Mike Starr - Sunshine Coast, BC Canada

Join me in asking the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to protect our pensions and the climate and stop investing in oil, gas, coal and pipelines. A legal case is already underway. It’s time to stop investing in fossil fuels and recommit to net-zero. win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...

Fix Bill C-8: Stop the Fast-Track of a Flawed Cybersecurity Bill Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let it fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 https://openmedia.org/FixBillC8

🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯‍♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let #BillC8 fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
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Back ‘Nation-Building, Not Nation-Burning’ Projects, 250 City Leaders Urge Carney A coalition of more than 250 mayors and city councillors from across Canada is calling on the federal government to keep #ElbowsUp with nation-building projects that respond to the climate emergency, ...

Back ‘Nation-Building, Not Nation-Burning’ Projects, 250 City Leaders Urge Carney www.theenergymix.com/back-nation-...

An excellent explainer on distributed (decentralized) energy systems.

"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the orphan." -Isaiah 10:1-2

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Don’t let the Canada Pension Plan abandon its net-zero commitment The Canada Pension Plan safeguards the futures of 22 million hardworking Canadians – from teachers and nurses to tradespeople and tech workers – and retirees who’ve paid in over a lifetime. With over ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/do...

Good job everybody.

New political slogans for our era.

"Hepatitis for all." "A case of measles in every pot." "Back to the 18th century." "Backwards never forwards."

Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.

Build Clean Power Grid, High-Speed Rail Network to Boost Self-Reliance, Local Leaders Tell Federal Parties Nearly 170 municipal leaders from across Canada are calling on federal parties to address the dual threats of climate change and a Trump-era trade war with bold, nation-building investments, warning t...

170+ local leaders urge federal action: clean grid, high-speed rail, affordable homes, and a resilience strategy to cut emissions and boost self-reliance.

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#ClimateAction that protects, conserves and restores #nature

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AI Surge Could Mean Grid Strain or Gain, Depending on Policy: IEA As data centres reshape global energy systems, their growth could either help or hinder climate goals, depending on how they are managed, says the world’s leading energy modelling agency.

⚡️ AI data centres are driving energy demand sky-high—but smart policy could turn them into climate assets, says the International Energy Agency (@iea.org). Without it, they risk grid chaos and emissions spikes.

States are Essential in Reducing Pollution and Expanding the Clean Energy Economy TNC strongly supports states’ essential role in providing clean air and water and expanding the clean energy economy.

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States are Essential in Reducing Pollution and Expanding the Clean Energy Economy

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Canada needs Carney's proposed national electricity grid Forget interprovincial trade barriers and new pipeline infrastructure: what Canada needs now is a national electricity grid. On April 9, Liberal Leader Mark Carney made what might be the most signific...

What Canada needs now is a national electricity grid. Liberal Leader Mark Carney made what might be the most significant environmental and energy policy proposal of the federal election campaign so far. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/10/o...

If anyone has a right to say "I told you so," it's Harris.

Opinion | The stunning dignity of Kamala Harris Harris presided over Monday's certification ceremony just two days after Black voting rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Kamala Harris' stunning dignity echoes across history
Harris presided over Monday's certification ceremony just two days after Black voting rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Is it Summer or Winter? The Seasons in Nicaragua

My latest article on Nicaragua.
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