John Hansen

Three Chinese Automakers Confirmed for Canada Entry by Year-End | EV Three of China's largest automakers are moving toward their first consumer vehicle sales in Canada by the year's end, with certification work and retail network development already underway.

Get ready Canada!!
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Environmental devastation is yet another reason war is awful. The war in Iran shows, yet again, how much better and safer a world powered by renewable energy would be.

The war in Iran shows, yet again, how much better and safer a world powered by renewable energy would be.

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Intensifying global heat threatens livability for younger and older adults Intensifying global heat threatens livability for younger and older adults, Parsons, L A, Baldwin, J W, Guzman-Echavarria, G, Jay, O, Kalmus, P, Staudmyer, H, Vanos, J K, Wolff, N H

"with just over 1°C of historical global warming, livability limitations are already widespread &growing, particularly for older adults. If warming is not stopped &adaptation measures aren't more widely implemented, livability constraints will only expand, particularly as the global population ages"

Up to 16 Liberals considering support for NDP's arms-control legislation | CBC News When the NDP's arms-control bill that seeks to end largely permit-free Canadian military exports to the U.S. is put to a vote on Wednesday, it could garner the support of more than a dozen Liberal MPs...

Up to 16 Liberals considering support for NDP's arms-control legislation.

Vote would mark first time some in caucus split from government line under Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles

U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/b...
Well Boohoo automakers. You’ve hitched your wagons to Ratpublican politicians and they’re screwing you. As a company you’ve screwed your employees, you drive cost down buy building unreliable cars.

Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.

We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth, none of them through the Straight of Hormuz.

Great new piece by @billmckibben.bsky.social comparing fossil fuel inefficiency to solar efficiency.
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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

Climate endangerment is a geophysical reality The Endangerment Finding is a formal recognition by the US Environmental Protection Agency that climate disruption poses a threat to human health and safety. It serves as the foundation for U.…

Climate endangerment is a geophysical reality. The law requires the federal government to recognize scientific evidence & act in good faith to protect the people against harm caused by pollution & the right to redress cannot be abridged. rescuerights.org/2026/02/11/c...

Sit with this for a minute…just sit with it. How does it make you feel?

BYD’s Second-Generation Blade Battery Makes Western EV Tech Look Ancient The battery can add a staggering amount of range in under 10 minutes. Here's just how quick it is, and how it compares to the best Western designs.

Everything you think you know about EV charging is going to become obsolete. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 insideevs.com/news/789094/...

Remind me: when you bomb an elementary school, lure the survivors into a false sense of safety, and then bomb the survivors, leaving behind dozens and dozens of dead school children... are you the good guys?

Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition Pacific island says the US weakened its proposal to advance a key climate ruling but vows to hold major polluters accountable

So proud of them.

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Brussels says its ‘Made in Europe’ act is ready for prime time. Here’s why it isn’t. With its credibility on the line, the European Commission has decided to launch a green industry bill that is nowhere near ready, rather than face another humiliating delay.

Europe finally gets its own 'Made in Europe' - and it's about time.
I spoke @politico.eu about the Industrial Accelerator Act. Pushback on ambition is real: "A lot of it comes from DG TRADE. They don't like this Made in EU approach and fear trade repercussions." 1/2
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California batteries sustain near 24-hour solar run On Feb. 1, California’s batteries bridged the solar gap with seamless precision. After discharging through the night until sunrise, they spent the daylight hours charging, then pivoted back to exporti...

California batteries sustain near 24-hour solar run www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/18/c...

Canadian LNG out of step with Europe's clean energy shift: EU official Senior Brussels diplomat Belén Martinez Carbonell says renewables and nuclear power win out over fossil fuels to help meet EU economic and emissions reduction goals.

Canadian gvt gets a reality check from visiting EU officials www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/02/n...

Surviving on Trump's Dangerous Planet Yet another war, and yet another argument for an end to oil

Surviving on Trump's Dangerous Planet. Latest from @billmckibben.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

'Follow the money': Maddow’s INSTANT REACTION to U.S. striking Iran YouTube video by MS NOW

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: “Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region of the world"

Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1% - Carbon Brief China’s clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries.

The solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines exported from China in 2024 are set to cut annual CO2 emissions in the rest of the world by 1%, some 220m tonnes (MtCO2). www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

Opinion | Don’t Look Now, but the Green Transition Is Still Happening

Let me offer a slight rebuttal on climate politics, beginning with us (enviros and Dems) having done a terrible job on climate communication for a long time. A legacy of bad work is not reason to stop work, it’s reason to do better work.

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In case you're still on the fence about the fascist authoritarian Trump regime being a criminal cabal of billionaires whose only interest in working in government is to plunder and pillage American working class families. 😳👇

‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions? Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

Let's play fill in the blank!

The flood of cheap renewable energy is transforming the economy of ________.

Today's answer: Romania!

He’s simply running the legal clock while he steals, grifts, and launders as much as he can.

At last, with CO2 no longer a pollutant, we can all exhale Even assuming that the climate alarm proponents are correct about greenhouse gases, the benefits accruing to humankind can far outweigh the concerns.

Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 19, 2026 ~ F. Hook & E. Jitts

"engine and vehicle manufacturers no longer have any future obligations for the measurement, control, and reporting of [greenhouse gas] emissions for any highway engine and vehicle"

www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02...

How to Compete in Unfair Elections | Journal of Democracy Opposition movements often boycott rigged polls rather than risk legitimizing an autocrat. It is usually a mistake. Here is the playbook for how one opposition seized the advantage.

"Leaders of electoral authoritarian regimes use unfair elections to deceive their citizens, create the illusion of popular support, & legitimize their rule...nefarious tactics include repressing the opposition &... manipulating the law, media, electoral administration, & campaign resources."

‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions? Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There's an direct analogy to be drawn here with the civic planners of the 60s, 70s & 80s who sought to reassure the public that their government had plans to reboot society in the aftermath of a nuclear war... sociologists label them "Fantasy documents"!

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