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Vancouver-based journalist: Public interest, climate, and science. www.annecasselman.com

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Archives matter - but not to the Carney government. Canada has only ONE federal funding program for community archives, and they just killed it. Gone.

@wgreaves.bsky.social

www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

06.02.2026 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 19

🎯😭😭😭

04.02.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by nameβ€”citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

30.01.2026 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 16426    πŸ” 10018    πŸ’¬ 841    πŸ“Œ 1359
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Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.

Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor. www.wired.com/story/data-c...

29.01.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6
Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum

The whole speech is worth watching. #Carney www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...

20.01.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 29
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B.C. heat pump firm secures US$50M to fuel North American expansion B.C. start-up Jetson Home will use the money to bring its cost-cutting model to other jurisdictions across Canada and the United States

"Last month, a report from Clean Energy Canada found a province-wide switch to heat pumps for space heating would cut B.C.’s collective electricity bill by $675 million a year."
#bcpoli

20.01.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile @theguardian.com reports today that emissions from coal have fallen in India and China for first time in 50 yrs...

13.01.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New: We estimate that in 2025, US greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4%, marking a change from the prior two years of decreases in emissions. Emissions also grew faster than the economy in 2025, reversing the decoupling of emissions and economic activity of the prior two years.

13.01.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8
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#BREAKING: New drone video from Pacific, WA, on Tuesday morning following a levee failure on the White River at Pacific City Park. Whole neighborhoods are underwater as water continues flowing out of the failed levee. #wawx #flood #drone

16.12.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 237    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 32
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Just about every type of warning on the NWS map this afternoon...including Blizzard Warnings, High Wind Warnings, Wind Advisories, coastal hazards, and lingering Flood Warnings. I will be LIVE at 4 PM talking about this storm. Stay tuned! #wawx

16.12.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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These subtropical air masses that reach the PNW keep getting warmer and wetter as the climate warms as a whole.

Yakima, WA has reached 70 degrees today, the only other 70+ in Dec was 72 on 12/1/2021.

The atmospheric water vapor content is near record highs for Dec, increasing rainfall amounts.

10.12.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
Image from UCSD/Scripps depicting the persistent atmospheric river over the northeastern Pacific. It shows the accumulated "integrated vapor transport" over time, in this case of a 72 hour period, which is an indicator of the accumulated moisture transported over a multi-day period by this weather system. West of Washington, the values reach the highest numbers on the chart--denoting a strong to extreme event on a 3-day basis.

Image from UCSD/Scripps depicting the persistent atmospheric river over the northeastern Pacific. It shows the accumulated "integrated vapor transport" over time, in this case of a 72 hour period, which is an indicator of the accumulated moisture transported over a multi-day period by this weather system. West of Washington, the values reach the highest numbers on the chart--denoting a strong to extreme event on a 3-day basis.

Widespread significant river flooding has already developed across western Washington as a series of extremely warm & moist #AtmosphericRivers move slowly across the region. This flooding will further worsen tomorrow as strongest part of AR moves ashore. #WAwx [1/3]

10.12.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Crazy stuff! #wawx

10.12.2025 05:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

02.12.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11867    πŸ” 4081    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 447

Next time you're at school pick up, look at the grade ones and then think about how any of them would cope with being separated from their caregiver and imprisoned.

02.12.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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China recognizes that energy storage is completely transformational for the electricity grid & thus for society as a whole. And so it is investing!

02.12.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers.

Anyway, about China ...

02.12.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 653    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 18
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November 2025 was the third warmest November on record in ERA5 at 1.54C above preindustrial levels – below only the records set in the prior two years (2023 and 2024):

02.12.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 7
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Tetra Pak launches integrated heat pump system to electrify pasteurization and cut energy use by up to 77% Tetra Pak announces the expansion of its Factory Sustainable Solutions portfolio with its new Tetra Pak Integrated Heat Pump system for pasteurizers, designed t

Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.

Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.

www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...

02.12.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2051    πŸ” 422    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 33

This illustration makes me chortle every time I see it 🀣🀣

28.11.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’s naive to believe that this will hold Smith back 🀣🀣🀣. What are the odds that she has some half baked plan to create a private investor, corp, etc etc.? I’m not saying the odds of her success are πŸ’― but I am sure she is working to succeed here. Or do you think this is all theatre??

28.11.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh he understands it. Ergo he can’t plead ignorance. Which makes it all the more a black mark on his conscience. With each of these moves people keep expecting him to appear a magical energy transition/climate policy genius rabbit out of his hat based on his bio and espoused β€œValues”… 😬

28.11.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal funding for tuberculosis fight in the North remains uncertain, Inuit leader says The program’s $16.2-million funding in 2023 will run out on March 31 next year

That certainly tracks with Carney.

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

26.11.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

28.11.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t help but think this is going to become a political quagmire. Or maybe a grenade. I suspect carney will certainly not come ahead when all is said and done. And I think Smith will go to great lengths to push this through/finance it for her political gain/optics vs. public interest/economics.

28.11.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey opinion editor people πŸ‘‹
call me ☎️
(or actually email me? πŸ“©?)

please?

28.11.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank god climate protesters are indulging their β€œnostalgic” desire to stabilize the world’s climate to stop our kids’ summers from being even more smoked-out and carcinogenic. And for wanting to keep the climate stable enough to grow food reliably & stop climate-volatility hike food costs. 😀😀😀

28.11.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The meme is… πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘Œ

28.11.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So true… de facto banning renewables and kiboshing renewables worth billions isn’t quite getting out of the markets’ way exactly is it? πŸ€” Also, putting all eggs in the basket of pricing carbon may have helped curb emissions sufficiently two decades ago. This late in the game, I just don’t see it.

28.11.2025 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’― Wexit is about to get further west-er 🀣

28.11.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0