Jaela Bernstien
@jaelabernstien.bsky.social
🌳 Nature lover
☕️ Morning person
🌎 I work on climate policy communications @climateinstitute.bsky.social
Formerly with CBC news
www.jaelabernstien.com
📍Les laurentides, Quebec
☕️ Morning person
🌎 I work on climate policy communications @climateinstitute.bsky.social
Formerly with CBC news
www.jaelabernstien.com
📍Les laurentides, Quebec
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I have a new job! I'm very excited to continue my work in the climate sphere by joining the communications team at @climateinstitute.bsky.social
Will the industrial carbon price make food more expensive for Canadian families? The Canadian Climate Institute did the math: "industrial carbon pricing has essentially zero overall impact on households’ spending on food, adding less than $20 per year by 2030 to food prices compared to today."
There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada.
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
FACT SHEET: Industrial carbon pricing in Canada
Industrial carbon pricing is Canada’s most important policy for cutting carbon pollution and creating a competitive clean economy.
climateinstitute.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Will the industrial carbon price make food more expensive for Canadian families? The Canadian Climate Institute did the math: "industrial carbon pricing has essentially zero overall impact on households’ spending on food, adding less than $20 per year by 2030 to food prices compared to today."
As #COP30 gets underway in Belém, Brazil — here's a stark reminder via @nature.org that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has never been seen in human history (Homo sapiens likely first entered the picture around 300,000 years ago) #climatechange
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As #COP30 gets underway in Belém, Brazil — here's a stark reminder via @nature.org that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has never been seen in human history (Homo sapiens likely first entered the picture around 300,000 years ago) #climatechange
Today Canada is divided between two groups: the people who are nervously awaiting the contents of #Budget2025 and the people who are enjoying an average Tuesday.
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today Canada is divided between two groups: the people who are nervously awaiting the contents of #Budget2025 and the people who are enjoying an average Tuesday.
Reposted by Jaela Bernstien
A new report from The Lancet shows that about 1,400 deaths in Canada were associated with wildfire smoke each year from between 2020 to 2024.
Climate change is supercharging wildfires in Canada, making them bigger and more uncontrollable.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/28/1...
Climate change is supercharging wildfires in Canada, making them bigger and more uncontrollable.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/28/1...
1,400 annual deaths linked to wildfire smoke in Canada: climate and health report
A new global health report suggests that every year from 2020 to 2024 about 1,400 deaths in Canada were associated with wildfire smoke pollution as climate change takes an increasing toll on the count...
toronto.citynews.ca
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A new report from The Lancet shows that about 1,400 deaths in Canada were associated with wildfire smoke each year from between 2020 to 2024.
Climate change is supercharging wildfires in Canada, making them bigger and more uncontrollable.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/28/1...
Climate change is supercharging wildfires in Canada, making them bigger and more uncontrollable.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/28/1...
This quote from Jamaican PM Andrew Holness in the Associated Press: "There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5."
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This quote from Jamaican PM Andrew Holness in the Associated Press: "There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5."
Reposted by Jaela Bernstien
Le déplacement des bélugas constaté par les experts pourrait représenter un défi pour leur protection. En dehors des limites du parc marin du Saguenay-Saint-Laurent, les règles sont nettement moins strictes. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
Des bélugas bouleversés par la crise climatique dans le fleuve Saint-Laurent? | Le Devoir
Les scientifiques constatent depuis deux ans des changements importants dans les déplacements de l’espèce.
www.ledevoir.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Le déplacement des bélugas constaté par les experts pourrait représenter un défi pour leur protection. En dehors des limites du parc marin du Saguenay-Saint-Laurent, les règles sont nettement moins strictes. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
Reposted by Jaela Bernstien
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
Reposted by Jaela Bernstien
Well. That’s great.
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Well. That’s great.
Despite an abundance of water, Quebec is vulnerable to drought due to climate change. New research finds that if a 2021-style drought re-ocurred combined with a 3 °C rise in global temps, "low water levels could persist for a month longer" in the hardest-hit areas of the province.
La sécheresse de 2021 a révélé la vulnérabilité des ressources en eau du Québec.
📘 En savoir plus : hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
Co-auteurs Ouranos : Louis-Philippe Caron, Gabriel Rondeau-Genesse, ing., M. Sc. A., Dominique Matte
#environnement #climat #adaptation #changementsclimatiques
📘 En savoir plus : hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
Co-auteurs Ouranos : Louis-Philippe Caron, Gabriel Rondeau-Genesse, ing., M. Sc. A., Dominique Matte
#environnement #climat #adaptation #changementsclimatiques
Storyline analytical framework for understanding future severe low-water episodes and their consequences
Abstract. The 2021 drought highlighted the vulnerability of Quebec's water resources and the potential for widespread consequences in a region that is generally perceived as having abundant water. Thi...
hess.copernicus.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Despite an abundance of water, Quebec is vulnerable to drought due to climate change. New research finds that if a 2021-style drought re-ocurred combined with a 3 °C rise in global temps, "low water levels could persist for a month longer" in the hardest-hit areas of the province.
Reposted by Jaela Bernstien
UK food inflation is being driven by climate change-induced extreme weather, driving up price of butter, milk, beef, chocolate & coffee
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds
Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
UK food inflation is being driven by climate change-induced extreme weather, driving up price of butter, milk, beef, chocolate & coffee
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
Great investigative reporting:
The federal government concealed toxic water contamination in North Bay for almost five years before warning residents
nationalpost.com/feature/nort...
The federal government concealed toxic water contamination in North Bay for almost five years before warning residents
nationalpost.com/feature/nort...
Feds 'covered up' toxic chemicals in the water in this Ontario city for 5 years
In 2012, DND found high levels of toxic substances in the water feeding North Bay's wells and municipal system. But residents didn't know.
nationalpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Great investigative reporting:
The federal government concealed toxic water contamination in North Bay for almost five years before warning residents
nationalpost.com/feature/nort...
The federal government concealed toxic water contamination in North Bay for almost five years before warning residents
nationalpost.com/feature/nort...
📣Calling all First Nations, Métis and Inuit researchers! The Canadian Climate Institute is offering research stipends of $15,000 CAD for Indigenous-led research on climate policy. Find out more & apply here: climateinstitute.ca/reports/indi...
October 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
📣Calling all First Nations, Métis and Inuit researchers! The Canadian Climate Institute is offering research stipends of $15,000 CAD for Indigenous-led research on climate policy. Find out more & apply here: climateinstitute.ca/reports/indi...
Whenever I feel overwhelmed I remind myself that no matter what, the sun will rise tomorrow. In a world that feels increasingly defined by unpredictability, there is comfort in the few constants in life.
October 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Whenever I feel overwhelmed I remind myself that no matter what, the sun will rise tomorrow. In a world that feels increasingly defined by unpredictability, there is comfort in the few constants in life.
Extracting gold from waste and restoring habitats at old mining sites
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How one company is making money – and jewelry – from abandoned mine sites | CBC News
Remediation project looks to recover money and metals from abandoned mines across the Yukon, Alaska and B.C.
www.cbc.ca
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Extracting gold from waste and restoring habitats at old mining sites
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A bit of positive news for your friday — my colleague @enveco.bsky.social explains how Canada's electricity sector flipped the switch on emissions. @climateinstitute.bsky.social #ClimateChange #Emissions #NetZero
How did Canada flip the switch on electricity emissions? By nearly eliminating coal and growing renewable energy. ⬇️
440megatonnes.ca/insight/the-...
440megatonnes.ca/insight/the-...
October 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A bit of positive news for your friday — my colleague @enveco.bsky.social explains how Canada's electricity sector flipped the switch on emissions. @climateinstitute.bsky.social #ClimateChange #Emissions #NetZero
Reposted by Jaela Bernstien
NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Are "decarbonized barrels" of oil possible? According to @pembina.org, if a one-million-barrel-per-day pipeline is built in Canada, oil sands emissions alone could reach as high as 89 (Mt) CO2e annually by 2035. www.pembina.org//pub/not-so-...
A Not-so-Grand Bargain | Pembina Institute
Discussion of a “grand bargain” between the Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta has emerged in recent months. We ascertain this is a deal whereby the federal government fast-tracks a ne...
www.pembina.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Are "decarbonized barrels" of oil possible? According to @pembina.org, if a one-million-barrel-per-day pipeline is built in Canada, oil sands emissions alone could reach as high as 89 (Mt) CO2e annually by 2035. www.pembina.org//pub/not-so-...
“B.C. sees this as recreation ... We see this as medicine, as cultural.” thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...
What Joffre Lakes Park looks like at rest | The Narwhal
A month-long closure ends Oct. 3. Here’s what Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Park, or Pipi7íyekw, looks like when it’s quiet and closed to the public
thenarwhal.ca
October 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“B.C. sees this as recreation ... We see this as medicine, as cultural.” thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...
Rest well Jane 🤍 Thank you for inspiring so many of us, for breaking the mould and for being a fierce force of nature
Jane Goodall, conservationist ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
Jane Goodall, conservationist ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Rest well Jane 🤍 Thank you for inspiring so many of us, for breaking the mould and for being a fierce force of nature
Jane Goodall, conservationist ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
Jane Goodall, conservationist ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
Who can resist a comeback story! 🐻https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/fat-bear-week-winner-32-chunk
‘Dominant on the river’: 32 Chunk crowned champion in ‘biggest Fat Bear Week yet’
Brown bear’s nearly 100,000 votes leads him to victory despite suffering for most of season with broken jaw
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Who can resist a comeback story! 🐻https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/fat-bear-week-winner-32-chunk
Reportage sur le mégaprojet portuaire de Contrecœur par @alexandreshields.bsky.social: "On rase tout. On met du béton"
Impossible de savoir si les travaux ont débuté pour le port de Contrecœur. Le gouvernement fédéral tient par ailleurs présentement une «consultation publique» sur des «changements» au projet annoncés l’été dernier. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
Impossible de savoir si les travaux ont débuté pour le port de Contrecœur
Une consultation publique du fédéral est en cours sur des «changements» au projet annoncés l’été dernier.
www.ledevoir.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Reportage sur le mégaprojet portuaire de Contrecœur par @alexandreshields.bsky.social: "On rase tout. On met du béton"
When sustainable finance expert Jonathan Arnold switched to a heat pump, he tracked the numbers. Here's how much $$ it saved his family:
Heat pumps are a cost-effective technology that can save people money on energy bills and reduce emissions from buildings. But the end of government incentives makes the transition to heat pumps harder for households. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/cutting-ince...
climateinstitute.ca/cutting-ince...
Cutting incentives for heat pumps makes it harder for more families to switch
Reducing emissions from this sector is paramount to achieve Canada’s climate goals. But it won’t come without new policies and rebates to...
climateinstitute.ca
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When sustainable finance expert Jonathan Arnold switched to a heat pump, he tracked the numbers. Here's how much $$ it saved his family:
I have a new job! I'm very excited to continue my work in the climate sphere by joining the communications team at @climateinstitute.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I have a new job! I'm very excited to continue my work in the climate sphere by joining the communications team at @climateinstitute.bsky.social
A comprehensive tool for all the folks out there who want to help tackle climate change but don't know where to start:
The Explorer is live. It’s free. And it’s built to help anyone — from investors to practitioners to community leaders — focus on the solutions that matter most.
👉 Explore today: www.drawdown.org/explorer
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
#DrawdownExplorer #ClimateSolutions #ProjectDrawdown
👉 Explore today: www.drawdown.org/explorer
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
#DrawdownExplorer #ClimateSolutions #ProjectDrawdown
September 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A comprehensive tool for all the folks out there who want to help tackle climate change but don't know where to start: