through requests from Canada’s fossil fuel industry
thenarwhal.ca
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
bigclimate.bsky.social
“When the Pentagon feels free and even gleeful about killing anybody and Everybody who gets in the way of their vicious crusade for oil..." #HunterSThompson #DeathOfTheAmericanDream #KingdomOfFear #America #HST
HST image & quote: “When the Pentagon feels free and even gleeful about killing anybody and Everybody who gets in the way of their vicious crusade for oil, the public soul of this country has changed forever, and professional sports is only a serenade for the death of the American dream.” -Hunter S. Thompson from "Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness" (2004)
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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coveringclimatenow.org
@yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social has released a new survey which includes a key finding that 72% of Americans believe climate change is happening, versus 13% who don’t.
Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs and Attitudes, Fall 2025
Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not by a ratio of more than 5 to 1
buff.ly
January 30, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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stephenleahy.bsky.social
"There is no precedent for continuous uptake of foreign particles into the human body that does not result in some adverse health effects."

open.substack.com/pub/leahy/p/...
Micro And Nanoplastic Particles Are Disrupting Our Gut Microbiomes
Our guts may be becoming more acidic -- explains rise in acid reflux
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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stand.earth
According to the UN’s latest report, the world just reached a new era of water bankruptcy – meaning the planet is using more fresh water than nature can reliably replace, causing damage to natural resources like aquifers and wetlands that’s difficult to reverse.
The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means
Like living beyond your financial means, using more water than nature can replenish can have catastrophic results.
theconversation.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
If you're wondering what sort of mischief Fox News was up to, wonder no longer. They were preemptively trying to de-fang this coming story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
January 31, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
26. Actually listen to Indigenous people rather than trying to convince them to accept pipelines, mines, and oil tankers

thewalrus.ca/a-subjugatio...
“A Subjugation”: First Nations Chiefs Blast Carney’s Nation-Building Scheme | The Walrus
Bill C-5, the controversial fast-track law, risks unleashing years of litigation
thewalrus.ca
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
22. Strengthen the public sector rather than cutting it

globalnews.ca/news/1161996...
Thousands of federal government workers receive layoff notices - National | Globalnews.ca
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada said federal government workers are being forced into a 'Hunger Games-style fight for jobs.'
globalnews.ca
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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bigclimate.bsky.social
It's The Alberta Way™️ bsky.app/profile/cost... #abpoli #ClimateChange
costasamaras.com Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d
The government is making it functionally illegal to build clean power plants, at at time when AI is spiking electricity demand. It's a crisis that will raise your energy bills and put the grid at risk. I talked about it on #WITHPod youtu.be/f6536KWBZAc?...
Trump admin is like a “cartoon throwing thumbtacks in the road” impeding renewable energy process
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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bigclimate.bsky.social
Whatever country you're from if you at any point supported #Trump for any reason but now realize he's both a dangerous monster & complete idiot, consider reassessing everything you *think* you know, reach out to your friends that got it right & just *listen* to them, on everything

And never forget
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM