GChamberain
@gordonaz.bsky.social
With personal help from some South Tucson city council members, a local community organization purchased two motels in 2023 and converted them to affordable housing aimed at combating rising property taxes and rent costs.
Facing Arizona’s Crackdown on Homelessness, Two Cities Offer Different Responses
State intervention has led Tucson to ramp up sweeps and pass harsh new policies. Officials in the small town of South Tucson have emphasized support and services, even as they face blowback.
boltsmag.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposted by GChamberain
The Indiana Senate this afternoon rejected a new congressional map that’d have locked in an all-GOP delegation. A majority of GOP senators opposed the proposal, defying months of threats from the White House. indianacapitalchroni...
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Indiana Senate this afternoon rejected a new congressional map that’d have locked in an all-GOP delegation. A majority of GOP senators opposed the proposal, defying months of threats from the White House. indianacapitalchroni...
Reposted by GChamberain
Remember how we used to be happy without bazillions of products at our fingertips? Let’s bring that back.
“Amazon’s annual emissions have ‘grown roughly 35% since 2019’, despite [its] promise in 2019 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040”
#blackfriday
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Amazon’s annual emissions have ‘grown roughly 35% since 2019’, despite [its] promise in 2019 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040”
#blackfriday
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate
Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Remember how we used to be happy without bazillions of products at our fingertips? Let’s bring that back.
“Amazon’s annual emissions have ‘grown roughly 35% since 2019’, despite [its] promise in 2019 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040”
#blackfriday
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Amazon’s annual emissions have ‘grown roughly 35% since 2019’, despite [its] promise in 2019 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040”
#blackfriday
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
FYI #Jamica #Indonesia #US #EU #Canada #China @wwf.org.uk @greenpeace.eu @stopecocide.bsky.social @cdnpress.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reposted by GChamberain
Another key reminder from this talk is that military emissions are not counted or reported.
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
Farai Maguwu; "there is an addiction for fossil fuels in the western world."
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
Is war one of the biggest threats to the world’s climate?
Leaders at COP30 are being urged to consider the environmental toll of conflict.
www.aljazeera.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Another key reminder from this talk is that military emissions are not counted or reported.
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
Reposted by GChamberain
Climate change makes it all worse.
“That breaks down when you are in a world of a changing climate and now … the dice are weighted towards higher flows,” she said.”
“That breaks down when you are in a world of a changing climate and now … the dice are weighted towards higher flows,” she said.”
More rain, less snow and warmer, wetter air are changing our understanding of "100-year" floods.
How Western Washington’s ‘100-year’ floods are changing
www.seattletimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Climate change makes it all worse.
“That breaks down when you are in a world of a changing climate and now … the dice are weighted towards higher flows,” she said.”
“That breaks down when you are in a world of a changing climate and now … the dice are weighted towards higher flows,” she said.”
Reposted by GChamberain
My new piece in Ecopsychepedia, synthesizing what we know about climate change and young adults’ mental health. Ecopsychepedia is an online resource for the public to access accurate research and info on climate psych-related topics:
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety
September 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My new piece in Ecopsychepedia, synthesizing what we know about climate change and young adults’ mental health. Ecopsychepedia is an online resource for the public to access accurate research and info on climate psych-related topics:
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety
ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/you...
#climatechange #climateanxiety
Reposted by GChamberain
As a reader learning about how this enhanced geothermal company just got more funding would you prefer to know that the current secretary of energy's company was an early investor in this technology or is that not relevant information?
Exclusive | Fervo Energy Raises $462 Million, Lands Google as Investor
The company, also backed by Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, has emerged as a leader in advanced geothermal energy.
www.wsj.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
As a reader learning about how this enhanced geothermal company just got more funding would you prefer to know that the current secretary of energy's company was an early investor in this technology or is that not relevant information?
Reposted by GChamberain
Excellent analysis here. More evidence that there has never been a government in Alberta like Danielle Smith's UCP.
I tallied the number of court cases or legal challenges Alberta’s government has recently stepped in to block or pre-empt. Was surprised how long the exercise took - they’re at like a one-per-week clip:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | UCP government keeps blocking or nixing Alberta court challenges. Why? | CBC News
From transgender policies to referendums to "conservative" party names, the Alberta UCP has stepped in where others have feared to tread.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Excellent analysis here. More evidence that there has never been a government in Alberta like Danielle Smith's UCP.
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social Can you help with case? Should climate criminals be prosecuted for ecocide? @stopecocide.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social Can you help with case? Should climate criminals be prosecuted for ecocide? @stopecocide.bsky.social
Reposted by GChamberain
Alberta has had justice ministers since 1905 yet the “political activism” Mickey Amery is seeking to shield himself from seems to have only been an issue since the UCP formed government six years ago. 🤔
Justice Minister defends his bill to shield Alberta justice ministers from Law Society complaints. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @joeldryden.bsky.social
Immunity for Alberta attorney general necessary to ward off ‘political activism,’ attorney general says | CBC News
Alberta’s justice minister, who is also the attorney general, says new rules that would grant anyone who’s in his job general immunity from law society sanctions are necessary to ward off “political a...
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Alberta has had justice ministers since 1905 yet the “political activism” Mickey Amery is seeking to shield himself from seems to have only been an issue since the UCP formed government six years ago. 🤔
Reposted by GChamberain
As @pamelabanting.bsky.social pointed out, the same UCP govt that gutted @athabascau.bsky.social, the online university, in an attempt to force people to move to Athabasca attempted to expedite the Peterson Academy, which has no presence in Canada let alone Alberta. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
As @pamelabanting.bsky.social pointed out, the same UCP govt that gutted @athabascau.bsky.social, the online university, in an attempt to force people to move to Athabasca attempted to expedite the Peterson Academy, which has no presence in Canada let alone Alberta. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
Reposted by GChamberain
OTTAWA – The House of Commons could rise as early as Thursday for the winter break — without the Liberals passing their lengthy budget implementation bill.
House of Commons set to rise for six-week holiday break
OTTAWA – The House of Commons could rise as early as Thursday for the winter break — without the Liberals passing their lengthy budget implementation bill.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
OTTAWA – The House of Commons could rise as early as Thursday for the winter break — without the Liberals passing their lengthy budget implementation bill.
Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Reposted by GChamberain
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA – Alberta’s governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they have used the Charter’s notwithstanding clause.
Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth time
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA – Alberta’s governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they have used the Charter’s notwithstanding clause.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA – Alberta’s governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they have used the Charter’s notwithstanding clause.
Part of the Trump opposition team youtube.com/watch?v=FlGR...
This Week in Politics | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Part of the Trump opposition team youtube.com/watch?v=FlGR...
