Joan Baxter

🧵 Dear Republican lawmakers,

Canada has the largest intact boreal forest on the planet.

An increasingly hotter world due to #ClimateChange makes longer dry seasons, far larger wildfires & yes, more smoke. No amount of "raking" fixes it. The scientists warned of exactly this for a very long time /1

Nova Scotia’s premier Tim Houston’s govt promotes fracking & pipelines, hates carbon pricing, & makes NO mention of the climate crisis in its messaging on the extreme drought, wildfire risks & restrictions on woods access & trail use. Quite the disconnect. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/...

People riding bikes in a protected bike lane in downtown Vancouver

It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against downtown bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of the evidence that they are better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.

Bike-lanes mean business.

Everywhere the world over on repeat.

I don't think clearcuts full of crispy grey scrap wood are good places for humans to be doing anything during a drought. People walking in Point Pleasant Park are not the problem, industrial clearcut forestry is. bsky.app/profile/novi...

Axing the EVs: Canadian sales plunge while global sales surge We’ve slammed on the brakes of EVs and started driving the wrong way. That's leaving Canadians even further behind.

Canada is racing backwards, striving for last place, choosing the disgrace lane reserved for climate laggards. Petrostate anyone? More fantastic and essential journalism from @bsaxifrage.bsky.social and Canada’s @nationalobserver.com | www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/04/a...

I thought this was about wind energy but no it's one of the other literal miracles being scrapped for no reason that will lead to death and suffering

Floods in Texas, typhoons in China, US cities with some of the worst air quality on the planet, and cheap gasoline. Still, few people seem to connect the dots

Uhhh there is a genuine scientific poll that he should be well aware of because it’s quoted everywhere. Meghan Winters found that ~60% of Haligonians would ride their bikes more if it were safe to do so.

Majority of letters sent to Andy Fillmore, Halifax councillors in support of bike lanes - Halifax Examiner Only 27 letters sent to offices of mayor, council, and municipal clerk supported motion to pause construction of bike lanes.

Here is a big sample of some of the letters sent to Mayor Andy Fillmore, Halifax councillors, and the clerk's office.

I went through 658 pages of correspondence. Only 27 letters were in support of Fillmore's bike lane motion.

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Five adorable Victorian fashion accessories to go with your child’s measles The 19th century is back in vogue with a recent uptick in measles, mumps and irrational distrust of life saving medical procedures. But it’s not just healthcare that is going back 180 years, it’s also...

Five adorable Victorian fashion accessories to go with your child’s measles

It appears that glyphosate spraying approvals will continue as planned!

Spraying involves activity from people & vehicles, and a huge amount of helicopter fuel! While the glyphosate itself makes forests far more vulnerable to forest fires!

A moratorium of glyphosate spraying is needed for 2025!

Drought, extreme heat, wildfires across Canada, orders to conserve water, in Nova Scotia a provincial order to stay out of the woods or face a $25,000 fine, and missing in all the messaging is any mention of the elephant in the broiling land: THE CLIMATE CRISIS caused by our burning FOSSIL FUELS.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

“The amount of plastic that we’re already producing today is entirely unmanageable…There’s no way, technically or policy wise, that we can manage it. But the companies’ objective is to produce more…” How do they sleep, those plastic pushers? Money sure as fuck puts people to sleep.

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

"An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming... Past climatic changes that precipitated collapses... usually involved a temperature change of 1°C at a regional level. Today, we face 3°C globally."

#ClimateSky

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Are you questioning his credentials? I mean, he was a tv presenter and champion lumberjack, a making-up-shit-master. In Trump’s shit-for-brains mind, I guess that would make him over-qualified for the NASA gig.

i think a lot of the coverage of this guy last week missed the point. Jeremy didn't. this Feucht character's got it all: failed GOP candidate, bigoted American pastor, grifting on the anti-vax circuit, allegations from all directions of fraud and embezzlement, even a Proud Boys connection

Unfortunately it was writing this about Trump and it went so viral that he saw it and, I'm told, was actually upset about it.

Literally the day after I posted this, here’s Anita Anand:

The haunting images of Israeli hostages being held captive by Hamas are stark reminders of the horrors they have endured for more than 660 days. The immediate release of all hostages from Gaza is imperative. Our deepest thoughts are with Evyatar David, Rom Braslavski and all those still held hostage — as well as their families and loved ones. Canada will continue to press for the unconditional release of every hostage, unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid, a sustainable ceasefire, and for Hamas to have no role in the future governance of Palestine.

Canada’s foreign minister @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social makes it abundantly clear that the Canadian government does not consider Palestinians to be people worthy of concern.

In case you think there is a commensurate tweet about Gaza: there isn’t.

Picture of the interior of the Dartmouth ferry terminal with a long line of annoyed people waiting for the ferry.

@hfxtransit.bsky.social: this is ridiculous.

On weekends when you know the bridge is closed and there are major events on the waterfront, ferry service should be every 15 mins.

Sort it out @andyfillmorehfx.bsky.social

“The debate over whether or not Gaza is a genocide is, effectively, over. So can we now also stop pretending that we are mere bystanders to this genocide?” The US is complicit in genocide. Let’s stop pretending otherwise | Mehdi Hasan

Why is this guy still employed at Guelph U? “McKitrick has been downplaying the impacts of climate change and bolstering the fossil fuel industry for decades.” More great reporting from Marc Fawcett-Atkinson.

TRUMP IS BUILDING A DICTATORSHIP With an all-out assault on democratic norms and the rule of law, President Donald Trump is amassing far more power than any previous U.S. president, creating unmistakable momentum toward establishment of a fascist dictatorship.

Dear mainstream media,
You’re nibbling around the edges of the Trump disaster without reporting the huge overall story that’s in front of you. Feel free to use this headline and lead paragraph, no charge.
Sincerely, Mark

Yep. No more potash, hydro, fossil gas, and especially no more pandering and politesse, as if it were possible to negotiate reasonably with a maniacal monster.

My PC MLA says that 70% of the emails the NSPC have received have been opposed to bike lanes (and that those emails are factoring hugely into their decisions). Please email the province!!

The $147 Billion Green Hydrogen Bubble That BP Helped Burst Australia’s long-held ambitions to tap its abundant renewable resources and vast uninhabited landmass to become a global green hydrogen leader are fast unraveling.

1/ Australia’s $147b green hydrogen dream is coming apart. At least 7 major projects have stalled, and BP has pulled out of its $36b Pilbara mega-plan. Global hype is deflating — and fast. My colleagues and I dug into why, and how it unraveled.🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Once again, the Beaverton does it better than legacy media.

Remembering Paul Martin’s disastrous 1995 federal budget - CCPA A few short years ago, we were talking about how to “build back better” from the devastation of the pandemic. Today, in the midst of a new economic crisis, the talk of prosperity and security now cent...

The federal government appears set to recreate the brutal cuts of the 1990s—at huge cost to Canada’s future prosperity and security.
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