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People are mocking the residents of Red States who overwhelmingly voted Trump/GOP, because they're experiencing massive climate-induced weather catastrophes. Don't. Find a way to turn them into allies. NOAA & FEMA are being gutted & they need help, not recriminations.
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Rising rivers and flash floods threaten waterlogged US communities
Round after round of heavy rains have pounded the central U.S., leading to rapidly rising waterways and prompting a series of flash flood emergencies Friday night in Missouri, Texas and Arkansas.
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April 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
People are mocking the residents of Red States who overwhelmingly voted Trump/GOP, because they're experiencing massive climate-induced weather catastrophes. Don't. Find a way to turn them into allies. NOAA & FEMA are being gutted & they need help, not recriminations.
apnews.com/article/sout...
apnews.com/article/sout...
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
Concerned about fracking, uranium mining, climate change, and biodiversity loss? Me, too. That's why I'm taking part in the Ecology Action Centre's Hike-a-thon this year. If you would like to support the work the EAC is doing, please visit my page.
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The Ecology Action Centre Hike-A-Thon : Make a donation today to support The Ecology Action Centre Hike-A-Thon
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April 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Concerned about fracking, uranium mining, climate change, and biodiversity loss? Me, too. That's why I'm taking part in the Ecology Action Centre's Hike-a-thon this year. If you would like to support the work the EAC is doing, please visit my page.
eac-hike-a-thon.raiselysite.com/lindsay-lee
eac-hike-a-thon.raiselysite.com/lindsay-lee
I'll vote for nature—will you? naturecanada.ca/defend-natur...
Vote for Nature - Nature Canada
Take the pledge to Vote for Nature and elect leaders who will stand for the environment. Use your democratic rights to be a voice for a thriving, healthy planet!
naturecanada.ca
March 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'll vote for nature—will you? naturecanada.ca/defend-natur...
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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
Bill 24, which municipalities call 'tremendously concerning,' is going to the Public Bills Committee (formerly Law Amendments) on Monday. You can email feedback to legc.office@novascotia.ca
The bill will allow the provincial government to override municipal decisions.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The bill will allow the provincial government to override municipal decisions.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Municipalities call for changes to 'tremendously concerning' N.S. transportation bill | CBC News
The advocacy group for Nova Scotia municipalities has asked for changes to a bill that would allow the province to charge towns and regions for new transportation infrastructure, a power that is "trem...
www.cbc.ca
March 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Bill 24, which municipalities call 'tremendously concerning,' is going to the Public Bills Committee (formerly Law Amendments) on Monday. You can email feedback to legc.office@novascotia.ca
The bill will allow the provincial government to override municipal decisions.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The bill will allow the provincial government to override municipal decisions.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"The current situation in the Nova Scotia legislature suggests that Houston has gone well beyond the reasonable expectations of his caucus, his party and, if the recent hearings are any guide, the voting public."
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www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Committee meeting reveals sour mood of Nova Scotians
Letters to the editor of The Chronicle Herald for March 21, 2025.
www.saltwire.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"The current situation in the Nova Scotia legislature suggests that Houston has gone well beyond the reasonable expectations of his caucus, his party and, if the recent hearings are any guide, the voting public."
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
"Despite rigorous criticism, six Nova Scotia government bills have been sent back to the house." (Unchanged)
This is not good governance. This is not consultation. This is not good for Nova Scotia.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
This is not good governance. This is not consultation. This is not good for Nova Scotia.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Majority PC committee rejects motions to revise bills, sends them back to House
Despite rigorous criticism, six Nova Scotia government bills have been sent back to the House from the newly named Public Bills Committee.
www.saltwire.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Despite rigorous criticism, six Nova Scotia government bills have been sent back to the house." (Unchanged)
This is not good governance. This is not consultation. This is not good for Nova Scotia.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
This is not good governance. This is not consultation. This is not good for Nova Scotia.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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How dare you, Scott Armstrong? PC MLA criticizes Ecology Action Centre for receiving some U.S. funding while the Houston government gives U.S.-based industries hundreds of millions of dollars
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
How dare you, Scott Armstrong? PC MLA criticizes Ecology Action Centre for receiving some U.S. funding while the Houston government gives U.S.-based industries hundreds of millions of dollars - Halifa...
Armstrong did not ask Sean Kirby "are you going to continue to accept money coming from the U.S.?" That was literally an unthinkable question to ask the "expert."
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
March 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
How dare you, Scott Armstrong? PC MLA criticizes Ecology Action Centre for receiving some U.S. funding while the Houston government gives U.S.-based industries hundreds of millions of dollars
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
The silence of DNR: trying in vain to get answers about fracking from the N.S. Department of Natural Resources www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...
The silence of DNR: trying in vain to get answers about fracking from the N.S. Department of Natural Resources - Halifax Examiner
This article was supposed to have been about fracking and how it is going to be regulated in Nova Scotia, now that Premier Tim Houston’s government has decided to lift the ban on hydraulic fracturing ...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
March 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The silence of DNR: trying in vain to get answers about fracking from the N.S. Department of Natural Resources www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...
Happening today! I know the weather isn't great, but neither is autocracy. 😳
Nova Scotia deserves better than these Trumpian tactics.
1726 Hollis Street, Halifax. Noon.
Nova Scotia deserves better than these Trumpian tactics.
1726 Hollis Street, Halifax. Noon.
March 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happening today! I know the weather isn't great, but neither is autocracy. 😳
Nova Scotia deserves better than these Trumpian tactics.
1726 Hollis Street, Halifax. Noon.
Nova Scotia deserves better than these Trumpian tactics.
1726 Hollis Street, Halifax. Noon.
Don't let the anti-media bias spread here, by John DeMont
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
JOHN DeMONT: Don't let the anti-media bias spread here
These are dark times for the media everywhere, writes John DeMont.
www.saltwire.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Don't let the anti-media bias spread here, by John DeMont
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
The protection of our democracy and our environment both require our active participation. There's too much on the line to sit this one out.
Rally Wednesday at noon
Province House
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Rally Wednesday at noon
Province House
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March 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The protection of our democracy and our environment both require our active participation. There's too much on the line to sit this one out.
Rally Wednesday at noon
Province House
www.facebook.com/share/15nT9v...
Rally Wednesday at noon
Province House
www.facebook.com/share/15nT9v...
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Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government - Halifax Examiner
This is not about one election or another. Governments come and go, left, right, and centre. But never before have previous governments, even super-majority governments, made such radical changes in t...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
February 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
Maintain the Independent Status of the Auditor General in Nova Scotia
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February 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Long story short: we're seeing democracy itself dismantled in the province that brought responsible government to Canada.
February 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Long story short: we're seeing democracy itself dismantled in the province that brought responsible government to Canada.
"Resource extraction is not a strategy - it is an act of desperation, a surrender to the idea that a region’s only value is in what can be taken from it."
- John Wesley Chisholm
Digging Ourselves Into a Hole: The Predictable Scam of Rural Resource Hype:
thebeens.substack.com/p/digging-ou...
- John Wesley Chisholm
Digging Ourselves Into a Hole: The Predictable Scam of Rural Resource Hype:
thebeens.substack.com/p/digging-ou...
Digging Ourselves Into a Hole: The Predictable Scam of Rural Resource Hype
Advancemen, Economics, and the Grinding Inevitable Predictability of How All This Works Out. Why Chasing Resource Riches Is the Past, Not the Plan
thebeens.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Resource extraction is not a strategy - it is an act of desperation, a surrender to the idea that a region’s only value is in what can be taken from it."
- John Wesley Chisholm
Digging Ourselves Into a Hole: The Predictable Scam of Rural Resource Hype:
thebeens.substack.com/p/digging-ou...
- John Wesley Chisholm
Digging Ourselves Into a Hole: The Predictable Scam of Rural Resource Hype:
thebeens.substack.com/p/digging-ou...
“The government will bring in and develop regulations that enable development while ensuring we protect the environment."
In other news, 2+2 now equals 5.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
In other news, 2+2 now equals 5.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
N.S. government pushes resource development in throne speech
The Nova Scotia government opened a new legislature session Friday with a throne speech focused on a push toward resource development.
www.saltwire.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“The government will bring in and develop regulations that enable development while ensuring we protect the environment."
In other news, 2+2 now equals 5.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
In other news, 2+2 now equals 5.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
CTV currently has a poll up about "Should provinces focus more on developing their natural resources?" (aka increase resource extraction from profit while our communities & planet pay the price)
xp.audience.io/poll/1732057
xp.audience.io/poll/1732057
January 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
CTV currently has a poll up about "Should provinces focus more on developing their natural resources?" (aka increase resource extraction from profit while our communities & planet pay the price)
xp.audience.io/poll/1732057
xp.audience.io/poll/1732057