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Angela Antle

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2025 Rachel Carson WiR at LMU, Munich, debut novel (The Saltbox Olive - Breakwater 2025), Writers at Woody Point co-host, former CBC, MUN PhD candidate - #petrocultures #climatejustice #EnvHum Energy Futures www.theindependent.ca www.angelaantle.com

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Angela Antle @acantle.bsky.social · Apr 20

Want to understand why a pro-oil government might…manufacture a crisis or three?! This is such a great read right now! #energyhumanities

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14h

If you ever end up recording a final message, ensure you dedicate a good chunk of it to roasting your nemeses, like Jane Goodall did

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In an interview for a new Netflix documentary filmed months before her death, famed British primatologist Jane Goodall called for billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to be blasted into space.

“Absolutely, there are people I don’t like,” she told interviewer and TV writer Brad Falchuk, “and I would like to put them on one of Musk’s spaceships and send them all off to the planet he’s sure he’s going to discover.”

When asked if she would like Musk to be on the spacecraft alongside them, she sounded off.

“Oh, absolutely, he’d be the host,” she said. “Along with Musk, it’d be [president Donald] Trump and some of Trump’s real supporters.”

“Put them all on that spaceship and send them off,” she concluded.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 1d

Let's be clear tho: Carney abandoned climate change policy as a cynical means to get elected, not because there are other crises.

Carl Meyer @meyer.bsky.social · 1d

A decade ago, Mark Carney gave a speech pointing out how biz and political leaders had no day-to-day incentive to address climate change, yet it was up to governments. Today, Carney is leading one, but finds himself consumed with responding to the many crises of the day thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...

How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules

thenarwhal.ca

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Emilia Belliveau @e-belliveau.bsky.social · 23d

A great write up by @acantle.bsky.social and @angelavcarter.bsky.social!

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Angela Antle @acantle.bsky.social · 7d

I gathered #opinions #concerns and #attitudes about #climate change in #Newfoundland. We are not immune.

The Independent @independentnl.bsky.social · 12d

Results from The Indy's #climate crisis reader survey are in!
In her latest #EnergyFutures column, Angela Antle shares responses from some of the more than 100 readers who responded. #nlpoli
theindependent.ca/commentary/e...

‘Close to panic level’: Survey respondents chime in on climate crisis – The Independent

More than 100 readers responded to The Indy’s first climate survey, and almost all share deep concerns

theindependent.ca

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Physghoul 👻 @physgal.bsky.social · 8d

#AcademicSky

AAUP @aaup.org · 8d

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 15d

🍂 Join us for our FABULOUS fall in-person book launch at Supermarket in Toronto! 🍂 #TOevents #booklaunch #CanLit #fiction #memoir #poetry

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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 19d

Avi's launch video is 🔥. While Carney's elbows are sagging, Avi's building a real agenda to make life better for Canada's many.

Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 19d

Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy.

I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.

We need a government that serves the many, not the money.

Join in. lewisforleader.ca/

youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY

Why I’m running for NDP leader

YouTube video by Avi Lewis

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Justin Brake @justinbrake.bsky.social · 26d

"While other governments sue oil companies for climate damages, the NL government brings along an oil lobbyist like a Negotiator-in-Chief. This is inviting the fox into the henhouse."

Read the op-ed from @acantle.bsky.social & Angela Carter 👇 #nlpoli
www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...

OPINION: Oil blocks our fire exit

When it comes to NL’s economic/climate emergency, our collective road to safety is blocked by oil lobbyists and their government support.

www.saltwire.com

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Angela Antle @acantle.bsky.social · Aug 19

It’s on Apple.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · Aug 3

The President of Ireland calling for the UN to bypass the Security Council and mount an international military defence of an aid corridor to the Gaza Strip.

Let's do it people. Let's show Israel that genocide by Israelis is as unacceptable as genocide by Nazis, Serbs, Arabs or anyone else.

Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · Aug 3

Very powerful stuff from the President of Ireland on stopping the starvation in #gaza

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Jussi T. Eronen @jussiteronen.bsky.social · Aug 3

Finally someone speaks about what could be done.

Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · Aug 3

Very powerful stuff from the President of Ireland on stopping the starvation in #gaza

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jul 30

Well, this is just FANTASTIC news.

“Cycle Toronto wins Charter challenge, saving bike lanes on Yonge, University, and Bloor.”

Congratulations @cycletoronto.bsky.social, you’ve done a huge service to Toronto. Safe bike-lanes are better for EVERYONE, no matter how they get around.

Cycle Toronto wins Charter challenge, saving bike lanes on Yonge, University, and Bloor

www.cycleto.ca

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 30

Motherfucking wind farms…

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Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · Jul 30

Simulated propagation of tsunami generated by Kamchatka M8.8 earthquake. Generated by NCDR, Taiwan. 🧪⚒️⚛️

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · Jul 27

That's 12 grams of food per person in Gaza.

To put that in perspective, a 4-bar KitKat weighs 41.2 grams.

It's about the weight of 30 peanuts.

Woefully inadequate.

The genocide continues.

25 tonnes of aid dropped into Gaza amid IDF 'pause'

Two Jordanian and one Emirati plane have dropped 25 tonnes of humanitarian aid over Gaza, the Jordanian army said in a statement, after Israel earlier announced a "tactical pause" in fighting amid a d...

www.rte.ie

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Angela Antle @acantle.bsky.social · Jul 24

Yes! Thanks to the @ndp.ca

alison (she/her) FREE LINK @alisonborealis.bsky.social · Jul 24

Brought to you in no small part by the NDP!

Glad to see the government follow through. Need to see this become available to everyone.

Liberal Party • Parti libéral @liberalca.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Canadian Dental Care Plan is making a real difference in the lives of millions of Canadians — and applications are now open to people of all ages.

Angela Antle @acantle.bsky.social · Jul 24

My first review!

The Seaboard Review of Books 🇨🇦 📚 @theseaboardreview.ca · Jul 22

The latest issue of The Seaboard Review of Books is out! Here are the covers of the 6 reviews contained in this week's issue. There is also an author interview and two "Hot Takes" to read about. Enjoy! www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa... #canlit

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jul 23

THIS IS VERY EXCITING! HUGE THANKS TO THE LAW STUDENTS OF VANUATU, JULIAN AGUON, BLUE OCEAN LAW, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKED ON IT.

Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · Jul 23

Huge news from the International Court of Justice in the Hague – the start of a new era of climate accountability

The court confirms that states are obliged to act on the climate crisis, and that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is fundamental for all other human rights

World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities - Greenpeace International

The world’s highest court has just delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States in the face of the climate emergency.[1] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision deliver...

www.greenpeace.org

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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · Jul 23

My god, how can anyone see this photo and not be outraged. Also read the article. www.bbc.com/news/article...

More than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza

A joint statement says the Israeli government's "siege" has left aid supplies "totally depleted".

www.bbc.com

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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · Jul 23

With just 9 percent of plastic being recycled , global cap on plastic production may sound like a logical way to protect people and planetary health.

Unsurprisingly, those that make plastic don't agree.

Excellent piece by @dpcarrington.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

www.theguardian.com

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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · Jul 23

Obviously.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 23

The United Nations’ highest judicial body ruled that nations must prevent environmental harm and limit greenhouse gas emissions. The nonbinding decision pressures countries to fulfill climate pledges and opens doors for global climate cases.

U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions

The court was asked to rule on whether nations are obligated under international law to protect the Earth’s climate from planet-warming emissions.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Angela Antle @acantle.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thank you Linda!!!

Angela Antle @acantle.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thank you Joanne!!

Angela Antle @acantle.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you Trudy Morgan Cole! #Newfoundland #novel #WW2 #Italy

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Jul 21

The monitoring station on Mauna Loa provides the longest direct measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Trump wants to shut it down, which is like taking the batteries out of your screaming smoke alarm and pretending the house isn't on fire. #climatechange

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