Stephen Thomas
@stephenjwt.bsky.social
I believe a better world is possible. Climate justice, solidarity and energy policy.
Clean Energy Manager w/ @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
Board Member w/ @canrac.bsky.social
Views my own. Nova Scotian settler living in unceded Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. He/Him
Clean Energy Manager w/ @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
Board Member w/ @canrac.bsky.social
Views my own. Nova Scotian settler living in unceded Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. He/Him
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Stephen Thomas
@stephenjwt.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Couldn’t be more proud to stand alongside 17 allied organizations on Parliament Hill this week calling for an East-West grid based on renewables + respect for workers’ and Indigenous rights
@yoursacredearth.bsky.social @cape-acme.bsky.social @climatecaucus.bsky.social @ibewinternational.bsky.social
@yoursacredearth.bsky.social @cape-acme.bsky.social @climatecaucus.bsky.social @ibewinternational.bsky.social
🌊✊ Civil Society Rejects Northwest Coast Oil Pipeline
40+ organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast. Oil tankers put communities, wildlife, and our climate at risk.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 full statement below!
#EnergySky #Climate #cdnpoli
40+ organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast. Oil tankers put communities, wildlife, and our climate at risk.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 full statement below!
#EnergySky #Climate #cdnpoli
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🌊✊ Civil Society Rejects Northwest Coast Oil Pipeline
40+ organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast. Oil tankers put communities, wildlife, and our climate at risk.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 full statement below!
#EnergySky #Climate #cdnpoli
40+ organizations stand with Coastal First Nations to protect the north Pacific coast. Oil tankers put communities, wildlife, and our climate at risk.
💧 No consent. No plan. No pipeline.
📢 full statement below!
#EnergySky #Climate #cdnpoli
Reposted by Stephen Thomas
The Ottawa - Alberta MOU looks to be very, very bad. Ottawa is giving in to unreasonable demands--and giving up good climate policies. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Ottawa - Alberta MOU looks to be very, very bad. Ottawa is giving in to unreasonable demands--and giving up good climate policies. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Reposted by Stephen Thomas
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Reposted by Stephen Thomas
🎉 Today at COP30, the world committed to center justice for workers & communities in the UN climate talks, with the decision to develop a Just Transition mechanism.
⚠️ But on adaptation, finance & implementing the transition away from fossil fuels, the COP30 outcome falls short.
Our full analysis ⬇️
⚠️ But on adaptation, finance & implementing the transition away from fossil fuels, the COP30 outcome falls short.
Our full analysis ⬇️
CAN-Rac celebrates Just Transition decision at COP30, while major gaps remain on finance, adaptation and energy - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Belém, Brazil, 22 November 2025:
Climate Action Network Canada celebrates the COP30 decision to develop a Just Transition Mechanism—a model for how the international climate negotiations can centre j...
shorturl.at
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🎉 Today at COP30, the world committed to center justice for workers & communities in the UN climate talks, with the decision to develop a Just Transition mechanism.
⚠️ But on adaptation, finance & implementing the transition away from fossil fuels, the COP30 outcome falls short.
Our full analysis ⬇️
⚠️ But on adaptation, finance & implementing the transition away from fossil fuels, the COP30 outcome falls short.
Our full analysis ⬇️
❗I'm so excited to talk with Dr. David Suzuki, Melina Laboucan-Massimo and Jordyn Burnouf - three of my movement heroes.
⚡We'll be talking about all things renewable power, and how it can bring the benefits we need at the global scale, and at the local.
📅 Dec 4th - link below!
#EnergySky
⚡We'll be talking about all things renewable power, and how it can bring the benefits we need at the global scale, and at the local.
📅 Dec 4th - link below!
#EnergySky
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
❗I'm so excited to talk with Dr. David Suzuki, Melina Laboucan-Massimo and Jordyn Burnouf - three of my movement heroes.
⚡We'll be talking about all things renewable power, and how it can bring the benefits we need at the global scale, and at the local.
📅 Dec 4th - link below!
#EnergySky
⚡We'll be talking about all things renewable power, and how it can bring the benefits we need at the global scale, and at the local.
📅 Dec 4th - link below!
#EnergySky
Reposted by Stephen Thomas
Do annual U.N. climate talks accomplish anything? On the last day of #COP30 in Brazil, activist @harjeet11.bsky.social says "this is the only place where we can get justice, however ineffective it has been."
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Do annual U.N. climate talks accomplish anything? On the last day of #COP30 in Brazil, activist @harjeet11.bsky.social says "this is the only place where we can get justice, however ineffective it has been."
Reposted by Stephen Thomas
In a special edition of our Climate Bulletin, we’re bringing you a #COP30 update from the ground.
While it’s still too soon to tell what the outcome of this COP will be, one thing is clear: the energy & solidarity rising up for a global #JustTransition is undeniable.
shorturl.at/QPSnJ
While it’s still too soon to tell what the outcome of this COP will be, one thing is clear: the energy & solidarity rising up for a global #JustTransition is undeniable.
shorturl.at/QPSnJ
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In a special edition of our Climate Bulletin, we’re bringing you a #COP30 update from the ground.
While it’s still too soon to tell what the outcome of this COP will be, one thing is clear: the energy & solidarity rising up for a global #JustTransition is undeniable.
shorturl.at/QPSnJ
While it’s still too soon to tell what the outcome of this COP will be, one thing is clear: the energy & solidarity rising up for a global #JustTransition is undeniable.
shorturl.at/QPSnJ
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Last week at #COP30, our members & allies pressed Environment and Climate Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social on climate finance, adaptation, the #BAM—and its expansion of fossil fuel projects that turn Indigenous communities into sacrifice zones. ✊💥
Watch the recording 👇
Watch the recording 👇
Canada at COP30: A Conversation with Civil Society
YouTube video by CAN-Rac Canada
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Last week at #COP30, our members & allies pressed Environment and Climate Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social on climate finance, adaptation, the #BAM—and its expansion of fossil fuel projects that turn Indigenous communities into sacrifice zones. ✊💥
Watch the recording 👇
Watch the recording 👇
Reposted by Stephen Thomas
We are losing so much time fighting fights that should have been put to bed years ago.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We are losing so much time fighting fights that should have been put to bed years ago.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
I love this city.
These things are always hard to measure, but the Copenhagenize Index ranks Montreal as the 15th most bike-friendly city in the world.
Top 5 in North America:
1. Montreal
2. Quebec City
3. Vancouver
4. Portland
5. Minneapolis
I worry we’ll fall in the next few years though!
Top 5 in North America:
1. Montreal
2. Quebec City
3. Vancouver
4. Portland
5. Minneapolis
I worry we’ll fall in the next few years though!
Copenhagenize index
copenhagenizeindex.eu
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I love this city.
With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wit...
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wit...
BREAKING: With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces
With the federal and Alberta governments touting an imminent deal on a new oil pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, analysis released Thursday morning concludes that investors in Canadian o...
www.theenergymix.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wit...
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wit...
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"The lungs of the world are in your hands!" That was our message for #COP30 negotiators this week. Standing in front of a giant pair of lungs, health professionals from around the world joined our call to phase out #fossilfuels to protect health and save lives.
youtube.com/shorts/pIavx...
youtube.com/shorts/pIavx...
CAPE physicians unveil giant lungs to demand fossil fuel phaseout at COP30
YouTube video by CAPE | ACME
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"The lungs of the world are in your hands!" That was our message for #COP30 negotiators this week. Standing in front of a giant pair of lungs, health professionals from around the world joined our call to phase out #fossilfuels to protect health and save lives.
youtube.com/shorts/pIavx...
youtube.com/shorts/pIavx...
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📢 For the first time in over a decade, Canada has been shamed at #COP30 as the “Fossil of the Day” — the most dishonourable award given during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.”
Read our press release:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
Read our press release:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
Canada shamed as “Fossil of the Day” at COP30, for the first time in more than a decade - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Belém, Brazil, 18 November 2025:
Today at COP30, international civil society denounced Canada as Fossil of the Day—the first time since 2014 that Canada has been singled out for this dishonour.
Foss...
shorturl.at
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
📢 For the first time in over a decade, Canada has been shamed at #COP30 as the “Fossil of the Day” — the most dishonourable award given during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.”
Read our press release:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
Read our press release:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
Reposted by Stephen Thomas
#COP30 - CAPE is now live at the 'Global Health Leaders Call for a Life-Saving Transition Away from Fossil Fuels' press conference with @gchalliance.bsky.social @ifmsa.bsky.social l and the @International Council of Nurses (ICN). Livestream : unfccc-events.azureedge.net/COP30_108722...
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#COP30 - CAPE is now live at the 'Global Health Leaders Call for a Life-Saving Transition Away from Fossil Fuels' press conference with @gchalliance.bsky.social @ifmsa.bsky.social l and the @International Council of Nurses (ICN). Livestream : unfccc-events.azureedge.net/COP30_108722...
What a waste of time.
An amoral, unambiguous torching of good faith work on climate. The wrong move for workers, affordability, health and energy strategy.
But just such a goddamn waste of everyone’s time.
#cdnpoli #climate #energysky
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
An amoral, unambiguous torching of good faith work on climate. The wrong move for workers, affordability, health and energy strategy.
But just such a goddamn waste of everyone’s time.
#cdnpoli #climate #energysky
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
What a waste of time.
An amoral, unambiguous torching of good faith work on climate. The wrong move for workers, affordability, health and energy strategy.
But just such a goddamn waste of everyone’s time.
#cdnpoli #climate #energysky
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
An amoral, unambiguous torching of good faith work on climate. The wrong move for workers, affordability, health and energy strategy.
But just such a goddamn waste of everyone’s time.
#cdnpoli #climate #energysky
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
🚨Climate Action Tracker updated Canada's analysis and it is BAD.🚨
Canada's weakening of climate action has been re-evaluated to now be in-line with levels of warming that likely can't support human civilization (4C+).
So... not great!
climateactiontracker.org/countries/ca...
#cdnpoli #climate
Canada's weakening of climate action has been re-evaluated to now be in-line with levels of warming that likely can't support human civilization (4C+).
So... not great!
climateactiontracker.org/countries/ca...
#cdnpoli #climate
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨Climate Action Tracker updated Canada's analysis and it is BAD.🚨
Canada's weakening of climate action has been re-evaluated to now be in-line with levels of warming that likely can't support human civilization (4C+).
So... not great!
climateactiontracker.org/countries/ca...
#cdnpoli #climate
Canada's weakening of climate action has been re-evaluated to now be in-line with levels of warming that likely can't support human civilization (4C+).
So... not great!
climateactiontracker.org/countries/ca...
#cdnpoli #climate
Good to hear PM Carney say positive things on #climate, but "meeting Paris targets" really doesn't mean anything.
What we need is a specific commitment for Canada to clarify it's 2030/35 targets, and go (way) further to meet our fair share toward those Paris targets.
#cdnpoli
What we need is a specific commitment for Canada to clarify it's 2030/35 targets, and go (way) further to meet our fair share toward those Paris targets.
#cdnpoli
A major win for the planet, and for the Greens. Elizabeth May just secured a historic on-the-record promise from PM Mark Carney: Canada will meet our Paris climate targets and our Kunming–Montreal biodiversity goals. We’re not here for talk, we’re here for results.
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reposted by Stephen Thomas
Reporting on the fossil fuel lobbyist takeover via @breachmedia.ca.
Who’s more of a threat to have in the Blue Zone? Tourmaline Oil or Indigenous people from the Amazon? #COP30
Who’s more of a threat to have in the Blue Zone? Tourmaline Oil or Indigenous people from the Amazon? #COP30
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reporting on the fossil fuel lobbyist takeover via @breachmedia.ca.
Who’s more of a threat to have in the Blue Zone? Tourmaline Oil or Indigenous people from the Amazon? #COP30
Who’s more of a threat to have in the Blue Zone? Tourmaline Oil or Indigenous people from the Amazon? #COP30
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Heavy police presence on Day 1 of Week 2 at #COP30. Need military to keep Indigenous people out, while 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists waltz in. In Canada’s case, many of them are apart of our official party delegation.
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Heavy police presence on Day 1 of Week 2 at #COP30. Need military to keep Indigenous people out, while 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists waltz in. In Canada’s case, many of them are apart of our official party delegation.
BREAKING: 138 Sustainability Leaders Scorch Climate Rollbacks in Federal Budget www.theenergymix.com/breaking-138...
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #climate
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #climate
BREAKING: 138 Sustainability Leaders Scorch Climate Rollbacks in Federal Budget
A group of 138 sustainability leaders from business, academia, environmental NGOs, and government, along with 70 of their affiliated organizations, are scorching the climate rollbacks in the Carney go...
www.theenergymix.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
BREAKING: 138 Sustainability Leaders Scorch Climate Rollbacks in Federal Budget www.theenergymix.com/breaking-138...
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #climate
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #climate
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Ironically, PM Carney skipped COP30 in Brazil, to announce that the federal government will fast-track the American-owned Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia. 👎😒
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ironically, PM Carney skipped COP30 in Brazil, to announce that the federal government will fast-track the American-owned Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia. 👎😒
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
Reposted by Stephen Thomas
Dr Joe’s COP30 diary Day 4:
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dr Joe’s COP30 diary Day 4:
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Us:
Calling for transmission projects, grid upgrades and support for renewables for more than three years
PM Carney:
Here's a transmission project involving clean electricity... *BUT* it's mostly for powering fossil fuel export projects
Calling for transmission projects, grid upgrades and support for renewables for more than three years
PM Carney:
Here's a transmission project involving clean electricity... *BUT* it's mostly for powering fossil fuel export projects
a man in a white shirt is sitting on the floor and says not like this .
ALT: a man in a white shirt is sitting on the floor and says not like this .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Us:
Calling for transmission projects, grid upgrades and support for renewables for more than three years
PM Carney:
Here's a transmission project involving clean electricity... *BUT* it's mostly for powering fossil fuel export projects
Calling for transmission projects, grid upgrades and support for renewables for more than three years
PM Carney:
Here's a transmission project involving clean electricity... *BUT* it's mostly for powering fossil fuel export projects