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Full-time activist, player of music and still dancing at the drop of a hat.

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The LNG bridge is starting to collapse Global demand for LNG is supposed to be driven by its role as a so-called "bridge" between coal and renewables. What happens when the shores it's supposed to connect keep getting closer with each pass...

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...

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AI Won’t Rescue City Budgets On Its Own As β€˜budget season’ approaches for Canadian cities, councillors and stakeholders are pointing to artificial intelligence as a solution to their fiscal strainβ€”but early evidence suggests it could create...

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/ai-wont-resc...

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Ottawa's New Climate Strategy Being Developed 'Behind Closed Doors,' AFN Says Ottawa's new climate competitiveness strategy is being developed "behind closed doors," without input from First Nations, an Assembly of First Nations leader charged at a parliamentary committee meeti...

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/ottawas-new-...

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Global Fossil Demand Will β€˜Fall off its Plateau’ in 5 Years if Renewables Growth Continues If the current exponential growth of electrotech technology holds for five more years, β€œglobal fossil demand will fall off its plateau,” says a noted team

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social In the meantime, Big Oil and Gas will squeeze every last drop of profit they can - and damn teh torpedoes.
www.theenergymix.com/global-fossi...

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How Canada Can Turn a Climate Shortfall into a Net-Zero Opportunity Canada has the technology, policy frameworks, and public support to lead in decarbonization, and yet new analysis finds emissions are likely to fall only 20 to 25% below 2005 levelsβ€”barely half the 20...

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/a-strategic-...

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Carney Signals β€˜Difficult Choices’ Ahead of Budget, Climate Competitiveness Plan With Prime Minister Mark Carney signposting β€œdifficult choices, responsible choices” in his government’s first budget, due for release later today, Canadians will soon know the shape and direction of ...

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/carney-signa...

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Stop Silencing Survivors: Ban National Security Secrecy in Violence Against Women Cases

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03.11.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rent is high. Groceries are impossible. But instead of taxing billionaires, the govt is pushing Bill C-12 to deport workers.

Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us.

Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating:
migrantrights.ca/StopC12

#StatusForAll

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Joint Letter Opposing Public Funding for the Pathways Alliance CCS Project - Environmental Defence About the letter: A coalition of environmental, health and Indigenous organizations have submitted a letter to the federal government, urging it to not

BREAKING: 49 organizations have signed an open letter opposing the use of public funds for the Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture and Storage facility currently on the federal government’s list of proposed nation-building projects.
Read the letter: environmentaldefence.ca/report/joint...

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Unlocking the true potential of Canada's clean economy As Canada deploys billions of dollars in government spending to transform its industries, redraw trade flows and fast-track major projects, we must also decide what kind of nation we want to build.

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/03/o...

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US officials praise Canada on wildfires but ignore climate at Toronto G7 meeting Senior members of the Trump administration praised Canada for wildfire coordination on FridayΒ at the G7 meeting in Toronto, while downplaying climate science and pushing forest management as the main ...

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/31/n...

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Canada risks becoming 'rust-belt petrostate' without industrial carbon pricing, critics say A showdown is looming as petro-provinces and nearly 100 oil and gas executives pressure Carney to walk back Ottawa's role enforcing the industrial carbon price.

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/03/a...

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For You, Canada | Home A strong public service delivers results when people need them and builds a better future for our country.

Let’s show up for Canada’s public services. Join us at foryoucanada.ca and pledge your support/

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Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year from combined effects of failure to tackle climate crisis

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

01.11.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
8th Fire Rising – Elbows up against colonialism! 8th Fire Rising is a united coalition in Canada to protect Indigenous, labour, and environmental rights.

Expediting the regulatory approval of regional infrastructure projects will shore up extractive economies (oil, gas, mineral mining). But, such fast-tracking will come at a cost to Indigenous peoples and settlers, local ecologies, and public coffers. 8thfirerising.ca

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No Golden Dome for Canada The Golden Dome purports to defend North America against incoming missiles by placing interceptors in space, but the technical challenges are enormous, the costs astronomical, and the strategic risks ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no...

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AFN accuses Ottawa of developing new climate strategy 'behind closed doors' Speaking at the House of Commons environment committee Prince Edward Island regional chief Wendell LaBobe said the government's renewed focus on economic security could see it backslide on its climate...

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/30/n...

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Ahead of G7 meetings, energy minister announces millions for green tech projects Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson announced millions of dollars for clean tech projects on Wednesday, ahead of the G7 ministerial meetings in Toronto starting on Thursday.

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Renewables are a national security priority, retired military leaders say Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors such as Russia β€” and thus that the funding to do so should come from de...

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/31/n...

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Bike lanes are crucial public infrastructure, not political props The question we should be asking isn’t whether we have too many bike lanes, but whether we can move beyond the false binary choice between 'drivers' and 'cyclists.'

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Ontario electricity supply costs jump 29 per cent as nuclear spending rises Ontario’s electricity rates will jump 29 per cent starting Nov. 1, driven largely by the higher spending for nuclear power and a shortfall in last year’s budget,Β the Ontario Energy Board says.

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Ontario Government’s Pipeline Fantasy is Dangerous and Out of Touch With Reality - Environmental Defence Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social environmentaldefence.ca/2025/10/30/o...

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1,400 annual deaths are linked to wildfire smoke in Canada: climate and health report A new global health report suggests that every year from 2020 to 2024 about 1,400 deaths in Canada were associated with wildfire smoke pollution as climate change takes an increasing toll on the count...

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/29/n...

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When the Sound starts to rumble For residents in Squamish, the experience of Kitimat locals following the opening of the LNG liquefaction plant there has become a cautionary tale. With construction of the Woodfibre LNG project now w...

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