@greentheearth.bsky.social
Climate activist, grandparent and sailor.
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
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Europe steps boldly toward climate neutrality. In 1990, greenhouse gas emissions in what is now the European Union were approximately 5 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent. EU member states have just backed a binding target to cut emissions to 90% below that level by 2040.
tinyurl.com/2d4l3z4o
tinyurl.com/2d4l3z4o
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Europe steps boldly toward climate neutrality. In 1990, greenhouse gas emissions in what is now the European Union were approximately 5 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent. EU member states have just backed a binding target to cut emissions to 90% below that level by 2040.
tinyurl.com/2d4l3z4o
tinyurl.com/2d4l3z4o
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Sophia reporting from the Conscience
Both Italy and Spain have withdrawn their ships, abandoning the Global Sumud Flotilla to be intercepted by the Israelis
Both Italy and Spain have withdrawn their ships, abandoning the Global Sumud Flotilla to be intercepted by the Israelis
October 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sophia reporting from the Conscience
Both Italy and Spain have withdrawn their ships, abandoning the Global Sumud Flotilla to be intercepted by the Israelis
Both Italy and Spain have withdrawn their ships, abandoning the Global Sumud Flotilla to be intercepted by the Israelis
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🚨 The majority of vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla are not intercepted yet. flotilla-orpin.vercel.app
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🚨 The majority of vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla are not intercepted yet. flotilla-orpin.vercel.app
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My latest:
For years the climate movement has been calling on fed gvt to spend 2% of GDP on climate infrastructure & action, to no avail. Now 🇨🇦’s military spending will hit 2% this year.
Why's it so hard to spend what it takes confronting the real emergency? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
For years the climate movement has been calling on fed gvt to spend 2% of GDP on climate infrastructure & action, to no avail. Now 🇨🇦’s military spending will hit 2% this year.
Why's it so hard to spend what it takes confronting the real emergency? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
There's always money for the military. But climate?
For years, the climate movement has been calling on the federal government to spend two per cent of GDP on climate infrastructure and action, to no avail. And yet, Canada’s military spending will hit ...
www.nationalobserver.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My latest:
For years the climate movement has been calling on fed gvt to spend 2% of GDP on climate infrastructure & action, to no avail. Now 🇨🇦’s military spending will hit 2% this year.
Why's it so hard to spend what it takes confronting the real emergency? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
For years the climate movement has been calling on fed gvt to spend 2% of GDP on climate infrastructure & action, to no avail. Now 🇨🇦’s military spending will hit 2% this year.
Why's it so hard to spend what it takes confronting the real emergency? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
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There Climate #Adaptation and Climate #Mitigation. Then there's #America and #ClimateImpotence bsky.app/profile/did:... #TexasFlood #Climate
Officially coining the new phrase #ClimateImpotence for these #ThoughtsAndPrayers climate denialists (and countries!) that are burning down and drowning their citizens. #TexasFloods #AmericaImpotence
Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."
July 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There Climate #Adaptation and Climate #Mitigation. Then there's #America and #ClimateImpotence bsky.app/profile/did:... #TexasFlood #Climate
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If the Liberals want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling and inspiring offer, and the Youth Climate Corps represents just that, write Bushra Asghar, Erin Blondeau, Lea Mary Movelle and Juan Vargas Alba www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/11/o...
If Carney wants to build, he should go big on a Youth Climate Corps
If the Liberals want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling and inspiring offer, and the Youth Climate Corps represents just that.
www.nationalobserver.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If the Liberals want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling and inspiring offer, and the Youth Climate Corps represents just that, write Bushra Asghar, Erin Blondeau, Lea Mary Movelle and Juan Vargas Alba www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/11/o...
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“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.
April 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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incredible website lmfao
April 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
incredible website lmfao
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I tried to show this in the Harriette Mackenzie piece: her parents and grandparents loved her for who she was, and that was one of the most important things in the world. www.thestar.com/sports/baske...
March 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I tried to show this in the Harriette Mackenzie piece: her parents and grandparents loved her for who she was, and that was one of the most important things in the world. www.thestar.com/sports/baske...
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“The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said a sharp drop in outside funding, spurred by a broad shutdown in most foreign aid by the Trump administration, will lead to two million to four million more deaths each year” www.cidrap.umn.edu/mpox/african...
African leaders take stock of health cuts, chart path forward
www.cidrap.umn.edu
March 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said a sharp drop in outside funding, spurred by a broad shutdown in most foreign aid by the Trump administration, will lead to two million to four million more deaths each year” www.cidrap.umn.edu/mpox/african...
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“Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — while also shifting to more powerful forms of resistance.”https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resistance-alive-well-us/
Resistance is alive and well in the United States
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches in 2017, but they're far more numerous and frequent — and also becoming more strategic.
wagingnonviolence.org
March 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
“Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — while also shifting to more powerful forms of resistance.”https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resistance-alive-well-us/
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
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This is worth reading and sharing, no matter what side of the border you’re on — Canada’s Other Anti-Trump Weapon: Fighting Corruption.
“Beyond waging a tariff war [aka fighting back against the insane trade war Trump started], target the US president’s dependence on dirty money.” Via @thetyee.ca
“Beyond waging a tariff war [aka fighting back against the insane trade war Trump started], target the US president’s dependence on dirty money.” Via @thetyee.ca
Canada’s Other Anti-Trump Weapon: Fighting Corruption | The Tyee
Beyond waging a tariff war, target the US president’s dependence on dirty money.
thetyee.ca
February 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is worth reading and sharing, no matter what side of the border you’re on — Canada’s Other Anti-Trump Weapon: Fighting Corruption.
“Beyond waging a tariff war [aka fighting back against the insane trade war Trump started], target the US president’s dependence on dirty money.” Via @thetyee.ca
“Beyond waging a tariff war [aka fighting back against the insane trade war Trump started], target the US president’s dependence on dirty money.” Via @thetyee.ca
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This ⬇️⬇️⬇️
"Today, governments around the globe spend nine times more making fossil fuels cheaper than they do on making clean energy more affordable for consumers. We must tear down these walls"
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January 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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A study last year found that the most dangerous fires aren't the biggest, but the FASTEST, the ones that, like those in LA right now, explode into thousands of acres within a day. In California, since the year 2000, such fires have increased by 400%
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The fastest-growing and most destructive fires in the US (2001 to 2020)
The most destructive and deadly wildfires in US history were also fast. Using satellite data, we analyzed the daily growth rates of more than 60,000 fires from 2001 to 2020 across the contiguous US. N...
www.science.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
A study last year found that the most dangerous fires aren't the biggest, but the FASTEST, the ones that, like those in LA right now, explode into thousands of acres within a day. In California, since the year 2000, such fires have increased by 400%
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Canada really needs to start standing up for CANADIAN taxpayers.
Require CSIS Clearance for Canadian Political Candidates
Canada really needs to start standing up for CANADIAN taxpayers.
Require CSIS Clearance for Canadian Political Candidates
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Require CSIS Clearance for Canadian Political Candidates
chng.it
January 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Canada really needs to start standing up for CANADIAN taxpayers.
Require CSIS Clearance for Canadian Political Candidates
Canada really needs to start standing up for CANADIAN taxpayers.
Require CSIS Clearance for Canadian Political Candidates
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If you feel helpless and wish there was something you could do for victims of fires in LA and hurricane in Florida, might I suggest pondering whether your family can go from two cars to one or find creative ways to drive less?
January 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If you feel helpless and wish there was something you could do for victims of fires in LA and hurricane in Florida, might I suggest pondering whether your family can go from two cars to one or find creative ways to drive less?
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Conservatives in Canada seem to believe that if -- or when -- the carbon tax is removed, food price inflation will disappear.
Trevor Tombe and Jennifer Winter have shown why that isn't the case with their recent study. Allow me to pile on a bit here.
Thread time.
Trevor Tombe and Jennifer Winter have shown why that isn't the case with their recent study. Allow me to pile on a bit here.
Thread time.
a man in a suit and tie is jumping in the air in a living room with the words `` it 's go time '' .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is jumping in the air in a living room with the words `` it 's go time '' .
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January 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Conservatives in Canada seem to believe that if -- or when -- the carbon tax is removed, food price inflation will disappear.
Trevor Tombe and Jennifer Winter have shown why that isn't the case with their recent study. Allow me to pile on a bit here.
Thread time.
Trevor Tombe and Jennifer Winter have shown why that isn't the case with their recent study. Allow me to pile on a bit here.
Thread time.
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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
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It’s early but the photo of the year contest is closed.
January 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It’s early but the photo of the year contest is closed.
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Amazing what happens when you actually do things to improve people’s lives
“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.”
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Es alucinante cómo ha bajado la contaminación en París en 15 años. Anne Hidalgo lo ha llenado todo de carriles bici y no sólo ha reducido la contaminación en un 40%, sino que ha sido reelegida.
December 19, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Amazing what happens when you actually do things to improve people’s lives
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We have always relied on the oil and gas industry to self-report methane emissions. Now we have independent ways to of measuring those emissions and it turns out they were lying about the emissions. By a lot. The blue lines are actual measurements. The pink are industry numbers.
December 12, 2024 at 1:46 PM
We have always relied on the oil and gas industry to self-report methane emissions. Now we have independent ways to of measuring those emissions and it turns out they were lying about the emissions. By a lot. The blue lines are actual measurements. The pink are industry numbers.