Patrick Canning 🇨🇦
@patrickcanning.bsky.social
Climate law & litigation. Lawyer, husband, girl dad.
Every inch of the Earth is worth fighting for, as are democracy & human rights.
Work: https://patrickccanning.com/
Climate law blog: https://feeltheheat.blog/
LLM (Lewis & Clark). Never legal advice
Every inch of the Earth is worth fighting for, as are democracy & human rights.
Work: https://patrickccanning.com/
Climate law blog: https://feeltheheat.blog/
LLM (Lewis & Clark). Never legal advice
Pinned
Remember what matters. Our lives are short, but the future stretches out forever.
Everyone says "take care of yourself" but in my view, frankly, that is a juvenile approach to life. Take care of your children, of all children, of the future. Deprioritise your "self."
Their future is in our hands.
Everyone says "take care of yourself" but in my view, frankly, that is a juvenile approach to life. Take care of your children, of all children, of the future. Deprioritise your "self."
Their future is in our hands.
Ukraine, Europe, Canada, USA. No, wait, they already have the USA.
Meanwhile in Russia: Dimitri Simes said that Trump never even read the "peace plan" he wanted Zelensky to sign. Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov said Europeans will have to kneel before Russia if it wins in Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRVc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRVc...
Andrey Kartapolov says Europeans will have to kneel before Russia if it wins in Ukraine
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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November 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Ukraine, Europe, Canada, USA. No, wait, they already have the USA.
Someone should make a new post-covid game show called "Why Am I In This Room?"
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Someone should make a new post-covid game show called "Why Am I In This Room?"
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This 2015 articles shows the world shelled out 5 TRILLION dollars annually to #BigOil companies. We could have FIXED ALL OF #ClimateChange 5x over by now if we just stopped with the handouts. PM #MarkCarney doesn't think we've paid out enough yet #Cdnpoli
www.scientificamerican.com/article/foss...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/foss...
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Cost $5 Trillion Annually and Worsen Pollution
The International Monetary Fund notes that subsides for burning fossil fuels enrich the wealthy and make air pollution worse
www.scientificamerican.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This 2015 articles shows the world shelled out 5 TRILLION dollars annually to #BigOil companies. We could have FIXED ALL OF #ClimateChange 5x over by now if we just stopped with the handouts. PM #MarkCarney doesn't think we've paid out enough yet #Cdnpoli
www.scientificamerican.com/article/foss...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/foss...
My friend @gordjohns.bsky.social defending the North Coast tanker ban and coastal First Nations against the Carney liberal's petro-colonialism;
MP Johns stays late to press the government about the tanker ban
YouTube video by Gord Johns
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
My friend @gordjohns.bsky.social defending the North Coast tanker ban and coastal First Nations against the Carney liberal's petro-colonialism;
the horror
jfc. It was determined by a US judge that she could not be deported to Sierra Leone due to danger she would face in the country she fled. So they deported her to Ghana, a country she had never been to, and Ghana deported her to Sierra Leone.
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
the horror
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This shit is literally causing fucking delusional conspiracies in people, this shit needs to be destroyed
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This shit is literally causing fucking delusional conspiracies in people, this shit needs to be destroyed
It's about time.
The perception of Canada has soured as news about fossil fuel subsidies, an LNG project, a gas pipeline and even reports about a new bitumen pipeline all landed during the climate negotiations. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/o...
A tough climate summit for Canada
Labeled the "Fossil of the Day" at COP30, Canada faces accusations of pulling back climate policies while pushing forward fossil subsidies and projects. But the committee seemed particularly stung by ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It's about time.
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
"I would submit, your honours (judges of the ICC) that in fact requesting such a letter from your superior reflects knowledge that what you were doing was in fact a war crime.."
I was speaking to someone earlier who told me that American servicemen and women are being told they can request some sort of get out of war crime jail free letter from superiors and that’s not a thing. If the entire operation is illegal every action is fruit from the poisonous tree. 🌳
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"I would submit, your honours (judges of the ICC) that in fact requesting such a letter from your superior reflects knowledge that what you were doing was in fact a war crime.."
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The first of the "climate ghost cities."
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The first of the "climate ghost cities."
What would you be doing with your life if the world wasn't a hellscape shithole that you feel compelled to do something about?
I used to work in the woods. I grew up outdoors, and I loved it.
I always dreamed that in a perfect world I could be the groundskeeper on a Buddhist (or something) forest..
I used to work in the woods. I grew up outdoors, and I loved it.
I always dreamed that in a perfect world I could be the groundskeeper on a Buddhist (or something) forest..
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What would you be doing with your life if the world wasn't a hellscape shithole that you feel compelled to do something about?
I used to work in the woods. I grew up outdoors, and I loved it.
I always dreamed that in a perfect world I could be the groundskeeper on a Buddhist (or something) forest..
I used to work in the woods. I grew up outdoors, and I loved it.
I always dreamed that in a perfect world I could be the groundskeeper on a Buddhist (or something) forest..
So, I finished They Knew today, by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social I've been slow-walking the last fifty pages as I watch the names and stories unfold as news, aligning with this book written a few years ago.
Read it if you want to understand how the world works.
Read it if you want to understand how the world works.
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So, I finished They Knew today, by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social I've been slow-walking the last fifty pages as I watch the names and stories unfold as news, aligning with this book written a few years ago.
Read it if you want to understand how the world works.
Read it if you want to understand how the world works.
Shocking. Only the lack of forethought
elon installs a new feature that publicly displays the country where your app was installed and operates from
people find out the most racist pro-US accounts are based in israel, india, bangladesh, etc
US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TWITTER BASED IN ISRAEL
elon pauses location feature
people find out the most racist pro-US accounts are based in israel, india, bangladesh, etc
US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TWITTER BASED IN ISRAEL
elon pauses location feature
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Shocking. Only the lack of forethought
Canada's liberal government needs greenwashing to support its actions.
Canada says anti-greenwashing rules silence industry | The Narwhal
Carney is moving to nix some of Canada’s rules that restrict how oil and gas companies and other industries advertise environmental claims
thenarwhal.ca
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Canada's liberal government needs greenwashing to support its actions.
The better governments always blame climate disinfo / denial for a lack of progress, but they have failed to address climate disinfo for 30 years.
WHY? They benefit from it too. Carney and others couldn't be on their LNG spree without decades of climate disinfo.
WHY? They benefit from it too. Carney and others couldn't be on their LNG spree without decades of climate disinfo.
Cop30 live: Deal agreed at Cop after long negotiations
After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The better governments always blame climate disinfo / denial for a lack of progress, but they have failed to address climate disinfo for 30 years.
WHY? They benefit from it too. Carney and others couldn't be on their LNG spree without decades of climate disinfo.
WHY? They benefit from it too. Carney and others couldn't be on their LNG spree without decades of climate disinfo.
You don't need to have hope in the COP process to have hope. We can find it in ourselves and each other, in our willingness to resist, and to fight for the future, for a liveable future for all children and future generations.
After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You don't need to have hope in the COP process to have hope. We can find it in ourselves and each other, in our willingness to resist, and to fight for the future, for a liveable future for all children and future generations.
Why do COPs fail? Well, one of the most important, COP 15, at Copenhagen in 2009, where the trajectory of the IPCC process was to be set for decades, was undermined by the USA spying on delegates.
And that was under the most law abiding president in the last 25 years.
And that was under the most law abiding president in the last 25 years.
Snowden revelations of NSA spying on Copenhagen climate talks spark anger
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden show NSA kept US negotiators abreast of their rivals' positions at 2009 summit
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Why do COPs fail? Well, one of the most important, COP 15, at Copenhagen in 2009, where the trajectory of the IPCC process was to be set for decades, was undermined by the USA spying on delegates.
And that was under the most law abiding president in the last 25 years.
And that was under the most law abiding president in the last 25 years.
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Thanks for all these posts and good info. LNG is absolute poison for people and the planet. Here are a few more resources👇 documenting the atrocious downstream emissions and the local pollution + health impacts.
Absolutely incredible graphic👇 of emissions from a giant 🇦🇺 LNG project. Because it accounts for CO2e AFTER the gas is exported + burned, it’s a great reminder of the true, global climate impact of similar fossil projects in 🇨🇦. @fvca.bsky.social
@forourkidscanada.bsky.social
@cape-acme.bsky.social
@forourkidscanada.bsky.social
@cape-acme.bsky.social
A powerful visualisation from the Guardian – revealing the astonishing scale of emissions from Woodside's North West Shelf project in just a single YEAR.
It's time for Australia's big banks to finally cut ties with Woodside Energy. #divest
It's time for Australia's big banks to finally cut ties with Woodside Energy. #divest
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Thanks for all these posts and good info. LNG is absolute poison for people and the planet. Here are a few more resources👇 documenting the atrocious downstream emissions and the local pollution + health impacts.
Another problem with the net zero myth is: military emissions are not counted.
They are estimated at 5.5% globally, so when we hit "net zero" we'll actually be at about +5.5%.
They are estimated at 5.5% globally, so when we hit "net zero" we'll actually be at about +5.5%.
Another problem with the myth of net zero is: when does nature become a net source of GHGs?
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Another problem with the net zero myth is: military emissions are not counted.
They are estimated at 5.5% globally, so when we hit "net zero" we'll actually be at about +5.5%.
They are estimated at 5.5% globally, so when we hit "net zero" we'll actually be at about +5.5%.
Another problem with the myth of net zero is: when does nature become a net source of GHGs?
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Another problem with the myth of net zero is: when does nature become a net source of GHGs?
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'A recent study... revealed that heatwaves, as systematically hotter, longer and more frequent, will continue for multiple centuries, regardless of when net-zero emissions is finally achieved.
...many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.'
...many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.'
Deadly heatwaves won't stop for 1,000 years: Scientists explain why www.indiatoday.in/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Heatwaves #India #Worldwide
Deadly heatwaves won't stop for 1,000 years: Scientists explain why
In the most optimistic scenarios, the many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.
www.indiatoday.in
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
'A recent study... revealed that heatwaves, as systematically hotter, longer and more frequent, will continue for multiple centuries, regardless of when net-zero emissions is finally achieved.
...many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.'
...many extreme weather events would not begin to retreat, and in some regions, could further intensify.'
Where, indeed? Gone with the searing wind, burned up in 30 years of compromises and half-truths, desiccated and crumbled to dust in a desert of "let's be pragmatic" choices..
"Where is their humanity?"
Developing country negotiators speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors at the #COP30 climate summit
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Developing country negotiators speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors at the #COP30 climate summit
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks
Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Where, indeed? Gone with the searing wind, burned up in 30 years of compromises and half-truths, desiccated and crumbled to dust in a desert of "let's be pragmatic" choices..
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#COP30 - E3G experts say the talks are "in crisis"
Draft text only gives "passing mention" to roadmap to $1.3tn in climate finance, text on adaptation funds "weak and vague"
Developed countries need to do more if they want a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Draft text only gives "passing mention" to roadmap to $1.3tn in climate finance, text on adaptation funds "weak and vague"
Developed countries need to do more if they want a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president says ‘everybody will lose’ as fears rise that conference will end without a deal
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#COP30 - E3G experts say the talks are "in crisis"
Draft text only gives "passing mention" to roadmap to $1.3tn in climate finance, text on adaptation funds "weak and vague"
Developed countries need to do more if they want a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Draft text only gives "passing mention" to roadmap to $1.3tn in climate finance, text on adaptation funds "weak and vague"
Developed countries need to do more if they want a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
We cannot trust our governments to deal with this, they are irrational fossil fuel $ addicts.
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We cannot trust our governments to deal with this, they are irrational fossil fuel $ addicts.