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atomicker.bsky.social
@atomicker.bsky.social
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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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atomicker.bsky.social @atomicker.bsky.social · Apr 26
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
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
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NDP leadership contestant @avilewis.ca is differentiating himself from his rivals with an ambitious climate plan.

If this is compelling to you, join so you can vote at: lewisforleader.ca

NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...
NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table
Even if Lewis and his Green New Deal is not the first choice for New Democrats seeking a way to rebuild their party’s dismal fortune, it’s nice to see someone aiming high. Lewis’ climate plan is a rem...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
Title: Mount Fuji from Mitsuhama in Snow (1936)

Artist: Koitsu Tsuchiya

matcha-jp.com/en/21017 #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #KoitsuTsuchiya #Winter #Snow #MountFuji #MtFuji #Fuji #Shizuoka #SurugaBay #Japan
A view looking toward Mount Fuji, on a cold winter's morning. In the foreground, snow weighs down the boughs of pine trees; beyond, a small sailboat crosses Suruga Bay, passing a little rocky island along the way. Further on, the early light of dawn is giving Mount Fuji's snowy peak a warm orange glow; the cloudless sky above is beginning to lighten with the coming day.
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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forourkidscanada.bsky.social
Here's an explanation of how producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Canada will increase domestic emissions, undermine the global energy transition, and divert resources away from climate solutions.

www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
How Canadian LNG Impacts the Climate: Carbon emissions, fuel switching, and cleaner alternatives
Producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Canada will increase domestic emissions, undermine the global energy transition, and divert resources away from climate solutions. Our expert, Steven Haig, exp...
www.iisd.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
"We have to be willing to enforce our environmental laws, just like we would enforce any other laws"

Steven Guilbeault & Elizabeth May point out #Canada 'isn’t even on track to meet climate targets set by the last Conservative federal government'

#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #BCPoli
Enough deals with provinces, just enforce the law: Guilbeault
To make progress on the targets, the federal government should keep federal regulations to clean up Canada’s electricity grid, make good on repeated (and so far unfulfilled) promises to strengthen ind...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
'"Bear" was chosen as the kanji character that most represents 2025, a decision largely prompted by numerous bear sightings around Japan that have caused damage and set off nationwide anxiety.'

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

#Bear #Japan
"Bear" chosen as Kanji of the Year | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
www3.nhk.or.jp
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
Title: Shiobara, Hataori (1946)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

www.asahi.com/ajw/articles... #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #Winter #Snow #Blizzard #Japan
A dark winter evening, as an intense blizzard descends on a village street in Japan. Layers of snow covers the ground and the rooftops of the buildings. Warm lights glow in a few windows, but there is no sign of human activity outdoors. The evening gloom and the wind-driven snow reduce visibility to the point where the buildings are just blocky silhouettes; there are shadowy hints of mountains in the distance beyond, but the details are lost in the night.
December 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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jansplanet.bsky.social
Carney better not cave, again.

"Greer said the U.S. will take aim at two major Canadian policies: the Online Streaming Act, which brought online platforms like Netflix, Spotify, & YouTube under Canadian broadcasting rules, & the supply-managed dairy sector, among others."
#Sovereignty #CdnPoli
Free the beer and dairy: Trump administration lays out must-do conditions for CUSMA review | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump's point-person on trade laid out a series of conditions Wednesday that Canada must meet in order to extend the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement (CUSMA) when it comes up for a r...
www.cbc.ca
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
atomicker.bsky.social
Canada's legally binding climate targets are now 'far out of reach'; 'the country is "well off track and needs immediate policy delivery."'

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
Canada's 2030 climate target far out of reach, according to Environment Canada data | CBC News
Canada's legally binding climate target seems to be out of reach, according to new data released from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
www.cbc.ca
December 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli #ClimateChange
Canada's 2030 climate target far out of reach, according to Environment Canada data | CBC News
Canada's legally binding climate target seems to be out of reach, according to new data released from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
www.cbc.ca
December 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
atomicker.bsky.social
Title: Yaizu No Hara - Tokaido, or Yakitsugahara (1937)

Artist: Koitsu Tsuchiya

www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/mount... #ShinHanga #Art #KoitsuTsuchiya #Showa #Winter #MountFuji #MtFuji #Fuji #Japan
A winter sunset at a little mill near Mount Fuji. In the foreground, a snow-covered wooden mill stands next to a small stream; the mill's water-wheel churns away in the current, water splashing off its blades as it turns. Close by, a pair of straw capes and a broad straw hat hang on an exterior wall: it seems someone's at home. Nearby, a trio of chickens scratch and peck at the snow. Further on, across a snowy plain, a red torii gate stands beneath evergreens, marking the entrance to an unseen temple. In the distance, a snow-capped Mount Fuji rises into a sky turning orange and coral with the setting sun.
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
atomicker.bsky.social
This is about Poilievre's problems - but it sure looks like the MOU cost Carney support in BC, while leaving him behind in AB.

'A net-zero approval in a province so central to Liberal gains should set off alarm bells at the party headquarters.'

#BCPoli #CDNPoli #Canada #NoPipelines #ClimateCrisis
The Numbers Behind Poilievre’s Leadership Dilemma | The Walrus
Polls show half the country wants him gone, even as Conservative voters overwhelmingly want him to stay
thewalrus.ca
December 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
atomicker.bsky.social
The #Arctic 'endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice' in 2025, 'heating up as much as four times as quickly as the global average, due to the burning of fossil fuels', and warping 'a key climate regulator for the rest of the planet':

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
'The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began', as #ClimateChange caused by our burning of fossil fuels 'triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening landscapes and disruptions to global weather'

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #Arctic
Arctic sees unprecedented heat as climate impacts cascade
The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced Tuesday, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening lands...
phys.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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ecojusticecanada.bsky.social
With the Canada-Alberta MOU Prime Minister Mark Carney has given up many of Canada’s hard-won climate and environmental policies to appease Alberta Premier Smith and the fossil fuel industry. Tell the federal government to reject a new pipeline and uphold environmental policies bit.ly/3MKVypS
December 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
'Unfortunately, the recent memorandum of understanding between Ottawa and Alberta — which surprisingly delayed reductions for Alberta’s oil and gas industry by five extra years — makes today’s announcement less meaningful'

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli #ABPoli
Feds announce plan to reduce methane emissions from oil sector, landfills
OTTAWA - The federal government is announcing new regulations to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector and landfills.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
December 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
atomicker.bsky.social
For the first time since Stephen Harper was PM, Mark Carney's climate & environmental policy rollbacks earned #Canada the “Fossil of the Day” award at #COP30.

'It was a stark reminder that Canada now faces not only an emissions gap, but a growing credibility gap.'

#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Canada was quiet at the UN's climate talks — and the world noticed
Indigenous nations reminded the world that they are rights-holders and guardians of the world’s most vital ecosystems. But Canada stood in contrast with its quiet presence and the absence of high-leve...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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wifejackson.bsky.social
Of course Canada was quiet. All Canadians should be ashamed. I am embarrassed.

Canada was quiet at the UN's climate talks — and the world noticed.

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/16/o...
Canada was quiet at the UN's climate talks — and the world noticed
Indigenous nations reminded the world that they are rights-holders and guardians of the world’s most vital ecosystems. But Canada stood in contrast with its quiet presence and the absence of high-leve...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
Title: Evening Snow, Edo River (1932)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

en.japantravel.com/tokyo/yagiri... #ShinHanga #Art #HasuiKawase #Showa #Winter #EdoRiver #Edogawa #Chiba #Saitama #Tokyo #Japan
A winter evening in Tokyo, overlooking the Edo River. In the foreground, the trunk and wiry branches of a leafless tree are rimed with snow and frost; beyond, two women carrying bamboo umbrellas cross a gently curving wooden bridge. Below the pedestrians, the river is still and cold-looking. On the far side of the water, warm lights shine in the windows of closely-packed houses. The sky above is grey and overcast, and snow continues to fall across the scene.
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
#Canada faces 'inequality, deepening disinformation and societal division, the worsening climate crisis, and rising fascism exemplified by Donald Trump and the U.S.'

'Through its policies and political decisions, the Mark Carney-led Liberal government has only intensified these threats.'

#CDNPoli
Steven Guilbeault and the Resistance We Need | The Tyee
For the good of country and party, more Liberals need to boldly step away from Carney’s agenda.
thetyee.ca
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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thetyee.ca
Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet on Nov. 27 after PM Mark Carney signed a pipeline-affirming MOU with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

His act of conviction is one that more Liberals need to emulate, for the good of the country, and their party, writes Christopher Holcroft.
Steven Guilbeault and the Resistance We Need | The Tyee
For the good of country and party, more Liberals need to boldly step away from Carney’s agenda.
thetyee.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
Title: Sea of Echigo (1957)

Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... #ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #Winter #SeaOfJapan #Niigata #Japan
A dark winter evening at a village by the sea. Snow covers the ground and the tile rooftops of closely-packed houses; warm lights glow in the windows. On our left, a figure carrying a lamp accompanies a smaller person through the snow, approaching one of the houses. Beyond, the wintry Sea of Japan is dark, grey, and cold.
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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What Chris Bowen and the Australian government have done is genuinely game changing. It will permanently change and massively improve the energy system in Australia and we can only hope this incredible example will be replicated by other nations.
chrisbowenmp.bsky.social Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 14d
An important update on Cheaper Home Batteries. Excited to see this program continue to deliver for families across the country.
December 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
OTTAWA - In a stunning move, progressive conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor Thursday to the progressive conservative Liberal Party, just a few weeks after similar minded progressive conserva...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
atomicker.bsky.social
“We don’t need empty promises from the federal government that they have our back (...) In fact, the federal government has not even reached out to me during this event. So, I’m profoundly disappointed.”

#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCFlood
Abbotsford mayor rebukes Ottawa and B.C. over flood response
Both governments have failed to heed lessons of catastrophic 2021 flood, Siemens says
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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🇨🇦 ABBOTSFORD MAYOR REBUKES OTTAWA OVER FLOODS 🇨🇦

Mayor Ross Siemens says the federal government hasn't even reached out as #Floodwaters rise.

He slams the failure to fund dikes after the 2021 disaster.

Patrick White reports...
#BCFlood #Abbotsford #AbLeg #CdnPoli
December 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM