Stephen Thomas

Le #smog est là et voici ses effets sur notre santé. Lire l'article 👉 bit.ly/4l7mkEp #feuxdeforêts

🚨B.C. is planning to dump $200 million into a new LNG project.

This comes just days after the ICJ ruled that nations are legally responsible to limit harms from greenhouse gases — and may be liable for activities like the licensing and subsidizing of fossil fuel projects.

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Nova Scotia banned fracking in 2014 after years of Mi’kmaq-led opposition and thorough public consultation.

In 2021, Tim Houston promised he’d keep the ban.
In 2025, his gov quietly lifted it.
Nobody asked for this bull💩

👉 Sign the petition: ecologyaction.ca/no-more-bs-f...

Pipelines won’t unite Canada. Clean energy will Betting, once again, on the same fossil-fuel horse might be what keeps Canada from becoming the energy superpower it could be.

🌡️ Sentez-vous à quel point nos étés sont plus chauds qu’il y a 15 ans?
🌫️ La piètre qualité de l'air vous inquiète?

On connaît la cause : le pétrole et le gaz. 🔥

Alors qu'Ottawa cherche à renforcer l'unité canadienne, il faut s'en départir. 🇨🇦

Ma lettre ouverte dans le @nationalobserver.com ⬇️

Pipelines won’t unite Canada. Clean energy will Betting, once again, on the same fossil-fuel horse might be what keeps Canada from becoming the energy superpower it could be.

Pipelines won’t unite Canada. Clean energy will.

Betting, once again, on the same fossil-fuel horse might be what keeps Canada from becoming the energy superpower it could be, write Andréanne Brazeau and Charles-Édouard Têtu
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/29/o...

Forest Loss Caused by Wildfires Has Reached Record Levels in 2023 and 2024

New data finds in the last couple of years, global wildfires have burned more forest since global satellite monitoring began.
geog.umd.edu/featured-con...

Global emissions from heating are about 4x those from cooling.

Air conditioning is an important and lifesaving adaptation to climate change.

Decarbonize the grid.

it’s wild that in canada we’re talking about building oil and gas pipelines instead of just hitting the accelerator on electrification.

the longer we stay wedded to fossil fuels, the more we’re jeopardizing not just our environmental future, but our economic one too.

The Black Panthers didn't mock people for their lack of education. They taught people how to read

A lot of people need to hear this

Nova Scotia among least accessible provinces for non-drivers | CBC News A recent report from Statistics Canada shows basic needs are difficult to access in Nova Scotia if you’re not travelling by car. One non-profit organizer says this brings further challenges for vulner...

I love Nova Scotia with my whole heart, but I’ve never seen a more true headline:

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

When you strip away humanity

There are a lot of bad ideas floating around #cdnpoli right now, and this is one of them.

"Bargaining" on #climate by cancelling most major climate policies, giving billions to CCUS and hoping that provinces & oil execs over-deliver on carbon pricing in return?

Give me a fucking break.

‼️Breaking news: International Court of Justice rules countries are responsible for protecting people and the environment from greenhouse gas emissions.

Communities across the country are mobilizing on September 20th to demand that Prime Minister Carney and Canada’s governments pick a side: injustice, violence, & climate destruction—or a just & safe future for all of us.

Sign up to join a #DrawTheLine action near you: drawtheline.world

Politicians hide themselves away. They only started the war. Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor.

Time will tell on their power minds. Making war just for fun. Treating people just like pawns in chess. Wait 'til their judgement day comes.

#OzzyOsbourne 🖤🤘

A climate plan that includes fracking? Yeah, that doesn’t sound right.

The B.C. government just released its new climate plan. And even they admit it won’t meet the province’s 2030 emissions targets. We’re in a climate emergency. We need real action.

#climate #bcpoli

It’s time to fight like hell. We can punch through our political despair with real organizing, real conversations, and real solutions. But it’ll take all of us. Join the volunteer team and sign-up as a member today -> bio or emilyforbcgreens.ca

New ECCC study confirms: this summer, heat waves in Yukon and Alberta were 2 to 10× more likely because of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
www.canada.ca/en/environme...

The current moment should see us BUILDING UP key crown corps like CBC and Via Rail, as Carney promised in the election. This 👇 is not what people voted for.

Nine First Nations in Ontario launch constitutional challenge against Bill 5 and Bill C-5 Lawyers for the Indigenous groups say in a legal filing that the two laws ‘violate the constitutional obligation of the Crown’ and want both struck down

9 First Nations in Ontario filed a constitutional challenge of federal Bill C-5 and provincial Bill 5 — both aimed at fast-tracking the construction of pipelines, mines, and other projects while bypassing environmental regulations and Indigenous consultation.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Let's invest in a pan-Canadian electricity grid powered by renewable energy. ⚡ The DSF's Acting Executive Director Linda Nowlan was published in the Globe and Mail. Canada can lead the world by connecting provincial power grids, upholding Indigenous rights and prioritizing renewable energy.

Claire O'Manique, our Public Finance Analyst, speaks to TRT World about the limits of relying on private finance to ensure a just energy transition and why cancelling unfair debt is a key way to free up the needed public funds. #CancelTheDebt

📺 Full episode www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF44...

Is Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and losses All of us who work on climate have long walked a razor’s edge between hope and despair, and the last few months (or years) have made it near impossible to keep one’s balance. But I would put the curre...

"The awkwardness of the current period is that, for the next many years, we are going to experience both losses and wins simultaneously"

Nice piece by @sethdklein.bsky.social in @nationalobserver.com

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/11/o...

This sucks.

This sucks x2 billion.

Yesterday:
40C+ heat and ~100mm of rain w/ power outages and flooding.

Today:
More heat warnings + air quality impacts from wildfire smoke.

A doomy week of #Climate impacts in Montréal, simultaneously hitting me with pangs of grief, and fuelling me to throw down for #ClimateJustice even harder.

Is Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and losses All of us who work on climate have long walked a razor’s edge between hope and despair, and the last few months (or years) have made it near impossible to keep one’s balance. But I would put the curre...

My new column out today:

All of us who work on climate have long walked a razor’s edge between hope and despair, and the last few months (or years) have made it near impossible to keep one’s balance. But I would put the current predicament differently. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/11/o...

👀 exciting!

A challenging, brilliant read from @sethdklein.bsky.social

“.. for the next many years, we are going to experience both losses and wins simultaneously.”

“I’m still down for the fight, and I hope you are, too. See you there.”

#Climate #cdnpoli

Top part of title page of brief. Title is "Why Direct Air Capture Isn't a Climate Solution for Manitoba." The photo behind it is of a DAC unit, which is mostly a lot of fans. The Climate Action Team logo is on the top right. Image credit: Climeworks.

Manitoba is exploring a technology called Direct Air Capture (DAC) to reduce emissions. But there are major reasons to be skeptical about it.

Check out our new policy brief to learn more about what DAC is and why it isn't a climate solution we should bank on.

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There's always money for the military. But climate? For years, the climate movement has been calling on the federal government to spend two per cent of GDP on climate infrastructure and action, to no avail. And yet, Canada’s military spending will hit ...

My latest column is out:

I have spent the past 5 years arguing that we need a “wartime” approach to confront the climate crisis. It seems metaphor is not our government’s strong suit – their imagination for a wartime approach is limited to, well, war. 🧵...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...