Bentley
@bigclimate.bsky.social
Co-founding member of the @calgaryclimatehub.ca, host of the #ClimateLens podcast, Alberta Regional Organizer for Climate Reality Canada. Posts are my own. #yyc #ClimateChange #ClimateSky
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Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is ‘going to happen’
Prime Minister Mark Carney came close to telling a Bay Street audience today that he will secure a new pipeline for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement yet of the idea.
www.ctvnews.ca
This plus the federal budget released yesterday & it's official:
For a Climate leader #MarkCarney sure is one hell of a banker.
💥 #CarbonTax
💥 #EmissionsCap
💥 #AntiGreenwashLaw(!)
💥 #TreePlanting
✅ Pipeline
✅ MORE #FossilGas LNG
✅ #CarbonCapture BOONDOGGLE
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art... #cdnpoli
For a Climate leader #MarkCarney sure is one hell of a banker.
💥 #CarbonTax
💥 #EmissionsCap
💥 #AntiGreenwashLaw(!)
💥 #TreePlanting
✅ Pipeline
✅ MORE #FossilGas LNG
✅ #CarbonCapture BOONDOGGLE
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art... #cdnpoli
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Here is a cautionary tale for Albertans.
www.somo.nl/shells-reckl...
www.somo.nl/shells-reckl...
Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta - SOMO
Shell's divestment from Nigeria leaves a legacy of widespread pollution and evades responsibility for its toxic mess by selling its problem oil assets.
www.somo.nl
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Here is a cautionary tale for Albertans.
www.somo.nl/shells-reckl...
www.somo.nl/shells-reckl...
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The Future Is Electric - a free online training course that explains the global energy transition.
5 videos = ~1 hour of watch time.
Watch for future modules:
*The Future of Oil
*The Future of Canadian Oil and Gas
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
5 videos = ~1 hour of watch time.
Watch for future modules:
*The Future of Oil
*The Future of Canadian Oil and Gas
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The Future Is Electric - YouTube
Explore how electrification is reshaping the global economy. The Future Is Electric from Energi Media examines how the rapid shift toward electricity is tran...
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Future Is Electric - a free online training course that explains the global energy transition.
5 videos = ~1 hour of watch time.
Watch for future modules:
*The Future of Oil
*The Future of Canadian Oil and Gas
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
5 videos = ~1 hour of watch time.
Watch for future modules:
*The Future of Oil
*The Future of Canadian Oil and Gas
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Keep the oil tanker ban!
"B.C. Premier David Eby stood with members of numerous First Nations from B.C.’s northern coast on Wednesday to support and sign a declaration that asks Ottawa to continue a moratorium on oil tankers in the province’s northern waters."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"B.C. Premier David Eby stood with members of numerous First Nations from B.C.’s northern coast on Wednesday to support and sign a declaration that asks Ottawa to continue a moratorium on oil tankers in the province’s northern waters."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. premier, First Nations call on feds to continue oil tanker ban along northern coast | CBC News
B.C. Premier David Eby stood with members of numerous First Nations from B.C.’s northern coast on Wednesday to support and sign a declaration that asks Ottawa to continue a moratorium on oil tankers i...
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Keep the oil tanker ban!
"B.C. Premier David Eby stood with members of numerous First Nations from B.C.’s northern coast on Wednesday to support and sign a declaration that asks Ottawa to continue a moratorium on oil tankers in the province’s northern waters."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"B.C. Premier David Eby stood with members of numerous First Nations from B.C.’s northern coast on Wednesday to support and sign a declaration that asks Ottawa to continue a moratorium on oil tankers in the province’s northern waters."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Liberals and Conservatives keep reducing the numbers of immigrants and refugees they will admit to Canada while at the same time cutting foreign aid and promoting oil and gas exports that are fuelling the global climate crisis. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The Liberals and Conservatives keep reducing the numbers of immigrants and refugees they will admit to Canada while at the same time cutting foreign aid and promoting oil and gas exports that are fuelling the global climate crisis. 1/
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#ClimateChange #Donate #Activism #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #yyc #EnergyTransition #Urbanism #Electrification #Donations #Fundraiser #Crowdfund #Crowdfunding #Climate #abpoli #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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" #Methane leaks from inactive #OilAndGas infrastructure was 7x more prevalent than what was claimed. It's such a potent #GreenhouseGas. 82x more potent over 20 years than CO2. Cleaning up these wells is really vital for our health, safety, fighting #ClimateChange & just protecting the public!"
A dirty deal's being cooked up between the Alberta government & #BigOil so they can stick their MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR cleanup tab on YOU the taxpayer while a grotesquely complicit #AER watches & shrugs. Here's some of the people saying HELL NO #abpoli #PolluterPays www.podcastics.com/episode/3890...
Make Polluters Pay
The Alberta government's dirty deal with Big Oil
www.podcastics.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
" #Methane leaks from inactive #OilAndGas infrastructure was 7x more prevalent than what was claimed. It's such a potent #GreenhouseGas. 82x more potent over 20 years than CO2. Cleaning up these wells is really vital for our health, safety, fighting #ClimateChange & just protecting the public!"
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#Crowdfunder Update:
Thanks to a SUPER weekend and a Monday morning $500 anonymous donation(!) we're already at SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS RAISED!!!
Love what we do? Give us hand. Every cent goes to REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc #ClimateChange
Thanks to a SUPER weekend and a Monday morning $500 anonymous donation(!) we're already at SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS RAISED!!!
Love what we do? Give us hand. Every cent goes to REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc #ClimateChange
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#Crowdfunder Update:
Thanks to a SUPER weekend and a Monday morning $500 anonymous donation(!) we're already at SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS RAISED!!!
Love what we do? Give us hand. Every cent goes to REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc #ClimateChange
Thanks to a SUPER weekend and a Monday morning $500 anonymous donation(!) we're already at SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS RAISED!!!
Love what we do? Give us hand. Every cent goes to REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc #ClimateChange
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More bollards, please.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
More bollards, please.
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above quote is from
NASA Staff Horrified at Plan to Throw Out Incredibly Specialized Science Equipment Like Garbage
NASA staffers are raising concerns over a dozen buildings on its Goddard Space Flight Center's campus in Maryland being emptied.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
above quote is from
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
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“Reckless extraction… is pushing the Amazon to a dangerous tipping point”
Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos cites @IUCN motion and calls for Amazon free of fossil fuels
english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos cites @IUCN motion and calls for Amazon free of fossil fuels
english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
To make peace with nature, we need a fossil fuel-free Amazon
It is necessary to support Brazil’s proposal to develop a roadmap for carrying out the comprehensive transition to renewable energy
english.elpais.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“Reckless extraction… is pushing the Amazon to a dangerous tipping point”
Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos cites @IUCN motion and calls for Amazon free of fossil fuels
english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos cites @IUCN motion and calls for Amazon free of fossil fuels
english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
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New @stand.earth report shows that zebras don’t change their stripes.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
New @stand.earth report shows that zebras don’t change their stripes.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton riding on the Warner Brothers lot in full makeup and costume during the production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
#BicycleBirthday Richard Burton
November 10 (1925-1984)
#BicycleBirthday Richard Burton
November 10 (1925-1984)
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton riding on the Warner Brothers lot in full makeup and costume during the production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
#BicycleBirthday Richard Burton
November 10 (1925-1984)
#BicycleBirthday Richard Burton
November 10 (1925-1984)
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"With how logging works here in BC, there isn’t really a way for Drax to be operating in these areas and not include old-growth forests in their wood supply.
The people of the UK should know that the risk of old-growth trees being cut down to produce wood pellets is higher than ever."
The people of the UK should know that the risk of old-growth trees being cut down to produce wood pellets is higher than ever."
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
Drax power plant has continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests despite growing scrutiny of its sustainability claims, forestry experts say.
A new report suggests it is “highly likely” that Britain’s biggest power plant sourced some wood from ecologically valuable forests as recently as this summer. Drax, Britain’s single biggest source of carbon emissions, has received billions of pounds in subsidies from burning biomass derived largely from wood. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"With how logging works here in BC, there isn’t really a way for Drax to be operating in these areas and not include old-growth forests in their wood supply.
The people of the UK should know that the risk of old-growth trees being cut down to produce wood pellets is higher than ever."
The people of the UK should know that the risk of old-growth trees being cut down to produce wood pellets is higher than ever."
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Support #ClimateAction in Calgary! #YYC needs an informed, engaged, well-organized & mobilized grassroots #climate movement like the one we're building at the Hub. We work hard moving the ball on #climate. We're asking for your help.
DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc
DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Support #ClimateAction in Calgary! #YYC needs an informed, engaged, well-organized & mobilized grassroots #climate movement like the one we're building at the Hub. We work hard moving the ball on #climate. We're asking for your help.
DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc
DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc
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This!
Dear US friends. For those of you who don’t know what Social Democracy is please ask a Canadian friend because if you get from another American you’re going to get it all wrong. Every country in the world except the US has zero bankruptcies because of being sick. We are fervent free enterprise peeps
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This!
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The cowardice in the political, academic and corporate worlds is just staggering. They let democracy die and dictatorship metastasize, but they get to keep their cozy high-paying job, and perks. The Wimp-O-Meter is at 11.
We need a national injection of the Lincoln/Morton steel backbone serum stat!
We need a national injection of the Lincoln/Morton steel backbone serum stat!
I see y'all are finally approaching Upstate levels of hatred for Chuck Schumer.
You're late.
You're late.
a man in a bathtub with the words welcome to the party pal on the bottom
Alt: John McClane yelling "welcome to the party, pal" through a broken window on Nakatomi Plaza, at the cop below, whose car just got hit by the body of the guy who was defenestrated.
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The cowardice in the political, academic and corporate worlds is just staggering. They let democracy die and dictatorship metastasize, but they get to keep their cozy high-paying job, and perks. The Wimp-O-Meter is at 11.
We need a national injection of the Lincoln/Morton steel backbone serum stat!
We need a national injection of the Lincoln/Morton steel backbone serum stat!
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November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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They took that beautiful blue victory on Tuesday and decided to take a shit all over it. So disappointing.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
They took that beautiful blue victory on Tuesday and decided to take a shit all over it. So disappointing.
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On Tuesday, Americans sent Democrats a resounding message.
“Fight for us”
“Fight for working class Americans”
“Fight against Trump’s corruption, criminality and cruelty”
5 days later, Democrat Senators sent Americans a resounding message.
“Nah”
“Fight for us”
“Fight for working class Americans”
“Fight against Trump’s corruption, criminality and cruelty”
5 days later, Democrat Senators sent Americans a resounding message.
“Nah”
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
On Tuesday, Americans sent Democrats a resounding message.
“Fight for us”
“Fight for working class Americans”
“Fight against Trump’s corruption, criminality and cruelty”
5 days later, Democrat Senators sent Americans a resounding message.
“Nah”
“Fight for us”
“Fight for working class Americans”
“Fight against Trump’s corruption, criminality and cruelty”
5 days later, Democrat Senators sent Americans a resounding message.
“Nah”
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OMG so true- lies have been the base for GOP since Trump came on the scene.
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
OMG so true- lies have been the base for GOP since Trump came on the scene.
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Thread, great follow. How are they okay with this?
It's the kool aid. Plus, Carney is playing 4D chess and people don't understand. Just the kool aid drinkers.
It's the kool aid. Plus, Carney is playing 4D chess and people don't understand. Just the kool aid drinkers.
Pre-election Mark Carney might want to have a word with post-election @mark-carney.bsky.social.
How are liberal voters okay with this?
This is an astonishing reversal, with impacts on the quality of life for Canadians that will be generational & which promotes the growth of fascist movements. 🧵1/
How are liberal voters okay with this?
This is an astonishing reversal, with impacts on the quality of life for Canadians that will be generational & which promotes the growth of fascist movements. 🧵1/
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Thread, great follow. How are they okay with this?
It's the kool aid. Plus, Carney is playing 4D chess and people don't understand. Just the kool aid drinkers.
It's the kool aid. Plus, Carney is playing 4D chess and people don't understand. Just the kool aid drinkers.
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#Crowdfunder Update:
Yesterday was an EPIC day for YOUR Calgary Climate Hub with over $3500 raised thanks to 12 different donors!!!
It's always so GREAT to see so many folks looking to help REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
#yyc #ClimateChange
Yesterday was an EPIC day for YOUR Calgary Climate Hub with over $3500 raised thanks to 12 different donors!!!
It's always so GREAT to see so many folks looking to help REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
#yyc #ClimateChange
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#Crowdfunder Update:
Yesterday was an EPIC day for YOUR Calgary Climate Hub with over $3500 raised thanks to 12 different donors!!!
It's always so GREAT to see so many folks looking to help REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
#yyc #ClimateChange
Yesterday was an EPIC day for YOUR Calgary Climate Hub with over $3500 raised thanks to 12 different donors!!!
It's always so GREAT to see so many folks looking to help REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
#yyc #ClimateChange
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It just amazes me the lengths republicans will go through to protect a pedophile.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
It just amazes me the lengths republicans will go through to protect a pedophile.