Larry Neufeld
@larryneufeldsk.bsky.social
Organizer for change on #sustainability, #democracy, #renewables, #basicincome and fighting the #climatecrisis
If democracy matters, why isn’t it funded in the federal budget? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
If democracy matters, why isn’t it funded in the federal budget?
A close read of this month's federal budget reveals where public participation shows up and where it doesn’t.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If democracy matters, why isn’t it funded in the federal budget? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The oil and gas industry wants you to believe that more fossil fuel exports will help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world. Here's why they're full of it, and why this particular argument is destined to fall on deaf ears. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The energy poverty trap
Will more oil and gas production in Canada help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world? Of course not — but that hasn't prevented Danielle Smith and other industry champions from pretending ...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The oil and gas industry wants you to believe that more fossil fuel exports will help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world. Here's why they're full of it, and why this particular argument is destined to fall on deaf ears. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The Pembina report warns Ontario is “making quite a risky bet” by leaning on natural gas in the short term and new nuclear in the long term, while missing low-cost opportunities in wind, solar and energy storage. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/a...
Ford's nuclear push could backfire with higher bills, US gas reliance: report
A new analysis from the Pembina Institute channels the province's plans to invest heavily in nuclear, backstopped by gas, rather than developing renewable energy that it says is cheaper and not relian...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Pembina report warns Ontario is “making quite a risky bet” by leaning on natural gas in the short term and new nuclear in the long term, while missing low-cost opportunities in wind, solar and energy storage. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/a...
As Mark Carney Fast-tracks Canadian LNG Projects, First Nations Face Hidden Financial Traps www.desmog.com/2025/11/24/a...
As Mark Carney Fast-tracks Canadian LNG Projects, First Nations Face Hidden Financial Traps
Critics say new LNG ventures in British Columbia saddle Indigenous communities with debt, opaque ownership structures, and financial risk that could leave them owing billions.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As Mark Carney Fast-tracks Canadian LNG Projects, First Nations Face Hidden Financial Traps www.desmog.com/2025/11/24/a...
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
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November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Quick technological fixes are a dangerous distraction in the fight against the climate crisis www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Who’s Ready to Think About Blocking Out the Sun?
The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Quick technological fixes are a dangerous distraction in the fight against the climate crisis www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields theconversation.com/the-gift-tha...
The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields theconversation.com/the-gift-tha...
A valuable discovery in the fight against superbugs: Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A valuable discovery in the fight against superbugs: Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Climate change is going to keep having deeper impacts on home insurance: How a US home insurance fix is becoming a problem www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
How a US home insurance fix is becoming a problem
U.S. states have set up insurers to provide protection in disaster-prone areas that private insurance has avoided. They are taking on more risks as calamities become widespread.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Climate change is going to keep having deeper impacts on home insurance: How a US home insurance fix is becoming a problem www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
A Surprisingly Powerful Tool to Make Cities More Livable
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A surprisingly powerful tool to make cities more livable
Urban farms and gardens ease food insecurity, boost mental health, and create communities.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A Surprisingly Powerful Tool to Make Cities More Livable
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The Uncanny Gmail Clone That Drops You Straight Into Epstein’s Inbox www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Uncanny Gmail Clone That Drops You Straight Into Epstein’s Inbox www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. openmedia.org/Competition4...
Canada needs a monopoly buster!
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. https://openmedia.org/Competition4Cana...
openmedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. openmedia.org/Competition4...
Disturbing read: Black swans from the red planet—Could NASA bring back “mirror life” from Mars? thebulletin.org/2025/11/mirr...
Black swans from the red planet—Could NASA bring back “mirror life” from Mars?
NASA and the European Space Agency plan to bring samples back from Mars. Could they harbor a type of life that scientists warn could trigger mass extinctions on Earth?
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November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Disturbing read: Black swans from the red planet—Could NASA bring back “mirror life” from Mars? thebulletin.org/2025/11/mirr...
How ‘Big Car’ poses an existential threat to humanity
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How 'Big Car' poses an existential threat to humanity
While Big Car kills many of us quickly, in deadly collisions, it is killing many more of us slowly, by polluting the environment, warming the Earth, sowing misinformation and doubt about climate scien...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How ‘Big Car’ poses an existential threat to humanity
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I just wrote a letter: Let Yves Debate. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/5aeb...
Let Yves Debate
Although Yves Engler submitted to NDP vetting two weeks ago, he is currently set to be excluded from the first official NDP leadership debate on November 27. Please email the party’s Chief Electoral O...
actionnetwork.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I just wrote a letter: Let Yves Debate. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/5aeb...
Leaders Across EU Deliver Unified Message to the US: 'No War on Venezuela' www.commondreams.org/news/us-vene...
Leaders Across EU Deliver Unified Message to the US: 'No War on Venezuela' | Common Dreams
European leaders demand Trump administration deescalate tensions in Venezuela as US military presence in the region escalates. Innocent lives lost in strikes on boats with no evidence of drug traffick...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Leaders Across EU Deliver Unified Message to the US: 'No War on Venezuela' www.commondreams.org/news/us-vene...
Chris Hedges on the 28-Point Ukraine Peace Plan (w/ George Galloway)
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Chris Hedges on the 28-Point Ukraine Peace Plan (w/ George Galloway)
Something is happening here, what it is isn't exactly clear. Chris Hedges on the so-called 28-point Ukraine peace plan. And don't ignore the flashing red lights.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Chris Hedges on the 28-Point Ukraine Peace Plan (w/ George Galloway)
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Tax the rich and end inequality: time.com/7335231/g20-...
G20 Leaders Need to Start Taxing Wealthy People Like Me
'If we wish to address humanity’s most pressing issues, we must close unfair tax loopholes," writes Abigail Disney.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tax the rich and end inequality: time.com/7335231/g20-...
Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership socialistproject.ca/2025/11/labo...
Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership
Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path...
socialistproject.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership socialistproject.ca/2025/11/labo...
Canada's new homes can be both affordable and accessible www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/ne...
Canada's new homes can be both affordable and accessible | Canadian Human Rights Commission
The Canadian Human Rights Commission is Canadas national human rights institution. The Commission helps ensure that everyone in Canada is treated fairly, no matter who they are.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Canada's new homes can be both affordable and accessible www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/ne...
The Sask Party govt is failing at ending poverty in Saskatchewan: Blue Sky - Nov. 20, 2025: Moving beyond "legislated poverty" www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Sask Party govt is failing at ending poverty in Saskatchewan: Blue Sky - Nov. 20, 2025: Moving beyond "legislated poverty" www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Saskatchewan is practically giving away its natural resources to corporations when those funds could be used to help everyone in our province and not just corporations: The Evan Bray Show, 20 Nov The Evan Bray Show - Erin Weir - November 20th, 2025 iono.fm/e/1620617
The Evan Bray Show - Erin Weir - November 20th, 2025
Some figures about Saskatchewan companies suggest that larger potash companies in the province are paying lower tax rates than ordinary taxpayers. With that potentially limiting the threshold for gove...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Saskatchewan is practically giving away its natural resources to corporations when those funds could be used to help everyone in our province and not just corporations: The Evan Bray Show, 20 Nov The Evan Bray Show - Erin Weir - November 20th, 2025 iono.fm/e/1620617
The Sask Party govt has a lot to answer for in its pathetic response to wildfires in Saskatchewan: Auditor to probe Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's wildfire preparedness www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
Auditor to probe Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's wildfire preparedness
The audit comes after residents of the village of Denare Beach accused the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency of being ill prepared to save their community from devastation resulting from a wildfire in...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Sask Party govt has a lot to answer for in its pathetic response to wildfires in Saskatchewan: Auditor to probe Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's wildfire preparedness www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
Pharmacare is needed as an essential part of our national healthcare: Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law
The committee says it wants to see the Liberal government enshrine pharmacare in law by introducing legislation that defines exactly how the policy works and explicitly recognizes the "right to essent...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pharmacare is needed as an essential part of our national healthcare: Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
As COP30 wraps up, the Carney government does not appear to be prioritizing climate action www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
As COP30 wraps up, the Carney government does not appear to be prioritizing climate action
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November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As COP30 wraps up, the Carney government does not appear to be prioritizing climate action www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...