Eric Doherty
@ericdoherty.bsky.social
Transportation Planner. #Climatejustice activist. He/him. Lekwungen Territory (Victoria Canada). @eric_doherty on Twitter https://ecoplanning.ca/ #yyj #ElbowsUp
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Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate & sustainability dept. This would spell an end to the city's national leadership in urban climate policy.
Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social
If you disagree...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social
If you disagree...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate & sustainability dept. This would spell an end to the city's national leadership in urban climate policy.
Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social
If you disagree...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social
If you disagree...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
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On top of better immediate options the City has, we need to keep emphasizing that mass homeless is a policy choice. A bad one. The City can advocate for, and do education about, better policy choices available w support from province & feds. e.g. bsky.app/profile/dave... #yyj
Someone sent me a video that's worth a watch if you're interested in homelessness, addiction, mental health, or street disorder.
Link to video in my reply.
Some of the points they make in the video:
1. Housing first is not housing only. It's a whole bunch more.
...
#yyj #homelessness
Link to video in my reply.
Some of the points they make in the video:
1. Housing first is not housing only. It's a whole bunch more.
...
#yyj #homelessness
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
On top of better immediate options the City has, we need to keep emphasizing that mass homeless is a policy choice. A bad one. The City can advocate for, and do education about, better policy choices available w support from province & feds. e.g. bsky.app/profile/dave... #yyj
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Budget discussions at the City of Victoria really kick off this afternoon. A few thoughts.
1. Why are we facing an austerity budget? Because Council gave that direction back in March. Proof? You fucking got it.
1. Why are we facing an austerity budget? Because Council gave that direction back in March. Proof? You fucking got it.
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
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Gas stoves emit methane, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulates at levels known to contribute to asthma and cardiovascular disease.
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
Gas Stoves Are Slowly Poisoning Homes and Cost Families Over 5,000 Dollars a Year in Hidden Health Effects
That "clean" gas stove? It's costing you a fortune in health.
www.zmescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Gas stoves emit methane, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulates at levels known to contribute to asthma and cardiovascular disease.
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
🧪 NEW STUDY: The annual indoor health cost of a single gas stove = $5,258
A big part this is from childhood asthma.
www.zmescience.com/medicine/gas...
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After almost three decades, Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998.
This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:
That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998.
This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
After almost three decades, Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998.
This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:
That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998.
This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:
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Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
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" #Methane leaks from inactive #OilAndGas infrastructure was 7x more prevalent than what was claimed. It's such a potent #GreenhouseGas. 82x more potent over 20 years than CO2. Cleaning up these wells is really vital for our health, safety, fighting #ClimateChange & just protecting the public!"
A dirty deal's being cooked up between the Alberta government & #BigOil so they can stick their MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR cleanup tab on YOU the taxpayer while a grotesquely complicit #AER watches & shrugs. Here's some of the people saying HELL NO #abpoli #PolluterPays www.podcastics.com/episode/3890...
Make Polluters Pay
The Alberta government's dirty deal with Big Oil
www.podcastics.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
" #Methane leaks from inactive #OilAndGas infrastructure was 7x more prevalent than what was claimed. It's such a potent #GreenhouseGas. 82x more potent over 20 years than CO2. Cleaning up these wells is really vital for our health, safety, fighting #ClimateChange & just protecting the public!"
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Chief Marylin Slett “Governments must step up to ensure that glaciers, which are sacred to so many of our peoples, are studied, protected, and respected as part of our shared responsibility to future generations.” www.ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_recogn...
UBCIC Recognizes 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and Calls for Strengthened Action to Protect B.C.’s Rivers of Ice
Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights
www.ubcic.bc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Chief Marylin Slett “Governments must step up to ensure that glaciers, which are sacred to so many of our peoples, are studied, protected, and respected as part of our shared responsibility to future generations.” www.ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_recogn...
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The exciting talent @katiewilson.bsky.social has taken a narrow lead as ballots are still being counted in the Seattle mayoral race.
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Can Progressive Mayors Redeem the Democratic Party?
Zohran Mamdani isn’t the only candidate challenging the status quo—and having fun doing it.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The exciting talent @katiewilson.bsky.social has taken a narrow lead as ballots are still being counted in the Seattle mayoral race.
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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A really fascinating interview with @gilduran.com, and American reporter who's been tracking something he calls the Nerd Reich.
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | The Tyee
US tech titans are building toxic politics at home and looking to export. Gil Duran has a warning for Canada. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A really fascinating interview with @gilduran.com, and American reporter who's been tracking something he calls the Nerd Reich.
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Investigation by @stand.earth confirms Drax is still turning ancient trees from oldgrowth forests in BC into wood pellets to burn itself and to sell to others.Yet last week, the govt. signed a new subsidy contract with Drax for 2027-31. #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Investigation by @stand.earth confirms Drax is still turning ancient trees from oldgrowth forests in BC into wood pellets to burn itself and to sell to others.Yet last week, the govt. signed a new subsidy contract with Drax for 2027-31. #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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World-changing news:
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
World-changing news:
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How about here #yyj?
We need to “demand that city council invest every dollar they have in the housing needed to really clean up our streets”
#Calgary
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/09/p...
#Calgary
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/09/p...
Perspectives: Calgary police must use their social capital to demand housing, not more officers - LiveWire Calgary
“Arresting is connecting.” When I read how CPS Chief McLellan was attempting to frame last week’s exercise, I couldn’t believe it. On November 5, the Calgary Police executed Operation ORDER, a milita...
livewirecalgary.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
How about here #yyj?
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People with disabilities and their organisations are still largely shut off from the climate conversation.
Ahead of #COP30, we explored how climate organisations and disability advocates can work together.
Read at @euobserver.com:
euobserver.com/health-and-s...
Ahead of #COP30, we explored how climate organisations and disability advocates can work together.
Read at @euobserver.com:
euobserver.com/health-and-s...
Why climate solutions need to be disability friendly
It is undeniable that policymakers are responsible for involving persons with disabilities in solutions to address climate change. However, the climate and disability movements must present a united f...
euobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
People with disabilities and their organisations are still largely shut off from the climate conversation.
Ahead of #COP30, we explored how climate organisations and disability advocates can work together.
Read at @euobserver.com:
euobserver.com/health-and-s...
Ahead of #COP30, we explored how climate organisations and disability advocates can work together.
Read at @euobserver.com:
euobserver.com/health-and-s...
The number of these new family vehicles in #VictoriaBC and Paris has soared in the last decade. So nice! #yyj
The new family vehicles of Paris. I think that if a Parisian cycling activist came out of ten years of hibernation and went into the street, what would seem most unbelievable to them would be seeing all these bikes with childrens on the back ;)
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The number of these new family vehicles in #VictoriaBC and Paris has soared in the last decade. So nice! #yyj
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The Canadian government under PM @mark-carney.bsky.social may have lost enthusiasm for combating the climate crisis. But have you? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #COP30 #cdnpoli
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Canadian government under PM @mark-carney.bsky.social may have lost enthusiasm for combating the climate crisis. But have you? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #COP30 #cdnpoli
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BUT WAIT, HERE COME THE SENATE DEMOCRATS TO SAVE THE TURKEY!
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
BUT WAIT, HERE COME THE SENATE DEMOCRATS TO SAVE THE TURKEY!
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
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"Conservative Party voters are the most likely to believe disinformation."
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Conservative Party voters are the most likely to believe disinformation."
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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"Acquiring huge amounts of money is like taking a blow to the head. Wealth seems to scramble certain cognitive functions, particularly those related to empathy and perspective." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #climateaction #climatecrisis #TaxTheRich
"Truckloads of money available. Just after Gates published his new missive, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social revealed that the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #TheFutureIsEqual #TaxTheRich
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Acquiring huge amounts of money is like taking a blow to the head. Wealth seems to scramble certain cognitive functions, particularly those related to empathy and perspective." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #climateaction #climatecrisis #TaxTheRich