Britt Roscoe
@nsblr.bsky.social
off grid rural denizen in Nova Scotia
It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg
Build a People’s Power Grid
We're calling on the Carney government to deliver a People’s Power Grid, an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast.
act.350.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg
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Could ‘Plan México’ be the guide for ‘Plan Canada’? #canpoli
Could ‘Plan México’ be the guide for ‘Plan Canada’
As Mark Carney prepares to present the national budget, he could learn a thing or two from Mexico and their Plan México
rabble.ca
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Could ‘Plan México’ be the guide for ‘Plan Canada’? #canpoli
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Nova Scotia: The world’s next energy superpower? Not so fast
by Larry Hughes
by Larry Hughes
Nova Scotia: The world’s next energy superpower? Not so fast - Halifax Examiner
Our new energy minister should use Wind West (coupled with batteries to handle wind’s variability) to meet some of Nova Scotia’s future electricity requirements.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Nova Scotia: The world’s next energy superpower? Not so fast
by Larry Hughes
by Larry Hughes
It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg
Build a People’s Power Grid
We're calling on the Carney government to deliver a People’s Power Grid, an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast.
act.350.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg
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Welcome to Big Tech, corporate-owned chatbots, and the totalitarian fantasy of AI gurus
commentary from @tjheffernan.bsky.social
commentary from @tjheffernan.bsky.social
Welcome to Big Tech, corporate-owned chatbots, and the totalitarian fantasy of AI gurus - Halifax Examiner
Sam Altman notes that GenAI blurs the border between the authentic and the artificial, and this is the point: democracy cannot function without truth, reality, expertise, and facts, and the AI industr...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Welcome to Big Tech, corporate-owned chatbots, and the totalitarian fantasy of AI gurus
commentary from @tjheffernan.bsky.social
commentary from @tjheffernan.bsky.social
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Tim Houston and his yes-men are yesterday’s men, gearing up for an assault on the environment, and those who would protect it
commentary by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
commentary by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
Tim Houston and his yes-men are yesterday’s men, gearing up for an assault on the environment, and those who would protect it - Halifax Examiner
Not even a year into his second mandate as premier, Houston is proving himself to be yesterday’s man, surrounded by yes-men with yesterday’s plans, which weaken democracy and spell climate and environ...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Tim Houston and his yes-men are yesterday’s men, gearing up for an assault on the environment, and those who would protect it
commentary by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
commentary by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
Looking at you @MarkJCarney to deliver Homes For All in Budget 2025 👀
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📣 Say it with us: the rent is TOO DAMN HIGH.
That’s why we are fighting for #HomesForAll — and demanding the government invest in housing solutions that work for us.
Share this video, then join the Homes for All campaign 👉 leadnow.ca/HomesForAll
@350canada.bsky.social @smallchangefund.bsky.social
That’s why we are fighting for #HomesForAll — and demanding the government invest in housing solutions that work for us.
Share this video, then join the Homes for All campaign 👉 leadnow.ca/HomesForAll
@350canada.bsky.social @smallchangefund.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Looking at you @MarkJCarney to deliver Homes For All in Budget 2025 👀
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Who stands to benefit from the gutting of Canada Post?
The billionaire class.
If Mark Carney were really serious about nation-building, Dru OJa Jay writes how the post office could become an engine for green energy, public banking, and better services. breachmedia.ca/canada-post-...
The billionaire class.
If Mark Carney were really serious about nation-building, Dru OJa Jay writes how the post office could become an engine for green energy, public banking, and better services. breachmedia.ca/canada-post-...
Canada Post faces two futures—a revitalized public service or a billionaire cash machine ⋆ The Breach
The Liberal government is dismantling Canada Post for the billionaire class, while ignoring bold proposals from postal workers to reinvent the public service
breachmedia.ca
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Who stands to benefit from the gutting of Canada Post?
The billionaire class.
If Mark Carney were really serious about nation-building, Dru OJa Jay writes how the post office could become an engine for green energy, public banking, and better services. breachmedia.ca/canada-post-...
The billionaire class.
If Mark Carney were really serious about nation-building, Dru OJa Jay writes how the post office could become an engine for green energy, public banking, and better services. breachmedia.ca/canada-post-...
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I’m a citizen scientist working to protect Nova Scotia’s forests. Tim Houston is threatening to put me in jail.
Commentary by Nina Newington
Commentary by Nina Newington
I'm a citizen scientist working to protect Nova Scotia's forests. Tim Houston is threatening to put me in jail. - Halifax Examiner
Jammed into a bill titled the Protecting Nova Scotians Act are amendments to the Crown Lands Act that will do just the opposite. The current law states that “No person, without lawful authority, shall...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I’m a citizen scientist working to protect Nova Scotia’s forests. Tim Houston is threatening to put me in jail.
Commentary by Nina Newington
Commentary by Nina Newington
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Climate change is making heat waves worse. A new study shows how specific companies are fuelling the problem #ClimateCrisis #HeatWaves
Attributing heat waves directly to carbon majors could influence climate litigation
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Attributing heat waves directly to carbon majors could influence climate litigation
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Climate change is making heat waves worse. A new study shows how specific companies are fuelling the problem | CBC News
A new study has linked the deadliest type of disaster — heat waves — directly to major fossil fuel companies and their products.
www.cbc.ca
September 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Climate change is making heat waves worse. A new study shows how specific companies are fuelling the problem #ClimateCrisis #HeatWaves
Attributing heat waves directly to carbon majors could influence climate litigation
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Attributing heat waves directly to carbon majors could influence climate litigation
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Peak Oil for Gen Z: Seven Questions and Answers for a New Generation www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Peak Oil for Gen Z: Seven Questions and Answers for a New Generation
Peak oil calls on us to imagine a lower-energy future and to start adapting now. It’s a game-changer, and a life-changer.
www.resilience.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Peak Oil for Gen Z: Seven Questions and Answers for a New Generation www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
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Retired wildlife biologist on impact of clear-cutting in Cape Breton Highlands
By Bob Bancroft
By Bob Bancroft
Retired wildlife biologist on impact of clear-cutting in Cape Breton Highlands - Halifax Examiner
We are paying $5 million a year to PHP for forestry operations that severely degrade the sites, creating wildlife wastelands instead of ecologically-diverse, naturally fire-resistant habitats on publi...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Retired wildlife biologist on impact of clear-cutting in Cape Breton Highlands
By Bob Bancroft
By Bob Bancroft
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As criticism of Canada’s oligopolies mount, the establishment media is taking another tack—advising elites invest big in them.
Harrison Samphir an @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social analyze how the media is celebrating the benefits of a cost-of-living crisis for everyone else.
Harrison Samphir an @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social analyze how the media is celebrating the benefits of a cost-of-living crisis for everyone else.
Canada’s media is advising elites to invest in oligoplies—and laugh all the way to the bank ⋆ The Breach
The establishment media praises corporate giants as safe bets for investors—while their outsized power helps cause a cost-of-living crisis for Canadians
breachmedia.ca
September 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
As criticism of Canada’s oligopolies mount, the establishment media is taking another tack—advising elites invest big in them.
Harrison Samphir an @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social analyze how the media is celebrating the benefits of a cost-of-living crisis for everyone else.
Harrison Samphir an @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social analyze how the media is celebrating the benefits of a cost-of-living crisis for everyone else.
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Look at the climate change policies of all the other countries with which Canada needs to diversify its trade and they point to embracing greater climate action, not tripping after Trump's retrograde agenda.
Read the latest OpEd by @rjcsmith.bsky.social.
Read the latest OpEd by @rjcsmith.bsky.social.
A fork in the road for the Canadian climate change discussion | Corporate Knights
OPINION | Canada should take its cues for climate policy from its global trading partners, not Donald Trump
www.corporateknights.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Look at the climate change policies of all the other countries with which Canada needs to diversify its trade and they point to embracing greater climate action, not tripping after Trump's retrograde agenda.
Read the latest OpEd by @rjcsmith.bsky.social.
Read the latest OpEd by @rjcsmith.bsky.social.
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Thank you @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the great plug for a Youth Climate Corps:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Linda McQuaig: This is the national project Mark Carney should have chosen
Long considered a luxury for chardonnay-sipping environmentalists, solar energy now has the potential to become the energy choice of beer-drinking workers concerned about the cost of living.
www.thestar.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thank you @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the great plug for a Youth Climate Corps:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
What a Difference a Decade Makes on Voluntary Climate Disclosures: Economist www.theenergymix.com/what-a-diffe...
What a Difference a Decade Makes on Voluntary Climate Disclosures: Economist
In a speech 10 years ago, now-Prime Minister Mark Carney called for international efforts to set voluntary standards to guide business and industry to net-zero. But the United Nations initiatives he c...
www.theenergymix.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
What a Difference a Decade Makes on Voluntary Climate Disclosures: Economist www.theenergymix.com/what-a-diffe...
Wind, Solar, Storage Could Supply 70% of Canada’s New Electricity Capacity, CanREA Outlook Finds www.theenergymix.com/wind-solar-s...
Wind, Solar, Storage Could Supply 70% of Canada’s New Electricity Capacity, CanREA Outlook Finds
A new report projects that if Canada is to meet future electricity demand affordably and reliably, 70% of new capacity through 2050 will come from wind, solar, and battery storage. The analysis highli...
www.theenergymix.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Wind, Solar, Storage Could Supply 70% of Canada’s New Electricity Capacity, CanREA Outlook Finds www.theenergymix.com/wind-solar-s...
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Mark Carney invokes wartime housing as inspiration for his $13B plan. But unlike the 1940s, when Ottawa directly built and managed affordable homes, his approach relies on P3s and market sales—policies that risk deepening, not solving, the housing crisis.
Mark Carney is no wartime homebuilder
Over the past three decades our governments have once again walked away from direct housing provision and, for the third time in a century, allowed the private sector to make a mess of our housing sys...
canadiandimension.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Mark Carney invokes wartime housing as inspiration for his $13B plan. But unlike the 1940s, when Ottawa directly built and managed affordable homes, his approach relies on P3s and market sales—policies that risk deepening, not solving, the housing crisis.
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“Together, we can demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a side: injustice, violence and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.”
#canpoli
#canpoli
Draw the Line: Tell the Carney Government to Pick a Side | The Tyee
For people, for peace, for the planet. An invitation to join the Sept. 20 mass day of action.
thetyee.ca
September 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Together, we can demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a side: injustice, violence and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.”
#canpoli
#canpoli
Canada wants to be an ‘energy superpower,’ but at what cost? New Bill C-5 is sidestepping environmental laws to fast-track dirty energy projects.
Tell #cdnpoli that our strength lies in #climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.Take action ⤵️
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/173069/...
Tell #cdnpoli that our strength lies in #climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.Take action ⤵️
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/173069/...
Canada: Let's Build a Climate-Forward Nation!
Canada wants to become an ‘energy superpower,’ but at what cost? Tell the Carney government that our strength as a country lies in climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.
act.environmentaldefence.ca
September 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Canada wants to be an ‘energy superpower,’ but at what cost? New Bill C-5 is sidestepping environmental laws to fast-track dirty energy projects.
Tell #cdnpoli that our strength lies in #climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.Take action ⤵️
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/173069/...
Tell #cdnpoli that our strength lies in #climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.Take action ⤵️
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/173069/...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is gutting any chance of Canada meeting its greenhouse gas emission goals
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
Prime Minister Mark Carney is gutting any chance of Canada meeting its greenhouse gas emission goals - Halifax Examiner
Why get worked up solely by the Houston government while the Carney government is undermining climate change policies as well?
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney is gutting any chance of Canada meeting its greenhouse gas emission goals
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
I like to think I'm an ethical pessimist.
September 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I like to think I'm an ethical pessimist.
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The carbon budget cries out, "why hast thou forsaken me?"
.. as Canada potentially earmarks 114 BILLION for 5 new oil and gas projects.
.. as Canada potentially earmarks 114 BILLION for 5 new oil and gas projects.
Canada’s $456B Megaprojects List: Building The Past Or Electrifying The Future? - CleanTechnica
The iron law of megaprojects: over budget, over time. Canada’s infrastructure list shows it, but the bigger risk is misalignment with climate goals.
cleantechnica.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The carbon budget cries out, "why hast thou forsaken me?"
.. as Canada potentially earmarks 114 BILLION for 5 new oil and gas projects.
.. as Canada potentially earmarks 114 BILLION for 5 new oil and gas projects.
Reposted by Britt Roscoe
BREAKING: Carney will delay Canada’s 2026 EV mandate, reports say.
The move follows trade war pressures & industry lobbying. EV sales have plunged 50% since rebates were cut, and experts warn scrapping the policy could cost $90B in health impacts.
More on this developing story:
The move follows trade war pressures & industry lobbying. EV sales have plunged 50% since rebates were cut, and experts warn scrapping the policy could cost $90B in health impacts.
More on this developing story:
BREAKING: Canada to Delay 2026 EV Mandate: News Reports
Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce plans today to delay Canada’s 2026 deadline for automakers to bring electric vehicles up to 20% of new vehicle sales, according to news reports this morning.
www.theenergymix.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
BREAKING: Carney will delay Canada’s 2026 EV mandate, reports say.
The move follows trade war pressures & industry lobbying. EV sales have plunged 50% since rebates were cut, and experts warn scrapping the policy could cost $90B in health impacts.
More on this developing story:
The move follows trade war pressures & industry lobbying. EV sales have plunged 50% since rebates were cut, and experts warn scrapping the policy could cost $90B in health impacts.
More on this developing story: