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Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 8h

And investing in East West coast to coast grid connections lets Canadian provinces share renewable electricity generation and demand.

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 8h

Great job! Good science.
Thanks for sharing your experience so others can see how possible it is to shift from polluting power to cleaner power for our homes.

For many homes making one gas appliance an electric appliance is the affordable path forward.

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 2d

Now, if only I kept a small sticker in my pocket that said free trial that I could slap on the window

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 2d

Is it like the free samples they offer at the grocery store maybe they’re offering those cars for the convenience of people who are walking 🤣

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Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 2d

@markcarney.bsky.social

Research finds that Canada’s emissions have remained largely stable or even increased in some sectors, making it one of the highest per-capita emitters globally.

source: Harrison, K. (2021). Why Canada’s climate policy is (still) failing. Policy Options

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 5d

#greenwashing

While oil and gas companies state their strategy is working towards net zero by funding companies that look like they’re contributing to the fight against climate change, they are in fact developing innovative ways to sell more oil and gas.
#hydrogen
#ccs
#criticalThinking
#sales

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7d

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

www.forbes.com

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Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 7d

electrek.co/2025/09/30/s...

More than half of the European Union’s (EU) electricity came from renewables in the second quarter of 2025, and solar is leading from the front.

Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%

In Q2 2025, renewables powered 54% of EU electricity, with solar leading the mix and topping all sources in June for the first time.

electrek.co

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Pope Leo!

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 7d

Welcoming such questions.

How do we use such tools responsibly is an important question thanks.

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 7d

We can’t afford purity tests in Climate Action.

By the same argument bluesky servers cause pollution and strain the grid. The question is how much and cost vs benefit.

We welcome people in diesel trucks to attend climate fairs.

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 7d

TIL: according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), we continue to subsidize the production and burning of coal, oil and gas to the extent of $5.9 trillion [per year], or 6.8 per cent of global GDP.

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Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 8d

The end results’ quality may leave people with that impression.

Small low cost experiments with media.

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 8d

Some of the coal comes north from the US.

Other coal comes from BC and Alberta.

BC and west shore facilitate the eventual pollution from this coal.

If we said no to coal, we’d improve human health and planetary health.

#sickOfPollution

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Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 8d

At its core, most of our air pollution is generated by burning oil, gas and coal. There are many other sources of that pollution, such as dust from construction sites, unpaved roads and wildfires; however, these play a minor role.

From.

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 8d

Taking a moment to say thank you to the brave people who have changed jobs or said no to contracts so their talents don’t support the polluting oil and gas industry.

Use your talents for good!

Thank you brave ones!

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 9d

source: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012...

Why We Stopped the Coal Train | The Tyee

And why risking arrest was the right thing to do. An account from the railway tracks.

thetyee.ca

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 9d

Jimmy Pattison doesn’t burn coal himself—but his Westshore Terminals in BC moved 27.7M tonnes in 2023. That’s ~6 coal trains/day, enabling ~55M tonnes of CO₂/year.

Biggest polluter in Canada?

(Coal is the most polluting fuel)
#doBetter
#ProfitsBeforePlanet?
#ProfitBeforePeople?

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Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 9d

OK, we just tried our first AI generated video.
Interesting result.
youtube.com/shorts/n3qWB...

Why You Need to Switch to Pollution Free Energy

YouTube video by Greg McKone

youtube.com

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Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 10d

With negative prices shouldn’t Albertans be facing lower electricity prices? No, they pay double what BC pays.

Gas prices are volatile. They spike and drop and are betting the control of the provinces.

Switch your appliances to electricity to get off the roller coaster

a black and white photo of a roller coaster going down a track .

ALT: a black and white photo of a roller coaster going down a track .

media.tenor.com

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Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 10d

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#bcpoli
#lng
#fossilFuels
#volatility
#pollution
#ClimateChange

Alberta has seen 4 straight days of negative natural gas prices. Here's why | CBC News

For four days in a row as of Thursday, natural gas prices in Alberta have fallen below zero dollars per gigajoule.

www.cbc.ca

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Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve observed that privatization requires some new layers of expenses that insourcing does not.

-profit layer
-performance management layer
-contract negotiation layer
-requirements and procedures documentation.

We kid ourselves if we think these are small or already built in.

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 12d

This gives me hope.

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 12d

Ah I understand what you are saying.
Thank you.

Fraser Valley Climate Action 🌿🌎💡 @fvca.bsky.social · 13d

I guess if you view Canada as foreign, we can make the assumption that you are not Canadian?

Remember to a Canadian the United States is full of foreigners.
100% of them minus any Canadian tourists 😊