Joan Baxter
@joanbaxter.bsky.social
Author, independent investigative journalist, member ICIJ global network - environment, climate, and corporate capture my obsessions - allergic to hypocrisy, propaganda and greenwashing grifters. Still writing after all these years. Opinions my own.
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Cool. So do it. And stop the Orwellian pushing of fossil fuels as the key to our future.
Carney on Canada becoming a leader in green technology: "You just have to look at where China and others are going. We have an enormous opportunity in this country to leapfrog the United States. The United States has taken its eye off the ball on this."
December 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Cool. So do it. And stop the Orwellian pushing of fossil fuels as the key to our future.
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“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment.
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment.
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
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Sub humans? Is America really NAZI Germany now?
BREAKING: The US military has just released video of them launching strikes on ISIS terrorists who’re kiIIing Christians in Nigeria
It’ll get much, MUCH worse for these subhuman pieces of crap if they don’t stop the kiIIing.
BREAKING: The US military has just released video of them launching strikes on ISIS terrorists who’re kiIIing Christians in Nigeria
It’ll get much, MUCH worse for these subhuman pieces of crap if they don’t stop the kiIIing.
December 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Sub humans? Is America really NAZI Germany now?
BREAKING: The US military has just released video of them launching strikes on ISIS terrorists who’re kiIIing Christians in Nigeria
It’ll get much, MUCH worse for these subhuman pieces of crap if they don’t stop the kiIIing.
BREAKING: The US military has just released video of them launching strikes on ISIS terrorists who’re kiIIing Christians in Nigeria
It’ll get much, MUCH worse for these subhuman pieces of crap if they don’t stop the kiIIing.
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FIFA “peace prize” winner finds a country (that didn’t qualify for World Cup finals) to bomb on Christmas Day.
Symbolic air strikes, whether in Syria or Nigeria, will not defeat ISIS. Many of Trump’s other actions, from cutting foreign aid to trying to eliminate online moderation, are actually undermining the struggle against ISIS and other terrorist groups. As i just wrote: wapo.st/4qrV8U5
December 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
FIFA “peace prize” winner finds a country (that didn’t qualify for World Cup finals) to bomb on Christmas Day.
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"If Canada could ever truly consider itself a climate leader that claim was burnt to the ground with Prime Minister #MarkCarney 's recent federal budget dismantling much of the country’s existing climate policy framework, the disastrous #MOU with Alberta & damned near invisibility at #COP30" #abpoli
Are we really MOVING BACKWARDS on #ClimateChange in Canada in spite of the hottest years on record & the worst #WILDFIRES and #SMOKE we've ever seen? We dig in with #CAPE & the Hub's own Dr Joe Vipond & #CANRAC 's Caroline Brouillette
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
Carney Banks On Big Oil
Canada's Climate Capitulation
www.podcastics.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"If Canada could ever truly consider itself a climate leader that claim was burnt to the ground with Prime Minister #MarkCarney 's recent federal budget dismantling much of the country’s existing climate policy framework, the disastrous #MOU with Alberta & damned near invisibility at #COP30" #abpoli
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When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Behold, the “Weiss effect” in all its incompetent glory.
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Behold, the “Weiss effect” in all its incompetent glory.
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(1/2) From CBC today: "Trump's trade representative has already laid out what he expects to see from Canada... changes to... laws that protect Canadian culture, which U.S. tech giants have strenuously opposed."
Deeply concerning: the influence the tech sector already has in Canada.
#CDNpoli #USpoli
Deeply concerning: the influence the tech sector already has in Canada.
#CDNpoli #USpoli
Trump’s National Security Strategy plans to use private sector soft power. @mark-carney.bsky.social should adjust his approach.
When environmentalists & MI6 actually agree, it’s good to pay attention...
My latest for @theenergymix.com: energymixweekender.substack.com/p/how-donald... #CDNpoli
When environmentalists & MI6 actually agree, it’s good to pay attention...
My latest for @theenergymix.com: energymixweekender.substack.com/p/how-donald... #CDNpoli
How Donald Trump Will Come After Canada Next: With Corporate Lobbyists
Trump aims to leverage private sector power over other nations, especially through the tech and oil and gas sectors that are at the centre of Canada's "nation-building" strategy. What could go wrong?
energymixweekender.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Wow! A striking stat from @nrdc.org’s new Issue with Tissue report:
If every American swapped one TP roll with ♻️ we’d save:
🌲 1.6M trees
💧 1B+ gallons of water
🌍 800M lbs of climate pollution
~ Calculated with EPN’s Paper Calculator (new version 4.1 available now!)
www.nrdc.org/stories/best...
If every American swapped one TP roll with ♻️ we’d save:
🌲 1.6M trees
💧 1B+ gallons of water
🌍 800M lbs of climate pollution
~ Calculated with EPN’s Paper Calculator (new version 4.1 available now!)
www.nrdc.org/stories/best...
The Best and Worst Toilet Paper, Paper Towel, and Facial Tissue Brands
Tissue paper production is taking a devastating toll on forests. NRDC’s newest Issue with Tissue report can help you find earth-friendly brands.
www.nrdc.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Wow! A striking stat from @nrdc.org’s new Issue with Tissue report:
If every American swapped one TP roll with ♻️ we’d save:
🌲 1.6M trees
💧 1B+ gallons of water
🌍 800M lbs of climate pollution
~ Calculated with EPN’s Paper Calculator (new version 4.1 available now!)
www.nrdc.org/stories/best...
If every American swapped one TP roll with ♻️ we’d save:
🌲 1.6M trees
💧 1B+ gallons of water
🌍 800M lbs of climate pollution
~ Calculated with EPN’s Paper Calculator (new version 4.1 available now!)
www.nrdc.org/stories/best...
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Oh one more thing about fossil fuel; the whole idea that natural gas is so much greener/cleaner than coal is sort of true when you burn it, but so much methane is emitted when it's extracted, & methane is a potent greenhouse gas, that, well, it's not. And we've know that for a while.
Reality Check: Natural Gas’s True Climate Risk - RMI
Methane leakage as low as 0.2 percent puts gas’s climate impact on par with coal.
rmi.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Oh one more thing about fossil fuel; the whole idea that natural gas is so much greener/cleaner than coal is sort of true when you burn it, but so much methane is emitted when it's extracted, & methane is a potent greenhouse gas, that, well, it's not. And we've know that for a while.
Undermining climate progress and democracy the Carney way www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/u...
Undermining climate progress and democracy the Carney way - Halifax Examiner
Standing up to Trump doesn’t mean trying to appease him by backing down and rescinding important policies, or following his lead with awful policies that increase disparities and put humanity at risk.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Undermining climate progress and democracy the Carney way www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/u...
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With a backroom deal, Carney has bulldozed Canada’s remaining #climate policies and ignited a firestorm among #Indigenous communities across the country.
It is a betrayal, for which future generations will pay.
@richardbrooks.bsky.social at @stand.earth:
ricochet.media/climate/the-...
#Alberta
It is a betrayal, for which future generations will pay.
@richardbrooks.bsky.social at @stand.earth:
ricochet.media/climate/the-...
#Alberta
The Carney-Smith ‘grand bargain’ is a fire sale of our future
The former UN climate envoy is trading Indigenous rights and Canada’s climate legacy for a financially toxic tar sands pipeline deal with Alberta
ricochet.media
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
With a backroom deal, Carney has bulldozed Canada’s remaining #climate policies and ignited a firestorm among #Indigenous communities across the country.
It is a betrayal, for which future generations will pay.
@richardbrooks.bsky.social at @stand.earth:
ricochet.media/climate/the-...
#Alberta
It is a betrayal, for which future generations will pay.
@richardbrooks.bsky.social at @stand.earth:
ricochet.media/climate/the-...
#Alberta
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When Trump is gone, we will remember who said and did nothing when they had the power to do/say something.
“Standing up to Trump means standing up to these atrocious behaviours, and speaking firmly and clearly against the spread of Trump’s diseased, demented worldview.” Carney said he would take on Trump with his elbows up. Canadians elected him. We’re waiting ..: and hoping.
Undermining climate progress and democracy the Carney way
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December 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
When Trump is gone, we will remember who said and did nothing when they had the power to do/say something.
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Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon: ricochet.media/indigenous/b...
Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon
Deep in the Ecuador Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities.
ricochet.media
December 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon: ricochet.media/indigenous/b...
“Standing up to Trump means standing up to these atrocious behaviours, and speaking firmly and clearly against the spread of Trump’s diseased, demented worldview.” Carney said he would take on Trump with his elbows up. Canadians elected him. We’re waiting ..: and hoping.
Undermining climate progress and democracy the Carney way
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By @joanbaxter.bsky.social
Undermining climate progress and democracy the Carney way - Halifax Examiner
Standing up to Trump doesn’t mean trying to appease him by backing down and rescinding important policies, or following his lead with awful policies that increase disparities and put humanity at risk.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“Standing up to Trump means standing up to these atrocious behaviours, and speaking firmly and clearly against the spread of Trump’s diseased, demented worldview.” Carney said he would take on Trump with his elbows up. Canadians elected him. We’re waiting ..: and hoping.
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It sure would be nice if the Premier of Alberta would call out this treasonous behaviour by one of her own party members for what it is.
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It sure would be nice if the Premier of Alberta would call out this treasonous behaviour by one of her own party members for what it is.
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Critics take aim at PM Carney’s choice of New Brunswick tungsten mine for ‘major projects’ list
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/natu...
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Critics take aim at PM Carney’s choice of New Brunswick tungsten mine for 'major projects' list - Halifax Examiner
Carney is not trying to address the real need for electrification and renewable energy, according to MiningWatch Canada’s Jamie Kneen: “We're doing the farthest thing from it, in this case investing f...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Critics take aim at PM Carney’s choice of New Brunswick tungsten mine for ‘major projects’ list
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/natu...
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
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A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
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Ecuador has been ordered to pay Chevron $220 million—despite the oil giant’s legacy of toxic pollution in the Amazon.
In Shocking Role Reversal, Ecuador Ordered to Pay Chevron $220 Million - Truthdig
Indigenous communities that have lived with toxic pollution from oil operations for decades are now being forced to pay the company's owners.
www.truthdig.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ecuador has been ordered to pay Chevron $220 million—despite the oil giant’s legacy of toxic pollution in the Amazon.
Wonder which “enemy” NS Premier Tim Houston wants to “Defend Nova Scotia” from now? Next stage, a NS Department of War?
December 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Wonder which “enemy” NS Premier Tim Houston wants to “Defend Nova Scotia” from now? Next stage, a NS Department of War?
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Jesus Christ. This dude is such an irresponsible hack. You can’t just say shit like this about people!
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Jesus Christ. This dude is such an irresponsible hack. You can’t just say shit like this about people!
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted