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The Iran War and the Climate Emergency CCNow will be joined by Rawan Damen of ARIJ, Nina Lakhani of Drilled, and AJE's former managing director, Giles Trendle.

🚨 Iran webinar alert

War makes climate change worse — and vice versa. Join CCNow on March 5, for a rapid response discussion about the US-Israel attacks on Iran and the way climate change threads through conflict.

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NEW: Reporting from Postmedia and newly disclosed briefing materials at today’s special Council meeting outline the scope of the provincial property tax increase. Cities like Chestermere will see increases as high as 32%, making this the largest property tax increase in Southern Alberta’s history.

In this @longcovidanswers.bsky.social podcast episode, Dr. Erica Spatz talks about Covid's cardiovascular impact, diagnostic testing, research, and more. Watch the full episode at covidsociety.ca/priorities/l...
#LongCovidHeartbeats #LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness #hearthealth

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How broadcast TV networks covered climate change in 2025 Corporate broadcast networks again reduced climate coverage in 2025, marking the third year coverage has declined since the networks' high-water mark of 23 hours of reporting in 2022. A Media Matters…

New analysis from @mmfa.bsky.social finds that US TV news coverage of climate change dropped 35% from 2024 to 2025.

Long-COVID Sufferer Awarded Nearly $1M After Employer Refused to Let Her Work From Home | Law.com A jury in Nassau County awarded $954,000 to a longtime employee of Stony Brook University Hospital Blood Bank.

A woman with Long Covid won almost one million dollars in a lawsuit against her employer who refused to allow her work from home accommodations.

May this set a precedent.

Remote work should be accessible to all who need it.

It’s a game changer for people with disabilities.

Electric car sales edge above petrol in EU for first time Sales of fully ​electric cars surpassed those of petrol-only vehicles in the European Union for the first time in December, data from ‌the auto industry group ACEA showed on Tuesday, even as hybrids h...

Fully electric vehicle sales in EU overtake petrol for first time in December

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Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power The Trump-led attack on solar eases as the right reckons with its crucial role in powering AI and keeping utility bills from spiraling.

Duh.

See our statement on today's announcement between 10 provinces and territories on electricity 📣

Honestly, it's fantastic to see this level of collaboration on building out Canada's electricity

#cdnpoli #electricity #EnergySky #onpoli
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White graphic with black and pink text. Top left: “whn.global”. Top right: “Long COVID Awareness Month”. Main text: “Every COVID infection adds risk, not protection.” The word “risk” is in bright pink; the rest is in black. Below in bright pink: “Each infection increases the risk of Long COVID.” Bottom text: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”

Every COVID infection adds risk, not protection. The more times someone is infected, the higher their risk of developing Long COVID.

Reducing infections is one of the most important ways to protect long-term health. The Five Pillars of Protection help lower risk by layering prevention strategies:

Provincial agreement on electricity grid a landmark moment in Canada's journey to clean, prosperous economy | Pembina Institute EDMONTON — Tim Weis, senior director of the Pembina Institute’s Industrial Decarbonization program, made the following statement in response to the National Energy Corridor agreement announcement.“Thi...

this is good.
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Fossil fuels will be collateral damage in Trump’s war on Iran Canada's oil and gas industry and the politicians in its thrall will use the US attack on Iran as a justification for more pipelines. In reality, it will actually erode the economic case for them.

“Repeated shocks like this push countries to reassess what energy security really means. Wind, solar, storage, and, where available, hydro are not immune to operational challenges. they increasingly look less like a climate choice and more like a stability strategy.”

Excited to be presenting at this virtual @who.int event at the end of the month on behalf of @cape-acme.bsky.social!
Please do consider joining!

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They really don't want to do the hard work of governing, do they?

The Widening Middle East Conflict and Its Impact on Energy - Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA | CGEP Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.

If you want to have a deeper understanding of the war’s impact on energy highly recommend this podcast from Columbia Energy Exchange. Recorded yesterday www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/the-widening...

Climate Has Slipped From Canada’s Political Priorities Climate change has fallen lower on Canada’s political agenda, former federal environment minister Steven Guilbeault told a recent webinar, because governments no longer see the issue as a mandate from...

Former climate activist turned Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, says that climate has slipped from Canadian political priorities. He cites an over-reliance on market dynamics and voluntary measures from the private sector, and emphasizes a need for regulation.

Covid inquiry reaches ‘bittersweet’ final day of witness testimony Campaigners say ‘hard-hitting, clear-sighted and damning’ inquiry – the most expensive in history – ‘absolutely has been worth it’ * ‘A new normal’: inquiry’s key findings on how Covid changed UK society Bereaved families have marked the final day of witness testimony in the long-running Covid inquiry by saying government “incompetence, chaos and callousness is now on the public record”. Matt Fowler, co-founder of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK (CBFFJ), urged officials to use the inquiry as a blueprint “to take brave, decisive, urgent action” and warned the country was still not prepared for a future crisis. Continue reading...

Covid inquiry reaches ‘bittersweet’ final day of witness testimony

The Alberta government is taking $461 million more from Calgary property and business owners this year than it did in 2023-24.

That's a 59% increase in just three years.

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

The UN, though in Manhattan, is on international land, not American. Also a pretty central tenet of diplomacy is “we will not take advantage of proximity to murder your people” for reasons that should be very obvious.

Right. What you know?

US strikes on Iran ‘outside international law,’ says Macron Macron joins Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in calling the legality of the strikes into question.

After four days of hesitating, the president of France has joined the prime minister of Spain in saying that the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran is a violation of international law.

But they are still the only 2 EU leaders to have done so. Will others join?

I discovered something that just nauseated me to my core today - Polymarket has a huge number of bets running on climate impacts and disasters

An entirely new flavour of disaster capitalism

Objection: What Happened in Dallas County Was Not a Glitch What happened in Dallas County tonight should scare the hell out of you.

What just happened in Dallas County is one of the most blatant voter suppression operations I've ever seen—and it happened in a *primary*.

In March. Imagine November.

I broke it down here:

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Vancouver mayor says he made false drug claim about opponent based on photo Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim told reporters Tuesday that he falsely claimed one of his council colleagues distributed illicit drugs after being shown a photo, and apologized for not verifying its authentic...

Who’s giving the mayor the advice to keep this very damaging (for him) issue on the front burner for another day?

Was it his initiative?

Vancouver politics is weird but this is terrible strategically, especially considering he took only a handful of questions
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

YouTube video by Energi Media The Real Villains in North America's Low EV Sales? Legacy Automakers

The Real Villains in North America's Low EV Sales? Legacy Automakers

Max Fawcett and I discuss his column, "Canada's big bet on EVs can still pay off."

We may or may not have discussed EVs' impact on the future of Alberta oil.
#ableg #cdnpoli
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A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction A Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional. Paediatrics & Child Health, the journal…

This story is nuts

The journal ‘Pediatrics and Child health’ has been published an article type, for case reports, that are made up and fictional without having any clear notice 😱

retractionwatch.com/2026/03/03/c...

ok so we had:

we struck first because israel was about to strike and that strike would have created retaliatory strikes against the US (?) so it was defensive insofar as the conditions for the need for defense were maybe about to happen

and now:

Congestion Pricing Wins in Court After Lengthy Battle With Trump

BREAKING 🔥 🔥 🔥 Congestion Pricing Wins in Court After Lengthy Battle With Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/n...