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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 1d

Global #energyliberationday - 6 Oct - mark it in your calendars …

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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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 1d

‘If Congress will not check this administration then Chicago will’ - Brandon Johnson.

Man the ramparts, US cities - vox populi vox dei!

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 1d

#massmediaendtimes

Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 3d

#truthtopower

Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 4d

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/a...

Is Canada betting big on LNG at just the wrong time?

Canada’s $100 billion gamble on liquefied natural gas is counting on Asian nations buying huge volumes as the region transitions from higher-polluting coal power to clean energy. But Canada may have a...

www.nationalobserver.com

Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 4d

news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...

Liquefied natural gas carbon footprint is worse than coal | Cornell Chronicle

Liquefied natural gas leaves a carbon footprint that is 33% worse than coal, when processing and shipping are taken into account, according to a new Cornell study.

news.cornell.edu

Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 5d

Malaysian national oil company Petronas just dumped 20% of its portfolio of Canadian gas assets - including a slice of its stake in LNG Canada - to MidOcean Energy… which is part owned by Saudi Aramco. Canada’s sole LNG export terminal is owned by four foreign NOCs. Nation-building projects anyone?

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 7d

In the last decade, the number of jobs per barrel of oil fell by 43%, while production increased by 47%, according to @pembina.org research…

Imperial’s mass firing are latest death throes of an industry sinking into the tar pits …

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 8d

And that’s ‘just’ a litany of the #health impacts of #LNG. Now add the #climatedamage of this #carbonintesive #fossilfuel and dubious #economics to the equation: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/a...
#Liquefiednaturalgas a ‘#nationbuilding’ resource? Not by any definition…

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 9d

“Air pollution is like the zombie that we thought we had killed, but it's coming back to life." Air pollution ain’t ‘the zombie’: it’s higher emissions from Canada’s #oilandgas / non-EV transport / construction industries + the second worse #wildfire season in history… Write the #fullstory #CBC!

Wildfires are reversing Canada's progress on improving air quality | CBC News

A new report released today found that, while globally air pollution levels were somewhat flat, Canada experienced its worst pollution since 1998, with more than half of Canadians breathing air that s...

www.cbc.ca

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 9d

And certainly not the Ont minister for energy #StephenLecce: m.youtube.com/watch?v=A4jx...

Going Nuclear - Stephen Lecce talks Energy Strategy

YouTube video by cpac

m.youtube.com

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 12d

#provebpwrong #nonewoil #timesupforfossils #decarbonization

BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target

Conflict in Ukraine and Middle East as well as trade tariffs are making states focus on energy security

www.theguardian.com

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 13d

‘Poor people + dopamine engineering = blockbuster returns from an unsuspecting, unfortunate audience that has been segmented, analyzed, and algorithmically sorted into acquisition costs.’

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 13d

“Unusual weather conditions” is today’s euphemism for #climateemergency at our national broadcaster …

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 13d

Another shameful example of #climatecrisishushing by #CBC: “Quite a few people will be disappointed” in the “muted” autumn foliage, said Jessilynn Wong, a Toronto-based photographer. Wait til these folk see these trees in flames or withered by #extremedrought: www.cbc.ca/news/fall-co...

Fall feeling a little drab? Mother nature may be missing her environmental cue | CBC News

The dazzling red, orange and yellow jewel tones of autumn that Canadians are used to seeing may be a little muted due to hot, dry conditions across much of the country — but experts say there's still ...

www.cbc.ca

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 13d

Rise the #fifthestate: www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

‘Look at the charts’: Democrats desert legacy media for new outlets

Angry viewers are trying to make legacy outlets pay for their pro-Trump transgressions by turning to competitors.

www.semafor.com

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 16d

The Liberals are investing our tax dollars in yesteryear industries while Canada’s clean power future goes begging: cleantechnica.com/2025/09/11/c...

Canada’s National Projects: Betting on Nuclear & LNG While the Future Waits - CleanTechnica

Canada’s megaproject choices lock in billions for nuclear and LNG. Mining and trade offer alignment with the future but remain small.

cleantechnica.com

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 16d

And the newly formed Liberal environment caucus - staying schtum?

Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 17d

In a world where trustworthy, free-speaking news-sources - factual, objective, democratic - are under unprecedented assault, independent, #fifthestate media are evermore important. If you agree, let us know who you are: us13.list-manage.com/survey?u=8a5...

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 17d

If #journalists don’t sign up to limits on their news-gathering, including restricted movement within the Pentagon, press passes will be revoked www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#freepress #fourthestate #truthtopower

Pentagon demands journalists sign pledge not to gather certain information

If they don’t agree to limits, including restricting movement within building, Pentagon press passes will be revoked

www.theguardian.com

Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 18d

Only surprised #Zuck wasn’t pitching Meta’s RayBan spy glasses to this unwitting chap: www.theguardian.com/technology/2... How low can #MagaMark go? Don’t answer that …

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

www.theguardian.com

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 18d

For Canada the choice should plain: failing petrostate or rising electrostate, LNG or solar/wind/geothermal/tidal/hydro …

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 20d

RayBan and Meta making an icon of ‘cool’ potentially very creepy: www.meta.com/blog/meta-ra...

Introducing Meta Ray-Ban Display: A Breakthrough Category of AI Glasses

Today at Connect, Mark Zuckerberg debuted the next exciting evolution of AI glasses: the all-new Meta Ray-Ban Display and Meta Neural Band.

www.meta.com

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 20d

Canada’s #fossilfuel industry has singlehandedly scotched any chance of the country hitting its legally-binding 2030 #emissionsreduction targets, due to record #oilandgas production. Read @nationalobserver.com for my piece with @natashabulowski.bsky.social: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/18/n...

Pumped-up Alberta oil and gas sector sinks Canada's climate targets

The country’s 2030 commitments are now certain to be missed due to record GHG releases from oilsands operations, climate policy backslides and plans for future LNG production, the Canadian Climate Ins...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Darius Snieckus 📎 @dariussnieckus.bsky.social · 21d

Let’s spend tens of billions of dollars on the chance most every market analyst is suffering from a collective (data-driven) delusion … or get cracking with offshore wind and geothermal and a x-country grid. Read @nationalobserver.com tomorrow for our report of @canrea.bsky.social’s latest forecast.

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