Andrew Gage
@singingwithin.bsky.social
Environmental Lawyer, Quaker, Dad, Canadian. Not necessarily in that order.
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Coquitlam #SueBigOil supporters gathered at Coquitlam City Hall today to urge @cityofcoquitlam to explore recovering a fair share of the city’s costs from the world’s largest polluters instead of passing those costs on to taxpayers.
July 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Coquitlam #SueBigOil supporters gathered at Coquitlam City Hall today to urge @cityofcoquitlam to explore recovering a fair share of the city’s costs from the world’s largest polluters instead of passing those costs on to taxpayers.
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1/2 Well, #BillC-5 just passed in the #SenateofCanada without amendments, but with a government commitment to amend it in the fall to ensure the public registry includes info about how projects will contribute to clean growth and to meeting Canada's climate objectives.
June 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
1/2 Well, #BillC-5 just passed in the #SenateofCanada without amendments, but with a government commitment to amend it in the fall to ensure the public registry includes info about how projects will contribute to clean growth and to meeting Canada's climate objectives.
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New blog: BC and Multnomah County, Oregon are both taking global consultancy McKinsey & Co. to court, raising big questions about the legal accountability of consultants & PR firms that mislead the public and lie about dangerous products. West Coast Lawyer @singingwithin.bsky.social gets into it 👇
What an opioid lawsuit tells us about climate deception
The BC Supreme Court has allowed the Province’s case against McKinsey to proceed as a class action, finding potential links between the company’s opioid-related misinformation and harm in BC. It raise...
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June 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New blog: BC and Multnomah County, Oregon are both taking global consultancy McKinsey & Co. to court, raising big questions about the legal accountability of consultants & PR firms that mislead the public and lie about dangerous products. West Coast Lawyer @singingwithin.bsky.social gets into it 👇
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It's like the Leap Manifesto 2025, from 170 municipal leaders representing 10 million Canadians!
We need powerlines, not pipelines.
Big bold projects using Canadian resources to "create hundreds of thousands of good local jobs in cities, rural, and Indigenous communities."
elbowsupforclimate.ca
We need powerlines, not pipelines.
Big bold projects using Canadian resources to "create hundreds of thousands of good local jobs in cities, rural, and Indigenous communities."
elbowsupforclimate.ca
Elbows Up For Climate
Elected local leaders from across Canada are uniting to say Elbows Up for Climate. This is the moment to protect our country from the dual threats of tariffs and climate change.
elbowsupforclimate.ca
April 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's like the Leap Manifesto 2025, from 170 municipal leaders representing 10 million Canadians!
We need powerlines, not pipelines.
Big bold projects using Canadian resources to "create hundreds of thousands of good local jobs in cities, rural, and Indigenous communities."
elbowsupforclimate.ca
We need powerlines, not pipelines.
Big bold projects using Canadian resources to "create hundreds of thousands of good local jobs in cities, rural, and Indigenous communities."
elbowsupforclimate.ca
Went to #ESS All Candidates Meeting last night. Green, NDP, Lib candidates all great, but CPC was a no show. They said prior commitment, but I think candidate Grant Cool didn't bother to come all the way from Uplands. #election2025 #CdnPoli #GreenParty #NDP #LPC #CPC
April 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Went to #ESS All Candidates Meeting last night. Green, NDP, Lib candidates all great, but CPC was a no show. They said prior commitment, but I think candidate Grant Cool didn't bother to come all the way from Uplands. #election2025 #CdnPoli #GreenParty #NDP #LPC #CPC
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AND AS A REBATE PROGRAM, ITS EITHER REVENUE NEUTRAL OR A NET FINANCIAL BENEFIT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF CANADIANS!
(is this mic on?)
(is this mic on?)
Canadians: “We must fight climate change!”
Trudeau: “Right! Here’s the smallest possible tax, one that will mostly impact industrial polluters.”
Canadians: “Fuck you, dictator!”
😐
Trudeau: “Right! Here’s the smallest possible tax, one that will mostly impact industrial polluters.”
Canadians: “Fuck you, dictator!”
😐
No matter what happens with the Canadian Federal election, one thing will be true — a significant % of Canadian voters & media will have been successfully manipulated to oppose a beneficial carbon pricing approach that was either revenue-neutral or financially beneficial to almost all Canadians…1/2
January 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
AND AS A REBATE PROGRAM, ITS EITHER REVENUE NEUTRAL OR A NET FINANCIAL BENEFIT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF CANADIANS!
(is this mic on?)
(is this mic on?)
Was surprised and delighted to see a sea otter swimming of of Macaulay Point in Esquimalt this morning. Too far for any good pictures on my phone. Never seen one live before, and they haven't lived here in generations.
January 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Was surprised and delighted to see a sea otter swimming of of Macaulay Point in Esquimalt this morning. Too far for any good pictures on my phone. Never seen one live before, and they haven't lived here in generations.
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I love that the lawyer who connected climate attribution to health risk science is one of @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s 10 people who shaped science in 2024.
She led the lawsuit against the Swiss govt for violating the rights of older women by failing to take steps to prevent climate change.
She led the lawsuit against the Swiss govt for violating the rights of older women by failing to take steps to prevent climate change.
The climate-crusading lawyer who sued Switzerland over global warming — and won
Cordelia Bähr is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024.
www.nature.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I love that the lawyer who connected climate attribution to health risk science is one of @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s 10 people who shaped science in 2024.
She led the lawsuit against the Swiss govt for violating the rights of older women by failing to take steps to prevent climate change.
She led the lawsuit against the Swiss govt for violating the rights of older women by failing to take steps to prevent climate change.
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Good.
Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law requiring companies that are big fossil fuel polluters to help pay to repair damage caused by extreme weather.
Hochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Good.
Calling all communications folks. Interested in working on #climatechange with @wcelaw.bsky.social and @suebigoil.bsky.social? Come join us. #Greenjobs #Communications www.wcel.org/job-posting/....
Senior Communications & Engagement Specialist – Climate Change | West Coast Environmental Law
This is an immediate opening for a full-time (five days/week) staff position working at our Vancouver office or remotely from a BC location. This position is a one-year contract with the potential for...
www.wcel.org
December 19, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Calling all communications folks. Interested in working on #climatechange with @wcelaw.bsky.social and @suebigoil.bsky.social? Come join us. #Greenjobs #Communications www.wcel.org/job-posting/....
Good news for the youth bringing similar #climatechange cases in Canada. #Cdnpoli
“Montana’s top court held that the state’s constitution guaranteed a right to a stable climate system and invalidated a law barring regulators from considering the effects of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects”
Montana supreme court upholds right to ‘stable climate system’ for youngsters | Montana | The Guardian
Court rules in favor of 16 young people who said their health and prospects were being imperiled by climate crisis
amp.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Good news for the youth bringing similar #climatechange cases in Canada. #Cdnpoli
While most discussions of which sectors contribute to #climatechange and #GHGEmissions focus on end-users, this @worldresources.bsky.social series of graphs shows that 75.7% of global emissions are from fossil fuels & less than 1/4 from other sources. #SueBigOil www.wri.org/insights/4-c...
Where Do Emissions Come From? 4 Charts Explain Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are rapidly warming the planet. But where do they come from? WRI experts explain which sectors emit the most GHGs.
www.wri.org
December 18, 2024 at 12:52 AM
While most discussions of which sectors contribute to #climatechange and #GHGEmissions focus on end-users, this @worldresources.bsky.social series of graphs shows that 75.7% of global emissions are from fossil fuels & less than 1/4 from other sources. #SueBigOil www.wri.org/insights/4-c...
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Love it when people use their own words and mediums to explain why their community needs to #SueBigOil. We can't afford the alternative. #BCPoli #StopMotion #Animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qm9...
Sue Big Oil stop-motion animation
YouTube video by Sarah Connolly
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December 17, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Love it when people use their own words and mediums to explain why their community needs to #SueBigOil. We can't afford the alternative. #BCPoli #StopMotion #Animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qm9...
Looking forward to watching it.
Hollywood has struggled to come up with a climate movie or TV show that isn't a dystopian thriller or obtuse metaphor.
So I'm thrilled that @macpherzone.bsky.social will be adapting my book about oil companies covering up climate secrets for New Pictures.
deadline.com/2024/12/geof...
So I'm thrilled that @macpherzone.bsky.social will be adapting my book about oil companies covering up climate secrets for New Pictures.
deadline.com/2024/12/geof...
‘The Rig’ Creator Adapting Geoff Dembicki’s Bombshell Investigation Into Fossil Fuel Companies & Climate Change For TV
Geoff Dembicki's 'The Petroleum Papers' is being adapted for TV by 'The Rig' creator David MacPherson.
deadline.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Looking forward to watching it.
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“The right to self-determination is a cornerstone of the international legal order,” Aguon told the 15 judges on the ICJ. “Yet climate change, and the conduct responsible for it, has already infringed the right to self-determination for the many peoples of Melanesia.”
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This Indigenous attorney is fighting for climate justice in the world's highest court
Growing up on Guam, Julian Aguon saw the law used against Indigenous peoples. Now he's fighting back.
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December 16, 2024 at 2:37 PM
“The right to self-determination is a cornerstone of the international legal order,” Aguon told the 15 judges on the ICJ. “Yet climate change, and the conduct responsible for it, has already infringed the right to self-determination for the many peoples of Melanesia.”
grist.org/indigenous/j...
grist.org/indigenous/j...
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"Contrary to the notion that it’s the public resisting the transition to clean energy, McKenna lays out clearly — from the vantage point of a person with a seat at the table — that the real resistance is coming from the fossil fuel industry."
#cdnpoli #Canada 🇨🇦 #ableg
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
#cdnpoli #Canada 🇨🇦 #ableg
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Linda McQuaig: Our leaders rarely acknowledge the grip Big Oil has on Canada. That’s why what Catherine McKenna did was so striking
Catherine McKenna’s willingness to break the cone of silence of political leaders and clearly identify the obstructionist role played by the immensely powerful oil lobby demonstrates the kind of coura...
www.thestar.com
December 14, 2024 at 1:24 AM
"Contrary to the notion that it’s the public resisting the transition to clean energy, McKenna lays out clearly — from the vantage point of a person with a seat at the table — that the real resistance is coming from the fossil fuel industry."
#cdnpoli #Canada 🇨🇦 #ableg
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
#cdnpoli #Canada 🇨🇦 #ableg
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
An excellent piece by a thoughtful woman who acknowledges when she was wrong.
Many were looking to access my recent Toronto Star piece - I've posted it here: www.climateandnature.com/media/opinio...
December 14, 2024 at 2:51 AM
An excellent piece by a thoughtful woman who acknowledges when she was wrong.
Anyone have good suggestions for an explainer video (5-10 minutes in length) on the many ways that #climatechange is costing local governments and driving done of the increases in municipal taxes we've been seeing (and expect to see)? #cdnpoli #localgov
December 14, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Anyone have good suggestions for an explainer video (5-10 minutes in length) on the many ways that #climatechange is costing local governments and driving done of the increases in municipal taxes we've been seeing (and expect to see)? #cdnpoli #localgov
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Major investigation of offsets projects ('carbon markets') shows only 16% of carbon credits issued constitute real emission reductions
Yet countries agreed major new C markets at #COP29 with no obvious tightening of standards
Vast majority of offsetting is a scam
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yet countries agreed major new C markets at #COP29 with no obvious tightening of standards
Vast majority of offsetting is a scam
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Systematic assessment of the achieved emission reductions of carbon crediting projects - Nature Communications
Carbon markets are key in climate strategies, but only 16% of carbon credits represent real emission reductions, based on a study of 2,346 projects. Reforms are needed to improve the effectiveness of ...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Major investigation of offsets projects ('carbon markets') shows only 16% of carbon credits issued constitute real emission reductions
Yet countries agreed major new C markets at #COP29 with no obvious tightening of standards
Vast majority of offsetting is a scam
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yet countries agreed major new C markets at #COP29 with no obvious tightening of standards
Vast majority of offsetting is a scam
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I thought hard about how to express what needs to be said. The climate crisis is accelerating as is energy transition. 🇨🇦 is blessed with natural & human resources to build the future. But the oil sands are taking us for fools. Time to be on the right side of history. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
As environment minister, I thought we had forged an unlikely alliance to save the planet. It turned out to be a sham
Former Canadian environment minister Catherine McKenna on what she learned in four years leading Canada’s fight against climate change
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I thought hard about how to express what needs to be said. The climate crisis is accelerating as is energy transition. 🇨🇦 is blessed with natural & human resources to build the future. But the oil sands are taking us for fools. Time to be on the right side of history. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Climate change is driving up insurance premiums. Would be good to have this data for Canada. @insurancebureau.bsky.social @climateinstitute.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Cdnpoli
How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized
‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Climate change is driving up insurance premiums. Would be good to have this data for Canada. @insurancebureau.bsky.social @climateinstitute.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Cdnpoli
Question for Cdn Environment Minister @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social: The law required Canada's 2035 target for reducing #GHG emissions to be set by Dec 1 (2 days ago). What is it? Where can I find it? #missing #climatechange #cdnpoli
December 3, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Question for Cdn Environment Minister @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social: The law required Canada's 2035 target for reducing #GHG emissions to be set by Dec 1 (2 days ago). What is it? Where can I find it? #missing #climatechange #cdnpoli
"Companies put short-term profits over the health of our communities ... not because they are run by "bad" people; [but] because they are rewarded financially and avoid paying the costly climate impacts caused by their products." #SueBigOil #bcpoli www.squamishchief.com/opinion/squa...
Squamish letter: Oil and gas should pay
'Squamish cannot afford to pay the mounting costs of climate change alone, and the planet cannot afford for oil and gas companies to continue to duck the responsibility for their products.'
www.squamishchief.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:25 PM
"Companies put short-term profits over the health of our communities ... not because they are run by "bad" people; [but] because they are rewarded financially and avoid paying the costly climate impacts caused by their products." #SueBigOil #bcpoli www.squamishchief.com/opinion/squa...