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A diverse group of Calgarians coordinating & mobilizing local climate change action. #yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateSky
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#Crowdfunder Update:
Thanks to a SUPER weekend and a Monday morning $500 anonymous donation(!) we're already at SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS RAISED!!!
Love what we do? Give us hand. Every cent goes to REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
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Thanks to a SUPER weekend and a Monday morning $500 anonymous donation(!) we're already at SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS RAISED!!!
Love what we do? Give us hand. Every cent goes to REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc #ClimateChange
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Whereas Calgary is contending with a rise in motorist collisions with pedestrians;
Whereas deaths among all road users is rising; and
Whereas #YYCCC is in budget week:
BE IT RESOLVED that council refers to Jeff Speck's 10 tactics on improving walkability, road safety:
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
Whereas deaths among all road users is rising; and
Whereas #YYCCC is in budget week:
BE IT RESOLVED that council refers to Jeff Speck's 10 tactics on improving walkability, road safety:
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
Why your city needs a downtown ‘walkability plan’
Here are 10 tactics to plan for better walkability with immediate implementation, improving safety and reviving a city center in the process.
www.cnu.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Whereas Calgary is contending with a rise in motorist collisions with pedestrians;
Whereas deaths among all road users is rising; and
Whereas #YYCCC is in budget week:
BE IT RESOLVED that council refers to Jeff Speck's 10 tactics on improving walkability, road safety:
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
Whereas deaths among all road users is rising; and
Whereas #YYCCC is in budget week:
BE IT RESOLVED that council refers to Jeff Speck's 10 tactics on improving walkability, road safety:
www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
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If you have something you'd like to say about budget visit our toolkit to learn how to participate 2/
www.calgary.ca/council/ward...
www.calgary.ca/council/ward...
2026 Budget Toolkit
www.calgary.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you have something you'd like to say about budget visit our toolkit to learn how to participate 2/
www.calgary.ca/council/ward...
www.calgary.ca/council/ward...
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It's the first big snow of winter 2025 which means we're all remembering how this works.
However travel, take your time and arrive safely.
I'm thankful to have transportation options like the CTrain to get to work as we enter day 1 budget week - the public hearing 1/
#yyc #yyccc
However travel, take your time and arrive safely.
I'm thankful to have transportation options like the CTrain to get to work as we enter day 1 budget week - the public hearing 1/
#yyc #yyccc
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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4 people run down in one single day.
There is a war on our streets, and the humans are losing.
Meanwhile, no new money is proposed in the upcoming city budget to tackle this issue.
Zero leadership from #yyccc. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
There is a war on our streets, and the humans are losing.
Meanwhile, no new money is proposed in the upcoming city budget to tackle this issue.
Zero leadership from #yyccc. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Multiple pedestrians struck in Calgary on Thursday; man in his 20s in life-threatening condition
Two more pedestrians were struck on Calgary streets Thursday evening, with one suffering life-threatening injuries.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
4 people run down in one single day.
There is a war on our streets, and the humans are losing.
Meanwhile, no new money is proposed in the upcoming city budget to tackle this issue.
Zero leadership from #yyccc. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
There is a war on our streets, and the humans are losing.
Meanwhile, no new money is proposed in the upcoming city budget to tackle this issue.
Zero leadership from #yyccc. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
The UN Climate Process Still Doesn't Understand the Assignment
The original sin of the UN's work was to fail to center coal, oil, and gas as the primary villains in the entire enterprise.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
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As temps rise in TX—and across longer stretches—workers are dying. At least 6 TX workers died from heat in '24. TX like most states doesn't require water breaks or other heat protections for workers. Nearly 28000 work injuries in the US are due to heat, yearly.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat - Inside Climate News
Despite its blazing temperatures, Texas has no labor protections for heat. That leaves workers, especially immigrants, vulnerable on the job.
insideclimatenews.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
As temps rise in TX—and across longer stretches—workers are dying. At least 6 TX workers died from heat in '24. TX like most states doesn't require water breaks or other heat protections for workers. Nearly 28000 work injuries in the US are due to heat, yearly.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
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I interviewed psychologist John Jost about this. He was curious why history contains so many long periods in which massive groups of people are oppressed by relatively tiny groups -- when, on a purely physical basis, the oppressed could overwhelm oppressors at any time. They just tend not to. Why?
Why social change is so excruciatingly difficult
When we look across the broad sweep of human history, what needs explaining is not times of rebellion and upheaval, but the much more common periods of unjust rule facing little resistance. Why do peo...
www.volts.wtf
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I interviewed psychologist John Jost about this. He was curious why history contains so many long periods in which massive groups of people are oppressed by relatively tiny groups -- when, on a purely physical basis, the oppressed could overwhelm oppressors at any time. They just tend not to. Why?
#CleanUpYourMess #MakePollutersPay #PolluterPays #NoMAS #Conservation #ClimateChange #BigOil #cdnpoli #AER #yyc #abpoli #AlbertaEnergyRegulator #ClimateSky
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Our coalition, the #C4RE group, Coalition for Responsible Energy is currently running the #CleanUpYourMess campaign. Anyone who's interested in learning more & getting involved can visit our website. cleanupyourmess.ca. And on that website there's a number of actions people can take!"
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"Our coalition, the #C4RE group, Coalition for Responsible Energy is currently running the #CleanUpYourMess campaign. Anyone who's interested in learning more & getting involved can visit our website. cleanupyourmess.ca. And on that website there's a number of actions people can take!"
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Budget session at City Hall in Calgary today. Tune in HERE #yyccc #yyc www.calgary.ca/council/coun...
Council and Committee webcasts
www.calgary.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Budget session at City Hall in Calgary today. Tune in HERE #yyccc #yyc www.calgary.ca/council/coun...
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Incredible……
Colombia declares its entire Amazon Biome off limits to mining & oil extraction.
Colombia declares its entire Amazon Biome off limits to mining & oil extraction.
Colombia Declares Its Entire Amazon Region Off-Limits to Mining and Oil Extraction
At COP30, Colombia's Minister of the Environment announced that the entire Amazon region would be declared free of mining and oil extraction.
colombiaone.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Incredible……
Colombia declares its entire Amazon Biome off limits to mining & oil extraction.
Colombia declares its entire Amazon Biome off limits to mining & oil extraction.
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Watch this clip from our Innovation Speaker Series session on Nov. 18 — co-hosted with the Canadian Environmental Network — to learn how student innovators at Paper Trail are turning discarded books into clean-burning fuel bricks!
🎥 (Re)watch the full session here: https://loom.ly/QHR5yLQ
🎥 (Re)watch the full session here: https://loom.ly/QHR5yLQ
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Watch this clip from our Innovation Speaker Series session on Nov. 18 — co-hosted with the Canadian Environmental Network — to learn how student innovators at Paper Trail are turning discarded books into clean-burning fuel bricks!
🎥 (Re)watch the full session here: https://loom.ly/QHR5yLQ
🎥 (Re)watch the full session here: https://loom.ly/QHR5yLQ
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
#ClimateChange #Donate #Activism #yyc #EnergyTransition #Urbanism #Electrification #Donations #Fundraiser #Crowdfund #Crowdfunding #Climate #abpoli #cdnpoli #ClimateSky #CanadaSky
#ClimateChange #Donate #Activism #yyc #EnergyTransition #Urbanism #Electrification #Donations #Fundraiser #Crowdfund #Crowdfunding #Climate #abpoli #cdnpoli #ClimateSky #CanadaSky
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fighting #ClimateChange in Calgary isn't easy work but we do it every day because IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO
If you agree & you can, we could sure use your help for our annual fundraiser. Every cent matters & goes to REAL #ClimateAction in #YYC
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
If you agree & you can, we could sure use your help for our annual fundraiser. Every cent matters & goes to REAL #ClimateAction in #YYC
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Fighting #ClimateChange in Calgary isn't easy work but we do it every day because IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO
If you agree & you can, we could sure use your help for our annual fundraiser. Every cent matters & goes to REAL #ClimateAction in #YYC
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
If you agree & you can, we could sure use your help for our annual fundraiser. Every cent matters & goes to REAL #ClimateAction in #YYC
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
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NEW 🚨: Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge.
Shell and Equinor are forming a new joint venture, Adura, which will be the new owner of the Rosebank oil field 👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...
Shell and Equinor are forming a new joint venture, Adura, which will be the new owner of the Rosebank oil field 👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...
Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab
Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge. Demand Rachel Reeves intervene, investigate this deal, and plug this massive hole in ...
actionnetwork.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
NEW 🚨: Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge.
Shell and Equinor are forming a new joint venture, Adura, which will be the new owner of the Rosebank oil field 👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...
Shell and Equinor are forming a new joint venture, Adura, which will be the new owner of the Rosebank oil field 👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...
Budget session at City Hall in Calgary today. Tune in HERE #yyccc #yyc www.calgary.ca/council/coun...
Council and Committee webcasts
www.calgary.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Budget session at City Hall in Calgary today. Tune in HERE #yyccc #yyc www.calgary.ca/council/coun...
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I am wishing I remembered all the great answers to the prompt I posed some years ago “what does COP stand for, wrong answers only” from the Evil Site
Some here:
“Convoy of Polluters”
“Carbon Offsets, Pshaw”
“Capitalism Over People”
Some here:
“Convoy of Polluters”
“Carbon Offsets, Pshaw”
“Capitalism Over People”
With the disappointing progress at Cop30, evergreen reminder it isn't "we" or "humanity" failing to address the climate crisis — oil-producing nations and fossil fuel interests are actively obstructing action, despite heroic efforts by developing nations, Indigenous peoples, and many, many others.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I am wishing I remembered all the great answers to the prompt I posed some years ago “what does COP stand for, wrong answers only” from the Evil Site
Some here:
“Convoy of Polluters”
“Carbon Offsets, Pshaw”
“Capitalism Over People”
Some here:
“Convoy of Polluters”
“Carbon Offsets, Pshaw”
“Capitalism Over People”
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Three years of results from farm operations combined with solar arrays in France indicate microclimate control, increased crop yields, animal comfort, and reduced evaporation
France agrivoltaics trials show early crop and livestock gains
Data from agrivoltaic canopy trials in France, developed by energy producer TSE and the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), indicate measurable temper...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Three years of results from farm operations combined with solar arrays in France indicate microclimate control, increased crop yields, animal comfort, and reduced evaporation
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#yycbike report (0530): Eau Claire, Riverwalk, Bow north and Nose Creek MUP all ~3cm snow covered. East Village had sweeper crews out already. Snow is light and easy to ride through.
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#yycbike report (0530): Eau Claire, Riverwalk, Bow north and Nose Creek MUP all ~3cm snow covered. East Village had sweeper crews out already. Snow is light and easy to ride through.
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Past UN climate talks pushed nations to think bigger.
This year, it held a mirror up to a fractured world.
Our #COP30 wrap makes sense of this moment.
Me w/ @karlmathiesen.bsky.social @ziaweise.bsky.social & Sarah Schonhardt, edit by @bkingdc.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
This year, it held a mirror up to a fractured world.
Our #COP30 wrap makes sense of this moment.
Me w/ @karlmathiesen.bsky.social @ziaweise.bsky.social & Sarah Schonhardt, edit by @bkingdc.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The world is fractured. The climate talks reflected that.
Delegates from nearly 200 nations — not including the U.S. — showed they could make some progress. But they deferred the hardest decisions.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Past UN climate talks pushed nations to think bigger.
This year, it held a mirror up to a fractured world.
Our #COP30 wrap makes sense of this moment.
Me w/ @karlmathiesen.bsky.social @ziaweise.bsky.social & Sarah Schonhardt, edit by @bkingdc.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
This year, it held a mirror up to a fractured world.
Our #COP30 wrap makes sense of this moment.
Me w/ @karlmathiesen.bsky.social @ziaweise.bsky.social & Sarah Schonhardt, edit by @bkingdc.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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COP30 is the first time that a decision text includes overshoot language. It is because of realities like this. The carbon budget for 1.5C (to say the least) is depleted
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
COP30 is the first time that a decision text includes overshoot language. It is because of realities like this. The carbon budget for 1.5C (to say the least) is depleted
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
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I feel increasingly vindicated not to have assigned any of my reporters to cover #COP30.
Why would I have them participate in this charade and be stenographers of oligarchs and dictators and lobbyists, when we could've done more accountability and solutions reporting in the Global South?
Why would I have them participate in this charade and be stenographers of oligarchs and dictators and lobbyists, when we could've done more accountability and solutions reporting in the Global South?
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I feel increasingly vindicated not to have assigned any of my reporters to cover #COP30.
Why would I have them participate in this charade and be stenographers of oligarchs and dictators and lobbyists, when we could've done more accountability and solutions reporting in the Global South?
Why would I have them participate in this charade and be stenographers of oligarchs and dictators and lobbyists, when we could've done more accountability and solutions reporting in the Global South?
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Net zero is cheaper than fossil fuel dependence.
That was my #1 takeaway from @iea.org's latest World Energy Outlook.
Don't let anyone tell you drill baby drill is about affordability.
✍️https://www.iisd.org/articles/explainer/five-lessons-iea-2025-world-energy-outlook
That was my #1 takeaway from @iea.org's latest World Energy Outlook.
Don't let anyone tell you drill baby drill is about affordability.
✍️https://www.iisd.org/articles/explainer/five-lessons-iea-2025-world-energy-outlook
Five Lessons From the IEA’s 2025 World Energy Outlook for the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
New analysis examines the 2025 World Energy Outlook and what the reports scenario's could mean for the transition away from fossil fuels.
www.iisd.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Net zero is cheaper than fossil fuel dependence.
That was my #1 takeaway from @iea.org's latest World Energy Outlook.
Don't let anyone tell you drill baby drill is about affordability.
✍️https://www.iisd.org/articles/explainer/five-lessons-iea-2025-world-energy-outlook
That was my #1 takeaway from @iea.org's latest World Energy Outlook.
Don't let anyone tell you drill baby drill is about affordability.
✍️https://www.iisd.org/articles/explainer/five-lessons-iea-2025-world-energy-outlook
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These are among the oldest forests on earth, but they're running up against the new world of climate change--firefighting help badly needed!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Fire Threatens Iran’s Ancient Forest, a World Heritage Site
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
These are among the oldest forests on earth, but they're running up against the new world of climate change--firefighting help badly needed!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...