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Scott Forbes🇨🇦
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U of Winnipeg ecologist; behavioural ecology; wildlife biology; fisheries; families; birds; climate change; surf-fishing; wood-working; lifelong student of natural history.
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theecologyprof.bsky.social
This is a must read 👇 👀
rachelgilmore.bsky.social Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 9h
Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.

He directly cites today's MOU:
Statement by Steven Guilbeault This afternoon, it is with great sadness that I submitted my resignation to the Prime Minister as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. As you know, I chose to enter politics to champion the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment. Over the past ten years, our country has made historic progress in reducing climate pollution, protecting nature and the environment, while our economy continued to grow. I believe I have contributed to these advancements, and I remain deeply proud of the achievements I have helped bring forward: • Standing up to tech giants and major polluters • Implementing Canada's first emissions reduction plan, slowing their growth and placing them on a downward trajectory • Establishing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation • Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act • Developing the country's first national climate adaptation strategy to protect our communities • Eliminating harmful single-use plastics • Implementing the most ambitious nature conservation plan in the country's history • Continuing the modernization of the Official Languages Act • Making historic investments in arts and culture, including during the COVID-19 crisis and in the most recent budget Changes in our relationship with the United States have led to profound disruptions affecting the global order, diplomatic relations, and the economy. I understand and share the Prime Minister's efforts to ensure our country First, there was no consultation with the Indigenous nations of the West Coast of British Columbia or with the provincial government, who would be greatly affected by this agreement. Furthermore, a pipeline to the West Coast would have major environmental impacts, particularly as it could cross the Great Bear Rainforest, contribute to a significant increase in climate pollution, and move Canada further away from its greenhouse gas reduction targets. Lifting the tanker ban on the West Coast would also significantly increase the risk of accidents in the region. This moratorium was established in 1972 following a unanimous vote in the House of Commons, notably because navigation in the Hecate Strait is highly dangerous. Its removal would also hinder the creation of a marine conservation area in the Great Bear Sea, a project our government has been actively developing with Indigenous partners and the government of British Columbia for several years, protecting more than 100,000 km of this ecologically sensitive region. We cannot hope to decarbonize our economy without decarbonizing the electricity sector. The proposal to exempt Alberta from the Clean Electricity Regulations in exchange for stricter industrial carbon pricing rules and the Pathways project is, in my view, a serious mistake. As shown in the analysis submitted to the House of Commons, without this regulation, the electricity sector-which has halved its pollution over the past 20 years-would return to an upward emissions trajectory. This regulation also saves lives by reducing air pollution, generates over $3 billion in healthcare savings, and ultimately reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 182 million tonnes. Finally, over the past few months, several elements of the climate action plan I worked on as Minister of the Environment have been, or are about to be, dismantled: the consumer carbon pricing, the Zero Emission Vehicle standard, the oil and gas sector emissions cap, the framework to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and the Clean Electricity Regulations. In my view, these measures remain essential to our climate action plan. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the citizens of Laurier-Sainte-Marie for the trust they have placed in me since 2019. I will continue to represent them as their Liberal Member of Parliament with dedication. I also thank the Prime Minister for the honor of serving in his cabinet and as his lieutenant in Quebec. When I entered politics, it was because I had a deep conviction that I could make a difference in fighting climate change and protecting our environment. My commitment to leaving a better world for the future of our children and our planet remains unchanged. Steven Guilbeault Member of Parliament for Laurier-Sainte-Marie
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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marcofesta.bsky.social
Glad to see that someone maintains a minimum of principle. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet after Carney, Smith sign energy deal
Mr. Guilbeault is a career environmentalist who has been serving as the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
This govt will NOT survive another confidence vote. Carney might be a fine banker but he's a terrible, duplicitous politician.
Now the question is whether Avi Lewis can finish the job Jack Layton started: replacing the Liberals on the political landscape.🇨🇦
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet after Carney, Smith sign energy deal
Mr. Guilbeault is a career environmentalist who has been serving as the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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avilewis.ca
1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
"Though the deal is between Ottawa and Alberta, it also stresses that British Columbia will be brought to the table."

Just like the Munich Agreement where Germany, Britain & Italy decided how to carve up Czechoslovakia without the Czechs at the table.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney, Smith sign sweeping energy deal, pledge new pipeline to West Coast
Federal government won’t implement its oil and gas emissions cap, and both sides will consult with B.C. on project, MOU says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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jvipondmd.bsky.social
climatekeith.bsky.social Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 14h
2. Pipeline MOU also:
- allows oil sands companies to use captured carbon to extract more oil (enhanced oil recovery), which previously wasn't allowed
- promotes expensive nuclear (i.e. keep using natural gas for 15 years) rather than cheaper, available-now wind and solar
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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greenprofgreen.bsky.social
The Carney/Smith #MOU is a climate dumpster fire. We knew it was coming, but boy howdy, it really sucks. THREAD
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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woodsideful.bsky.social
Carney caved on virtually all of Smith's demands. Updates to come.
BREAKING: Alberta gets its way in deal with Ottawa
A newly signed memorandum of understanding gives Alberta almost its entire list of demands, from the removal of regulations to the fast-tracking of a pipeline.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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richardbrooks.bsky.social
Breaking: Canadian Prime Minister and Alberta Premier sign deal that will quash Indigenous rights, provoke a wave of backlash and opposition unlike anything every seen in Canada, and roll back big climate protections to benefit a handful of foreign owned oil and gas companies.

#oil #cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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lalegault.bsky.social
Another fraud perpetrated by @mark-carney.bsky.social.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
Carney has fired up a gas guzzling 426-hemi 1970 Dodge Charger, put it in full reverse & taken us back to the 20th century. Even Pierre Poilievre couldn't have done worse on climate policy. Canada is now a fully-fledged petrostate & climate pariah thanks to him. #ClimateQuisling. #ClimateAction
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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jvipondmd.bsky.social
Can someone share the math/plan with me as to how we (Canada) will achieve its Paris targets, as reconfirmed in the House 2 weeks ago by Mark Carney?

Thanks in advance
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
Carney is a #ClimateQuisling.
For those saying it doesn't matter because a new oil pipeline is impossible, just stop. It's possible.
What's worse, Carney justifies it with the worst form of greenwashing: carbon capture to produce 'decarbonized oil.' What utter BS.
More massive subsidies for Big Oil.
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
Manitoba's plan to build a $3 billion methane power plant is BANANAS. More expensive than Firm Renewables (wind/solar & storage) & it leaves consumers vulnerable to skyrocketing gas prices especially as we export more LNG driving up prices. Just plain dumb. #MbPoli
climateactionmb.ca/new-provinci...
New Provincial Fossil Gas-Fired Power Plant Contradicts Climate Commitments, Misses Opportunities - Climate Action Team Manitoba
climateactionmb.ca
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
Those who think a new oil pipeline to the BC coast is impossible & that Carney suckered Smith, think again. BC opposition? The Horgan NDP govt opposed expanding Trans Mountain on an existing corridor. They failed. The route of a new north coast oil pipeline? The Coastal GasLink corridor. Hello🛢️🛢️🛢️
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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drpauldorfman.bsky.social
'Around four or five years ago, it became cheaper to generate electricity from the sun and wind than it is by setting things on fire. Renewable energy has been getting so plentiful, to the point that some governments are literally giving it away.'
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
We must embrace reality and lower our bills with cheap green energy
WHEN a pavilion at the COP climate summit in Brazil caught fire, it was hard not to think of this as a perfect metaphor in itself ...
www.thenational.scot
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
Simple, cheap technology to store renewable energy. Manitoba should look at this and other storage systems instead of squandering $3 billion on new methane-powered generating stations. #EnergyTransition #MbPoli
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
This is close to what I imagine when I read one of PG Wodehouse's Blandings Castle novels, where his characters, especially Lord Emsworth, basked in the sunshine and light.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
By paving the way for pipelines to the BC coast, Carney assures: 1. the demise of the Liberals; 2. a majority Poilievre govt (shudder); and 3. breathes new life into a moribund NDP. If Avi Lewis catches fire we could see a repeat of 2011 election. #NoPipelines
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney briefs cabinet on Alberta energy deal to be unveiled Thursday
Agreement could open the door for a new heavy oil pipeline to the B.C. coast
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
A Canadian icon. Few people achieve excellence in two different careers - Jones did. RIP Colleen. 🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Colleen Jones, champion curler and CBC reporter, dies at 65 | CBC News
Jones’s celebrated career paved the way for other women in sport and broadcasting.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
Just had a student present this in my evolutionary biology class. Bowheads are the longest-lived mammal with lifespans of 2+ centuries. They inhabit the same environment as the longest-lived fish, the Greenland shark (4 centuries or more). I'd be curious to know if there are genetic parallels here.
vvsmider.bsky.social Vaughn Smider, MD, PhD @vvsmider.bsky.social · 3d
Bowhead whales live twice as long as humans, and have a unique DNA repair mechanism to avoid cancer. Novel research w U Rochester in collaboration with the Inuit in Alaska.

🧪#cancer
apple.news/Ag-kaIoQ2QSG...
A bowhead whale's DNA offers clues to fight cancer — NPR
Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the bowhead whale.
apple.news
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
My university just dropped this bombshell on the U of Winnipeg community. I've been here long enough that this is not the first time I've seen this happen.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
My contribution to the #Birdoftheday theme of #YellowEyes: ospreys fit the bill. 🪶 #Bird
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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chriswiebe.bsky.social
« The announcement in the throne speech of a new $3B fossil gas-fired power plant to meet growing peak electricity demand is a major disappointment that undercuts the gov’s recent commitments to emissions reductions, affordability and economic development »

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: We don’t need fossil gas energy
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
theecologyprof.bsky.social
Think that BC will never approve an oil pipeline and thus the Smith-Carney compact is much ado about nothing?
Think again.
Eby has the thinnest of majorities.
A climate-denying Rustad govt would approve it in a nanosecond.
#NoOilPipelines
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM