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Bob Payne @bob183.bsky.social · 13h

Nation-building projects that don't destroy the climate

Five Nation-Building Projects That Are Not a Joke - Environmental Defence

With the election of Mark Carney as Prime Minister of Canada, we’ve embarked on a period of so-called “nation-building.” It’s an elbows-up response to the

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 1d

In which I debunk some very common (and popular) myths about renewable energy and the energy transition.

Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.

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When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but

Debunking Don Wright's well-meaning interventions on the subject

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 3d

"The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in are not opposed to the mine, but they want to ensure it is carried out with consultation and reducing environmental impacts on the land and water." - @drheathergreen.bsky.social

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#envhist #mining #mininghistory #indigenous #yukon

Historical Mining and Contemporary Conflict: Lessons from the Klondike

The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in are not opposed to the mine, but they want to ensure it is carried out with consultation and reducing environmental impacts on the land and water.

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Environmental Defence's statement on Smith's pipeline fantasy

STATEMENT: Alberta’s Pipeline Fantasy: An Unserious and Problematic Proposal - Environmental Defence

Statement by Aly Hyder Ali, Program Manager, Oil and Gas, in response to Premier Smith’s pipeline announcement. Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 9d

"The analysis released to Global News does not specifically say what changes in electrical power generation and policy forced the government to revise its projections.

Some of the emissions increases in Ontario’s electricity supply likely come from the growing role given to gas plants"

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: Ontario slipped from being in a position to achieve its current emissions target to likely missing it, mainly because of increased emissions from electricity generation, government documents reveal. #OnPoli
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Electricity emissions sinking Ontario’s climate goals, internal docs say | Globalnews.ca

Back in October 2024, the Ford government was on course to exceed its 2030 target of getting greenhouse gas emissions at or below 28 per cent of their 2005 levels.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 10d

A true giant of conservation and humanity. What an amazing legacy Jane has created. Vale. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

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Bob Payne @bob183.bsky.social · 10d

More questions about Carbon Capture

Carbon Capture and Storage: The Billion Dollar Scam - Environmental Defence

If there is one thing that the fossil fuel industry is good at, it’s peddling false solutions to a problem they created. Their latest miracle cure for the

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Bob Payne @bob183.bsky.social · 10d

Typical: private profit, public cost. 😏

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 12d

Utilities are doing even worse on climate than they were 5 years ago grist.org/energy/utili...

Utilities are doing even worse on climate than they were 5 years ago

Major U.S. utilities earn an “F” on a new report card because they’re planning to build far too little clean energy and far too many gas-fired power plants.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17d

Mark Carney has made a number of strategic retreats on climate policy during his first six months. in power. Now it's time for him to stand firm on the policy that matters most: industrial carbon pricing. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/o...

It’s time for Mark Carney to draw the line on climate policy

Canada's prime minister has sacrificed a host of climate policies in his pursuit of political power. Now it's time for him to fight for the most important one of all — and win.

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 18d

In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the launch of her memoir, former climate minister Catherine McKenna warns consequences are coming for the fossil fuel industry, even as the federal government pursues a grand bargain with it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...

Catherine McKenna isn’t buying Carney’s carbon capture grand bargain

In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the launch of her memoir, former climate minister Catherine McKenna warns consequences are coming for the fossil fuel industry, even as the federal government purs...

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canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 18d

"Northern Ontario municipal groups warn mill closure could derail housing strategy
'The Kapuskasing Paper facility is the linchpin in an integrated system that keeps sawmills across the region operating,"

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Northern Ontario municipal groups warn mill closure could derail housing strategy

'The Kapuskasing Paper facility is the linchpin in an integrated system that keeps sawmills across the region operating,' say officials, who also add that the mill is set to close within two weeks

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 18d

‘It’s time to prepare for war:’ Forest defenders in ancient Walbran valley ready for RCMP raid: ricochet.media/indigenous/i...

‘It’s time to prepare for war:’ Forest defenders in ancient Walbran valley ready for RCMP raid

These ancient trees are almost certainly doomed. Meet the people risking everything to protect them all the same

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 19d

The prevailing approach to addressing the climate crisis was destined to fail:
CCI has declared our 2030 climate target 'out of reach' and, more ominously, concluded that progress is 'fragile & slipping,' & the underlying momentum is 'going the wrong way.' www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/22/o...

Canada’s climate progress has flatlined

Our 2030 climate target is 'out of reach' and progress is 'fragile and slipping,' according to a leading climate policy think tank. But global warming isn't going to wait for us to fix the mess we're ...

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 19d

Officials with Parks Canada are reporting a blue-green algae bloom in Pukaskwa National Park on Lake Superior (again — after one in August). Here's our story about these blooms — or cyanobacteria — and why they're showing up in the north now, too: thenarwhal.ca/lake-superio...

Lake Superior has algae blooms, too | The Narwhal

Long a threat to southern Ontario lakes, climate change is making even the coldest of the Great Lakes home for cyanobacteria — or blue-green algae

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 19d

Andrew Nikiforuk: Unfortunately, these claims that nuclear power can provide cheap energy security or reverse the persistent failure of national and global policies to reduce CO2 emissions is an illusion. #abpoli #canpoli

The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked | The Tyee

Politicians who push small reactors raise false hopes that splitting atoms can make a real dent in the climate crisis.

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