Cindy 🇨🇦
@thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
Public well-being must include sustainability: #environment + social inclusion. It's foundational for civil society, income equality, and good governance.
#climatechange #sustainablecities #sustainablefood #architecture
#climatechange #sustainablecities #sustainablefood #architecture
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“These cuts strip away science-based expertise on climate change, forest fires, and sustainable resource management,” said Shimen Fayad, UHEW national president. “Canada’s climate — and future generations — will feel the impact.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/n...
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“These cuts strip away science-based expertise on climate change, forest fires, and sustainable resource management,” said Shimen Fayad, UHEW national president. “Canada’s climate — and future generations — will feel the impact.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/n...
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This is the Japanese Puffer Fish - one of #nature's greatest artists. To grab a female’s attention, he creates something that defies belief.
Nature is more amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #rewilding #biodiversity
Nature is more amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #rewilding #biodiversity
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is the Japanese Puffer Fish - one of #nature's greatest artists. To grab a female’s attention, he creates something that defies belief.
Nature is more amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #rewilding #biodiversity
Nature is more amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #rewilding #biodiversity
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Worse than Harper.
"Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years."
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
"Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years."
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj: Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Worse than Harper.
"Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years."
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
"Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years."
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Methane is a planet killer.
Canada gave millions to big oil for methane reduction. They used is as a subsidy for oil production.
Mark Carney should not have given Big Oil a break on methane obligations.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=phu2...
Canada gave millions to big oil for methane reduction. They used is as a subsidy for oil production.
Mark Carney should not have given Big Oil a break on methane obligations.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=phu2...
Charlie Angus - Environment Commissioner: Was Methane Reduction Plan a Giant ATM for Big Oil?
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Methane is a planet killer.
Canada gave millions to big oil for methane reduction. They used is as a subsidy for oil production.
Mark Carney should not have given Big Oil a break on methane obligations.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=phu2...
Canada gave millions to big oil for methane reduction. They used is as a subsidy for oil production.
Mark Carney should not have given Big Oil a break on methane obligations.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=phu2...
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‘Glaring Loophole’ Leaves LNG Start-Ups Underestimating Gas Flaring, Study Finds www.theenergymix.com/glaring-loop...
‘Glaring Loophole’ Leaves LNG Start-Ups Underestimating Gas Flaring, Study Finds
Most environmental assessments ignore start-up flaring at LNG export facilities, but the waste gas emissions in this phase emit far more pollution than reported and threaten nearby communities, a new ...
www.theenergymix.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
‘Glaring Loophole’ Leaves LNG Start-Ups Underestimating Gas Flaring, Study Finds www.theenergymix.com/glaring-loop...
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We simply need better people entering politics - people who work their way up from the grassroots thru sustained work & volunteering in the neighbourhoods & communities where they hope to cooperatively govern with other community-minded people. Vancouver Council had many such pols in the 1980s.
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
We simply need better people entering politics - people who work their way up from the grassroots thru sustained work & volunteering in the neighbourhoods & communities where they hope to cooperatively govern with other community-minded people. Vancouver Council had many such pols in the 1980s.
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Ken Sim was there in person to witness this.
That's right. The Mayor who just forced through an austerity budget couldn't resist a junket to D.C. to be part of today's Spectacle.
Oct. 17, 2026, ABC Eviction Day, can't come soon enough!
www.votecope.ca/donate
#vanpoli
That's right. The Mayor who just forced through an austerity budget couldn't resist a junket to D.C. to be part of today's Spectacle.
Oct. 17, 2026, ABC Eviction Day, can't come soon enough!
www.votecope.ca/donate
#vanpoli
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Ken Sim was there in person to witness this.
That's right. The Mayor who just forced through an austerity budget couldn't resist a junket to D.C. to be part of today's Spectacle.
Oct. 17, 2026, ABC Eviction Day, can't come soon enough!
www.votecope.ca/donate
#vanpoli
That's right. The Mayor who just forced through an austerity budget couldn't resist a junket to D.C. to be part of today's Spectacle.
Oct. 17, 2026, ABC Eviction Day, can't come soon enough!
www.votecope.ca/donate
#vanpoli
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Nearly 500 people joined The Narwhal this week to unpack the politics, process and potential impacts of Mark Carney’s major projects push.
Catch a recording of that event, plus more updates on Canada’s fast-tracking efforts, in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-m...
Catch a recording of that event, plus more updates on Canada’s fast-tracking efforts, in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-m...
News on the fast track | The Narwhal
Nearly 500 people joined The Narwhal this week to talk about Canada’s push for major projects — and the fast-tracking news just keeps on coming
thenarwhal.ca
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Nearly 500 people joined The Narwhal this week to unpack the politics, process and potential impacts of Mark Carney’s major projects push.
Catch a recording of that event, plus more updates on Canada’s fast-tracking efforts, in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-m...
Catch a recording of that event, plus more updates on Canada’s fast-tracking efforts, in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-m...
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10-dimensional chess, y'all.
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
10-dimensional chess, y'all.
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We published our AI policy yesterday. It affirms our commitment to human-made writing, photography and illustrations. #journalism #localnews You can read more here: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
The Tyee Has a New AI Policy | The Tyee
Long story short: We’re mostly taking a pass on the robots.
thetyee.ca
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We published our AI policy yesterday. It affirms our commitment to human-made writing, photography and illustrations. #journalism #localnews You can read more here: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
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NEW: Firing workers 3 weeks before Christmas!
This is who Ken Sim and ABC are.
We'll keep fighting against these cuts to jobs and public services.
Next year we're going to beat these bullies and make Vancouver a Solidarity City.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
@seanorr.bsky.social #vanpoli
This is who Ken Sim and ABC are.
We'll keep fighting against these cuts to jobs and public services.
Next year we're going to beat these bullies and make Vancouver a Solidarity City.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
@seanorr.bsky.social #vanpoli
City of Vancouver lays off dozens of staff following property tax freeze
The City of Vancouver has notified approximately 30 non-unionized staff members that their roles will be ending, according to an email from the city manager.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
NEW: Firing workers 3 weeks before Christmas!
This is who Ken Sim and ABC are.
We'll keep fighting against these cuts to jobs and public services.
Next year we're going to beat these bullies and make Vancouver a Solidarity City.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
@seanorr.bsky.social #vanpoli
This is who Ken Sim and ABC are.
We'll keep fighting against these cuts to jobs and public services.
Next year we're going to beat these bullies and make Vancouver a Solidarity City.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
@seanorr.bsky.social #vanpoli
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'Twas weeks before Christmas
And staff at the City
Checked stockings for pink slips
Such a Holiday pity...
"'Tis best for our budget!" laughed our malevolent hero
"More layoffs to come, 'cause Zero Means Zero!"
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
And staff at the City
Checked stockings for pink slips
Such a Holiday pity...
"'Tis best for our budget!" laughed our malevolent hero
"More layoffs to come, 'cause Zero Means Zero!"
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
'Twas weeks before Christmas
And staff at the City
Checked stockings for pink slips
Such a Holiday pity...
"'Tis best for our budget!" laughed our malevolent hero
"More layoffs to come, 'cause Zero Means Zero!"
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
And staff at the City
Checked stockings for pink slips
Such a Holiday pity...
"'Tis best for our budget!" laughed our malevolent hero
"More layoffs to come, 'cause Zero Means Zero!"
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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PM Carney subsidizes Big Oil to pump carbon to increase production.
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Climate change advisers quit over Carney government’s energy deal with Alberta
Two departing members of Canada's Net-Zero Advisory Body say the Carney government is shredding any hope the country will meet its climate goals.
www.thestar.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
PM Carney subsidizes Big Oil to pump carbon to increase production.
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Ottawa and Alberta have struck a deal paving the way for a tar sands pipeline to BC’s coast — a deal that tramples Indigenous rights, puts BC’s coastline at risk, and locks us into a sunsetting industry.
Add your name to our petition: no supertankers on BC’s coast. leadnow.ca/campaigns/sa...
Add your name to our petition: no supertankers on BC’s coast. leadnow.ca/campaigns/sa...
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Ottawa and Alberta have struck a deal paving the way for a tar sands pipeline to BC’s coast — a deal that tramples Indigenous rights, puts BC’s coastline at risk, and locks us into a sunsetting industry.
Add your name to our petition: no supertankers on BC’s coast. leadnow.ca/campaigns/sa...
Add your name to our petition: no supertankers on BC’s coast. leadnow.ca/campaigns/sa...
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.@Eavor's German Pilot Project Proves Potential for Global Scaling of Canadian Geothermal Tech
#Alberta drilling tech dazzles in Munich suburb.
Makes electricity, heat for homes as planned, on budget.
Make Eavor a PoNI, @mark-carney.bsky.social.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/wIir2fm4HZk
#Alberta drilling tech dazzles in Munich suburb.
Makes electricity, heat for homes as planned, on budget.
Make Eavor a PoNI, @mark-carney.bsky.social.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/wIir2fm4HZk
Eavor's German Pilot Project Proves Potential for Global Scaling of Canadian Geothermal Tech
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
.@Eavor's German Pilot Project Proves Potential for Global Scaling of Canadian Geothermal Tech
#Alberta drilling tech dazzles in Munich suburb.
Makes electricity, heat for homes as planned, on budget.
Make Eavor a PoNI, @mark-carney.bsky.social.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/wIir2fm4HZk
#Alberta drilling tech dazzles in Munich suburb.
Makes electricity, heat for homes as planned, on budget.
Make Eavor a PoNI, @mark-carney.bsky.social.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/wIir2fm4HZk
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The word 'retrofit' is insufficient to explain the programs Vancouver's ABC party is cutting, said planning Holly Caggiano, a professor at UBC. "It kind of makes it sound like this is a luxury, but cooling and living in a safe home is a human right." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
Vancouver cuts to housing retrofits will be 'responsible for lost lives'
Funding for the city's existing buildings retrofit program was nixed in a last-minute amendment brought forward by ABC Councillor Lenny Zhou to Mayor Ken Sim's controversial 2026 budget.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The word 'retrofit' is insufficient to explain the programs Vancouver's ABC party is cutting, said planning Holly Caggiano, a professor at UBC. "It kind of makes it sound like this is a luxury, but cooling and living in a safe home is a human right." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
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The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.
Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal
Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.
Add'l last-min. amendment to controversial #Vancouver 2026 Budget #VanPoli
Mayor Sim, ABC Party + allies cut $8.2 million from existing retrofit program. It currently makes rental bldgs less polluting & safer during climate disasters #BCheatwave #BCheatdome
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
Mayor Sim, ABC Party + allies cut $8.2 million from existing retrofit program. It currently makes rental bldgs less polluting & safer during climate disasters #BCheatwave #BCheatdome
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
Vancouver cuts to housing retrofits will be 'responsible for lost lives'
Funding for the city's existing buildings retrofit program was nixed in a last-minute amendment brought forward by ABC Councillor Lenny Zhou to Mayor Ken Sim's controversial 2026 budget.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Add'l last-min. amendment to controversial #Vancouver 2026 Budget #VanPoli
Mayor Sim, ABC Party + allies cut $8.2 million from existing retrofit program. It currently makes rental bldgs less polluting & safer during climate disasters #BCheatwave #BCheatdome
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
Mayor Sim, ABC Party + allies cut $8.2 million from existing retrofit program. It currently makes rental bldgs less polluting & safer during climate disasters #BCheatwave #BCheatdome
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
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The world’s primary forests are more than just trees. They are elders of the Earth, older than any human story, sheltering species we have yet to see, breathing life into the world around us.
Protect the irreplaceable.
Protect the irreplaceable.
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The world’s primary forests are more than just trees. They are elders of the Earth, older than any human story, sheltering species we have yet to see, breathing life into the world around us.
Protect the irreplaceable.
Protect the irreplaceable.
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You are, right now, paying Big Oil's $900 annual pollution tax, in the form of higher home insurance, higher health insurance, and higher electric bills for more air conditioning. These costs disproportionately burden the poor and will keep rising as long as the fossil fuel industry exists.
Climate Change Is Already Costing U.S. Households Up to $900 Per Year
A new working paper from a trio of eminent economists tallies the effects of warming — particularly extreme weather — on Americans’ budgets.
heatmap.news
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
You are, right now, paying Big Oil's $900 annual pollution tax, in the form of higher home insurance, higher health insurance, and higher electric bills for more air conditioning. These costs disproportionately burden the poor and will keep rising as long as the fossil fuel industry exists.
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The new American dream: Buy a house, make it a home, save for the future, lose it all to a predictable climate disaster you weren't warned about because damage from Big Oil's pollution is now hurting real estate agent commissions!
Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
Site deletes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The new American dream: Buy a house, make it a home, save for the future, lose it all to a predictable climate disaster you weren't warned about because damage from Big Oil's pollution is now hurting real estate agent commissions!
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Canada should do this. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Norway to examine scenarios for post-oil economy
Norway said Wednesday it will set up a commission to study potential scenarios for the country’s post-oil economy, a commitment the Greens Party secured in exchange for backing the government’s 2026 b...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Canada should do this. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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This is the technofix Carney's so excited about:
World’s largest CCS project hits new low on amount of carbon captured and stored
Not only has Chevron's Gorgon failed to hit its targets, its performance has declined significantly over time
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
World’s largest CCS project hits new low on amount of carbon captured and stored
Not only has Chevron's Gorgon failed to hit its targets, its performance has declined significantly over time
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is the technofix Carney's so excited about:
World’s largest CCS project hits new low on amount of carbon captured and stored
Not only has Chevron's Gorgon failed to hit its targets, its performance has declined significantly over time
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
World’s largest CCS project hits new low on amount of carbon captured and stored
Not only has Chevron's Gorgon failed to hit its targets, its performance has declined significantly over time
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
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Emissions from #LNG Canada Phase 1 and 2 are expected to be equal to adding 900,000 cars to the road.
Expanding LNG in Canada won't lower domestic emissions + is not a climate solution for trading partners abroad.
🆕 explainer:
www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
Expanding LNG in Canada won't lower domestic emissions + is not a climate solution for trading partners abroad.
🆕 explainer:
www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Emissions from #LNG Canada Phase 1 and 2 are expected to be equal to adding 900,000 cars to the road.
Expanding LNG in Canada won't lower domestic emissions + is not a climate solution for trading partners abroad.
🆕 explainer:
www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
Expanding LNG in Canada won't lower domestic emissions + is not a climate solution for trading partners abroad.
🆕 explainer:
www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
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@pattyhajdu.bsky.social
'main reason (food inflation) is beef producers in drought-hit regions (climate change) cut back herd sizes, reducing cattle coming to market, pushing prices higher'
A carbon tax isn't even mentioned as cause.
Poilievre is lying to Canadians.
www.ctvnews.ca/business/inf...
'main reason (food inflation) is beef producers in drought-hit regions (climate change) cut back herd sizes, reducing cattle coming to market, pushing prices higher'
A carbon tax isn't even mentioned as cause.
Poilievre is lying to Canadians.
www.ctvnews.ca/business/inf...
How much more the average Canadian family is expected to spend on food in 2026
The latest Food Price Report produced by several Canadian universities is projecting an average family of four will pay more for food in 2026 than this year because of issues like trade and climate ch...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@pattyhajdu.bsky.social
'main reason (food inflation) is beef producers in drought-hit regions (climate change) cut back herd sizes, reducing cattle coming to market, pushing prices higher'
A carbon tax isn't even mentioned as cause.
Poilievre is lying to Canadians.
www.ctvnews.ca/business/inf...
'main reason (food inflation) is beef producers in drought-hit regions (climate change) cut back herd sizes, reducing cattle coming to market, pushing prices higher'
A carbon tax isn't even mentioned as cause.
Poilievre is lying to Canadians.
www.ctvnews.ca/business/inf...