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Map - Climate costs tracker The Canadian Climate Institute’s Climate Costs Tracker maps the accelerating damages from global heating, and the Institute’s ...

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Want people to act on climate? Tell them how to fix it A study from the University of Oregon, published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take ...

Go beyond talking about the challenges of the climate crisis (& yes they're big). This study says talking about how to implement solutions is how we get people to act.

What is Sustainable Agriculture? Sustainable agriculture strives for the best long-term outcomes for forests, climate stability, human rights, and livelihoods.

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Gutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric bills Rising energy costs are a problem in the U.S. Ending Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and ramping up fossil fuels would make it even worse.

Don’t believe the deception: clean energy is good for the planet AND good for your wallet. #RenewableEnergy

Discovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World (Mar 25) Mar 25, 2025 07:00 PM Discovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of clim...

Just finished giving the Discovery Lecture at @carleton.ca hosted by @saraheverts.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social this evening! We had tons of great questions and I promised to answer the 8 most up-voted ones here. Here we go! 1/10 🧵

Our latest episode of Break In Case of Emergency is live!

➡️ Dissecting the climate denial machine: culture wars and the climate countermovement (w/ Mary Stuart & Erin Blondeau)

Please listen & share with a friend ✨

Listen in Spotify, Apple, or here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

Vancouver folks: Tomorrow! 👇

Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil | The Tyee Canada’s affordability crisis and fossil fuel company profits are linked, says report.

Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...

Want people to act on climate? Tell them how to fix it A study from the University of Oregon, published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take ...

On the importance of highlighting solutions to address climate impacts: from adaptation measures to keep communities safe from floods, fires & storms, to reducing emissions with clean energy projects. Climate communication emphasizing concrete solutions matters.

We will be here for an hour

Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!

Gratitude to @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social & allied groups for bringing the urgency of climate action to Parliament Hill this week!

Carney: no subsidies and no new fossil fuel infrastructure - Leadnow

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The Enduring Power of Community Bike Shops | The Tyee The scalable model keeps thousands of bicycles out of landfills every year, and helps cyclists fix their rides on the cheap.

Biking is one of the most effective ways to reduce our carbon footprints from transportation, esp compared with car ownership & even monthly public transit passes. Regular bicycle maintenance is also very affordable. Especially if you do it yourself, with used parts and borrowed tools.

YouTube video by Our Changing Climate Why America Will Never Be A Climate Leader

One take on why the US will never be a climate leader.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq14...

Trump repeals America's first-ever tax on greenhouse gases before it goes into effect The methane fee would have had the same impact as taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road.

“There’s an order of operations in which we need to implement climate solutions,” said Daniel Jasper, the policy director for the climate solutions nonprofit Project Drawdown. “Methane is something we call an emergency brake, because we’ve got to do it now.” grist.org/politics/tru...

Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and Midwest Residents and work crews in the South and Midwest are beginning to clean up and survey the destruction from a three-day outbreak of severe weather.

Last weekend:

Wildfires in Oklahoma.

Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas & Missouri.

Dust storms in Kansas & Texas.

Those responsible have names and job titles.

Time to #MakePollutersPay.

How Do 'Future Climate Scenarios' Shape Climate Science and Inform Policy? A deeper look at why emissions scenarios are essential for understanding climate change impacts and mitigation strategies.

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Thanks @sabs.bsky.social for a fun conversation and for telling my story!

People’s Power Grid

Tell PM Carney to champion a People's Power Grid and deliver bold action on affordability, climate, and energy independence in the face of U.S. aggression. allofustogether.ca/peoples-powe...

It’s time to future-proof Canada’s economy. We don’t do that by backsliding on climate. We do it by getting big finance behind job-creating climate solutions.

Tell party leaders to include climate-aligned finance principles in their election platforms now. 👉 ecojustice.ca/tell-party-l...

Climate Action Network Canada urges incoming Prime Minister Mark Carney to defend Canadians from climate and economic threats - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac) Today, Climate Action Network Canada sent the following letter to newly elected Liberal Leader Mark Carney: Dear Prime minister-designate Carney, On behalf of Climate Action Network Canada, I congrat...

Here's the letter we sent today to incoming PM @mark-carney.bsky.social, following his Liberal leadership race win last night. ✍️

The new PM must build on 🇨🇦Canada's climate progress from the past decade—and fight climate change and economic threats at the same time.

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Fed Up: Stories from this moment of crisis Canadians are facing overlapping crises — skyrocketing rent, unaffordable groceries, student debt, and a climate emergency. But here’s the thing: our voices matter, and it’s time to make sure every si...

“Just like that Carolyn was gone. I had been mowing Carolyn’s lawn every Thursday for the past eight years. She was a lovely lady who didn’t deserve to die like that. I still miss her today. We need to address #climatechange now.”
– Amber
Read more Canadian stories👇 allofustogether.ca/fedup/#stories

“Prime Minister-designate @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social, will you introduce the necessary incentives to ensure that Canada doesn’t fall further into the “tragedy of the horizon” that sacrifices future generations on the altar of short-term profit?”

READ HERE 👉 ecojustice.ca/open-letter-...

Trump EPA Takes Sweeping Aim at Rules to Gut Climate ‘Religion’ (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in US history.Most Read f...

The biggest deregulatory action of its kind in US history will also be the biggest mass murder in US history.

A climate disaster in waiting...

Scientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies - Inside Climate News March 7 demonstrations across the U.S. and Europe will protest cuts to research, staffing and funding, and push for a continued federal focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Physics doesn’t care about your feelings.

Build a Future for All of Us

Big Oil & billionaires are profiting while the rest of us pay the price. It's time for bold action. Join @350Canada's campaign to tax their billions and build a better future for #AllofUs. Take action now: allofustogether.ca/homepage/

Are we surprised? Nope.

How Hurricanes Can Fuel Wildfires in the Southeast - Inside Climate News A number of fires broke out in the Southeastern U.S. last week. Hurricane-downed trees may help fuel the flames, experts say.

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