Alan Pater

Well, that is mostly their investments, not their personal consumption.

Redistributing their wealth amongst the rest of us would not reduce emissions, it would just redistribute the emissions amongst the rest of us.

What would work is shutting down their airlines, factories, and ranches.

Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30 Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though the sector drives a third of global warming.

Eight arguments agribusiness will likely use at COP30 to create confusion or fully deny their responsibility for environmental harm:

www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b... @rachelsherrington.bsky.social

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

As expected and designed.

thebullshitmachines.com

Might be a solution for food waste as well.

As #COP30 approaches, look out for these #BigAg greenwashing terms:🧹❎

⚠️ Regenerative Agriculture
⚠️ Tropical Agriculture
⚠️ No Additional Warming
⚠️ Bioeconomy
⚠️ We Feed the World
⚠️ Efficiency Is Enough

Remember: industrial food systems drive 1/3 of global warming & 40% of petrochemicals.

The US government receives revenues from fentanyl sales?

@gregorrobertson.bsky.social, might be worth a read?

The Left Has Failed Animals Even among self-described “ecosocialists,” the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought. We can, and must, do better.

Kudos to my friend Troy Vettese for this important essay in Current Affairs--"The Left Has Failed Animals."

"Even among self-described 'ecosocialists,' the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought."

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lef...
@currentaffairs.bsky.social

Well, I guess I'll just have to give that a read then!

We know what to do, but the powers that be keep getting in the way.

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We know how, and we want to, but will we?

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Canadian 25 cents coin.

We could all chip in our share to keep it going.

A pickup truck in Mexico waiting at a crossing for the train to go by.

This photo is from the train on that trip!

In 1999 took the train from Mexicali to Guadalajara, might even have been the train in that photo!

That's what Wendy tells her husband when "their" baby comes out half Asian. Has nothing to do with the guy who comes to clean their pool.

Symptoms of *Lab Leak Fever*

– Endless Twitter arguments about China
– Sudden distrust in scientists
– Binge-watching plandemic documentaries for “research”
– Forwarding 12-tweet threads to friends as if they’re peer-reviewed
– Thinking you could solve virology with Google and vibes

Get the cure:

Well deserved. Congrats @globalecoguy.bsky.social!

If inflation is close to target, as Macklem says, cuts in the interest rate will only serve to raise inflation over target. As it is, rent and food inflation is way over target. The last thing we need is higher rent and food costs.

I understood that the union was asking for 4% or Cost of Living, whichever is greater. But I have seen no mention of "whichever is greater" in this deal.

What happens when there is another crisis and inflation shoots up higher than 3%?

Definition of veganism What is a vegan and vegan food? What does veganism mean?

How familiar are you with the history of veganism and with its opposition to exploitation?

www.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/def...

Over 80% of the EU’s farming subsidies support emissions-intensive animal products – new study Meat is cheaper than it should be – and alternatives are more expensive.

All paid for from the public purse.

theconversation.com/over-80-of-t...

Top 10 Beans and Legumes Highest in Protein The current daily value (DV) for protein is 50 grams per day and is a target meant for most people. Most beans provide between 29-36% of the DV for protein per cup cooked. Boiled soybeans (or edamame)...

More beans please!

www.myfooddata.com/articles/bea...

Why All Vaccines Should Be Free | The Tyee COVID-19 normalized vaccination for adults, and we should go further to protect people from shingles and RSV.

Want to ease the burden of health-care costs, and especially hospitalization?

Easy. Just spend whatever it costs to provide all Canadians with free vaccinations — for life.

@crof.bsky.social explains. 🏥 #BCCovid

For those not into reading ....

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What are the carbon opportunity costs of our food? What are the carbon opportunity costs of our diet? How much carbon could we store by regrowing forests and wild habitats on existing farmland?

If we want to prevent more Category 6 hurricanes, we should seriously look at phasing out meat and dairy.

ourworldindata.org/carbon-oppor...

Those LNG permanent jobs will not pan out, as the world is quickly moving away from fossil fuels.

As it should.

International team calls for a people-first approach to achieving humanitarian, climate, and biodiversity goals To solve the world’s three biggest challenges, we need to use human well-being as a lens for setting priorities.

drawdown.org/news/interna...

Okay but if we redistribute those "investments in polluting industries" amongst the super-poor, the emissions won't go down.

Maybe the government could look harder for a revenue boost.

European human rights court sets climate limits for the oil industry Greenpeace International 28 Oct 2025 • 2 min read • ©0 Comments Strasbourg - Today, The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil and gas before opening new oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf in order to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights. The ruling establishes new, binding legal obligations that will reshape how governments approach fossil fuel development.

I can think of at least seven ways fossil fuel producers could wiggle out of this, but still: holy shit this is huge.