Usman Valiante 🇨🇦
@uzivaliante.bsky.social
Circular Economy Policy Analyst and Commercial Strategist. Mountain Biker, Skier, Soldier. In pace paratus. Ex coelis. Ducimus. Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) 🇨🇦
I think the word that people are looking for is piracy
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I think the word that people are looking for is piracy
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
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One thing I’m noticing in this era is that people are starting to lose their grip on the basic precepts of rule of law, even on basic civil contracting stuff. You can’t just do what you want without consequences without all sorts of other stuff unravelling.
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One thing I’m noticing in this era is that people are starting to lose their grip on the basic precepts of rule of law, even on basic civil contracting stuff. You can’t just do what you want without consequences without all sorts of other stuff unravelling.
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My article for FT @sustainableviews.bsky.social on the risk of a complete unravelling of EU climate policy if the Commission doesn't protect the upcoming carbon border levy from US pressure: www.sustainableviews.com/the-us-wants...
The US wants to kill Europe’s carbon border levy. Will the EU stay the course?
Experts warn that scrapping or delaying the CBAM could cause the EU’s entire climate policy to collapse Of the many EU laws that the Donald Trump administration is not happy about, the incoming Carbon...
www.sustainableviews.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
My article for FT @sustainableviews.bsky.social on the risk of a complete unravelling of EU climate policy if the Commission doesn't protect the upcoming carbon border levy from US pressure: www.sustainableviews.com/the-us-wants...
Investigating a Recycling Disaster www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Investigating a Recycling Disaster
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November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Investigating a Recycling Disaster www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
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Coal or biomass to olefins - I.e., plastic from coal instead of naphtha or ethane, another nail in the coffin of long run crude oil demand @markhamhislop.bsky.social
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China’s ‘coal plastic’ breakthrough can greatly reduce its demand for oil: study
Plastics, detergents, adhesives, solvents and synthetic rubbers could be produced without need for petroleum, study finds.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Coal or biomass to olefins - I.e., plastic from coal instead of naphtha or ethane, another nail in the coffin of long run crude oil demand @markhamhislop.bsky.social
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5 Republican state Attorneys General claim US efforts to drive a circular economy for plastics as anticompetitive.
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
www.recyclingtoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
5 Republican state Attorneys General claim US efforts to drive a circular economy for plastics as anticompetitive.
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
“There was no hidden engineering trick or obscure cost-cutting secret waiting inside the panels. The real explanation, he said, is simple: China’s extensive government support.”
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
Rivian Tore Apart A Xiaomi EV And Discovered What America Can’t Match | Carscoops
The American carmaker purchased an SU7 and tore it down to discover its secrets
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October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“There was no hidden engineering trick or obscure cost-cutting secret waiting inside the panels. The real explanation, he said, is simple: China’s extensive government support.”
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
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👀 If you dig into this article, it's about so much more than H2, it's about China setting up its first national funding mechanism for decarbonizing heavy industry (eg steel, methanol, SAF, zero carbon industry parks) like it did for solar, batteries, EVs, etc. www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
China moves to supercharge green hydrogen as US pulls back
The country's new policy is likely to boost the production of green hydrogen, which the country aims to use to decarbonize airplanes, ships, and heavy…
www.canarymedia.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
👀 If you dig into this article, it's about so much more than H2, it's about China setting up its first national funding mechanism for decarbonizing heavy industry (eg steel, methanol, SAF, zero carbon industry parks) like it did for solar, batteries, EVs, etc. www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
Super stoked! youtu.be/-MGTokkzXWQ?...
THIS IS RUSH'S NEW DRUMMER!
YouTube video by El Estepario Siberiano
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October 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Super stoked! youtu.be/-MGTokkzXWQ?...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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“Secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy... censorship. When any government. . .say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
— Robert A. Heinlein
September 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy... censorship. When any government. . .say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
— Robert A. Heinlein
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they were developed in a fentanyl lab located in Asbestos, Quebec, to be Woke, fireproof and deadly to the touch. their glands secrete generic prescription drugs and they all believe in climate change. these aren’t your granddad’s 30-50 feral hogs. they’re bilingual. they will win
September 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
they were developed in a fentanyl lab located in Asbestos, Quebec, to be Woke, fireproof and deadly to the touch. their glands secrete generic prescription drugs and they all believe in climate change. these aren’t your granddad’s 30-50 feral hogs. they’re bilingual. they will win
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There’s a big mental shift coming for Canadians, to the assumption “water is plentiful”. Between reduced snow pack melt, erratic rains, more water holding capacity in warmer air, and longer summers drying everything out, water simply will not be as plentiful as it was anymore.
August 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There’s a big mental shift coming for Canadians, to the assumption “water is plentiful”. Between reduced snow pack melt, erratic rains, more water holding capacity in warmer air, and longer summers drying everything out, water simply will not be as plentiful as it was anymore.
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This is really significant. I've been frustrated that we have to guess how much power and water AI consumes, because these tech companies won't say (even though they know). This is the most transparent estimate from one of these companies so far. I hope others will follow suit.
We've finally got some hard numbers on AI's energy demand from a major tech company: Google says a median prompt to Gemini uses 0.24 watt-hours of electricity. 🧵 @technologyreview.com www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1...
In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses
It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers.
www.technologyreview.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is really significant. I've been frustrated that we have to guess how much power and water AI consumes, because these tech companies won't say (even though they know). This is the most transparent estimate from one of these companies so far. I hope others will follow suit.
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In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
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Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative
Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2024 at 11:15 AM
In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
rdcu.be/dbFbB
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From a US perspective, this is fundamentally worse than Sputnik, and it is having the exact opposite and wrong reaction to 1957 - retreat, shutting down basic science and clean tech commercialization, instead of diving into creating a national science complex and building fast.
How China went from clean energy copycat to global tech leader www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 🔌💡
How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator
A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
From a US perspective, this is fundamentally worse than Sputnik, and it is having the exact opposite and wrong reaction to 1957 - retreat, shutting down basic science and clean tech commercialization, instead of diving into creating a national science complex and building fast.
Great watch with @spaikin.bsky.social and @stephenmarche.bsky.social and Janice Stein
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youtube.com/watch?v=WFIk...
Will Canada Survive the End of the American Empire? | World on Edge
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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August 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Great watch with @spaikin.bsky.social and @stephenmarche.bsky.social and Janice Stein
youtube.com/watch?v=WFIk...
youtube.com/watch?v=WFIk...
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On @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social with @lynseyaddario.bsky.social, talking about the impact of USAID cuts in Sudan
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USAID cuts can be seen in a 'graphic and upsetting' way in Sudan: Anne Applebaum
The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum and Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario join Morning Joe to discuss Applebaum's latest reporting from Sudan as it struggles with civil war and the retre...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
On @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social with @lynseyaddario.bsky.social, talking about the impact of USAID cuts in Sudan
www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...
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China now producing green(er) steel than traditional coal blast furnace one
EU & UK govts need to realise that the steel sector looks on track to pan out like electric cars and solar panels - better cleaner technology which wipes out European competition
fuelcellsworks.com/2025/07/25/h...
EU & UK govts need to realise that the steel sector looks on track to pan out like electric cars and solar panels - better cleaner technology which wipes out European competition
fuelcellsworks.com/2025/07/25/h...
HBIS Exports Green Steel to Italy Under EU's CBAM - Fuelcellsworks
HBIS Group announces its first shipment of 10,000 tonnes of hydrogen-reduced green steel to Italy, aligning with the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
fuelcellsworks.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
China now producing green(er) steel than traditional coal blast furnace one
EU & UK govts need to realise that the steel sector looks on track to pan out like electric cars and solar panels - better cleaner technology which wipes out European competition
fuelcellsworks.com/2025/07/25/h...
EU & UK govts need to realise that the steel sector looks on track to pan out like electric cars and solar panels - better cleaner technology which wipes out European competition
fuelcellsworks.com/2025/07/25/h...
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This is great!
Gotta love Samuel L. Jackson.
Gotta love Samuel L. Jackson.
July 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is great!
Gotta love Samuel L. Jackson.
Gotta love Samuel L. Jackson.
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This is a positive development and the right precedent to set for Ontario.
Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes | CBC News
An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional.
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July 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is a positive development and the right precedent to set for Ontario.
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pulitzercenter.org/stories/kril... best deep reporting on krill this year. “…if the krill were to disappear, there wouldn’t be much left in the Antarctic except melting ice and microplastics. Krill are that important.”
The Krill Catastrophe: A Crucial Antarctic Creature Doomed by Geopolitics and Overfishing
In 2024, about half a million tonnes of krill was hauled out of the Antarctic, with Norwegian, Chinese and South Korean boats taking the vast majority of the catch. What would happen if the krill...
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July 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
pulitzercenter.org/stories/kril... best deep reporting on krill this year. “…if the krill were to disappear, there wouldn’t be much left in the Antarctic except melting ice and microplastics. Krill are that important.”