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The real emergency is the #forestemergency and the urgent need to protect #oldgrowth forests. No deforestation for wind turbines. #StopFakeRenewables #StopBurningTrees #SaveStanleyPark #urbanforests

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What's going on with urban forests where you live? 🌳🌲🍃

City councils are under pressure to allow developers to cut down trees. What are some grass roots initiatives to keep cities cool and green?
#UrbanForests #SaveStanleyPark

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I'm currently awaiting the result of a public enquiry into a hideous ripping out of 40 acres of the forest I live in to create a solar park 🤯
I've spent so much time opposing this. Monitoring bats, amphibians, birds... so many red list species 😢
Classic eg of #ecocide and utter #greenwashing 🖤
#wasf
October 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Sold as “green,” but it’s still a sea of panels over living ground. On a planet running out of habitat, celebrating destruction as progress is self-delusion.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Officials unveil gargantuan energy plant the size of 185 football fields: 'A landmark achievement'
"Represents a milestone for us."
www.yahoo.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Recent archaeological findings by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain, reveal that the Amazon supported vast & complex ancient urban societies.

He’s hopeful that new archaeological understanding of the Amazon will challenge centuries of prejudice against Indigenous people & offer answers for the future.
Indigenous myths reveal Amazon’s past truths: Interview with Stéphen Rostain
Now a leading archaeologist, Rostain was discouraged at first. “No one is interested in archaeology of the Amazon.”
news.mongabay.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
An example of deferring to 'experts' without question. Fuel mitigation increases the intensity of wildfires. This is borne out by science which counters the forest industry narrative, something this article fails to do.

eco-integrityalliance.org/wildfire-fuel-reduction-scientific-studies/
Where mountain bikers see a playground, wildfire experts see the makings of a disaster waiting to happen: a tangle of dead and dying Douglas firs; a forest floor littered with deadfall; west-facing slopes that dry out quickly. 🔥🌲
Trees Must Fall. A Provincial Park’s Wildfire Prescription | The Tyee
Plans to reduce fire risk in Dragon Mountain park have spurred concerns from mountain bikers and environmentalists.
thetyee.ca
September 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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" . . . I have an issue with the $2 million . . . . the citizens of Vancouver [should] have a say about what's happening in their neighbourhoods."

--Commissioner Haer against increasing City's authority to outsource without a public meeting

@brennanbastyo.bsky.social

vimeo.com/1100870938
Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Bastyovanszky Stands Up For Democracy
FINALLY, AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER STANDS UP FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE VANCOUVER PARK BOARD Brennan Bastyovanszky steps up to the plate The seven elected…
vimeo.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Stanley Park Preservation Society makes the following simple and reasonable request:

Only trees individually and properly assessed as dangerous trees by certified independent tree risk assessors shall be felled in Stanley Park.

@brennanbastyo.bsky.social @tomdigby1.bsky.social
#stanleypark
July 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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There was a webinar hosted by Conservation North a couple of days ago featuring two forest biologists and a retired forester who outline why active management imperils forest resilience.

youtu.be/dRn4dS3JVao
Logging's Final Frontier? How "Active Management" Imperils Forest Resilience
YouTube video by Conservation North
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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October 17th at 4pm (PST) is the next Forest Protection Forum with the Sierra Club, featuring Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala as speaker, former president of the Society for Conservation Biology.
sierraclub.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Forest Protection Forum. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Forest Protection Forum. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
sierraclub.zoom.us
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The graceful small #wildcat 🐈😺 the #margay is 'Near Threatened' by #hunting, #palmoil #meat agriculture in #Mexico 🇲🇽 #Brazil 🇧🇷 #Venezuela 🇻🇪 #Colombia 🇨🇴 Help them survive! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🧐⛔️ be #Vegan 🥦👌 and #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social
palmoildetectives.com/2023/11/26/m...
September 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Jericho Park is a biodiversity hotspot for birds in the Lower Mainland.
May 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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“In 2018, a planned burn by local authorities was conducted in the Warrungup Spring reserve. Despite burning slowly as planned, it killed 17 of the 22 possums Dixon was monitoring.”
theconversation.com/bad-fire-sci...
Bad fire science can kill our threatened species. It’s time to cooperate with nature
A new paper explores how a carefully controlled fuel reduction burn killed 17 critically endangered western ringtail possums.
theconversation.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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(archive: 2013) Falmouth Wind Turbine Noise Studies #MA: Presented at the 2nd Falmouth Conference on Human Rights, Oct. 19, 2013. Back to the Future … This is a true story, depicted by Marty and Doc. Their mission: identify the ignored warnings in the Falmouth wind turbine… #windpower #windenergy
(archive: 2013) Falmouth Wind Turbine Noise Studies #MA
Presented at the 2nd Falmouth Conference on Human Rights, Oct. 19, 2013. Back to the Future … This is a true story, depicted by Marty and Doc. Their mission: identify the ignored warnings in the Falmouth wind turbine studies. Only then can Marty and Doc correct significant warnings in history that opened rifts into an alternate universe, where noisy wind turbines were permitted to invade homes. The wayback clock is set to: NOV 21 2003 … First study: November 21, 2003 Renewable . . .
www.wind-watch.org
April 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Stanley Park Preservation Society heads back to court in a bid to stop logging
open.substack.com/pub/bobmacki...
Stanley Park Preservation Society heads back to court in a bid to stop logging
Petition alleges contractor Blackwell doing more harm than good with $18 million operation
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Apparently there is a ton of logging in Stanley park right now and some first nations are goating a sacred fire to oppose it www.savestanleypark.ca go to the events news section of the website for information
March 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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City of Vancouver employees are still at it! Trying to wipe out the coastal western forest in Stanley Park.
#stanleypark #logging #deforestation #plantation
www.facebook.com/share/gWVnHk...
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December 8, 2024 at 6:47 AM
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1/ Stanley Park was designated a National Historic Site in 1988.

#stanleypark #vancouver #logging

parkscanadahistory.com/publications...
parkscanadahistory.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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The ongoing logging of Stanley Park is facing more opposition. I think the opposition is a good thing. globalnews.ca/video/111057...
First Nations oppose Stanley Park logging | Watch News Videos Online
Watch First Nations oppose Stanley Park logging Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
March 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Now if we could stop the logging in oh I don’t know maybe Stanley Park or old growth on the island that would be spectacular too! Yes, I want all the trees saved!
March 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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This seeb is SPECTACULAR!

#BlueJay
March 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Brazilian singer Taty Girl made headlines during a live concert by canceling a fireworks display to protect a homeless dog. While performing, she spotted a stray dog.

She addressed the audience, “We won’t use fireworks because Caramelo doesn’t like them. He’s enjoying the show peacefully.
March 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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A hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon not only wiped out a megadiverse ecosystem (including 7 endemic species), it emits 10x more greenhouse gases per megawatt than a thermal power plant.

When so-called 'green' energy turns out to be the *exact* opposite.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/ende...
Endemic fish wiped out in Brazilian Amazon hydroelectric dam area, study finds
The construction of the Balbina hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon led to the loss of seven endemic fish species in the Uatumã River, researchers have found.
news.mongabay.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Acoustics professionals (independent ones) recommend substantial setbacks between wind turbines and homes, as in this 2010 paper recommending 1.5 to 2 MILES for safety. Ottawa? We're not going to consider health in our zoning regs. New ones due soon. #noise @ottawacity.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Beekeepers and grain farmers join national protest to stop wind turbines in Dobrudzha #BGR: Bulgarian beekeepers’, farmers’ and grain growers’ organisations have spoken out against the construction of wind turbines and photovoltaic plants on agricultural land, BNR’s… #windpower #windenergy
Beekeepers and grain farmers join national protest to stop wind turbines in Dobrudzha #BGR
Bulgarian beekeepers’, farmers’ and grain growers’ organisations have spoken out against the construction of wind turbines and photovoltaic plants on agricultural land, BNR’s correspondent in Dobrich reports. Beekeepers whose hives are located near the…
www.wind-watch.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM