@jlmacarthur.bsky.social
Energy transitions #momademic & Canada Research Chair in Reimagining #Capitalism @royalroadsu.bsky.social #Climatejustice, #energydemocracy, #solidarity #economies. #Cargobike fan. Born at 337 PPM. Author: www.ubcpress.ca/empowering-electricity
How can communities build a more resilient renewable energy future?
RRU’s @jlmacarthur.bsky.social, Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Capitalism, studies how local energy co‑ops can drive energy democracy and diversification.
Led by @jlmacarthur.bsky.social, our team just published A Roadmap to Resilience. We look to int’l community & co-op energy projects.
We show how these models can accelerate the energy transition while promoting equity & democracy. @accessnetwork.bsky.social
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Parliament must ban Canadian firms from doing business with ICE
Morning File by me
I love my #e-cargo #bike /replacement minivan 'Falcor' & this video explains why #Victoria is such a great place to cycle! Bike lanes are still controversial, but the huge growth in all ages/stages cycling is a testament to the joy of active transport as well as safe, inclusive design. 👏👏🎉
As COP30 ends, Dr. @jlmacarthur.bsky.social spoke with CBC's Gregor Craigie saying that even with more Indigenous representation, it still wasn't extraordinarily inclusive.
"These COPs are still fairly concentrated in state and industry actors."
Full interview: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
📢 For the first time in over a decade, Canada has been shamed at #COP30 as the “Fossil of the Day” — the most dishonourable award given during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.”
Read our press release:
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A press release from the Heiltsuk Nation, which is currently dealing with a floundering freight barge in its territorial waters, responds directly to reports about the MOU:
This is such a timely (free, open access!) book on the politics of and resistance to fossil fuel infrastructures in #Canada. Beautifully written and nuanced take on the entanglements between #Indigenous sovereignty, coalition building, #petro-masculinities and #labour politics. #energysky 🙌
That one on the left looks familiar 😆
Increasing number of women in politics leads to more diverse (and progressive, even feminist (shock, horror 😁) policies, NWC report finds – #speirgorm www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
This is a really useful pivot to clean heat policy & away from electricity dominated analyses - first I've seen like it. 👏👏👏
Research explainer for some of my #energydemocracy work @royalroads.ca, with researchers and practitioners from across #Canada. Features our new map of energy co-operatives and how grassroots #innovation, #diversity and #justice is essential for #climate action. #energysky youtu.be/9qy7EKgYTok
Sounds really interesting!
Check out this new open access book - #Feminist #Climate #Policy in #Industrialized States - with policymaker interviews, chapters on degrowth, construction, photovoce and participatory methods + much more. Three cheers for the editors :) www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
The emerging political economy of deep-sea mining: an analysis of opaque ownership structures, by @justinalger.bsky.social, Kate J. Neville & @atterbalac.bsky.social
Job alert - We're hiring a researcher @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social for a 2 year contract on 'fast and fair' #energy #transitions. Open to remote or here in beautiful Victoria, BC. Pls share. #energysky. cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...
We're still recruiting for this study: Are you neurodivergent & have done, or considered, a PhD? We’re researching how doctoral study works (or doesn’t) for neurodivergent people. Take our 30min survey: forms.office.com/e/ft9jyWsPUW
Questions? Email lindsay.odell@open.ac.uk
#PhD #Neurodivergent
For those interested Karl Janelle will be sharing results from our new Canadian Co-operative Energy Project and Organization Dataset (@deryatarhan.bsky.social, Lewis Blagogie and Ara Argondona). Data is free and open access on Borealis: borealisdata.ca/dataset.xhtm...
The 3rd Canadian #Community #Energy Forum starts tomorrow @royalroads.ca. Super excited to host CECC & share work w/ researchers, policymakers, project developers & politicians keen to develop a more just and resilient energy system in #Canada. www.cecooperative.ca/the-3rd-annu... #energysky
An awesome story about how solar microgrids kept the power on during Puerto Rico's latest blackouts.
This is bottom-up, power-to-the-people shit. Get excited!
UPDATED: We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well.
We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
Curtail of migrants rights, marines in LA, Palestine, definition of who is a 'woman', rampant transphobia and anti-trans legislation, occupations, genocides, policing of school & uni curricula transnationally ...
Current manifestations of global interlocked and interfeeding systems of oppression.
Border and Rule is available for free download!
I wrote a book spanning ICE & borders, Palestine & policing, colonialism & global fascism - in service to internationalist struggles.
I can no longer travel to US, but this book (as well @silkys13.bsky.social & @micahh.bsky.social 's) can come to you
ICE agents intentionally started the violence in LA.
Bluesky really needs a grimace button - that heart just doesn't cut it for a news story like this!
Workers in the oil & gas sector increasingly face dangerous working conditions brought on by extreme heat. The Biden administration issued a rule mandating that, when temps exceed 80F, employers must provide water & rest breaks.
The O&G industry is lobbying Trump to reverse the rule.
Love this. Have similar convos with my littles. 'Mom, Why do people like cars so much..they are so loud and dirty?' is a common point.
Reports of Bluesky's impending demise are greatly exaggerated: "Bluesky has caught on with many news influencers, but X remains popular." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
As our own data shows, interest in X in Canada has steadily declined, esp. among women. socialmedialab.ca/2025/05/05/n...
Not an expert, but my understanding is that thinning and prescribed burns and helpful. This article cites a few studies linking clear-cutting to more frequent high-severity fires: www.corporateknights.com/category-cli...