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Oil & gas is the worst. They’re happy to be on the major project list while demanding the govt kill any regulations that require them to clean up the poison they spew, instead demanding taxpayers pay while giving their massive profits to shareholders & laying off Cdn workers.

For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.

What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.

America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.

To make peace with nature, we need a fossil fuel-free Amazon It is necessary to support Brazil’s proposal to develop a roadmap for carrying out the comprehensive transition to renewable energy

Colombia's president not only understands the urgency, he actually supports doing something about it. Unlike so many other leaders.

He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels."

#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels

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Circular Materials celebrates Nova Scotia’s transition to extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper | Circular Materials Province-wide recycling milestone marks important step towards a circular economy across Atlantic Canada.

Dec 1 in #NovaScotia. Includes toothpaste tubes, hot + cold beverage cups.

"Nova Scotia has a long history of leadership in waste diversion, + this critical step builds on this experience + strengthens that legacy,” - Allen Langdon, CEO Circular Materials.

www.circularmaterials.ca/news/circula...

Are they finally catching on to his eternal grifting and gaslighting?

Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.

"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."

Mamdani's Win Is Proof That an Organized Public Can Defeat Organized Money | Common Dreams The most consistent project of elite politics is to cultivate resignation: Nothing can change, no one like you can win, best not to try. When that illusion breaks, even in a single city, it sends trem...

www.commondreams.org/opinion/zohr...

Voting Should Be Easy #marytrump #marytrumpmedia #vote #voting #nyc

When you call Mamdani a socialist, please remember:

Zohran and AOC, smiling together in a restaurant.

Zohran and AOC sitting together at a table.

Nepalese food at Laliguras Bistro, including chili chicken with tingmo bread and aloo dum

A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.

But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.

New report 'unearths' environmental impact assessment trends of Canadian mine and quarry projects - Halifax Examiner Researchers behind database tracking impact assessments of Canadian mine and quarry projects over a 50-year span have found significant gaps in transparency, consistency, and data availability.

New report ‘unearths’ environmental impact assessment trends of Canadian mine and quarry projects

reported by @dentremy.bsky.social

POLITICO Pro: POLITICO Pro Q&A with the UN’s greenwashing watchdog Catherine McKenna says the Paris Agreement was an incredible feat. “Now: do the work.”

Check out my frank @politico.com Q&A where I talk about my new report “Integrity Matters: Winning the Future”, 🇨🇦 budget & need to stay course on climate, fossil fuel greenwashing, climate as huge financial risk & competitiveness opportunity to scale clean. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy The federal government is set to deliver its budget next week. It is expected to include a climate competitiveness strategy that ...

With the federal government set to deliver its budget this week, here’s what we’ll be looking for in its climate competitiveness strategy 🔽
climateinstitute.ca/what-to-look...

World Central Kitchen (WCK) staff arrived in Jamaica this morning (October 30) with relief supplies to support communities affected by Hurricane Melissa.

#WorldCentralKitchen #HurricaneMelissa #ReliefEfforts #Jamaica #Hurricane #Melissa #Relief

Hurricane Melissa was 33% more Destructive in Jamaica because of People-Caused Climate Breakdown Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Hurricane Melissa is the most devastating storm to hit Jamaica in recorded history, CNN reports. It rapidly intensified over the past few days, with its winds reaching 1...

“Hurricane Melissa was 33% more Destructive in Jamaica because of People-Caused Climate Breakdown" | Article in Informed Comment by Juan Cole (@jricole.bsky.social) with a nice nod to #ScienceUnderSiege:

www.juancole.com/2025/10/hurr...

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.

It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics.

It is the root of our dysfunction.

White Nationalism in Canada: Organized, Emboldened, and Growing Canada’s white nationalist movement has consolidated into a network that includes three key branches: Diagolon, the propaganda arm; the Dominion Society of Canada, an incorporated political arm; and S...

NEW: Whether you measure it by number of supporters, fundraising ability, or by the size of its militant groups, the white nationalist movement in Canada has never been larger or more of a threat.

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

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Jamaica invested heavily in climate disaster insurance. It looks about to pay off | CBC News Jamaica’s decade-long effort to build layers of financial protection in case of natural disasters might help the country access millions of dollars in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Melissa — an...

"Jamaica's strategy is, in my perspective, one of the most comprehensive of any country globally at the minute," said Conor Meenan, a risk financing adviser at the U.K.-based Centre for Disaster Protection. 

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

I’m going to be honest, it feels pretty impossible lately to reconcile what I’m teaching in my climate change course with the configuration of my (and everyone’s) life. I just want a buddy for a three degree world

As Tim Houston becomes more dictatorial, Becky Druhan quits the PC caucus - Halifax Examiner It doesn't surprise me that the smart women in the room are the first to leave Houston's amen caucus.

"It’s impossible not to see that the longer Houston sits as premier, the more dictatorial he becomes — the Examiner has an entire section devoted to Houston “Dismantling Democracy” — and the more he assumes power personally for himself... "
#NovaScotia

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

Bill Gates sure picked an interesting day to downplay the threat of climate change

This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic Party. It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic Party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. Some thoughts...

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment

The cost of disaster recovery in Canada will increase $1 billion per year over the next decade, according to the latest PBO report. Very strange that climate change isn’t mentioned despite its critical role accelerating these damages.
www.nsnews.com/politics/dis...

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

The Right Path Forward on Climate Change Whether we have a climate crisis is no longer a matter of worthy debate. Precisely how we solve it is.

Since Bill Gates is back in the news dismissing the urgency of climate action, here's my evergreen commentary in @newsweek.com on why his approach and framing is so misguided: www.newsweek.com/right-path-f...