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Climate Stories Atlantic is an initiative of the Climate Focus Society, a Nova Scotia non-profit organization dedicated to covering stories about community climate solutions.
In this latest episode of the podcast I talk to Will Burt, from @planetarytech.bsky.social Wow, just wow. A great guy doing the extremely important work of trying to help save the planet by correcting the alkalinity of our oceans.
@dalhousieu.bsky.social @xprize.org @ecologyaction.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thermal Energy Storage...what exactly is it?
The various types and why it's an important part of using our grid in a smarter, cleaner way, and what's coming down the pike in terms of newer and better uses. @nsccofficial.bsky.social

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October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hope Blooms...and thrives by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Checking in on Halifax’s Hope Blooms, two years after our first article, only to find they’re now fully renewable and continuing to grow — in more ways than one.

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Hope Blooms…and thrives — Climate Stories Atlantic
Checking in on Hope Blooms, two years after our first article, only to find they’re now fully renewable and continuing to grow, in more ways than one.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In this week's article, we take a look at the resurgence of sodium-ion batteries - the unsung sibling of lithium batteries - and how they may just be the answer to some of our current and upcoming battery and mineral woes.
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Lithium’s unsung sibling — Climate Stories Atlantic
Why a turn towards sodium-ion batteries might soon make a lot of sense.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What's a NS town or city to do when flooding from rising sea levels and storms threatens waterfront or coastal areas?

We take a look at that issue In Shoring up for the future - by @evertlindquist.bsky.social. @ecologyaction.bsky.social

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by Climate Stories Atlantic
After a summer of wildfires, heat & toxic air, 250+ city leaders urge Ottawa to fund “nation-building, not nation-burning” projects.

Elbows Up For Climate says a clean grid, housing, & transit could strengthen economic independence, lower emissions & reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Back ‘Nation-Building, Not Nation-Burning’ Projects, 250 City Leaders Urge Carney
A coalition of more than 250 mayors and city councillors from across Canada is calling on the federal government to keep #ElbowsUp with nation-building projects that respond to the climate emergency, ...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In our latest article we look at the Efficiency Nova Scotia programs working to bring energy retrofits to traditionally underserved communities dealing with the challenging and often complicated issues around title and property ownership.
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One size does not fit all — Climate Stories Atlantic
Efficiency Nova Scotia brings retrofits to traditionally underserved communities dealing with challenging title and property ownership issues. Nova Scotia climate solutions, Atlantic Canada climate so...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
New podcast: “Dan Roscoe - harnessing our NS winds” by The Cautious Climate Optimist, where I chat with Dan Roscoe of Roswall Dev. to talk all things wind and wind turbines.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/podcast/dan-... @#LCC @djroscoe.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Mapping our future" about how one NSCC researcher says the key to avoiding the worst of in-land flooding during more common, more severe storm events is to get ahead of them with potentially life-saving predictive mapping.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/mapp... @nsccofficial.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Is it too late?, the next installment of our Climate Focus column - written by CSA co-founder, @seankellyprospect.bsky.social .

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/column/is-it... @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
New article: Adapting and adopting by Matt McIntosh, about how drought is impacting Nova Scotia farmers, and what they’re doing about it.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/adap... #LCC #AnnapolisValley
August 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New article: Bringing It Home by Elizabeth Peirce. Leveraging carbon credits as a source of funding for local non-profits.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/brin... #LCC @rocarbonlabs.bsky.social @cib-bic.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New article: Stepping up with (re)purpose by @aauld.bsky.social. One impressive Nova Scotian shows the huge impact one person can make as she and fellow volunteers collect garbage from Nova Scotia shorelines.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/step... #LCC
August 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our latest episode features a chat with Halifax's own Miriam Zitner, of the Carbon to Sea Initiative. She's a firecracker of a human and someone who's doing some good work to fight climate change...and beyond. @carbonremovers.bsky.social

Listen at:
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August 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Have you ever stopped to think about the potential of soil to combat climate change?
This week's article: Keeping it in the ground
read it at: www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/uld1...

@dalhousieu.bsky.social @nationalobserver.com @canrac.bsky.social @benjaminwrites.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New article: A green path to self-determination by Mary-Frances Lynch. A development partnership between the thirteen Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia means a more environmentally sustainable and economically secure future going forward.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/a-gr... #LCC
July 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New article: A different kind of farmer by Zack Metcalfe. Vertical, hydroponic farming in Atlantic Canada is an increasingly smart way to get your greens in a time of growing geopolitical uncertainty, food insecurity, and climate change.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/a-di... #LCC
July 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New article: Going above and beyond…bake sales by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social. One passionate & persevering Pictou County councillor finds a (net zero) way to keep the lights on, and the doors open in community buildings in small town Nova Scotia.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/goin... #LCC
July 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New article: From Mars to maggots by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social. One Nova Scotia entrepreneur and former NASA research scientist uses fly larvae to turn food waste into feed and fertilizer.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/from... #LCC
July 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New podcast: “Edmund (Eddie) Halfyard from CarbonRun” by The Cautious Climate Optimist, where I chat with Eddie Halfyard, a research scientist with a passion for fish, water quality, and removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/podcast/edmu...
June 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New article: The greening of Atlantic Canadian farmers by @evertlindquist.bsky.social. Farmers doing what they can to cut back on emissions and ecological degradation, all while adapting to a changing climate.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/the-... #LCC @nfucanada.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I didn’t want to be a climate activist, the next installment of our Climate Focus column - written by CSA co-founder, @seankellyprospect.bsky.social .

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June 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New article: Out of sky, out of mind by Zack Metcalfe. A look at the myriad of solutions to pull carbon out of the atmosphere.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/out-... #LCC @timothybushman.bsky.social @carbonremovers.bsky.social @carboncure.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM