Bob Payne
@bob183.bsky.social
Retired Professor, Geographer, Environmentalist, Cyclist: OnPoli, CdnPoli: born at 310.4 ppm: he/him 🇨🇦
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Age-verification mandates create barriers along lines of race, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, immigration status, and socioeconomic class. Here’s 10 (not so) hidden ways how. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification
It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various
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December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Age-verification mandates create barriers along lines of race, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, immigration status, and socioeconomic class. Here’s 10 (not so) hidden ways how. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Canada should do this. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Norway to examine scenarios for post-oil economy
Norway said Wednesday it will set up a commission to study potential scenarios for the country’s post-oil economy, a commitment the Greens Party secured in exchange for backing the government’s 2026 b...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Canada should do this. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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Algoma Steel president Michael Garcia delivered a pretty catastrophic blow to the head of Poilievre and his MAGA Cons, stating that the industrial carbon tax not only isn’t destructive; it oppositely ends up being *beneficial* for his industry. #cdnpoli
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Algoma Steel president Michael Garcia delivered a pretty catastrophic blow to the head of Poilievre and his MAGA Cons, stating that the industrial carbon tax not only isn’t destructive; it oppositely ends up being *beneficial* for his industry. #cdnpoli
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NEW: The Ford government is routinely making decisions before environmental consultations have concluded and under-resourcing public education about those consultations, the auditor general has found in her annual report. #OnPoli
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Ontario government routinely ignoring environmental consultations, AG finds | Globalnews.ca
The Ford government is routinely making decisions before environmental consultations have concluded and under-resourcing public education about those consultations, the AG found.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NEW: The Ford government is routinely making decisions before environmental consultations have concluded and under-resourcing public education about those consultations, the auditor general has found in her annual report. #OnPoli
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Recent grizzly attacks in B.C. and Alberta have some calling for the provinces to re-open grizzly hunting. But experts say there is scant evidence that hunting reduces conflicts between bears and humans, writes freelance journalist @camfenton.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/grizzly-atta...
Grizzly hunting won’t reduce attacks, experts say | The Narwhal
After recent attacks in B.C. and Alberta, some are calling to re-open the grizzly hunt — but experts say there’s no evidence it would reduce conflicts
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December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Recent grizzly attacks in B.C. and Alberta have some calling for the provinces to re-open grizzly hunting. But experts say there is scant evidence that hunting reduces conflicts between bears and humans, writes freelance journalist @camfenton.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/grizzly-atta...
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Another local connection is that Doug Ford, who has never met a bad idea he didn't immediately fall in love with, has recently enabled the privatization of public water services in Ontario. Corrupt and stupid is a terrible way to run a province.
#onpoli #FordFailedOntario
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#onpoli #FordFailedOntario
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The latest twist👇 in the tale of Thames Water, which supplies drinking water to 1/4 of 🇬🇧. The local connection is that British Columbia Investment Management Corp (BCI) + BC Public Sector Pension Plans have owned 8.7% of the utility during its financial implosion and litany of leaks + spills. 1/x
Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?
Thames Water's lenders have submitted a new rescue plan to save the firm, but how did it end up in this state?
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December 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Another local connection is that Doug Ford, who has never met a bad idea he didn't immediately fall in love with, has recently enabled the privatization of public water services in Ontario. Corrupt and stupid is a terrible way to run a province.
#onpoli #FordFailedOntario
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#onpoli #FordFailedOntario
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So much for corporate social responsibility!
The unpaid bills of Alberta oil and gas companies, explained | The Narwhal
We break down the ways some Alberta oil and gas companies are shirking their bills, and what that means for Alberta municipalities and landowners
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December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
So much for corporate social responsibility!
Energy investments: not likely to be renewable energy
Canadian pension funds strike gold in UAE's investment ecosystem
Prime Minister Mark Carney secures UAE commitment for Canada's infrastructure and energy sectors
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December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Energy investments: not likely to be renewable energy
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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
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November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bike lane under the Van Horne overpass on boulevard St-Laurent is up to 1,186,537 bike trips in 2025.
1,245 so far today at 3:40 pm.
1,245 so far today at 3:40 pm.
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Bike lane under the Van Horne overpass on boulevard St-Laurent is up to 1,186,537 bike trips in 2025.
1,245 so far today at 3:40 pm.
1,245 so far today at 3:40 pm.
Greenpeace Canada: Reaction to Canada-Alberta MOU
Greenpeace Canada Reaction to the Canada–Alberta MOU announcement - Greenpeace Canada
Toronto – “The Canada – Alberta MOU announcement is so much worse than we expected, and we expected it to be bad. Not only are they trying to ram through a…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Greenpeace Canada: Reaction to Canada-Alberta MOU
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Hello my friends! What a wonderful experience it was to speak to you all from Montreal this evening. Tomorrow morning @votetanille.bsky.social and I will be doing a live stream post debate coffee chat over on Instagram. We hope to talk with you tomorrow morning at 9am EST. See you then!
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Hello my friends! What a wonderful experience it was to speak to you all from Montreal this evening. Tomorrow morning @votetanille.bsky.social and I will be doing a live stream post debate coffee chat over on Instagram. We hope to talk with you tomorrow morning at 9am EST. See you then!
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The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
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The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
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November 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
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Shut out of COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council
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Shut out of COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council
At the recent summit in Brazil, Indigenous leaders launch global council to centre Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis
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November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Shut out of COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council
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"The vast majority of Albertans want oil and gas companies to pay for cleanup of old oil wells." Coalition for Responsible Energy (C4RE) poll.
"Landowners’ frustration with industry is reaching a boiling point... Unless these issues are addressed, there can be no consideration of increased production, no new pipelines, or carbon capture and storage. It makes no sense."
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Albertans Want Polluters To Pay, But Government Trying to Pass Bill to Public
The Alberta Energy Regulator “has black marks all over it for being one sided to development companies like oil and gas and coal,” says Bill Trafford.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"The vast majority of Albertans want oil and gas companies to pay for cleanup of old oil wells." Coalition for Responsible Energy (C4RE) poll.
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My take on today's big announcement. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My take on today's big announcement. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Let's use the tech!
Early warning could reduce train-wildlife collisions | The Narwhal
Researchers at the University of Alberta developed an alert system to reduce wildlife collisions 10 years ago. It’s still not being used.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let's use the tech!
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A return that we don't need www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
The return of pipeline politics
Plus, NDP leadership candidates square off in Montreal.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A return that we don't need www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Under the current rules in Ontario, e-bikes cannot travel faster than 32 km/h, nor can they be modified to go faster than that.
They can weigh up to 120 kilograms (!)
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They can weigh up to 120 kilograms (!)
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Coroner's office calls for clearer definition of e-bikes in Ontario | CBC News
An expert panel is calling on the Ontario government to tighten its definition of what counts as an e-bike, in an attempt to improve safety and reduce the number of fatal crashes.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Under the current rules in Ontario, e-bikes cannot travel faster than 32 km/h, nor can they be modified to go faster than that.
They can weigh up to 120 kilograms (!)
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They can weigh up to 120 kilograms (!)
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Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.
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Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.
“The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”
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November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.
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Pipeline to Nowhere
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Pipeline to Nowhere
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s success in his first year has been to successfully convey an image of being the “smartest guy in the room.”
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November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Pipeline to Nowhere
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Because they don't care: Most oil companies aren’t disclosing net-zero timelines — IEA subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Most oil companies aren’t disclosing net-zero timelines — IEA
A report catalogs halting progress since the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter was signed at the U.N. climate summit in 2023.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Because they don't care: Most oil companies aren’t disclosing net-zero timelines — IEA subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
BC First Nations denounce reported Alberta-Ottawa agreement
Ahead of Thursday's expected announcement, Indigenous leaders in the province are accusing the federal government of making a "back room deal" to force through a pipeline to the province's northwest c...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
