@atomicker.bsky.social
Interests include shin-hanga + sosaku-hanga, art movements during the Taisho + Showa eras of 20th century Japan (shared mostly on https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker these days). 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
#Canada "should not back away from holding firms to account for what they say about the environment. If anything, we should be raising the bar – just as our trading partners in Europe and Asia are doing."
#CDNPoli #Budget2025 #ClimateCrisis
#CDNPoli #Budget2025 #ClimateCrisis
Opinion: Ottawa is scrapping Canada’s greenwashing rules. This is a mistake
Canada should not back away from holding firms to account for what they say about the environment
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
#Canada "should not back away from holding firms to account for what they say about the environment. If anything, we should be raising the bar – just as our trading partners in Europe and Asia are doing."
#CDNPoli #Budget2025 #ClimateCrisis
#CDNPoli #Budget2025 #ClimateCrisis
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More hot air from the Liberals on climate
Response to Climate Competitiveness Strategy Announcement - Environmental Defence
Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and
environmentaldefence.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
More hot air from the Liberals on climate
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carney's gift to the oil and gas lobby. it would be hilarious that the lib base now supports this... if it wasn't so orwellian.
#cdnpoli #climateaction #climatecrisis
#cdnpoli #climateaction #climatecrisis
Opinion: Ottawa is scrapping Canada’s greenwashing rules. This is a mistake
Canada should not back away from holding firms to account for what they say about the environment
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
carney's gift to the oil and gas lobby. it would be hilarious that the lib base now supports this... if it wasn't so orwellian.
#cdnpoli #climateaction #climatecrisis
#cdnpoli #climateaction #climatecrisis
“When climate disasters decimate the lives of millions, when we already have the solutions, this will never, ever be forgiven.”
#ClimateCrisis #Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
#ClimateCrisis #Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“When climate disasters decimate the lives of millions, when we already have the solutions, this will never, ever be forgiven.”
#ClimateCrisis #Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
#ClimateCrisis #Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
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The second Mark Carney said “decarbonized oil” Canadians should have known immediately he was a complete fraud.
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The second Mark Carney said “decarbonized oil” Canadians should have known immediately he was a complete fraud.
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In the hunt for billions in defence dollars, the federal government has chosen to follow the neoliberal playbook—shrinking government, cutting taxes and leaving more to the private sector. This leads to greater inequality. @kjscott.bsky.social #budget2025 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The path to prosperity set out in budget 2025 leaves millions behind - CCPA
The millions struggling to pay their rent and put food on the table were looking for relief in budget 2025—and they were disappointed.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In the hunt for billions in defence dollars, the federal government has chosen to follow the neoliberal playbook—shrinking government, cutting taxes and leaving more to the private sector. This leads to greater inequality. @kjscott.bsky.social #budget2025 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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In #Budget2025, Canada describes $2.7 billion in cuts to international assistance as “savings.”
But let’s be clear Mark Carney: aid cuts aren’t savings.
They cost people's lives: https://ow.ly/iGPq50XoytN #cdnpoli
But let’s be clear Mark Carney: aid cuts aren’t savings.
They cost people's lives: https://ow.ly/iGPq50XoytN #cdnpoli
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In #Budget2025, Canada describes $2.7 billion in cuts to international assistance as “savings.”
But let’s be clear Mark Carney: aid cuts aren’t savings.
They cost people's lives: https://ow.ly/iGPq50XoytN #cdnpoli
But let’s be clear Mark Carney: aid cuts aren’t savings.
They cost people's lives: https://ow.ly/iGPq50XoytN #cdnpoli
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Budgets aren’t just numbers; they’re a reflection of what we stand for.
And #Budget2025 shows #Canada turning away from the world when humanitarian needs are rising.
Our reaction: https://ow.ly/ISuF50Xnu7o #cdnpoli
And #Budget2025 shows #Canada turning away from the world when humanitarian needs are rising.
Our reaction: https://ow.ly/ISuF50Xnu7o #cdnpoli
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Budgets aren’t just numbers; they’re a reflection of what we stand for.
And #Budget2025 shows #Canada turning away from the world when humanitarian needs are rising.
Our reaction: https://ow.ly/ISuF50Xnu7o #cdnpoli
And #Budget2025 shows #Canada turning away from the world when humanitarian needs are rising.
Our reaction: https://ow.ly/ISuF50Xnu7o #cdnpoli
“Too many corporations are making record profits from climate devastation, with billions spent on lobbying, deceiving the public and obstructing progress.”
Reminder: Carney's #Budget2025 would roll back the law and make it easier for fossil fuel companies to spread misinformation.
#Canada #CDNPoli
Reminder: Carney's #Budget2025 would roll back the law and make it easier for fossil fuel companies to spread misinformation.
#Canada #CDNPoli
Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Too many corporations are making record profits from climate devastation, with billions spent on lobbying, deceiving the public and obstructing progress.”
Reminder: Carney's #Budget2025 would roll back the law and make it easier for fossil fuel companies to spread misinformation.
#Canada #CDNPoli
Reminder: Carney's #Budget2025 would roll back the law and make it easier for fossil fuel companies to spread misinformation.
#Canada #CDNPoli
“The Carney government’s decision to eliminate $2.7-billion in foreign aid spending will deepen a global crisis of aid cuts that has already left millions struggling for survival“
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
#Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
#Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
Canadian aid cuts will bite deeply in global crisis zones, relief agencies say
Ottawa will impose the $2.7-billion foreign aid cut over the next four years
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“The Carney government’s decision to eliminate $2.7-billion in foreign aid spending will deepen a global crisis of aid cuts that has already left millions struggling for survival“
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
#Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
#Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
Alberta NDP MP Heather McPherson: “I think this is a terrible budget (...) The things that we see in this budget are supports for big corporations and there is very little for people.”
”She added that she does not see a path in which she would be willing to abstain.”
#Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
”She added that she does not see a path in which she would be willing to abstain.”
#Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
NDP leadership candidates express concern with federal budget
Heather McPherson is the only elected MP of the candidates and therefore will be the only one to actually cast a vote
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Alberta NDP MP Heather McPherson: “I think this is a terrible budget (...) The things that we see in this budget are supports for big corporations and there is very little for people.”
”She added that she does not see a path in which she would be willing to abstain.”
#Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
”She added that she does not see a path in which she would be willing to abstain.”
#Canada #CDNPoli #Budget2025
Canadian Labour Congress president Bea Bruske: “You can’t create jobs by cutting thousands of them (...) You can’t grow the economy by shrinking public services. Workers need a budget that invests in people and public infrastructure.”
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#CDNPoli #Canada #Budget2025
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#CDNPoli #Canada #Budget2025
Get Ready for Harper-Style Public Service Cuts, Says Analyst | The Tyee
Budget 2025 proposes cutting 40,000 government jobs.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Canadian Labour Congress president Bea Bruske: “You can’t create jobs by cutting thousands of them (...) You can’t grow the economy by shrinking public services. Workers need a budget that invests in people and public infrastructure.”
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#CDNPoli #Canada #Budget2025
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#CDNPoli #Canada #Budget2025
#Canada "needs strong regulations to ensure that oil and gas corporations (...) are held to the highest possible standard of truthfulness."
#Budget2025 's "weakening of greenwashing rules is more than just a problem for the climate, it is a problem for the security of our democracy."
#CDNPoli
#Budget2025 's "weakening of greenwashing rules is more than just a problem for the climate, it is a problem for the security of our democracy."
#CDNPoli
The Emissions Cap will Be a Necessary Backstop: Budget 2025 Response - Sierra Club Canada
Removal of Emissions Cap Would Have Been a Betrayal of Climate Survivors. Concerns also remain on nuclear investments and greenwashing rules.
www.sierraclub.ca
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
#Canada "needs strong regulations to ensure that oil and gas corporations (...) are held to the highest possible standard of truthfulness."
#Budget2025 's "weakening of greenwashing rules is more than just a problem for the climate, it is a problem for the security of our democracy."
#CDNPoli
#Budget2025 's "weakening of greenwashing rules is more than just a problem for the climate, it is a problem for the security of our democracy."
#CDNPoli
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Carney allowed an anti-choice conservative into the Liberal Party in effort to consolidate a majority and ram through his austerity.
There is just no bottom floor with Carney, it seems.
There is just no bottom floor with Carney, it seems.
UPDATE: the new Liberal MP opposes a woman's right to choose according to the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Scary stuff to see the LPC welcome this. Luckily the NDP caucus remains fully pro-choice
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/anti-c...
Scary stuff to see the LPC welcome this. Luckily the NDP caucus remains fully pro-choice
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/anti-c...
www.arcc-cdac.ca
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Carney allowed an anti-choice conservative into the Liberal Party in effort to consolidate a majority and ram through his austerity.
There is just no bottom floor with Carney, it seems.
There is just no bottom floor with Carney, it seems.
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Mark Carney cut $2.3B from Indigenous programs, undoing a decade of reconciliation work. When Liberals say this is ‘generational change,’ they mean for white rich people only. #cdnpoli
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Mark Carney cut $2.3B from Indigenous programs, undoing a decade of reconciliation work. When Liberals say this is ‘generational change,’ they mean for white rich people only. #cdnpoli
“It’s very much a Conservative budget (...) It cuts about the same amount that Conservatives wanted to in their election platform six months ago, and it provides no olive branch to the NDP.”
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#CDNPoli #Canada #Budget2025
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#CDNPoli #Canada #Budget2025
Get Ready for Harper-Style Public Service Cuts, Says Analyst | The Tyee
Budget 2025 proposes cutting 40,000 government jobs.
thetyee.ca
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“It’s very much a Conservative budget (...) It cuts about the same amount that Conservatives wanted to in their election platform six months ago, and it provides no olive branch to the NDP.”
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#CDNPoli #Canada #Budget2025
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#CDNPoli #Canada #Budget2025
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Harper's economist making Harper era economic decisions? How is anyone surprised?
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Harper's economist making Harper era economic decisions? How is anyone surprised?
#Budget2025 "is a wasted opportunity to address soaring inequality and the affordability crisis plaguing Canadians"
www.taxfairness.ca/en/media/rel...
#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis
www.taxfairness.ca/en/media/rel...
#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis
Media release: Budget 2026 is a wasted opportunity to address soaring inequality and the affordability crisis plaguing Canadians
For immediate release: November 4, 2025
www.taxfairness.ca
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#Budget2025 "is a wasted opportunity to address soaring inequality and the affordability crisis plaguing Canadians"
www.taxfairness.ca/en/media/rel...
#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis
www.taxfairness.ca/en/media/rel...
#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis
2023 was #Canada's worst year for #wilfdires; 2025 was our 2nd worst.
Yet #Budget2025 fails to meet the moment, only promising "to lease four new fire-fighting aircraft - a tiny contribution to what needs to be a major nationwide effort"
www.greenparty.ca/en/news/prim...
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Yet #Budget2025 fails to meet the moment, only promising "to lease four new fire-fighting aircraft - a tiny contribution to what needs to be a major nationwide effort"
www.greenparty.ca/en/news/prim...
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
2023 was #Canada's worst year for #wilfdires; 2025 was our 2nd worst.
Yet #Budget2025 fails to meet the moment, only promising "to lease four new fire-fighting aircraft - a tiny contribution to what needs to be a major nationwide effort"
www.greenparty.ca/en/news/prim...
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Yet #Budget2025 fails to meet the moment, only promising "to lease four new fire-fighting aircraft - a tiny contribution to what needs to be a major nationwide effort"
www.greenparty.ca/en/news/prim...
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
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You know, I was explaining trickle-down economics to my kid just this evening, and I only got a couple of sentences in before they figured out it’s bullshit.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
In his so-called "austerity" budget, Mark Carney wants to delete the luxury tax on private planes, yachts, and underused homes.
Reminder: as of September, 89% of the "owners of Canada" are living paycheque to paycheque.
globalnews.ca/news/1151083...
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Reminder: as of September, 89% of the "owners of Canada" are living paycheque to paycheque.
globalnews.ca/news/1151083...
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Carney is cutting the luxury tax. What else is getting axed in Budget 2025? - National | Globalnews.ca
Other measures include a 'super-reduction' to Canada's marginal effective tax rate and further automating traveller screening at the nation's airports.
globalnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
You know, I was explaining trickle-down economics to my kid just this evening, and I only got a couple of sentences in before they figured out it’s bullshit.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
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This is a step in the wrong direction.
In his so-called "austerity" budget, Mark Carney wants to delete the luxury tax on private planes, yachts, and underused homes.
Reminder: as of September, 89% of the "owners of Canada" are living paycheque to paycheque.
globalnews.ca/news/1151083...
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Reminder: as of September, 89% of the "owners of Canada" are living paycheque to paycheque.
globalnews.ca/news/1151083...
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Carney is cutting the luxury tax. What else is getting axed in Budget 2025? - National | Globalnews.ca
Other measures include a 'super-reduction' to Canada's marginal effective tax rate and further automating traveller screening at the nation's airports.
globalnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is a step in the wrong direction.
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I already hate the cuts to canada post. gutting more departments, services, and jobs to 'stimulate the economy' sounds like average conservative policy. and when did that work in the past? this feels like regressing right back to harper and i don't know how anyone left of cpc is thrilled by it
Along with cuts to climate action, Carney "is extending renewed support for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and carbon capture and storage (CCS)."
Remember when Carney promised to end subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, back in the campaign? Good times.
#CDNPoli #Canada #ClimateCrisis
Remember when Carney promised to end subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, back in the campaign? Good times.
#CDNPoli #Canada #ClimateCrisis
The moment in the debate when Jagmeet Singh extracted a commitment from Mark Carney to end public subsidies to the oil & gas industry:
'This is why we need New Democrats. Look at that, we got a commitment from Mr. Carney.'
www.youtube.com/live/cwehYmz...
#CDNPoli #Canada #ClimateCrisis #NDP
'This is why we need New Democrats. Look at that, we got a commitment from Mr. Carney.'
www.youtube.com/live/cwehYmz...
#CDNPoli #Canada #ClimateCrisis #NDP
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I already hate the cuts to canada post. gutting more departments, services, and jobs to 'stimulate the economy' sounds like average conservative policy. and when did that work in the past? this feels like regressing right back to harper and i don't know how anyone left of cpc is thrilled by it
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Budget 2025 features the deepest cuts in over a decade, with tens of thousands of jobs and funding for vital programs on the chopping block.
cupe.ca/carneys-firs...
cupe.ca/carneys-firs...
Carney's first budget gives corporations a free ride and leaves working Canadians behind
CUPE, Canada's largest union, says Mark Carney's first federal budget gives corporations a free ride while leaving working Canadians behind with major austerity and cuts to programs and services.
cupe.ca
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Budget 2025 features the deepest cuts in over a decade, with tens of thousands of jobs and funding for vital programs on the chopping block.
cupe.ca/carneys-firs...
cupe.ca/carneys-firs...
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How can Canadians see what NYC just did and settle for a guy who just cut taxes on private jets and yachts?
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
How can Canadians see what NYC just did and settle for a guy who just cut taxes on private jets and yachts?