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Keith McNeill
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Now retired, I was formerly the editor of the Clearwater Times newspaper in Clearwater, BC, Canada. My special interest is global carbon fee-and-dividend - charge a fee on fossil fuels and distribute the revenue to everyone as equal dividends worldwide.
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Keith McNeill @keith65.bsky.social · Dec 26
What is global carbon fee-and-dividend?
Here's an opinion piece I wrote in 2017 while I was editor of the Clearwater Times newspaper in Clearwater, BC, Canada:
www.clearwatertimes.com/our-town/the...
The case for global carbon fee-and-dividend
In order to have a hope of being adequately effective, any climate change initiative will need to be global in scope.
www.clearwatertimes.com
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"To squabble while famines take hold, forcing millions to flee their homelands – this will never be forgotten as conflicts spread.”
– Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief
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‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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A Distributed Power Plant aggregates thousands of local, internet-connected solar arrays and batteries. Puerto Rico is home to the first operational DPP in Latin America
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Distributed Power Banishes Blackouts In Puerto Rico — Episode 251 of Local Energy Rules | Energy Democracy
Learn how distributed power plants are helping everyday people in Puerto Rico save lives and keep the lights on.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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"Climate change is not only amplifying existing vulnerabilities -- it is also fuelling displacement trends, creating complex and compounding risks for refugees...."
– UNHCR report
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UN Says Refugees Stuck In Vicious Cycle Of Conflict And Climate
Millions of refugees are trapped in a vicious cycle of conflict and climate extremes, the United Nations said Monday, urging the COP30 summit to provide financing for the most vulnerable.
www.barrons.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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“Our role at Cop30 is to create a roadmap for the next decade to accelerate implementation."
– Ana Toni, Cop30 chief executive
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Less arguing, more action: will Brazil’s unorthodox approach to Cop30 work?
Host uses Indigenous concepts and changes agenda to help delegates agree on ways to meet existing climate goals
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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"It took us 70 years to get the first terawatt of solar power, two years to get the second, and the third is now coming even faster."
– Bill McKibben
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COP30: 'A Real Opening for Quicker Progress' | Common Dreams
​Why it's not all bad news for Bill McKibben regarding the climate crisis. Five questions to one of the leading environmentalists in the US.
www.commondreams.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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IMHO, there would be little need to balance climate and social priorities if we implemented global carbon fee-and-dividend
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Lula’s balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities
Brazil’s president welcomes world leaders while navigating divided government, promising action on deforestation and emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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“The thing that resonated with me so much was the ability to take that first step within a couple of minutes … and have that be an experience that’s just like buying a TV or any other appliance”
– Kevin Chou, Bright Saver
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The solar panels Germans are plugging into their walls » Yale Climate Connections
Plug-in solar technology is making it easier for renters and low-income households to harness the power of the sun – but it’s not yet legal across most of the U.S.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Rogan’s podcast often puts FLICC on full display when discussing climate change: fake experts, logical fallacies, impossible expectations, cherry-picking, and conspiracy theories
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Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate change  » Yale Climate Connections
Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Let’s break down his tactics.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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“We must act now, at great speed and scale, to make the overshoot as small, as short, and as safe as possible – and bring temperatures back below 1.5C before the end of the century.”
– António Guterres, UN secretary-general
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN
Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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"....if an angel from God with brand-new tablets of stone reading “Global Warming Is Real” in foot-high letters of flame appeared to them, they wouldn’t change their minds. So why would I bother to try?"
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On Dealing with Climate Dismissives
by Katherine Hayhoe
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November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The relationship between Lomborg and Gates dates back at least to 2014. That year, DeSmog reported that Gates had published a blog post promoting Lomborg’s views
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www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The main challenge is protecting the equipment from the animals
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Can Cows and Solar Power Coexist? We’re About to Find Out - Inside Climate News
Solar companies have figured out how to mix sheep grazing and power production. This company is about to make a push to do it with cows, with huge growth potential.
insideclimatenews.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"At Cop30, we will advocate for the creation of a UN climate change council linked to the general assembly. It would be a new governance structure with the force and legitimacy to ensure that countries deliver on their promises...."
– Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The era of fine speeches and good intentions is over. Brazil’s Cop30 will be about action | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
This is our message to world leaders: make this the ‘Cop of truth’, before people lose faith, says the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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“That is progress, but nowhere near enough.”
– António Guterres, United Nations secretary-general
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New UN Report Warns of Lagging Climate Action - Inside Climate News
The gap between climate promises and climate action is barely narrowing, and that puts Earth on course for a “climate breakdown,” UN Sec. Gen. António Guterres warns.
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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“Fact-checking alone isn’t enough, because misinformation often succeeds not by presenting alternative facts, but by presenting a more emotionally or visually compelling story.”
– Anton Törnberg, Swedish sociologist
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www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/look...
Looks like science, lies like propaganda. Inside a new wave of climate misinformation
An AI analysis shows that climate deniers increasingly use charts, data visuals, and academic design to appear trustworthy. Researchers warn that fact-checking alone can’t counter the power of these d...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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A program in Bangladesh encouraged farmers to plant mangoes instead of methane-heavy rice. Because mangoes only have one harvest a year – rice has three – the project "turned out to be an economic disaster"
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities: ‘This is absurd’
New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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“As long as we’re using wind-based metrics, it simply doesn’t make sense (mathematically, or fiscally and sociologically) to artificially cap the scale at 5 any more."
– Dr. Michael E. Mann, climate scientist
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www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Category 6 is the new hurricane normal, scientists warn
Human-caused climate change is making major hurricanes like Melissa much stronger, faster and ultimately more life-threatening
www.independent.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Less deforestation is good, but the Amazon region is still losing a lot of forest each year. The goal is not just to get rates down, but to get them to zero
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www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/amazon-def...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen again in 2025
Progress on deforestation, but increased threats from wildfires.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The quA-ymn solar facility is set to be joined by two other clean power projects in the Highland Valley area between Ashcroft and Logan Lake, both announced in December 2024
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B.C.’s largest commercial solar farm now in operation near Logan Lake - Langley Advance Times
The quA-ymn solar project is located on 24 hectares of reclaimed land at Highland Valley Copper
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November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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"The solution to the climate crisis isn’t going to come from the fairy-dust-sprinkled flying unicorns that are the 'benevolent plutocrats.' They don’t exist."
– Dr. Michael E. Mann, climate scientist
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Michael Mann to Bill Gates: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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“The biggest mistake, from my point of view, would be if Germany were to become a leader in dismantling the European Green Deal.”
– Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green
Despite progress in cutting carbon pollution, climate groups say country’s toughest hurdles are yet to come
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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“People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas.”
– European official who spoke to negotiators
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www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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While Trump's administration appears to be ignoring the summit, more than 100 state and local US leaders – including governors and mayors – are still expected to join the talks
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US Not Sending Any High-level Officials To COP30
The United States will not send any top officials to the COP30 climate talks in Brazil later this month, a White House official said Saturday, as President Donald Trump instead works to boost fossil f...
www.barrons.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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"[Trump] knows better, but he’s an instrument of the status quo and he’s making money, hand over fist, while the world goes to hell in a handbasket.”
– Harrison Ford
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Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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World Heritage natural sites cover less than 1% of the planet’s surface, yet they host more than 20% of all species on Earth, including over 20,000 species threatened with extinction
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Climate Change Is the Biggest Threat to 43% of the World's Natural Heritage Sites - PlusNews
World Heritage natural sites cover less than 1% of the planet’s surface, yet they host more than 20% of all species on Earth, including over 20,000 species threatened with extinction. Endorsed by UNES...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM