Ian Stephen

One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada Researchers analyzed more than 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada and found that 87 per cent of conspiratorial claims come from influencers, with just 100 users responsible for near...

Canada's National Observer publication is reporting that "One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada"
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Thoughtful episode on thinking.

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The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social media.

Meet the science influencers taking on social media's swamp of climate denial, anti-vax content and wellness pseudoscience.

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via @nature.com

New drone footage from @floodlightnews.org - the fossil methane power plant Musk built specifically to create abusive and racist material on his social media website is still wildly breaching EPA regulations even after a ruling against using them -->>>

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From poverty reduction to biodiversity and climate, there's something for everyone to comment on.

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Map from UK Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, showing Canada's boreal forest as one of six ecosystem regions critical to UK national security.

Canada's boreal forest listed as one of six ecosystem regions "critical for UK national security given the likelihood and impact of their collapse."

Does it exist anywhere in Canadian political discourse these days?

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Heiltsuk Nation accuses Pierre Poilievre of trying to score ‘cheap political points’ on pipelines in recent social media post - Indigenous Watchdog Pierre Poilievre, seen here outside the House of Commons on March 4, says the prime minister still hasn’t consulted First Nations. Photo: Mark Blackburn/APTN.  APTN News: Heiltsuk Nation, a member of ...

“Rather than targeting First Nations with misleading statements to score cheap political points, Mr. Poilievre should be taking lessons on how to grow a sustainable economy on the coast, while protecting globally significant ecosystems”

www.indigenouswatchdog.org/update/heilt...

Identification of food deprivation in salmonids using gill biomarkers Abstract. Risk assessments have identified prey limitation as one of the strongest risk factors for juvenile salmon survival under climate change. In Briti

PSF scientists, led by @wbuggiii.bsky.social, recently published a research breakthrough on identifying food deprivation in wild salmon.

Learn more: academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

We must completely change the way we build homes to stay below 2°C Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way

“We’ve had these skills and this knowledge for decades; we just have to use it.”

And it's not just about GHGs. It's also more healthy, comfortable homes and workplaces with lower operating costs.

www.newscientist.com/article/2511...

YouTube video by TED The Surprising Power of Your Nature Photos | Scott Loarie | TED

"... what's possible when we notice nature."

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QPs Work For Proponents “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” I hate that stuff like this is flying under public radar. And that I haven&…

Among changes paving the way for industry to run roughshod where some semblance of protections used to be, BC is plans for QP certifications to replace some provincial permit applications.

A bit more info & link to related upcoming consultation...

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Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become 1 They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...

By Rebecca Solnit

www.meditationsinanemergency.com/five-facets-...

First Nation in B.C. develops prefabricated housing system from locally-sourced wood | CBC News Nak'azdli Development Corp. in Fort St. James, B.C., has worked with UNBC researchers to develop a prefabricated mass timber panel housing system that works within the local lumber supply chain to bui...

"The concept is to take trees from the local territory, mill them locally, and then have local workers use that lumber to build panels, which are then used to construct a house"

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A River Reborn – Ben Goldfarb Journalist Ben Goldfarb and photographer Kiliii Yüyan trace the monumental effort to restitch relationships between land, salmon, and humans on the Klamath River, after four of its most obstructive da...

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Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn’t ready for it Climate misinformation is undermining emergency response during crises. Canadian governments need to develop co-ordinated efforts to tackle it.

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Floodwater contaminants report | Raincoast We assembled a team to assess water quality in the former Semá:th X̱ó:tsa (Sumas Lake) area of the Fraser Valley over a seven-week period after the floods. We collected water samples from 11 surface…

Remembering this

www.raincoast.org/reports/flood/

YouTube video by Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Caribou Homeland

Good work

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Alberta’s New Pipeline Will Remain a Pipe Dream - Macleans.ca Danielle Smith’s pipeline promise is nothing but a political abstraction

The future of pipelines depends on the hard economic realities of the market. A looming recession, supply glut and slowing demand will exert downward pressure on oil prices—all of which could reduce pipeline profitability. https://macleans.ca/economy/albertas-new-pipeline-will-remain-a-pipe-dream/

Inclusion of wellbeing impacts of climate change: a review of literature and integrated environment–society–economy models Climate change has broad and deep impacts on people’s wellbeing; yet, these dynamics are largely excluded from integrated environment–society–economy (ESE) models. In this Review, we provide an overvi...

Academic version of same. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Climate action saves lives. So why do climate models ignore wellbeing? Why climate models miss what matters most: our wellbeing.

"If wellbeing is not represented, the benefits of climate action will be undervalued because the models cannot account for them."

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By BC CDC

"Ecolens is a unique web platform that invites BC residents to share their personal experiences of climate change through photos, stories, and other creative expressions."

ecolens.ca

Ecosystem Collapse and Extreme Weather Events — in That Order A Link Persistently Missing from the Climate Change Narrative

Well worth a read, imo

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CodeBlueBC Our waters need your voice. Help make watershed security a priority in 2024.

Pretty slick letter writing tool by Code Blue, calling on the province to secure BC's freshwater future.

www.codebluebc.ca

Finding the ‘cold’ in the Coldwater River | Pacific Salmon Foundation What connects British Columbia’s lush west coast to the arid, dry Nicola Valley in the Southern Interior? Look no further than the Pacific salmon migration. As salmon travel from the coast into the Ni...

"To locate the thermal refuges, they used a drone equipped with a thermal camera to produce a map of the river.

The researchers then conducted snorkel surveys at identified sites."

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BC Electoral Reform Committee: 93% support for proportional representation in public consultation 93% of those who participated in the public consultation of the BC Electoral Reform Committee with an opinion on the voting system recommended proportional representation.

www.fairvote.ca/06/10/2025/b...

New York City is Getting a Dutch-Style Bicycle Hub and it's a Game Changer In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a new facility promises to redefine what bike commuting can look like in New York with the opening of the Hub, by Oonee.

New York City is Getting a Dutch-Style Bicycle Hub and it’s a Game Changer.
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YouTube video by Organizing for Change IPA/Bill 15 Phase One Engagement Guidance

Hi friends

BC is making lots of changes re environmental protections. This webinar and guide covers the most urgent. Deadline for public comment is 4:00 PM PST tomorrow, September 30.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsuB...

For upcoming public consultations I'll try to put useful info at evenstephen.ca

If you've got National Day for Truth and Reconciliation off, maybe use it to help protect the quality of air, land, & water our children & grandchildren will live with, & tell BC that UNDRIP and free, prior, and informed consent of First Nations is not optional.

Deadline Sept 30, at 4:00pm PST.

#974 We Spied on the Spies Who Spy on Activists Of all the private intelligence firms in the English-language world, there appears to be just one whose speciality is tracking activists. And it has a branch office in Calgary.

Super interesting where this gets to.

www.canadaland.com/podcast/974-...

This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Science Under Siege YouTube video by This Week in Science (TWIS)

Worth a listen. Long intro though. Might want to skip ahead 4 minutes or so.

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