Cowichan Climate Hub
@cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social
We're a diverse collaboration of local groups in the Cowichan Valley working on local solutions to the climate emergency & supporting & working together with local government so no one is left behind.
Go beyond talking about the challenges of the climate crisis (& yes they're big). This study says talking about how to implement solutions is how we get people to act.
Want people to act on climate? Tell them how to fix it
A study from the University of Oregon, published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take ...
www.nationalobserver.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Go beyond talking about the challenges of the climate crisis (& yes they're big). This study says talking about how to implement solutions is how we get people to act.
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Don’t believe the deception: clean energy is good for the planet AND good for your wallet. #RenewableEnergy
Gutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric bills
Rising energy costs are a problem in the U.S. Ending Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and ramping up fossil fuels would make it even worse.
www.canarymedia.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Don’t believe the deception: clean energy is good for the planet AND good for your wallet. #RenewableEnergy
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Just finished giving the Discovery Lecture at @carleton.ca hosted by @saraheverts.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social this evening! We had tons of great questions and I promised to answer the 8 most up-voted ones here. Here we go! 1/10 🧵
Discovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World (Mar 25)
Mar 25, 2025 07:00 PM Discovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of clim...
carleton.ca
March 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Just finished giving the Discovery Lecture at @carleton.ca hosted by @saraheverts.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social this evening! We had tons of great questions and I promised to answer the 8 most up-voted ones here. Here we go! 1/10 🧵
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Our latest episode of Break In Case of Emergency is live!
➡️ Dissecting the climate denial machine: culture wars and the climate countermovement (w/ Mary Stuart & Erin Blondeau)
Please listen & share with a friend ✨
Listen in Spotify, Apple, or here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
➡️ Dissecting the climate denial machine: culture wars and the climate countermovement (w/ Mary Stuart & Erin Blondeau)
Please listen & share with a friend ✨
Listen in Spotify, Apple, or here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
March 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Our latest episode of Break In Case of Emergency is live!
➡️ Dissecting the climate denial machine: culture wars and the climate countermovement (w/ Mary Stuart & Erin Blondeau)
Please listen & share with a friend ✨
Listen in Spotify, Apple, or here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
➡️ Dissecting the climate denial machine: culture wars and the climate countermovement (w/ Mary Stuart & Erin Blondeau)
Please listen & share with a friend ✨
Listen in Spotify, Apple, or here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
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Vancouver folks: Tomorrow! 👇
Youth Climate Corps Town Hall – March 27, 5 PM, 312 Main St, Vancouver. Join us to discuss youth employment, the cost of living crisis, and the climate emergency with local leaders and federal candidates. Panel, Q&A, live music & more. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/vanco...
March 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Vancouver folks: Tomorrow! 👇
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Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil | The Tyee
Canada’s affordability crisis and fossil fuel company profits are linked, says report.
thetyee.ca
March 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
On the importance of highlighting solutions to address climate impacts: from adaptation measures to keep communities safe from floods, fires & storms, to reducing emissions with clean energy projects. Climate communication emphasizing concrete solutions matters.
Want people to act on climate? Tell them how to fix it
A study from the University of Oregon, published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take ...
www.nationalobserver.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
On the importance of highlighting solutions to address climate impacts: from adaptation measures to keep communities safe from floods, fires & storms, to reducing emissions with clean energy projects. Climate communication emphasizing concrete solutions matters.
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We will be here for an hour
March 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We will be here for an hour
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BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
Gratitude to @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social & allied groups for bringing the urgency of climate action to Parliament Hill this week!
Join Us on Parliament Hill for Climate Action!
The Baby Carriage Climate Campaign
📅 Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Parliament Hill
💬 canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/the-baby-car...
#ElbowsUp
The Baby Carriage Climate Campaign
📅 Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Parliament Hill
💬 canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/the-baby-car...
#ElbowsUp
March 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Gratitude to @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social & allied groups for bringing the urgency of climate action to Parliament Hill this week!
Biking is one of the most effective ways to reduce our carbon footprints from transportation, esp compared with car ownership & even monthly public transit passes. Regular bicycle maintenance is also very affordable. Especially if you do it yourself, with used parts and borrowed tools.
The Enduring Power of Community Bike Shops | The Tyee
The scalable model keeps thousands of bicycles out of landfills every year, and helps cyclists fix their rides on the cheap.
thetyee.ca
March 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Biking is one of the most effective ways to reduce our carbon footprints from transportation, esp compared with car ownership & even monthly public transit passes. Regular bicycle maintenance is also very affordable. Especially if you do it yourself, with used parts and borrowed tools.
One take on why the US will never be a climate leader.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq14...
Why America Will Never Be A Climate Leader
YouTube video by Our Changing Climate
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
One take on why the US will never be a climate leader.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq14...
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“There’s an order of operations in which we need to implement climate solutions,” said Daniel Jasper, the policy director for the climate solutions nonprofit Project Drawdown. “Methane is something we call an emergency brake, because we’ve got to do it now.” grist.org/politics/tru...
Trump repeals America's first-ever tax on greenhouse gases before it goes into effect
The methane fee would have had the same impact as taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road.
grist.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
“There’s an order of operations in which we need to implement climate solutions,” said Daniel Jasper, the policy director for the climate solutions nonprofit Project Drawdown. “Methane is something we call an emergency brake, because we’ve got to do it now.” grist.org/politics/tru...
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Last weekend:
Wildfires in Oklahoma.
Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas & Missouri.
Dust storms in Kansas & Texas.
Those responsible have names and job titles.
Time to #MakePollutersPay.
Wildfires in Oklahoma.
Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas & Missouri.
Dust storms in Kansas & Texas.
Those responsible have names and job titles.
Time to #MakePollutersPay.
Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and Midwest
Residents and work crews in the South and Midwest are beginning to clean up and survey the destruction from a three-day outbreak of severe weather.
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Last weekend:
Wildfires in Oklahoma.
Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas & Missouri.
Dust storms in Kansas & Texas.
Those responsible have names and job titles.
Time to #MakePollutersPay.
Wildfires in Oklahoma.
Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas & Missouri.
Dust storms in Kansas & Texas.
Those responsible have names and job titles.
Time to #MakePollutersPay.
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Thanks @sabs.bsky.social for a fun conversation and for telling my story!
I spoke with Sarah Cooley, the director of NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program, who was fired under the DOGE layoffs, about all she hoped to accomplish before the wreckage of NOAA
defector.com/an-interview...
defector.com/an-interview...
An Interview With A Fired NOAA Director | Defector
In 2006, by the time the scientist Sarah Cooley finished graduate school in marine science, oyster larvae in the Pacific Northwest had already begun dying mysteriously and dramatically—unable to form ...
defector.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Thanks @sabs.bsky.social for a fun conversation and for telling my story!
Tell PM Carney to champion a People's Power Grid and deliver bold action on affordability, climate, and energy independence in the face of U.S. aggression. allofustogether.ca/peoples-powe...
People’s Power Grid
allofustogether.ca
March 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Tell PM Carney to champion a People's Power Grid and deliver bold action on affordability, climate, and energy independence in the face of U.S. aggression. allofustogether.ca/peoples-powe...
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It’s time to future-proof Canada’s economy. We don’t do that by backsliding on climate. We do it by getting big finance behind job-creating climate solutions.
Tell party leaders to include climate-aligned finance principles in their election platforms now. 👉 ecojustice.ca/tell-party-l...
Tell party leaders to include climate-aligned finance principles in their election platforms now. 👉 ecojustice.ca/tell-party-l...
March 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It’s time to future-proof Canada’s economy. We don’t do that by backsliding on climate. We do it by getting big finance behind job-creating climate solutions.
Tell party leaders to include climate-aligned finance principles in their election platforms now. 👉 ecojustice.ca/tell-party-l...
Tell party leaders to include climate-aligned finance principles in their election platforms now. 👉 ecojustice.ca/tell-party-l...
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Here's the letter we sent today to incoming PM @mark-carney.bsky.social, following his Liberal leadership race win last night. ✍️
The new PM must build on 🇨🇦Canada's climate progress from the past decade—and fight climate change and economic threats at the same time.
shorturl.at/ogmIJ
The new PM must build on 🇨🇦Canada's climate progress from the past decade—and fight climate change and economic threats at the same time.
shorturl.at/ogmIJ
Climate Action Network Canada urges incoming Prime Minister Mark Carney to defend Canadians from climate and economic threats - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Today, Climate Action Network Canada sent the following letter to newly elected Liberal Leader Mark Carney:
Dear Prime minister-designate Carney,
On behalf of Climate Action Network Canada, I congrat...
shorturl.at
March 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Here's the letter we sent today to incoming PM @mark-carney.bsky.social, following his Liberal leadership race win last night. ✍️
The new PM must build on 🇨🇦Canada's climate progress from the past decade—and fight climate change and economic threats at the same time.
shorturl.at/ogmIJ
The new PM must build on 🇨🇦Canada's climate progress from the past decade—and fight climate change and economic threats at the same time.
shorturl.at/ogmIJ
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“Just like that Carolyn was gone. I had been mowing Carolyn’s lawn every Thursday for the past eight years. She was a lovely lady who didn’t deserve to die like that. I still miss her today. We need to address #climatechange now.”
– Amber
Read more Canadian stories👇 allofustogether.ca/fedup/#stories
– Amber
Read more Canadian stories👇 allofustogether.ca/fedup/#stories
Fed Up: Stories from this moment of crisis
Canadians are facing overlapping crises — skyrocketing rent, unaffordable groceries, student debt, and a climate emergency. But here’s the thing: our voices matter, and it’s time to make sure every si...
allofustogether.ca
March 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“Just like that Carolyn was gone. I had been mowing Carolyn’s lawn every Thursday for the past eight years. She was a lovely lady who didn’t deserve to die like that. I still miss her today. We need to address #climatechange now.”
– Amber
Read more Canadian stories👇 allofustogether.ca/fedup/#stories
– Amber
Read more Canadian stories👇 allofustogether.ca/fedup/#stories
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“Prime Minister-designate @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social, will you introduce the necessary incentives to ensure that Canada doesn’t fall further into the “tragedy of the horizon” that sacrifices future generations on the altar of short-term profit?”
READ HERE 👉 ecojustice.ca/open-letter-...
READ HERE 👉 ecojustice.ca/open-letter-...
March 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Prime Minister-designate @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social, will you introduce the necessary incentives to ensure that Canada doesn’t fall further into the “tragedy of the horizon” that sacrifices future generations on the altar of short-term profit?”
READ HERE 👉 ecojustice.ca/open-letter-...
READ HERE 👉 ecojustice.ca/open-letter-...
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The biggest deregulatory action of its kind in US history will also be the biggest mass murder in US history.
Trump EPA Takes Sweeping Aim at Rules to Gut Climate ‘Religion’
(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in US history.Most Read f...
finance.yahoo.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The biggest deregulatory action of its kind in US history will also be the biggest mass murder in US history.