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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 2d

"In the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use" #Solar

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research. A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use. Continue reading...

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 2d

"You cannot put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it. As this new session begins, we demand a genuine recommitment to climate action that respects First Nations title and rights and the rights of all our grandchildren to a livable planet." GC Stewart Phillip @ubcic.bsky.social #bcpoli #yyj

Stand.earth @stand.earth · 2d

We’re calling on the B.C. government to recommit to strong climate action and get us back on track for the people and the planet.

Find out more here:

First day of B.C. Government fall session draws demands for climate action by Indigenous and environmental groups - Stand.earth

VICTORIA | UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE lək̓ʷəŋən PEOPLES – On the first day of the fall session of the B.C. Government, Indigenous and environmental leaders hosted a press conference calling on Premiere...

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 1d

How do you feel about @davidebybc.bsky.social cutting active transportation (walking, rolling & cycling) grants to municipalities (less than 1% of Min of Transport budget) while shoveling subsidies to fracked gas projects?

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/07/n... #bcpoli #BChydro #CleanBC

Taxpayers on hook for more than $100M to connect LNG Canada to BC Hydro

The subsidy to electrify LNG Canada is one many offered by the province to expand fossil fuels while ratepayers and the public pay the price, critics say.

www.nationalobserver.com

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RazomWeStand 🇺🇦 @razomwestand.bsky.social · 14h

UK-owned and -insured ships have carried £45 billion of Russian #LNG since 2022, fueling Russia’s war budget. The UK supports #Ukraine, but must do more to turn words into action.

If you live in the UK, sign this petition to ban UK shipping and insurance of Russian LNG.

bit.ly/SignPetitionUk

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 12d

Eby repealed a carbon tax that had been working in BC for almost 2 decades in order to make gas a bit cheaper, and handed out $410 million to drivers for basically no reason. And now there's no money for active transport grants. 300 people a year are killed in BC in motor vehicle crashes.

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Climate Watcher @pmagn.bsky.social · 12d

Yeah, clean BC 🔥 #DavidEby

Sleepless nights, toxic smoke, toxic methane, ground Ozone 👀: life beside Canada’s first LNG export plant #lngcanada #cleanbc #bchydro #bcpoli #bcndp

thenarwhal.ca/kitimat-lng-...

Noise, smoke from LNG Canada plagues residents of Kitimat, B.C. | The Narwhal

Residents near LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., say the constant noise and toxic smoke is ‘hell’ — and threatens serious health impacts

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 1d

How do you feel about @davidebybc.bsky.social cutting active transportation (walking, rolling & cycling) grants to municipalities (less than 1% of Min of Transport budget) while shoveling subsidies to fracked gas projects?

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/07/n... #bcpoli #BChydro #CleanBC

Taxpayers on hook for more than $100M to connect LNG Canada to BC Hydro

The subsidy to electrify LNG Canada is one many offered by the province to expand fossil fuels while ratepayers and the public pay the price, critics say.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 1d

Renewables > Coal

First time ever.

#climateaction

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

- Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report by @ember-energy.org finds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 2d

"Canadian oil is poor quality, expensive to produce, costly to ship and hard to refine. With more attractive sources of crude developed and [renewable energy] accelerating, no one wants to invest heavily in Canada." #cdnpoli #oilsands #abpoli

RossBelot @rossbelot.bsky.social · 2d

My latest….The new Imperial Oil is a collection of operating plants run out of “global business centres.” That is, not run from Canada by Canadians. It’s the clearest sign yet that Canada’s oil story is drawing to a close. Our leaders still haven't noticed. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/a...

The fall of a Canadian giant

The new Imperial Oil is essentially a collection of operating plants run out of “global business centres.” That is, not run from Canada or by Canadians. This isn’t just a corporate restructuring. It’s...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 1d

Want to know why Trump is trying so hard to bring coal mining back to the United States?

Because clean energy now generates more electricity than coal on a global scale, and that’s cutting into the profits of fossil fuel companies.

(Which is great news for the planet!)

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350.org @350.org · 1d

The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year!

Let’s keep the pressure on global leaders at #COP30 to ensure fossil fuel lobbyists don’t throw them off course.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 4d

Individual rooftop installations are too small to be systematically attacked. That’s why there’s been a huge boom in small-scale #solar across Ukraine.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
(via @billmckibben.bsky.social)

Ukrainians find new energy sources to beat blackouts as winter arrives

In Kyiv, daily blackouts of eight hours are common.

www.reuters.com

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 2d

"Canadian oil is poor quality, expensive to produce, costly to ship and hard to refine. With more attractive sources of crude developed and [renewable energy] accelerating, no one wants to invest heavily in Canada." #cdnpoli #oilsands #abpoli

RossBelot @rossbelot.bsky.social · 2d

My latest….The new Imperial Oil is a collection of operating plants run out of “global business centres.” That is, not run from Canada by Canadians. It’s the clearest sign yet that Canada’s oil story is drawing to a close. Our leaders still haven't noticed. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/a...

The fall of a Canadian giant

The new Imperial Oil is essentially a collection of operating plants run out of “global business centres.” That is, not run from Canada or by Canadians. This isn’t just a corporate restructuring. It’s...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 2d

"In the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use" #Solar

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research. A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · Dec 28

"The climate you were born in no longer exists,” said Andreu Escrivà, an environmental scientist and author. “Spain is no longer that paradise where you could spend a very mild winter and a very nice summer.” www.vox.com/climate/3923... #climatesky #climatecrisis

Climate change is pushing some governments to the breaking point

One country offers a glimpse into the future of warming and unrest.

www.vox.com

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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 5d

Goldstream Park is under threat from a $162M highway project that would destroy salmon habitat — without adding lanes. 🐟🚫

Oct 22: Rally at the B.C. Legislature with Elder Carl Olsen to say NO to the Malahat expansion #Goldstream #bcpoli

wildernesscommittee.org/events/rally-save-goldstream-park

Rally to save Goldstream Park

Goldstream park is under threat from a 162-million-dollar highway construction project that will destroy salmon habitat and won’t even add more lanes!On October 22, 2025, we’re taking the dissent to…

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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 2d

Weekly protest for Goldstream 👉 HAPPENING TOMORROW!

Remember to join Elder Carl Olsen to protest the Malahat Highway's expansion into the Goldstream River - critical habitat for salmon.

Info 👇 #oldgrowth #salmon #bcpoli

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 2d

📣 Today, reps from Stand.earth, the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, @wildernews.bsky.social, Wet’suwet’en Nation Hereditary Chiefs, Community Leaders held a press conference to mark the start of the B.C. government’s fall legislative session — with a 17ft tall inflatable Premier David Eby.

NEWS icon in top left corner. Background photo of representatives from climate groups and Indigenous groups standing in front of a 17ft tall inflatable B.C. Premier David Eby, front of a B.C. government building that has a huge Canadian flag hanging from it. The inflatable depicts Eby in a suit, with a name tag reading “DAVID EBY” and a heart button reading “NDP LNG” with two outstretched hands behind two smokestacks, one reading “LNG” and the other reading “OIL” with flames rising from below with text on the fire reading “EBY: Invest in People, NOT Polluters”. Text reads “Civil Society Press Conference Marks the Opening of B.C. Government's Fall Session with a Giant Inflatable Eby”. Arrow icon pointing right in bottom right corner of image.

Photo of representatives from climate groups and Indigenous groups standing in front of a 17ft tall inflatable B.C. Premier David Eby. Text below reads “Today, representatives from Stand.earth, the keena Watershed Conservation Coalition, the Wilderness Committee, Wet'suwet'en Nation Hereditary Chiefs, Community Leaders held a press conference to mark the start of the fall legislative session-with the help of a 17ft tall inflatable Premier David Eby.”

Photo of Hereditary Chief Na’Moks speaking at a podium in front of the inflatable. Quote reads “Continuing to ignore science, medical experts and the public as a whole, and supporting projects that are destroying our environment and our quality of life, is not what democratic institutions should be doing. Listening and supporting the public, not industries owned by foreign governments, is what a proper and truthful government and its representatives must do!" Attribution in bottom left corner reads “Hereditary Chief Na'Moks, Wet'suwet'en First Nation”.

Photo of Gwii Lok'im Gibuu (Jesse Stoepler) speaking at a podium in front of the inflatable. Quote reads "Now that cabinet is back in session, Premier Eby is being reminded that NO still means NO. Fast tracking reverse reconciliation is nothing new to this government, even from an economic perspective the LNG fossil gas investment is inflated at public expense to benefit foreign ownership!" Attribution in bottom left corner reads “Gwii Lok'im Gibuu (Jesse Stoepler), Co-Executive Director for Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition & Deputy Chief, Hagwilget First Nation”.

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 2d

"You cannot put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it. As this new session begins, we demand a genuine recommitment to climate action that respects First Nations title and rights and the rights of all our grandchildren to a livable planet." GC Stewart Phillip @ubcic.bsky.social #bcpoli #yyj

Stand.earth @stand.earth · 2d

We’re calling on the B.C. government to recommit to strong climate action and get us back on track for the people and the planet.

Find out more here:

First day of B.C. Government fall session draws demands for climate action by Indigenous and environmental groups - Stand.earth

VICTORIA | UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE lək̓ʷəŋən PEOPLES – On the first day of the fall session of the B.C. Government, Indigenous and environmental leaders hosted a press conference calling on Premiere...

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d

Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.

Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.

A map of the world showing how levels of worry in most countries are greater than 70%. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2023.

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 2d

They were never serious...

A global banking group - Net-Zero Banking Alliance - that Prime Minister Mark Carney helped launch in 2021 to fight climate change has voted to shut down. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/n...

Climate banking alliance Carney helped launch votes to shut down

A global banking group that Prime Minister Mark Carney helped launch in 2021 to fight climate change has voted to shut down. A spokesperson for the UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance says members vot...

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 2d

Once a fringe conspiracy, residential school denialism is becoming more mainstream.

On the latest APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens speaks with Métis student Benjamin Kucher about why confronting denialism is critical to reconciliation.

Listen: pod.fo/e/336612

InFocus: Confronting residential school denialism: How a new generation is pushing back against a growing threat

This week on APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens examines the growing threat of residential school denialism in Canada. Once confined to the internet’s fringes, denialism has entered the mains...

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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 2d

We joined hereditary leaders from Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan, the City of Victoria and Stand.earth to speak at a press conference to kick off the fall session of the BC Legislature.
We’re calling for respect for First Nations rights and title and real climate action, not more subsidies for polluters.

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350.org @350.org · 3d

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s.

Analysts says major capitals—from London to Tokyo—need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures 🔥

https://tinyurl.com/3m29ejs7

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s

Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say

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