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Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
⚠️The Amazon's powerful ability to regulate climate is under threat ⚠️ Illegal mining is destroying vast areas of forests for a quick profit. Canada is the #1 destination for Brazilian gold exports! Demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon: act.gp/42eRRwD @greenpeaceca.bsky.social
Demand that global leaders protect the Amazon from illegal mining
Sign the petition to demand that global leaders respect the Amazon rainforest and protect it from illegal mining.
act.gp
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
⚠️The Amazon's powerful ability to regulate climate is under threat ⚠️ Illegal mining is destroying vast areas of forests for a quick profit. Canada is the #1 destination for Brazilian gold exports! Demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon: act.gp/42eRRwD @greenpeaceca.bsky.social
Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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PM Carney makes it sound like we can insulate ourselves from Silicon Valley tycoons who genuflect to Trump and serve his authoritarian aims.
But how realistic is that as #BigTech hungers for our country?
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews “The Nerd Reich” author @gilduran.com. #uspoli #canpoli
But how realistic is that as #BigTech hungers for our country?
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews “The Nerd Reich” author @gilduran.com. #uspoli #canpoli
The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | The Tyee
Wonder what US tech titans wish for, Canada? Study their roots, says writer Gil Duran. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
PM Carney makes it sound like we can insulate ourselves from Silicon Valley tycoons who genuflect to Trump and serve his authoritarian aims.
But how realistic is that as #BigTech hungers for our country?
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews “The Nerd Reich” author @gilduran.com. #uspoli #canpoli
But how realistic is that as #BigTech hungers for our country?
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews “The Nerd Reich” author @gilduran.com. #uspoli #canpoli
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Buried deep in the omnibus bill for its fall economic statement, the Doug Ford government has moved to repeal its own law requiring a climate plan and emissions reduction targets be established, via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @meyer.bsky.social
#ONpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
#ONpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
thenarwhal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Buried deep in the omnibus bill for its fall economic statement, the Doug Ford government has moved to repeal its own law requiring a climate plan and emissions reduction targets be established, via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @meyer.bsky.social
#ONpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
#ONpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
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Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks across the U.S. He wasn't replaced. Now, the wells are at risk of spewing planet-warming gases and contaminating groundwater.
The Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil Wells Is Out of a Job
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks across the U.S. He wasn't replaced. Now, the wells are at risk of spewing planet-warming gases and contaminating groundwater.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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This spring, the Doug Ford government shifted the boundaries of a protected area in Port Hope, opening the gates for a subdivision to be built there instead. thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-...
A Port Hope protected area, opened for development | The Narwhal
The Doug Ford government shifted the boundaries of a protected area, opening the way for a subdivision to be built there instead
thenarwhal.ca
September 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This spring, the Doug Ford government shifted the boundaries of a protected area in Port Hope, opening the gates for a subdivision to be built there instead. thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-...
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this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
August 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
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You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
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"The data says that the richest 1% control over a quarter of Canada's wealth, which amounts to $3.5 trillion... No one needs that much money." — @sabivm.bsky.social of @patmillscanada.bsky.social, with Emma Davis, @dylandusseault.bsky.social, and @spaikin.bsky.social tonight at 8/11pm
June 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"The data says that the richest 1% control over a quarter of Canada's wealth, which amounts to $3.5 trillion... No one needs that much money." — @sabivm.bsky.social of @patmillscanada.bsky.social, with Emma Davis, @dylandusseault.bsky.social, and @spaikin.bsky.social tonight at 8/11pm
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.
Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.
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The people did not give this premier a mandate to suspend all laws or to toss out their constitutional laws.
But that's what Bill 5 does.
➡️ Only 82 emails left to hit our goal of 7,500 emails sent today. Join us. Urge the government to Scrap Bill 5: OntarioNDP.ca/scrap-bill5
But that's what Bill 5 does.
➡️ Only 82 emails left to hit our goal of 7,500 emails sent today. Join us. Urge the government to Scrap Bill 5: OntarioNDP.ca/scrap-bill5
May 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The people did not give this premier a mandate to suspend all laws or to toss out their constitutional laws.
But that's what Bill 5 does.
➡️ Only 82 emails left to hit our goal of 7,500 emails sent today. Join us. Urge the government to Scrap Bill 5: OntarioNDP.ca/scrap-bill5
But that's what Bill 5 does.
➡️ Only 82 emails left to hit our goal of 7,500 emails sent today. Join us. Urge the government to Scrap Bill 5: OntarioNDP.ca/scrap-bill5
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tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime
WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
www.wired.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime
WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
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Canada’s voting system is broken. Elizabeth May is making electoral reform her top priority this session. Let’s build a democracy where every vote truly counts, are you in? #ElectoralReform
May 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Canada’s voting system is broken. Elizabeth May is making electoral reform her top priority this session. Let’s build a democracy where every vote truly counts, are you in? #ElectoralReform
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NPR published a story 5 days ago about three high ranking Trump officials with clear ties to Hitler-admiring antisemites and it barely made a ripple. These are the kind of stories that used to end political careers. Now the subjects of the stories just hold up a middle finger and keep plowing ahead.
I talked to NPR about seeing DHS White House liaison Paul Ingrassia at a Nick Fuentes rally last year.
Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NPR published a story 5 days ago about three high ranking Trump officials with clear ties to Hitler-admiring antisemites and it barely made a ripple. These are the kind of stories that used to end political careers. Now the subjects of the stories just hold up a middle finger and keep plowing ahead.
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one of my favorite things about this age of Star Wars storytelling is finding out that the Rebellion's victory wasn't just because of one hero in an X-wing but because of all the people along the way who made the choice to do the right thing
May 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
one of my favorite things about this age of Star Wars storytelling is finding out that the Rebellion's victory wasn't just because of one hero in an X-wing but because of all the people along the way who made the choice to do the right thing
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In an alternate universe where the truth is spoken…
May 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In an alternate universe where the truth is spoken…
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I struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
www.teenvogue.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
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BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
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"The fact that #Starbucks charges like $6 for a cup of coffee, where most of that has been harvested by forced labourers and child labourers, is really beyond a criminal act."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’
Brazil has been the world’s leading coffee producer due to the forced labour of enslaved Africans and Afro-Brazilians
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"The fact that #Starbucks charges like $6 for a cup of coffee, where most of that has been harvested by forced labourers and child labourers, is really beyond a criminal act."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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"The Tories clearly think that municipal planning and permitting rules are a very big problem holding back Ontario’s economy, because they’re giving themselves the power to disregard those rules." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social #onpoli
ANALYSIS: The Ford government unveiled its latest economic cheat code. Will it work? | TVO Today
Special economic zones can fast-track infrastructure projects — but most of Ontario will be left out.
amp.tvo.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"The Tories clearly think that municipal planning and permitting rules are a very big problem holding back Ontario’s economy, because they’re giving themselves the power to disregard those rules." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social #onpoli