Heather Short
@drshort.bsky.social
PhD Earth sciences, climate literacy educator, located near Tiohti:áke/Montreal, Quebec, Canada https://drheathershort.com/
Backstory here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/first-person-climate-change-education-support-young-people-1.6186611
Backstory here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/first-person-climate-change-education-support-young-people-1.6186611
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11. It’s not just that people are wasting their time. "Population concern” also distracts people from things we *can* change. And, in many cases, transfers blame for the huge consumption impacts of wealthy people to Black and Brown people in poorer nations. At worst it’s straight-up racism. 11/12
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
11. It’s not just that people are wasting their time. "Population concern” also distracts people from things we *can* change. And, in many cases, transfers blame for the huge consumption impacts of wealthy people to Black and Brown people in poorer nations. At worst it’s straight-up racism. 11/12
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Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules protect our health, but they’re under threat.
Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead.
cape.ca/action/prote...
Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead.
cape.ca/action/prote...
Tell the Prime Minister: Protect Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules - CAPE
Send a message to the Prime Minister to protect and strengthen Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules instead of dismantling them.
cape.ca
December 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules protect our health, but they’re under threat.
Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead.
cape.ca/action/prote...
Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead.
cape.ca/action/prote...
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Anything that leads to more fossil fuels coming out of the ground is bad news.
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Anything that leads to more fossil fuels coming out of the ground is bad news.
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Check out our new 12-minute video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action, and please give it a share 👇
🔥 The climate emergency is here and now. Are governments acting with real urgency? Our 12-minute video explains the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Check out our new 12-minute video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Action, and please give it a share 👇
Perhaps the example that needs to be made of climate activists is one of courage and care for the living world
globalnews.ca/news/1157288...
globalnews.ca/news/1157288...
Montreal climate activists seek to have bridge-scaling charges dropped - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
Both men are charged with mischief and obstructing a police officer. If convicted, they could face several months of house arrest.
globalnews.ca
December 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Perhaps the example that needs to be made of climate activists is one of courage and care for the living world
globalnews.ca/news/1157288...
globalnews.ca/news/1157288...
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Fund Resistance in Court : Last Generation + Collectif Antigone chuffed.org/project/fund...
Fund Resistance in Court : Last Generation + Collectif Antigone
L'anglais suivra// English will follow
chuffed.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Fund Resistance in Court : Last Generation + Collectif Antigone chuffed.org/project/fund...
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Employment in oil and gas is in terminal decline and won’t be saved no matter what Carney and Smith cook up, according to new research from the Centre for Future Work provided exclusively to @nationalobserver.com.
The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.
The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.
Exclusive: Fossil fuel workers won’t be saved by Carney’s oil and gas boosterism
A new pipeline won’t lead to new jobs in the oil and gas sector, and the only question for government officials is whether or not to plan for the inevitable energy transition, according to new researc...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Employment in oil and gas is in terminal decline and won’t be saved no matter what Carney and Smith cook up, according to new research from the Centre for Future Work provided exclusively to @nationalobserver.com.
The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.
The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.
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Les militants sont victimes de tactiques déloyales et abusives qui rendent leur défence quasi impossible. Ils sont également victimes d'abus de procédures depuis leur arrestation. Il est normal d'être jugé, mais les magouilles actuelles devraient toustes nous inquiéter.
Des militants écologistes privés d’un procès avec jury
Une audience a eu lieu le 8 et 9 décembre pour deux militants écologistes qui, en octobre 2024, avaient bloqué la circulation sur le pont Jacques-Cartier. La revendication du blocage était la création...
etoiledunord.media
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Les militants sont victimes de tactiques déloyales et abusives qui rendent leur défence quasi impossible. Ils sont également victimes d'abus de procédures depuis leur arrestation. Il est normal d'être jugé, mais les magouilles actuelles devraient toustes nous inquiéter.
This is the problem
Just 0.001% of humanity hold three times the wealth of poorest half, report finds - that's fewer than 60,000 people vs 4bn
- World #Inequality Report says such extreme divides are no longer sustainable for societies or ecosystems
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www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
- World #Inequality Report says such extreme divides are no longer sustainable for societies or ecosystems
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www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is the problem
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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Episode 4 of our 6 Markers podcast highlights the importance of honest climate communication. Erin Blondeau, Donya Ziaee, Chris Hatch, and Seth Klein discuss truth-telling, the media landscape, and what leadership requires.
🎧Listen to Episode 4: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
🎧Listen to Episode 4: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Episode 4 of our 6 Markers podcast highlights the importance of honest climate communication. Erin Blondeau, Donya Ziaee, Chris Hatch, and Seth Klein discuss truth-telling, the media landscape, and what leadership requires.
🎧Listen to Episode 4: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
🎧Listen to Episode 4: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
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This is the problem with trying to inspire hope using the message "we have the solutions": such a message may inspire the kind of techno-optimism that actually fosters political *dis*engagement.
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⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is the problem with trying to inspire hope using the message "we have the solutions": such a message may inspire the kind of techno-optimism that actually fosters political *dis*engagement.
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50 days to build something bigger.
If you’ve been fired up by this campaign, why not make it official? Join the NDP and help elect @avilewis.ca.
The last day to join is January 28, 2026.
If you’ve been fired up by this campaign, why not make it official? Join the NDP and help elect @avilewis.ca.
The last day to join is January 28, 2026.
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
50 days to build something bigger.
If you’ve been fired up by this campaign, why not make it official? Join the NDP and help elect @avilewis.ca.
The last day to join is January 28, 2026.
If you’ve been fired up by this campaign, why not make it official? Join the NDP and help elect @avilewis.ca.
The last day to join is January 28, 2026.
More of this please www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’
Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
More of this please www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“The science is good. The solutions are known. What is required is the courage to act at the scale and speed that history demands,” he said, adding that the window for action was “rapidly narrowing”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“The science is good. The solutions are known. What is required is the courage to act at the scale and speed that history demands,” he said, adding that the window for action was “rapidly narrowing”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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To be clear: the new, near-exclusive emphasis on natural causes of climate change on the U.S. EPA's website is now completely out of synch with all available evidence demonstrating overwhelming human influence on contemporary warming trends.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
To be clear: the new, near-exclusive emphasis on natural causes of climate change on the U.S. EPA's website is now completely out of synch with all available evidence demonstrating overwhelming human influence on contemporary warming trends.
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Warning from German scientists that current observations of emissions and ocean temperatures make 3C of #globalheating by mid-century plausible.
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Warning from German scientists that current observations of emissions and ocean temperatures make 3C of #globalheating by mid-century plausible.
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
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Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
Whoa
This passage shocked me to my core.
The loss of biodiversity isn't a tragic accident or oversight, it was the plan!
The loss of biodiversity isn't a tragic accident or oversight, it was the plan!
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Whoa
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PM Mark Carney and premier Danielle Smith may never get a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific, but they're working to link Canada's energy future to fossil fuel production
I spoke with @sethdklein.bsky.social about the climate carnage
breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...
I spoke with @sethdklein.bsky.social about the climate carnage
breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...
Mark Carney’s pact with Danielle Smith is climate carnage ⋆ The Breach
Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down how Carney and Smith have fulfilled Big Oil’s entire wish list
breachmedia.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
PM Mark Carney and premier Danielle Smith may never get a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific, but they're working to link Canada's energy future to fossil fuel production
I spoke with @sethdklein.bsky.social about the climate carnage
breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...
I spoke with @sethdklein.bsky.social about the climate carnage
breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...
This is pretty amazing
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is pretty amazing
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Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
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AI is a climate issue. AI is a climate crisis.
A few important points here
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
AI is a climate issue. AI is a climate crisis.
This is exactly what we need folks
This, friends, is the big & bold climate platform we've been waiting for! 👇
Avi's full climate plan is available here:
lewisforleader.ca/ideas/green-...
Avi's full climate plan is available here:
lewisforleader.ca/ideas/green-...
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is exactly what we need folks
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It’s time for the NDP to tell the truth: we must get off fossil fuels fast—with no worker left behind.
Today I’m unveiling our Green New Deal: a plan to tackle both the climate and affordability crises by creating 1M good jobs, lowering bills, and building a new economy.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca
Today I’m unveiling our Green New Deal: a plan to tackle both the climate and affordability crises by creating 1M good jobs, lowering bills, and building a new economy.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It’s time for the NDP to tell the truth: we must get off fossil fuels fast—with no worker left behind.
Today I’m unveiling our Green New Deal: a plan to tackle both the climate and affordability crises by creating 1M good jobs, lowering bills, and building a new economy.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca
Today I’m unveiling our Green New Deal: a plan to tackle both the climate and affordability crises by creating 1M good jobs, lowering bills, and building a new economy.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca