🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦
@jvipondmd.bsky.social
an emergency doctor desperately trying to save the future (and the present) for his children
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WHN joins in the chorus: Medical masks are not PPE - WHN
Overview Throughout the COVID pandemic, there has been confusion from public health and medical leaders over which masks to wear to prevent transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Inadequate supplies of...
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Proud to have co-authored this piece with amazing collaborators at the @thewhn.bsky.social.
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Another underappreciated way to lower electricity bills? Stop taxing electricity, which in many places is subject to both state and local taxes at rates of 10% or higher. To keep tax revenues intact, state and local governments could shift these taxes onto natural gas, encouraging electrification.
Equalizing electricity prices between residential, commercial, and industrial customers would save households - aka voters - 21% on their electricity bills. Commercial prices would go up 1%. Industrial prices would go up 59% because residential and commercial customers deeply subsidize them today.
7. Residential customers - aka you and me, aka voters - pay 28% more (16.5 c/kWh, 2024 average) than commercial customers (12.9 c/kWh) and 201% more than industrial (8.2 c/kWh). This trend is accelerating: Residential prices rose 27% from 2019-2023, vs. 21% for commercial and 19% for industrial.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Another underappreciated way to lower electricity bills? Stop taxing electricity, which in many places is subject to both state and local taxes at rates of 10% or higher. To keep tax revenues intact, state and local governments could shift these taxes onto natural gas, encouraging electrification.
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U of C doctor says study shows for-profit diagnostic screening will lead to unintended problems https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/u-of-c-doctor-says-study-shows-for-profit-diagnostic-screening-will-lead-to-unintended-problems
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
U of C doctor says study shows for-profit diagnostic screening will lead to unintended problems https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/u-of-c-doctor-says-study-shows-for-profit-diagnostic-screening-will-lead-to-unintended-problems
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𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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thread from this morning. please take a look at the photos. please understand the demands. please care.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
thread from this morning. please take a look at the photos. please understand the demands. please care.
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This Ksi Lisims LNG approval is terrible news.
"It's hard to believe that we're moving ahead in B.C. with climate-destroying LNG projects in the midst of a climate crisis," said Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs.
Yup.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"It's hard to believe that we're moving ahead in B.C. with climate-destroying LNG projects in the midst of a climate crisis," said Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs.
Yup.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
$10B LNG project in northwest B.C. gets environmental certificate despite opposition | CBC News
The Ksi Lisims LNG terminal project, about 80 kilometres north of Prince Rupert, B.C., has received a provincial environmental assessment certificat — a critical step for the megaproject despite conce...
www.cbc.ca
September 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This Ksi Lisims LNG approval is terrible news.
"It's hard to believe that we're moving ahead in B.C. with climate-destroying LNG projects in the midst of a climate crisis," said Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs.
Yup.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"It's hard to believe that we're moving ahead in B.C. with climate-destroying LNG projects in the midst of a climate crisis," said Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs.
Yup.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Chatting oil and gas issues in Alberta on Real Talk with @ryanjespersen.bsky.social today — regulatory failings, unpaid taxes and leases, and more. A long one, but not nearly long enough to do it all justice. #ableg #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s...
“Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers
YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
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November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Chatting oil and gas issues in Alberta on Real Talk with @ryanjespersen.bsky.social today — regulatory failings, unpaid taxes and leases, and more. A long one, but not nearly long enough to do it all justice. #ableg #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s...
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How great to talk to the wise @sharpflower.bsky.social about COVID-19 leadership failures, the unremembered lessons of 2003 SARS1 containment in Vancouver, and the ongoing Long COVID crisis. Listen to publichealthisdead.com!
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
Demanding more of public health
Public Health is Dead podcast host Daniella Barreto on the impact of COVID-19 on workers
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November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
How great to talk to the wise @sharpflower.bsky.social about COVID-19 leadership failures, the unremembered lessons of 2003 SARS1 containment in Vancouver, and the ongoing Long COVID crisis. Listen to publichealthisdead.com!
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
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I’m back.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m back.
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🚨 #COP30 is flooded with fossil fuel lobbyists. Dr. Vipond @jvipondmd.bsky.social and Dr. Green were there with CAPE's physicians and team to denounce it, alongside the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition.
Dr Joe’s COP30 Day 5
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨 #COP30 is flooded with fossil fuel lobbyists. Dr. Vipond @jvipondmd.bsky.social and Dr. Green were there with CAPE's physicians and team to denounce it, alongside the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition.
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Here’s an incredible stat: The energy wasted from inefficient fossil-fuel combustion represents a cost of $4.6 trillion every year, globally.
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We could have healthier, more affordable lives through renewables and electrification
Vested interests are spending $billions to prevent this
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November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Here’s an incredible stat: The energy wasted from inefficient fossil-fuel combustion represents a cost of $4.6 trillion every year, globally.
leahy.substack.com/p/we-could-h...
leahy.substack.com/p/we-could-h...
Dr Joe’s COP30 Day 5
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Dr Joe’s COP30 Day 5
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
Today’s theme: Keep Big Polluters Out
Especially Canadian Lobbyists
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That of course is Hub co-founder @jvipondmd.bsky.social on the megaphone at our protest. He's currently at #COP30 doing the hard. necessary work of getting to what truth there be at the world's only real global climate conference.
Godspeed, Dr Joe. #DebunktionJunction
#yyc #abpoli #ClimateChange
Godspeed, Dr Joe. #DebunktionJunction
#yyc #abpoli #ClimateChange
These days seems like everybody's trying to TURN DOWN the conversation on #ClimateChange.
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
That of course is Hub co-founder @jvipondmd.bsky.social on the megaphone at our protest. He's currently at #COP30 doing the hard. necessary work of getting to what truth there be at the world's only real global climate conference.
Godspeed, Dr Joe. #DebunktionJunction
#yyc #abpoli #ClimateChange
Godspeed, Dr Joe. #DebunktionJunction
#yyc #abpoli #ClimateChange
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In response to yesterday's OGI video of methane pollution there was a request for OGI showing emissions from a wind turbine. Here is a good comparison of emissions from a flare stack vs emissions from two nearby wind turbines.
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In response to yesterday's OGI video of methane pollution there was a request for OGI showing emissions from a wind turbine. Here is a good comparison of emissions from a flare stack vs emissions from two nearby wind turbines.
thread from this morning. please take a look at the photos. please understand the demands. please care.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
thread from this morning. please take a look at the photos. please understand the demands. please care.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
“Fossil fuel companies continue to lead us into a climate abyss. [Yet] for 30 years, climate change summits have been an ideal stage for oil companies to clean up their image, do business and find new ways to get away with environmental crimes,”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“Fossil fuel companies continue to lead us into a climate abyss. [Yet] for 30 years, climate change summits have been an ideal stage for oil companies to clean up their image, do business and find new ways to get away with environmental crimes,”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The medical treatment that will save the most human lives ?
Phase out fossil fuels!
Phase out fossil fuels!
Dr Joe’s COP30 diary Day 4:
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The medical treatment that will save the most human lives ?
Phase out fossil fuels!
Phase out fossil fuels!
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Dr Joe’s COP30 diary Day 4:
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dr Joe’s COP30 diary Day 4:
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
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I’m surprised JD Vance has left this tweet and reply up.
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’m surprised JD Vance has left this tweet and reply up.