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Young Canadians are suing to protect the CPP. Join them in demanding action on climate risk. The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is supposed to protect our future. But instead, the people managing our national retirement fund are gambling billions on oil, gas, coal and pipelines – putting the finan...

Just signed this. you.leadnow.ca/petitions/yo...

Renewables are a national security priority, retired military leaders say Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors such as Russia — and thus that the funding to do so should come from de...

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Yes! I’ve read it! Very helpful document.

This is the best personal climate action guide I have ever seen! I will be sharing it and checking out so many of the helpful linked resources.

SHIFT

We often get asked, "What can I *personally* do to help address climate change?"

Sadly, there hasn't been a very good answer to this question. Previous guides often treated people as monoliths, providing a one-size-fits-all answer.

But that's all changed, thanks to SHIFT.

jointheshift.earth

Canada Must Act: Exempt Trans, Non-Binary & Intersex Asylum Seekers from the Safe Third Country Agreement - Rainbow Railroad Rainbow Railroad calls on Canada to urgently create an exemption for intersex, transgender, and non-binary asylum seekers under the STCA.

Canada Must Act: Make an Exception for Trans, Non-Binary & Intersex Asylum Seekers Under the Safe Third Country Agreement

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New Report Shows How Human-Caused Warming Intensified the 10 Deadliest Climate Disasters Since 2004 - Inside Climate News A decade of attribution research shows that “burning fossil fuels causes climate change and climate change causes death and destruction.”

ICYMI
The world’s 10 deadliest climate disasters of the past two decades killed more than half a million people, and a new study by @wwattribution.bsky.social found global warming fingerprints on all of them, from cyclones and hurricanes, to heatwaves, droughts and floods.

B.C. has a math problem with renewable natural gas B.C. consumers aren't getting the whole story about renewable natural gas. Very little of that RNG is actually produced and consumed in the province.

Excellent take-down here of renewable natural gas, and the bonus claims about it made by FortisBC.
🙏 to @profkharrison.bsky.social, Nancy Olewiler & Kate Harland for this analysis.

B.C. has a math problem with renewable natural gas  www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/06/o...

“What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that'll make it easier to annex us." This is the most extraordinary statement by a Canadian prime minister in the history of this country. The Trump administration is at war with Canada.

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Neat idea! I’ll try that! Those are very available around here including lavender in my patio garden! I keep having rosemary die over winter though.

Me too!

Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’

Pete Hegseth just reportedly ordered the US military’s Cyber Command to “stand down” from all planning against Russia. Analysts have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats.

One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”

Foodies in BC: what’s a local substitute for lemon zest? Do we have some kind of pine needle or herb or berry? I know I can use vinegar for lemon juice, but am wondering about zest. #localfood #buybc

In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight At least 49 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable outbreak — suspect 200 to 300 people may be infected.

If only we had an effective vaccine that prevents measles, what is now the largest measles outbreak in the State's history in 30 years would be swiftly resolved 🙄.
#VACCINATE
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Investigate X and Elon Musk for election interference - Leadnow

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Conflicted about the US-Canada fight. I'm registered with a Canadian First Nation, and enrolled in a US tribe. Our culture straddles the border. So, fully boycotting the US isn't an option. These countries are both foreign impositions on us. Both have harmed us. But obviously one is worse. 1

Link!!! Thanks, @charlieangus104.bsky.social

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Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.

Read, share, act.

In the 2021 British Columbia heat dome, older people were more likely to die than young people. Is this explanable by other factors? www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/b...

Yaaay! I missed them!!

i saw some pink blossoms on the trees on Blanshard by Hillside this week.