Terry Bergen
@terrybergen.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Wannabe cyclist, paddler & skier on Vancouver Island.
Born @ 330ppm.
“Try not to punch down.”
Born @ 330ppm.
“Try not to punch down.”
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
Not cool.
Ken “I hate your grandkids” Sim is pandering to who, for what?
Ken “I hate your grandkids” Sim is pandering to who, for what?
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Not cool.
Ken “I hate your grandkids” Sim is pandering to who, for what?
Ken “I hate your grandkids” Sim is pandering to who, for what?
An important and disturbing thread worth reading, as well as the linked articles.
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
An important and disturbing thread worth reading, as well as the linked articles.
Kids will die because people have been convinced by charlatans and liars, well intentioned (I'm being generous) or otherwise.
#vaccines are awesome! Don't be afraid to speak up.
I love me some of the #science juice. Pump it into my veins.
#vaccines are awesome! Don't be afraid to speak up.
I love me some of the #science juice. Pump it into my veins.
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country has officially lost its measles elimination status, which it had held since 1998.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This. Simply, this.
Seven solar companies most people haven’t heard of, are ALREADY providing more energy for the global economy than Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP: buff.ly/lFAMcbd
We have the solutions. Time to dump the oil economy and implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy
We have the solutions. Time to dump the oil economy and implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This. Simply, this.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Only one line of security screening at #YYJ is significantly increasing the anxiety levels of many travellers this afternoon. Lots of people used to 0-5 minutes.
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Only one line of security screening at #YYJ is significantly increasing the anxiety levels of many travellers this afternoon. Lots of people used to 0-5 minutes.
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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The Trump admin is fully powered by the attention economy. A universe of dumbasess talking to other dumbasess, built on the assumption our tastes have grown so rotten and atrophied that we can't even remember a world where we weren't inundated by worthless slop.
www.garbageday.email/p/the-great-...
www.garbageday.email/p/the-great-...
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Trump admin is fully powered by the attention economy. A universe of dumbasess talking to other dumbasess, built on the assumption our tastes have grown so rotten and atrophied that we can't even remember a world where we weren't inundated by worthless slop.
www.garbageday.email/p/the-great-...
www.garbageday.email/p/the-great-...
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BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions.
In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬
In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions.
In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬
In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬
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We're going public today with a powerful new tool for researching, following and reporting on local governments across Canada.
It’s dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time.
It’s dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time.
Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation
Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We're going public today with a powerful new tool for researching, following and reporting on local governments across Canada.
It’s dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time.
It’s dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time.
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Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
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There is no time to wait. We need more climate ambition not less.
#ActOnClimate #PanelsNotPipelines @MarkJCarney
#ActOnClimate #PanelsNotPipelines @MarkJCarney
October 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There is no time to wait. We need more climate ambition not less.
#ActOnClimate #PanelsNotPipelines @MarkJCarney
#ActOnClimate #PanelsNotPipelines @MarkJCarney
Alternate headline…
“Enbridge CEO urges Ottawa to help further pollute planet and punish everyone’s grandkids for my quarterly earnings report”
“Enbridge CEO urges Ottawa to help further pollute planet and punish everyone’s grandkids for my quarterly earnings report”
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Alternate headline…
“Enbridge CEO urges Ottawa to help further pollute planet and punish everyone’s grandkids for my quarterly earnings report”
“Enbridge CEO urges Ottawa to help further pollute planet and punish everyone’s grandkids for my quarterly earnings report”
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According to Indigenous Watchdog, work on 16 calls to action hasn’t started, 22 have stalled, 42 are in progress and 14 are complete.
Are the TRC calls to action be answered?
A not-for-profit organization that is keeping track of how governments across the country are responding to report by the TRC.
www.aptnnews.ca
September 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
According to Indigenous Watchdog, work on 16 calls to action hasn’t started, 22 have stalled, 42 are in progress and 14 are complete.
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Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
What’s up with the folks in the UK trying to one-up the Yanks in acts of self harm?
Nigel Farage on course to be next prime minister, mega poll projects
Nigel Farage on course to be next prime minister, mega poll projects
Nigel Farage is on course to be prime minister, according to a seat-by-seat YouGov poll which reveals the scale of Conservative implosion.
news.sky.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
What’s up with the folks in the UK trying to one-up the Yanks in acts of self harm?
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NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
September 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
Meanwhile, here in the real world, problems don’t go away because we wish inconvenient truths not to be so.
#climate #GHG #science
#climate #GHG #science
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If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be:
"the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute."
BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE
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If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be:
"the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute."
BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE
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September 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards."
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards."
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
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One piece of advice I have for those seeing this post from within the United States — find ways to watch credible news from other countries. Whenever I watch U.S. news channels, it’s easier for me to understand how badly U.S. politics and discourse is broken, and how uninformed U.S. residents are.
September 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
One piece of advice I have for those seeing this post from within the United States — find ways to watch credible news from other countries. Whenever I watch U.S. news channels, it’s easier for me to understand how badly U.S. politics and discourse is broken, and how uninformed U.S. residents are.
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