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Too Much of a Good Thing: Solar Overloads Europe’s Electricity System | OilPrice.com After four record years, EU solar additions are now set to decline for the first time in a decade, as negative wholesale prices and frequent curtailments erode profitability and deter new investment.

Premier Houston of @nsgov.bsky.social off shore wind power dreams will need a huge investment in transmission lines and controls.

European solar and wind power additions overwhelm the transmission system.

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World Series broadcasts. Zero gambling

@torontoraptor.bsky.social broadcasts. All gambling alll the time. Way more minutes than game minutes.

Ads plus half time crew discussing there parlay or something

The @nba.com is DISGUSTING. Fire Adam Silver.

This is so wrong, so stupid

From today's @thechronicleherald.bsky.social

WE DESERVE LEADERS WHO DON’T LOOK AWAY It’s a “where were you when” moment for me. I will never forget the moment back in April 2023 when I learned the Tim Houston government had finally declared that they would not be considering a golf course at West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. It was a moment of sweet relief and profound joy. Sadly, that immense elation was shortlived. In June 2023 I was en route to West Mabou when I noticed Premier Houston and his entourage meeting the public at the Irving Station in Aulds Cove. Thinking I should take the opportunity to personally thank him, I turned around and headed back to the gas station parking lot. I walked confidently (who doesn’t like a sincere thank you?) over to where Houston was standing, offered him a firm handshake, looked him straight in the eyes and said, “I’m here to thank you for saving West Mabou Beach Provincial Park.” My heart sank. He looked away. He did not maintain eye contact, he turned his head, and his facial expression appeared to be one of being caught out. It felt awkward and confusing. I left crestfallen, part of me cursing my fateful decision to turn my car around, wishing I could have held onto for a bit longer, even for just the summer, a world where places like West Mabou Beach Provincial Park could be safe, well and truly protected. He looked away. In 2025, that phrase quite aptly describes our collective experience of Houston’s governance. The leader who came to power with the motto “listening to Nova Scotians” has looked away from nation-defining democratic processes, consultation with First Nations and with local communities. While the premier regularly speaks of “mature conversations,” it seems he’s not engaging in any with the people he was elected to serve. Instead, he’s looking away from the concerns of constituents and health-care professionals regarding the dangers of uranium mining. He’s eroding environmental regulations, ignoring the provincial commitment to protect at least 20 per…

He looked away - Premier Houston @nsgov.bsky.social

In 2025, that phrase quite aptly describes our collective experience of Houston’s governance.

The leader who came to power with the motto “listening to Nova Scotians” has looked away from democratic processes

Wow! My friends rented a place in Antigonish where the walls were insulated with seaweed and issues of The Casket from the 30s.

We were cleaning out the basement recently. This came with the first house we owned.

2\2 … Much of this funding went to Glencore, whose mountaintop-removal mines in 🇨🇦 BC have polluted waterways & destroyed ecosystems. Both Deutsche Bank & UBS previously vowed not to finance such operations but continue to support Glencore.

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Banks, investors pumped $52B into met coal between 2022 and 2024: report Banks lent $22B despite climate pledges, while investors still hold $30B in related securities.

German environmental & human rights group Urgewald has exposed major financial institutions continue bankrolling the metallurgical coal industry

They funnelled nearly $52 billion into mine expansions between 2022 & 2024 despite global climate commitments … \2

www.mining.com/banks-pumped...

Bank of Canada cuts interest rate to 2.25%, but signals this may be the end of easing Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday to 2.25 per cent, its second consecutive reduction. Read more

Bank of Canada cuts bank rate by 10%. This is not a typo.

It reduced the previous rate of 2.50% by 0.25%. My arithmetic teacher from years ago tells me that is 10% cut.

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have been for conservation

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Quebec’s disastrous forest reform bill was killed, but the threat remains A deeply flawed vision of forest management persists within the provincial government.

Proposed law envisions handing over at least ⅓ of the province’s forests for exclusive use by private industrial logging interests

another ⅓ would be open to logging but would have also permitted other activities, including recreation

remaining ⅓ would ... \2

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Siemens Gamesa shelves major factory plan in new offshore wind blow Danish industry bodies blame sluggish European energy transition as nacelle facility at Esbjerg put on hold

Hey @nsgov.bsky.social . Re off shore wind powerv

“This industry right now is creating more losers than winners

Who wants to invest in an industry that the probability of being a loser is bigger than being a winner?”

www.rechargenews.com/markets-and-...

This one?

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Where are the warning labels about alcohol's negative impacts on society? - Halifax Examiner We're better at understanding the health effects of drinking, but there's still work to be done to understand the larger dangers to all of us.

ICYMI: On Friday, I wrote this commentary about warning labels on alcohol and the negative impacts booze has on society. Partly based on my experience working in bars.

I sadly think too many people accept that alcohol-related violence is just the way it is.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/w...

U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.

NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.

Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.

Keep checking the booking systems. People cancel appointments all the time

*screams loudly*
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY VACCINE PROMOTION OR EDUCATION IN NOVA SCOTIA.

Just the facts
From @mackinnonart.bsky.social

So HRM led by Mayor Andy FoolMore are budgeting for annual road violence deaths until 2038. Disgusting

The world has its irrefutable logic; it can't be memed away. - Halifax Examiner The damn memes are everywhere.

Because of gambling, death by suicide rates among young men will soar. Bankruptcy and financial problems will be even more common, as will the associated crimes of despair and intimate partner violence

by @timbousquet.bsky.social @halifaxexaminer.ca

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

President Trump uses AI to shit on protesting Americans

Premier Houston uses "Special Interest Groups" label for protesting Nova Scotians

Both are shutting down democracy

B.C. hits Domtar mill with another wave of environmental penalties The Skookumchuck, B.C., mill's latest $62,950 in environmental penalties is the third major enforcement action against the Kootenay facility this year

BC hits Domtar mill with another wave of environmental penalties

New name for Paper Excellence - same old worldwide enviro bad behaviour

BC mill's latest $63k in fine - 3rd major enforcement action this year

www.biv.com/news/environ...
by @stefanlabbe.bsky.social

Interesting commentary on the family doctor shortage today. From the Toronto @thestar.com . Here is part of it

Key quote from the great Lewis Mumford in 1955 — “Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.”

It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.

**weak

Our catch-up billing was correct but was almost impossible to understand. NS Power is extremely week in accounting and programming.

@nsenergyboard.bsky.social @nsgov.bsky.social

Lots of questions about Tim Houston’s surprise shuffle of the NS cabinet. Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton is out … was he not quite enough of a yes-man? Was he not supposed to let slip that Cabot Golf wants to occupy part of the Mabou Beach Provincial Park? So many questions needing answers.

N.S. Premier Tim Houston shuffles cabinet | CBC News In a surprise move, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston shook up his cabinet Tuesday, moving out three people, bringing in two new members and reassigning other roles.

Uranium-friendly premier takes on energy ministry. Not happy news. #NovaScotia

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Edward Keenan: There are two key lessons Toronto’s traffic czar should take from New York City Here's how Janette Sadik-Khan got the Big Apple moving as transportation commissioner.

Get rid of analysis paralysis

Do things overnight to test. Expand on successes. Get rid of failures.

www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Fracking is another industry that causes water problems - poisons or drains ground water.