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Kara Shaw
@shawkara.bsky.social
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Seeking pathways towards climate-friendly, just, diverse, and ecologically thriving communities.
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Kara Shaw @shawkara.bsky.social · 10h
This is excellent news and such important work: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/08/n...
Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation
Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...
www.nationalobserver.com
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Kara Shaw @shawkara.bsky.social · 19d
Wise voices, important insights: Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...
Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights
Conservative misinformation is supported by a whole right-wing ecosystem that has settled on the argument that any progress on reconciliation means an assault on private property rights.
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Kara Shaw @shawkara.bsky.social · 25d
Glad someone is still taking time to state what should be obvious: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/o...
Fossil fuels are an economic drag
The pursuit of more fossil fuel extraction puts Canada on a self-destructive path.
www.nationalobserver.com
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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · Aug 21
From Guest Editors @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social @rkeil.bsky.social, we’re delighted to announce the publication of this collection of essays celebrating the late great Warren Magnusson on our website!

www.urbanaffairsreview.com/warren-magnu...
Warren Magnusson Festschrift — Urban Affairs Review
www.urbanaffairsreview.com
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Kara Shaw @shawkara.bsky.social · Aug 9
Think global, act local, folks: A new report shows how local climate activism leads to ‘remarkable’ gains | grist.org/solutions/ne...
A new report shows how local climate activism leads to 'remarkable' gains
Efforts to pass laws and advance clean energy projects can significantly reduce emissions, and at a low cost.
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Kara Shaw @shawkara.bsky.social · Aug 5
News worth reading: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades
Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after floods. Now the lotuses are back
www.theguardian.com
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Kara Shaw @shawkara.bsky.social · Jul 21
Neither 'Biofuel' Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems | The Tyee
From Borneo to Japan to BC, the effects are clear. And the solution is something entirely different.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · May 26
"Direct air capture, like the broader class of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, has been used less as a climate mitigation tool and more as a justification tool... Every ton of carbon avoided today is worth exponentially more than one captured tomorrow."
Climeworks, Direct Air Capture, and the Brutal Reality of Pulling Carbon from the Sky
The poor performance of the Climeworks direct air capture plant in Iceland should be a turning point. Not just for one company, but for an entire class of false solutions.
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Kara Shaw @shawkara.bsky.social · Apr 26
Helpful analysis here: Trump is Serious About Annexing Canada. How Will Climate and Energy Policy Bring Us the Allies We Need? open.substack.com/pub/energymi...
Trump is Serious About Annexing Canada. How Will Climate and Energy Policy Bring Us the Allies We Need?
Canada might yet place itself at the centre of the world's next great, low-carbon trading bloc, as long as our incoming federal government has the insight and inclination to make it happen.
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Kara Shaw @shawkara.bsky.social · Apr 21
A helpful explanation of an important ruling. Nice to have some good news these days! Forestry Giant Not Owed Compensation, BC Supreme Court Rules via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Forestry Giant Not Owed Compensation, BC Supreme Court Rules | The Tyee
Teal-Jones had argued it faced ‘constructive taking’ on Haida Gwaii.
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Kara Shaw @shawkara.bsky.social · Apr 3
Sonia Furstenau on BC's Carbon Tax Betrayal via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Sonia Furstenau on BC’s Carbon Tax Betrayal | The Tyee
Conservatives and corporations celebrate as citizens face a bleaker, more costly future.
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Zoë Yunker @zoeyunker.bsky.social · Mar 11
BC's "survival mode" budget bets on more resource extraction, particularly gas and mining.

But does it invest enough to keep its climate and ecosystems on life support?

My latest for @thetyee.ca
Ecosystem Protection Took a Hit in BC’s 2025 Budget | The Tyee
As resource extraction intensifies, environmental assessments have been cut, says advocate.
thetyee.ca
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