@atomicker.bsky.social
Interests include shin-hanga ( 新版画 ) + sosaku-hanga ( 創作版画 ), popular art prints during the Taisho + Showa eras of 20th century Japan. Sustainability 🌱 + Canadian 🍁 topics too.
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Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution
With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying to keep the lights on. Here’s how they did it.
www.thenation.com
Once reliant on expensive fossil fuel imports, Uruguay has gone from blackouts & power cuts to energy sovereignty in under 10 years - with a stable mix of wind, solar, hydroelectric, & bioenergy.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #Canada #NoPipelines
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #Canada #NoPipelines
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And they are not honest about it.
They knew that this absurd decision will be met with anger
#Elbowsup?
They knew that this absurd decision will be met with anger
#Elbowsup?
"The money for these 14 aircraft is in addition to the contract for a first order of 16 F-35s, which will start being delivered to the Canadian Armed Forces at the end of the year.”
February 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
And they are not honest about it.
They knew that this absurd decision will be met with anger
#Elbowsup?
They knew that this absurd decision will be met with anger
#Elbowsup?
Adoption of #ElectricVehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: for every 200 zero emission vehicles on the road, NO₂ levels dropped 1.1%
"This immediate impact on air pollution is really important because it also has an immediate impact on health"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EV
"This immediate impact on air pollution is really important because it also has an immediate impact on health"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EV
Adoption of electric vehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution, study finds
Related News Sweeping review reveals latest evidence on the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of ADHD March 25, 2024 Fluoride exposure during pregnancy linked to increased risk of childhood neurobe...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Adoption of #ElectricVehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: for every 200 zero emission vehicles on the road, NO₂ levels dropped 1.1%
"This immediate impact on air pollution is really important because it also has an immediate impact on health"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EV
"This immediate impact on air pollution is really important because it also has an immediate impact on health"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EV
2024: Supporting Canada's transition to EVs "will require the installation of, on average, 40,000 public ports each year between 2025 and 2040".
Adding 8,000 ports in 2026 doesn't even come close to what we actually need.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ElectricVehicles #EV
Adding 8,000 ports in 2026 doesn't even come close to what we actually need.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ElectricVehicles #EV
February 10, 2026 at 11:10 PM
2024: Supporting Canada's transition to EVs "will require the installation of, on average, 40,000 public ports each year between 2025 and 2040".
Adding 8,000 ports in 2026 doesn't even come close to what we actually need.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ElectricVehicles #EV
Adding 8,000 ports in 2026 doesn't even come close to what we actually need.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ElectricVehicles #EV
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🍁💸📈 Home-heating costs are rising. B.C.’s upcoming 2026 budget is a chance to protect and expand—rather than retreat from—what's already helping households lower their energy bills, write @evanpivnick.bsky.social, Adam Lynes-Ford, and Yasmin Abraham.
Read our new op-ed in the Vancouver Sun👇
#bcpoli
Read our new op-ed in the Vancouver Sun👇
#bcpoli
Opinion: 2026 B.C. budget needs to protect rebates and incentives that lower energy bills
Opinion: Electric heat pumps reduce bills but too many households in B.C. can’t access savings if upfront costs stay out of reach
vancouversun.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
🍁💸📈 Home-heating costs are rising. B.C.’s upcoming 2026 budget is a chance to protect and expand—rather than retreat from—what's already helping households lower their energy bills, write @evanpivnick.bsky.social, Adam Lynes-Ford, and Yasmin Abraham.
Read our new op-ed in the Vancouver Sun👇
#bcpoli
Read our new op-ed in the Vancouver Sun👇
#bcpoli
Justin Trudeau's plan was to install 40,000 public #EV charging stations in #Canada every year to help us meet our 2035 zero emission targets. Mark Carney isn't even trying to hit our #EV / climate goals, and it shows.
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Ottawa plans to add 8,000 new electric vehicle charging ports in Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to increase the number of electric vehicle chargers across the country through its new automotive strategy — but is still well short of
www.thestar.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Justin Trudeau's plan was to install 40,000 public #EV charging stations in #Canada every year to help us meet our 2035 zero emission targets. Mark Carney isn't even trying to hit our #EV / climate goals, and it shows.
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
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“It’s become clear that the BC NDP is ceding their values to corporate interests,” said Green Leader Emily Lowan. #bcpoli
Greens End Deal to Back NDP, Citing Policy Failures | The Tyee
‘They haven’t fought for unions or stood up to the one per cent.’
thetyee.ca
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
“It’s become clear that the BC NDP is ceding their values to corporate interests,” said Green Leader Emily Lowan. #bcpoli
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Mark Carney's government has 'discreetly' started to make payments toward 14 additional US-built #F35 fighters: 'The fact that Ottawa has started paying for long-lead items for 14 additional fighter jets has not been made public'
#Canada #CDNPoli #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #Gripen
#Canada #CDNPoli #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #Gripen
Canada discreetly puts money down on 14 additional F-35s | CBC News
Ottawa has started to make payments for key components for 14 additional U.S.-built F-35s, even as the Carney government has been reviewing future fighter-jet purchases in the context of trade tension...
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
If Mark Carney thinks the #F35 is right for #Canada, he should be making the case for it in public. The review on this was supposed to be completed months ago; dithering, paying the US even more money and hiding it from us is not acceptable.
#CDNPoli #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #Gripen
#CDNPoli #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #Gripen
Mark Carney's government has 'discreetly' started to make payments toward 14 additional US-built #F35 fighters: 'The fact that Ottawa has started paying for long-lead items for 14 additional fighter jets has not been made public'
#Canada #CDNPoli #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #Gripen
#Canada #CDNPoli #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #Gripen
Canada discreetly puts money down on 14 additional F-35s | CBC News
Ottawa has started to make payments for key components for 14 additional U.S.-built F-35s, even as the Carney government has been reviewing future fighter-jet purchases in the context of trade tension...
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Prime Minister Carney, silence is not an option when Trump attacks sovereign nations in the Americas. Canadians expect you to stand up for human rights, international law, and against the bullying of smaller nations by a rampaging superpower.
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Prime Minister Carney, silence is not an option when Trump attacks sovereign nations in the Americas. Canadians expect you to stand up for human rights, international law, and against the bullying of smaller nations by a rampaging superpower.
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We should immediately follow Mexico’s lead and condemn this act of economic warfare. And we should step up with humanitarian assistance to the Cuban people, as NDP MP @alexboulerice.bsky.social calls for in this excellent parliamentary petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7082 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
We should immediately follow Mexico’s lead and condemn this act of economic warfare. And we should step up with humanitarian assistance to the Cuban people, as NDP MP @alexboulerice.bsky.social calls for in this excellent parliamentary petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Trump is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, with an oil blockade that is leading to devastating power outages and rationing. This administration is determined to dominate the hemisphere with brute force and naked impunity.
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Trump is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, with an oil blockade that is leading to devastating power outages and rationing. This administration is determined to dominate the hemisphere with brute force and naked impunity.
Mark Carney's government has 'discreetly' started to make payments toward 14 additional US-built #F35 fighters: 'The fact that Ottawa has started paying for long-lead items for 14 additional fighter jets has not been made public'
#Canada #CDNPoli #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #Gripen
#Canada #CDNPoli #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #Gripen
Canada discreetly puts money down on 14 additional F-35s | CBC News
Ottawa has started to make payments for key components for 14 additional U.S.-built F-35s, even as the Carney government has been reviewing future fighter-jet purchases in the context of trade tension...
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
"After years of careful design and consultation, the federal government has walked away from one of its most effective tools to ensure Canadians can buy affordable electric vehicles — a tool proven in B.C., California and Quebec"
davidsuzuki.org/press/electr...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EVs
davidsuzuki.org/press/electr...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EVs
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"After years of careful design and consultation, the federal government has walked away from one of its most effective tools to ensure Canadians can buy affordable electric vehicles — a tool proven in B.C., California and Quebec"
davidsuzuki.org/press/electr...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EVs
davidsuzuki.org/press/electr...
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EVs
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Today’s federal decision to repeal the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard is a major step backward for climate action — and Canadians deserve better access to affordable electric vehicles.
Read more: dsfdn.org/RepealMarksM...
Today’s federal decision to repeal the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard is a major step backward for climate action — and Canadians deserve better access to affordable electric vehicles.
Read more: dsfdn.org/RepealMarksM...
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Today’s federal decision to repeal the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard is a major step backward for climate action — and Canadians deserve better access to affordable electric vehicles.
Read more: dsfdn.org/RepealMarksM...
Today’s federal decision to repeal the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard is a major step backward for climate action — and Canadians deserve better access to affordable electric vehicles.
Read more: dsfdn.org/RepealMarksM...
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Isn’t it smarter to be less reliant on a foreign nation for security and defence ?
And if taxpayers are investing generational capital into military procurement and defence spending, wouldn’t it be prudent to be less reliant on a partner who isn’t threatening our nation and agreements? #cdnpoli
And if taxpayers are investing generational capital into military procurement and defence spending, wouldn’t it be prudent to be less reliant on a partner who isn’t threatening our nation and agreements? #cdnpoli
Saab floats Gripen production hub in Canada, if Ottawa were willing
The statement is the latest effort by Saab in sweetening the pot for Canada to give the Swedish company a slice of its fighter jet business.
www.defensenews.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Isn’t it smarter to be less reliant on a foreign nation for security and defence ?
And if taxpayers are investing generational capital into military procurement and defence spending, wouldn’t it be prudent to be less reliant on a partner who isn’t threatening our nation and agreements? #cdnpoli
And if taxpayers are investing generational capital into military procurement and defence spending, wouldn’t it be prudent to be less reliant on a partner who isn’t threatening our nation and agreements? #cdnpoli
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In Davos, the message was that the US under Trump - and Rubio - had demolished the rules based order, & nothing is normal anymore.
Today, the message is we're embracing & working closely with those same guys who demolished the rules based order, as if it was normal.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Today, the message is we're embracing & working closely with those same guys who demolished the rules based order, as if it was normal.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
February 6, 2026 at 12:55 AM
In Davos, the message was that the US under Trump - and Rubio - had demolished the rules based order, & nothing is normal anymore.
Today, the message is we're embracing & working closely with those same guys who demolished the rules based order, as if it was normal.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Today, the message is we're embracing & working closely with those same guys who demolished the rules based order, as if it was normal.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Attn @mark-carney.bsky.social :
“We are currently living through a paradigm shift in the speed, scale and severity of risks driven by the climate-nature crisis. Yet many regulations and government actions are dangerously out of touch with reality.”
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
“We are currently living through a paradigm shift in the speed, scale and severity of risks driven by the climate-nature crisis. Yet many regulations and government actions are dangerously out of touch with reality.”
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Attn @mark-carney.bsky.social :
“We are currently living through a paradigm shift in the speed, scale and severity of risks driven by the climate-nature crisis. Yet many regulations and government actions are dangerously out of touch with reality.”
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
“We are currently living through a paradigm shift in the speed, scale and severity of risks driven by the climate-nature crisis. Yet many regulations and government actions are dangerously out of touch with reality.”
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
The 'accelerating impact of the climate crisis could lead to a global financial crash'
'Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash': "we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
'Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash': "we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
The 'accelerating impact of the climate crisis could lead to a global financial crash'
'Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash': "we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
'Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash': "we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
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“We’re not dealing with manageable economic adjustments ... current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world.”
Read it again.
Read it again.
No one could have foreseen this.
Wanna guess what is driving Canada's climate policy under Carney? Betcha it's not scientific models.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wanna guess what is driving Canada's climate policy under Carney? Betcha it's not scientific models.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
“We’re not dealing with manageable economic adjustments ... current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world.”
Read it again.
Read it again.
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Reminds one of Harper closing down the farm in Kingston.
February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Reminds one of Harper closing down the farm in Kingston.
"… when asked repeatedly [officials from the Carney gov't] could not say exactly what impact these measures will have on Canada’s overall emissions."
If Carney bothered to do the math on the damage this will do to our emissions targets, he's not telling us about it.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
If Carney bothered to do the math on the damage this will do to our emissions targets, he's not telling us about it.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
After advocating for "regulation that mandates EV sales by a specific date" ('Value(s)' p.299), Mark Carney backs down on his own policies once again, deleting our EV sales mandate in service to the fossil fuel industry. He just never fails to disappoint.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EV
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EV
Canada’s EV rebates returning, sales mandate ending
The federal government is launching a new electric vehicle consumer rebate, and replacing the contentious EV sales mandate with new emissions standards, as part of a new strategy for the Canadian auto...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
"… when asked repeatedly [officials from the Carney gov't] could not say exactly what impact these measures will have on Canada’s overall emissions."
If Carney bothered to do the math on the damage this will do to our emissions targets, he's not telling us about it.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
If Carney bothered to do the math on the damage this will do to our emissions targets, he's not telling us about it.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Title: Winter in Aizu (No.1) (1970)
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #KiyoshiSaito #Winter #Snow #Aizu #Fukushima #Japan
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #KiyoshiSaito #Winter #Snow #Aizu #Fukushima #Japan
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Title: Winter in Aizu (No.1) (1970)
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #KiyoshiSaito #Winter #Snow #Aizu #Fukushima #Japan
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #KiyoshiSaito #Winter #Snow #Aizu #Fukushima #Japan