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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦

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an emergency doctor desperately trying to save the future (and the present) for his children

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · Dec 4

"Ban fossil fuel advertising. Remove lobbyists from negotiations. End subsidies. The science is clear, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. It’s time to treat fossil fuels like Big Tobacco."
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...

We need to treat fossil fuels like Big Tobacco

To reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and stem disinformation that blocks effective climate action, a comprehensive ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of fossil fuel products and indust...

www.nationalobserver.com

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 3h

“entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:”
I use MMWR often. This doesn’t just affect the US. This affects the world.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 13h

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 16h

Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime

www.theguardian.com

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 12h

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.

open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...

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

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

open.substack.com

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 12h

Listen to the former Keystone XL executive here. Straight up climate change denial, fine with trampling on Indigenous rights, wants existing environmental policy undone.

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

www.cbc.ca

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 1d

Danielle Smith keeps saying she wants a new pipeline. But her actions suggest what she's really after is a renewed fight with Canada -- even if it ends up costing her the pipeline she claims to care so much about.

#cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/o...

Danielle Smith wants a fight with Canada, not a new pipeline

Alberta's premier has opened the door in her party and province to separatists. Now, she's claiming that other people are the ones threatening Canada's future.

www.nationalobserver.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 1d

The Alberta government stopped tracking class sizes, and then the province's population growth really took off. @robsonfletcher.com set out to find out how the numbers of teachers compare to that growth, with the limited info available

Class size/composition is a strike issue.
#AbEd #AbLeg

ANALYSIS | Alberta stopped tracking class sizes. Then it changed its funding formula. Now, it's a teachers' strike issue | CBC News

Get a rough idea of how much Alberta’s teaching staff has grown compared to how much student enrolment has grown since the funding formula for school boards was changed.

www.cbc.ca

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes leaders have to lead. but we see very little of that today

🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 2d

so I'm hearing screw the multilateral efforts on climate, because of shortermism at home.

mefears this won't work out well for anyone, in the long run. including Alberta.
Especially Alberta

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 2d

is he leading the public away from climate action or being led?
and what of the scientists?

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 2d

so much for coal-fired electricity being a reliable source of energy.
Intermittent for YEARS at a time.
ieefa.org/resources/ne...

Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027

The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.

ieefa.org

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

"Energy dominance," you say?

As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.

The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

www.bloomberg.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

"The US, which has positioned itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, sold $80B in oil and gas abroad through July, the last month with data available. China exported $120B in green technology over the same period."

Like the man said, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. 🌬️

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 2d

honest question: Are the political/economic leaders just jettisoning our global climate commitments? I don't see how we meet our obligations while having ongoing growth in our oil industry.
Or perhaps I am missing someting? @duanebratt.bsky.social

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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 2d

🌍 Calling all nurses!

Apply now for ANHE’s 2026 Environmental Health Nurse Fellowship — a year-long opportunity to partner with communities, grow your skills, and receive a $1,000 stipend.
Deadline: Oct 17 ➡️ zurl.co/fwJGd

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David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 2d

It's not all positive (this IS 2025), but there's a tremendous amount of good news and useful information in @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest post.

Something extraordinary just happened

But of course there's a but. Or two.

billmckibben.substack.com

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 2d

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: U of A's response to Charlie Kirk comments erodes academic freedom

This case cannot be separated from the broader landscape of academic freedom currently under strain in Canada and beyond.

edmontonjournal.com

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 2d

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 2d

“Imagine there was a truck heading directly for your children. What would you do? Surely everything in your power to save them, including jumping in its way?” That truck is climate change.

Great to speak with @theguardian.com’s Maya Goodfellow about my new book, #RunLikeAGirl.

Canada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism

Catherine McKenna’s memoir delves into thorny parts of being in office including death threats and being referred to as ‘climate Barbie’

www.theguardian.com

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 2d

Our amazing organization @cape-acme.bsky.social the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment is looking for an new board treasurer!
If you have experience as a treasurer or are an accountant, and care about the world we live in, consider applying!
www.charityvillage.com/job/treasure...

Treasurer, board of directors - Canada | CharityVillage

Position Title: Treasurer, Board of Directors, Canadian Association of Physicians to the Environment Reports To: Chair of the Board Position Type: Voluntee

www.charityvillage.com

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