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Two of the most powerful ways of reducing ghg emissions: drive less and fly less.
By building more walkable, lovable neighbourhoods, we can help people do both!
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By building more walkable, lovable neighbourhoods, we can help people do both!
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World Resources Institute on Instagram: "🌎A recent WRI paper analyzed 19 climate-friendly behaviors to reveal which ones reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions the most.
When it comes to c...
In a recent WRI study, 19 climate-friendly behaviors were analyzed to determine which ones have the greatest impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about the most effective ways to make a ...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Two of the most powerful ways of reducing ghg emissions: drive less and fly less.
By building more walkable, lovable neighbourhoods, we can help people do both!
www.instagram.com/p/DSA4xweAab...
By building more walkable, lovable neighbourhoods, we can help people do both!
www.instagram.com/p/DSA4xweAab...
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(Energy transitions can happen faster than we think): In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark’s electricity was from fossil fuels, but in 2024, that number was a mere 10%. No addition, just transition. Jan Rosenow buff.ly/TERHqrF
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Denmark's rapid transition to renewable energy | Jan Rosenow posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels. | 100 comments...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
(Energy transitions can happen faster than we think): In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark’s electricity was from fossil fuels, but in 2024, that number was a mere 10%. No addition, just transition. Jan Rosenow buff.ly/TERHqrF
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For those who see Brad Bradford’s TTC refund policy and think, “That might be a good idea.”, consider that this one delivery truck has been holding up a streetcar for at least 5 minutes. Bradford would punish the TTC and do nothing to the driver.
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For those who see Brad Bradford’s TTC refund policy and think, “That might be a good idea.”, consider that this one delivery truck has been holding up a streetcar for at least 5 minutes. Bradford would punish the TTC and do nothing to the driver.
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I suspected @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social would have a column on the pipeline deal and I wasn't wrong. And as usual, I agree with everything he is saying. Carney is not the man he sold himself as and as someone who chose him as leader and then voted for his party, I feel betrayed. #candaasky #cdnpoli
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I suspected @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social would have a column on the pipeline deal and I wasn't wrong. And as usual, I agree with everything he is saying. Carney is not the man he sold himself as and as someone who chose him as leader and then voted for his party, I feel betrayed. #candaasky #cdnpoli
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SCOOP: After projecting fossil fuel demand would drop as countries work to lower emissions to fight climate change, the Canada Energy Regulator is delaying its next report as climate and energy policies shift. @meyer.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/canada-energ...
Will anyone want Canada’s oil and gas? Energy regulator delays forecast | The Narwhal
Canada and the U.S. have shifted energy and climate policies, making it harder to predict global demand for fossil fuels in the coming years
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December 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
SCOOP: After projecting fossil fuel demand would drop as countries work to lower emissions to fight climate change, the Canada Energy Regulator is delaying its next report as climate and energy policies shift. @meyer.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/canada-energ...
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Today is the last day for Ontarians to weigh in on the Doug Ford government's plan to consolidate 36 conservations authorities into seven regional ones. Here's everything you need to know about it: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7 | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s government is seeking public feedback on its plan to overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities, reducing local agencies from 36 to 7
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December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Today is the last day for Ontarians to weigh in on the Doug Ford government's plan to consolidate 36 conservations authorities into seven regional ones. Here's everything you need to know about it: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
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In the new issue of Azure Magazine I wrote about how Canadian malls are urbanizing. Filling in parking lots with housing & more is just part of it. The experience of being in public is part of the draw, but can the mall transformations actually be urban? What about grit? What about mall walkers?
The City Comes to the Mall
The mall of the future is becoming more urban as densification and redevelopment signal our enduring love for these retail meccas.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In the new issue of Azure Magazine I wrote about how Canadian malls are urbanizing. Filling in parking lots with housing & more is just part of it. The experience of being in public is part of the draw, but can the mall transformations actually be urban? What about grit? What about mall walkers?
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As I renew my subscription for another two years, I want to remind folks who are interested in local city building and urban issues, the @spacing.bsky.social magazine is a must-have. Great stories, photos, reviews, tips, and more!
December 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As I renew my subscription for another two years, I want to remind folks who are interested in local city building and urban issues, the @spacing.bsky.social magazine is a must-have. Great stories, photos, reviews, tips, and more!
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Stop by the @spacingstore.bsky.social - open till Xmas eve - for all the city gifts you didn’t know you needed to give. And best curated city book nook. Sorry to say we took home the last IKEA Monkey ornament this afternoon. But there’s still Springer Dinger posters. 🎁
December 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Stop by the @spacingstore.bsky.social - open till Xmas eve - for all the city gifts you didn’t know you needed to give. And best curated city book nook. Sorry to say we took home the last IKEA Monkey ornament this afternoon. But there’s still Springer Dinger posters. 🎁
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Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
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‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent. Research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes, says Dr. Andrew Boozary of the University Health Network.
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‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent
‘This is preventative medicine,’ says Dr. Andrew Boozary with the University Health Network, as research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes. The fund will help patients on a case...
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December 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent. Research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes, says Dr. Andrew Boozary of the University Health Network.
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Feels like we should reference this page in every communication to council and committee next year.
For all the references that people make about respecting Toronto's history when opposing density they never bring up this history.
For all the references that people make about respecting Toronto's history when opposing density they never bring up this history.
December 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Feels like we should reference this page in every communication to council and committee next year.
For all the references that people make about respecting Toronto's history when opposing density they never bring up this history.
For all the references that people make about respecting Toronto's history when opposing density they never bring up this history.
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From the Metro Toronto Planning Board's 1959 draft Official Plan (voted down by Metro Council). You could not say something this obvious in Toronto's Official Plan anymore.
December 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
From the Metro Toronto Planning Board's 1959 draft Official Plan (voted down by Metro Council). You could not say something this obvious in Toronto's Official Plan anymore.
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Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
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The joy and freedom you see when children ride their bikes is powerful. The #BikeBus gives kids a safe, joyful way to get to school and arrive ready to learn. Donate today to help more children experience this kind of start to their day. BikeBusWorld.org/PumpUpTheBikeBus
December 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The joy and freedom you see when children ride their bikes is powerful. The #BikeBus gives kids a safe, joyful way to get to school and arrive ready to learn. Donate today to help more children experience this kind of start to their day. BikeBusWorld.org/PumpUpTheBikeBus
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The climate lab the Trump administration is closing "is very much the infrastructure for the field as a whole," said Paul Kushner, a professor at the @utoronto.ca. Closing it "will weaken atmospheric science as a whole [and] certainly will weaken Canadian science as collateral damage."
Canadian scientist at world-leading climate lab learns Trump plans to 'dismantle' it
The Trump administration is planning to "dismantle" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. The lab is among the world's most important research hubs on climate, weather, oc...
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December 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The climate lab the Trump administration is closing "is very much the infrastructure for the field as a whole," said Paul Kushner, a professor at the @utoronto.ca. Closing it "will weaken atmospheric science as a whole [and] certainly will weaken Canadian science as collateral damage."
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This article I wrote about lessons for Toronto from Waterloo's ION LRT is almost 2 years old, but still relevant, especially for discussions about how to speed up Finch West.
It's not a direct comparison, but ION shows that full signal priority is possible in Ontario!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
It's not a direct comparison, but ION shows that full signal priority is possible in Ontario!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
How to fix the King Street streetcar fiasco
Three interrelated factors contribute to the success of Waterloo's ION transit line: it operates on its own right of way, traffic lights are synchronized, and it uses a clock face
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December 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This article I wrote about lessons for Toronto from Waterloo's ION LRT is almost 2 years old, but still relevant, especially for discussions about how to speed up Finch West.
It's not a direct comparison, but ION shows that full signal priority is possible in Ontario!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
It's not a direct comparison, but ION shows that full signal priority is possible in Ontario!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Solar power is expected to become the world's largest source of electricity by 2033. ☀️🔌💡
December 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Solar power is expected to become the world's largest source of electricity by 2033. ☀️🔌💡
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Canada has the authority to enforce environmental laws, yet is choosing not to as climate targets fade into the distance.
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault says it's time for the federal government to tell provinces: "Actually, you can't break the law."
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault says it's time for the federal government to tell provinces: "Actually, you can't break the law."
Enough deals with provinces, just enforce the law: Guilbeault
To make progress on the targets, the federal government should keep federal regulations to clean up Canada’s electricity grid, make good on repeated (and so far unfulfilled) promises to strengthen ind...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Canada has the authority to enforce environmental laws, yet is choosing not to as climate targets fade into the distance.
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault says it's time for the federal government to tell provinces: "Actually, you can't break the law."
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault says it's time for the federal government to tell provinces: "Actually, you can't break the law."
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It is just so weird that anyone would dismiss the importance of speed. City councils convulse over driver travel times but somehow your time doesn't matter if you're on transit?
Absolutely fantastic piece from @chittimarco.bsky.social on the Finch light rail and why dismissing speed as some have done is a mistake.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Speed matters
Of time, life and space. Or why transit speed matters.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It is just so weird that anyone would dismiss the importance of speed. City councils convulse over driver travel times but somehow your time doesn't matter if you're on transit?
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“If we don’t tackle oil and gas and oil sands, all bets are off.”
Listen to my “Hot Take” on @c40cities.bsky.social Cities 1.5 podcast 👇
Listen to my “Hot Take” on @c40cities.bsky.social Cities 1.5 podcast 👇
NEW: Cities 1.5 Podcast’s Hot Takes - Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis.
Cities 1.5’s first Hot Take focuses on a major move in Canada’s energy future and what it means for climate, cities, and the promises made to hold fossil fuel giants accountable. lnk.to/HotTakes1
Cities 1.5’s first Hot Take focuses on a major move in Canada’s energy future and what it means for climate, cities, and the promises made to hold fossil fuel giants accountable. lnk.to/HotTakes1
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“If we don’t tackle oil and gas and oil sands, all bets are off.”
Listen to my “Hot Take” on @c40cities.bsky.social Cities 1.5 podcast 👇
Listen to my “Hot Take” on @c40cities.bsky.social Cities 1.5 podcast 👇
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The Pathways megaproject is a linchpin of the “grand bargain” energy deal signed by Ottawa and Alberta. Many questions hang over the project though, including how much water Pathways — or any next generation carbon capture initiative — will actually consume.
World's biggest carbon capture project could 'essentially drain Alberta', experts warn
Government-commissioned modelling of water use by the planned $16.5 billion Pathways CCS project, a linchpin of the energy deal signed by Ottawa and Alberta last month, concluded its use of the region...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Pathways megaproject is a linchpin of the “grand bargain” energy deal signed by Ottawa and Alberta. Many questions hang over the project though, including how much water Pathways — or any next generation carbon capture initiative — will actually consume.
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NEW for @nationalobserver.com. Despite efforts from the Ford government to limit bike lanes, Toronto council has approved over 20km of new cycling routes. City staff says because the plans don't requite the removal of vehicle lanes, they are legal under Bill 60.
Toronto finds path forward for bike lanes without breaking Ford government rules
City council has approved 20 kilometres of new bike lanes, which will be built without the removal of vehicle lanes, making them legal under the Ford government's Bill 60.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NEW for @nationalobserver.com. Despite efforts from the Ford government to limit bike lanes, Toronto council has approved over 20km of new cycling routes. City staff says because the plans don't requite the removal of vehicle lanes, they are legal under Bill 60.