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Climate Stories Atlantic
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Climate Stories Atlantic is an initiative of the Climate Focus Society, a Nova Scotia non-profit organization dedicated to covering stories about community climate solutions.
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This week, in Electrifying the Port of Halifax: a how-to guide, we take a look at the work of a local software data company trying to help boat owners, ports, and utilities figure out the best path to going hybrid or electric, and what that entails.

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Electrifying the Port of Halifax: a how-to-guide — Climate Stories Atlantic
A local software data company works to help vessel owners, ports, and utilities figure out the hows and how-to’s involved with embracing vessel electrification, and what’s needed to support any move i...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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DONATE now to help keep uplifting local climate-related storytelling going! www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/donate

Hope is newsworthy. Amid climate challenges, Climate Stories Atlantic highlights local researchers and innovators and the community action they inspire.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Across Atlantic Canada, journalism is shrinking. Newsrooms are closing, coverage is thinning, and vital local stories are disappearing. But we're still a place where stories of climate hope, resilience, and innovation are being told.

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November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Your support keeps good storytelling alive. Donations directly fund writing, editing, and publishing. (And you can get a charitable receipt!)

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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Support climate stories written by real journalists for real communities, not algorithms.

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November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Across Atlantic Canada, journalism is shrinking. Newsrooms are closing, coverage is thinning, and vital local stories are disappearing. Donate today and support independent, local climate journalism in Atlantic Canada! www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/donate
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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In our latest column, Writing for communities, not algorithms, by @seankellyprospect.bsky.social, we take a look at why supporting professional, unbiased journalism is more important than ever.

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November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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In this latest episode of the podcast I talk to Will Burt, from @planetarytech.bsky.social Wow, just wow. A great guy doing the extremely important work of trying to help save the planet by correcting the alkalinity of our oceans.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Thermal Energy Storage...what exactly is it?
The various types and why it's an important part of using our grid in a smarter, cleaner way, and what's coming down the pike in terms of newer and better uses. @nsccofficial.bsky.social

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October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Hope Blooms...and thrives by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Checking in on Halifax’s Hope Blooms, two years after our first article, only to find they’re now fully renewable and continuing to grow — in more ways than one.

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Hope Blooms…and thrives — Climate Stories Atlantic
Checking in on Hope Blooms, two years after our first article, only to find they’re now fully renewable and continuing to grow, in more ways than one.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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In this week's article, we take a look at the resurgence of sodium-ion batteries - the unsung sibling of lithium batteries - and how they may just be the answer to some of our current and upcoming battery and mineral woes.
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Lithium’s unsung sibling — Climate Stories Atlantic
Why a turn towards sodium-ion batteries might soon make a lot of sense.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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What's a NS town or city to do when flooding from rising sea levels and storms threatens waterfront or coastal areas?

We take a look at that issue In Shoring up for the future - by @evertlindquist.bsky.social. @ecologyaction.bsky.social

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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After a summer of wildfires, heat & toxic air, 250+ city leaders urge Ottawa to fund “nation-building, not nation-burning” projects.

Elbows Up For Climate says a clean grid, housing, & transit could strengthen economic independence, lower emissions & reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Back ‘Nation-Building, Not Nation-Burning’ Projects, 250 City Leaders Urge Carney
A coalition of more than 250 mayors and city councillors from across Canada is calling on the federal government to keep #ElbowsUp with nation-building projects that respond to the climate emergency, ...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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In our latest article we look at the Efficiency Nova Scotia programs working to bring energy retrofits to traditionally underserved communities dealing with the challenging and often complicated issues around title and property ownership.
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One size does not fit all — Climate Stories Atlantic
Efficiency Nova Scotia brings retrofits to traditionally underserved communities dealing with challenging title and property ownership issues. Nova Scotia climate solutions, Atlantic Canada climate so...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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New podcast: “Dan Roscoe - harnessing our NS winds” by The Cautious Climate Optimist, where I chat with Dan Roscoe of Roswall Dev. to talk all things wind and wind turbines.

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September 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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"Mapping our future" about how one NSCC researcher says the key to avoiding the worst of in-land flooding during more common, more severe storm events is to get ahead of them with potentially life-saving predictive mapping.

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September 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Is it too late?, the next installment of our Climate Focus column - written by CSA co-founder, @seankellyprospect.bsky.social .

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September 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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New article: Adapting and adopting by Matt McIntosh, about how drought is impacting Nova Scotia farmers, and what they’re doing about it.

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August 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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New article: Bringing It Home by Elizabeth Peirce. Leveraging carbon credits as a source of funding for local non-profits.

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August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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New article: Stepping up with (re)purpose by @aauld.bsky.social. One impressive Nova Scotian shows the huge impact one person can make as she and fellow volunteers collect garbage from Nova Scotia shorelines.

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August 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Our latest episode features a chat with Halifax's own Miriam Zitner, of the Carbon to Sea Initiative. She's a firecracker of a human and someone who's doing some good work to fight climate change...and beyond. @carbonremovers.bsky.social

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August 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Have you ever stopped to think about the potential of soil to combat climate change?
This week's article: Keeping it in the ground
read it at: www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/uld1...

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July 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Thank you for mentioning us @climateconnections.bsky.social! Check it out: yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/thes...
These must-read story series explore our climate-changed world » Yale Climate Connections
From first-person accounts to scientific explorations, these reads will help you deeply understand our changing climate.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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New article: A green path to self-determination by Mary-Frances Lynch. A development partnership between the thirteen Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia means a more environmentally sustainable and economically secure future going forward.

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July 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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New article: A different kind of farmer by Zack Metcalfe. Vertical, hydroponic farming in Atlantic Canada is an increasingly smart way to get your greens in a time of growing geopolitical uncertainty, food insecurity, and climate change.

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July 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM