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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE****

@bigclimate.bsky.social
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Co-founding member of the @calgaryclimatehub.ca & host of the #ClimateLens podcast. Posts are my own. #TalkClimate: you're not alone, you're in the majority. #yyc #ClimateChange #ClimateSky

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 5h
Because they’re not Canadian.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 4h
Make a law declaring the City sovereign and not subject to Alberta law. But sadly, the way Canada is set up, the Provinces do have all that power, they usually respect democracy though.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 4h
This is the most suburban Montreal NIMBY thing I've ever heard. Residents of Montreal West want to see a BIXI dock in a park removed for “destroying the oasis of tranquility”. “It would be a shame if a child […] gets injured while chasing a soccer ball into a mangle of metal from the bicycles”
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MoWest resident calls for removal of BIXI stations in park
Montreal West resident and Concordia University professor Lorne Switzer called on the town to remove a new BIXI bicycle station from Rugby Park, which is located on Radcliffe Avenue just
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Marc Kodack @ridden6570.bsky.social · 4h
10 New Insights in Climate Science 2026/2027
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10 New Insights in Climate Science
Essential research findings to support decision-making in a critical decade.
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 16h
I want all foreign interlopers identified, sued into the dirt & to never touch their filthy paws on Canadian soil upon pain of imprisonment as enemies of my country. I want each complicit, treasonous enabler of said #ForeignInterlopers identified as such & tried for their crime #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Green Party of Canada | Parti Vert du Canada @canadiangreens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WATCH: After approving another climate-killing pipeline, the government now claims it is “avoiding highly sensitive ecosystems.” Today, Elizabeth May demanded to know whether they talked to any scientists before making this deeply flawed decision.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 06/10/2026
Brits want to tax private jets, polls suggest.
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Low private jet tax 'fuels climate crisis, inequality'
Andy Burnham, the prime minister and leader of the Labour Party, wants cheap, popular policies. Well, only seven per cent of voters support the current low tax on private jet fuel.
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Heather 🍁 @hganshorn.bsky.social · 6h
Cities need to take a page from the Danielle Smith playbook. Stop complying! Strike a Fair Deal panel. Talk non-stop about what a rotten deal we get from the province. Send some yahoos to test the waters of the Carney government's support for separation.
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 22h
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Elizabeth May Speaks on Conservative Opposition Day Motion Extending Diesel Excise Tax Exemption
YouTube video by Green Party of Canada - Parti vert du Canada
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Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Okay so just to check my notes, I am paying the most for gas in my life, the oil companies are making more profits with less labor cost than ever before..... and now they want me to pay for a new pipeline?
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 15h
Plus we'll be paying for the pipeline and LNG factories for years to come!
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everyripple.bsky.social @everyripple.bsky.social · 12h
Well worth a listen. 90% of the Oil shipped from B.C. goes to U.S. refineries, before we buy it back -- because the Liberals and Conservatives are happy to give all of the refining and processing jobs of our resources TO OTHER COUNTRIES. Carney's got his "elbows up" Canada's a55. @thestar.com
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Fossil fuels are climate action. Pipelines are nature protection. If the public absorbs those comforting conflations, maybe that’s all part of the plan.” Wake the fuck up Canada!! Your God Carney/Harper is taking you for a tragic ride! The man is a snake! www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/05/o...
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Fossil fuels are climate action. Pipelines are nature protection
It would be one thing if the arguments for expanding fossil fuels were geostrategic or economic. The public could weigh the projects and forecasts against protection of lives, species and livelihoods....
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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 15h
Every Albertan is affected by the oil and gas cleanup crisis -- our new website helps you fight back: drillanddash.substack.com/p/every-albe... @cuym-alberta.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CleanUpYourMess #YYC #YEG
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Every Albertan is affected by the oil and gas well crisis -- our new website helps you fight back
The Clean up your Mess campaign website relaunches with a focus on how landowners, taxpayers and municipal leaders can get involved and join the campaign
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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We started the Clean Up Your Mess campaign last year to hold the #oilandgas industry accountable for their own cleanup. As a provincial election draws closer, the #Alberta government is STILL trying to download tens of billions of dollars in cleanup costs onto taxpayers.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 6h
I like this. Just say no.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 7h
Making it easier to pollute the air we breathe because it boosts Big Oil's bottom line.   Is this how we Make America Healthy Again?
washingtonsun.com
EPA Plans to Roll Back Emissions Regulations for Oil and Gas Companies
The Trump administration is “days not weeks” away from undoing Biden-era methane gas standards.
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atomicker.bsky.social @atomicker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Like… where do you even begin with something like that? Carney's broken promises, the climate crisis, record inequality, basic economics? Not that trivial things like facts or evidence would get them to change their minds anyway. Just unbelievable.
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Kevin Reynolds @kevinreynolds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had one Carney fan try to tell me that this was not only sensible, but great for yacht and private plane businesses. That we don’t understand that this is stimulating the economy. Twilight zone stuff.
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atomicker.bsky.social @atomicker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reminder: in his so-called "austerity" budget last year, Mark Carney deleted the luxury tax on private planes, yachts, and underused homes. #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #WealthTax #Inequality
globalnews.ca
Carney is cutting the luxury tax. What else is getting axed in Budget 2025? - National | Globalnews.ca
Other measures include a 'super-reduction' to Canada's marginal effective tax rate and further automating traveller screening at the nation's airports.
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everyripple.bsky.social @everyripple.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Carney Liberals apply window dressing to the mortal wounds they inflict on the climate and humanity. @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy @nytimes.com @theguardian.com
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 9h
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 10h
Canada Is Falling Behind on Electrification — And It Could Cost Trillions The data's in: Electric is better and (or soon will be) cheaper. Powering Canada’s Growth: The Economic Case for an Electrified Canada with Prof. Madeleine McPherson. youtu.be/_6fH0XY84TY
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Canada Is Falling Behind on Electrification — And It Could Cost Trillions
YouTube video by Energi Media
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RealCrozetVA @realcrozetva.bsky.social · 16h
I walked out of my house today to be greeted by 50-80 kids and parents riding bikes and scooters to school. - So quiet, but for the chatter & laughing - No cars needed Absolutely glorious morning. I'd love to talk to any parents or kids who participated in this, for a story on RealCrozetVA.
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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We can’t let that happen. On our revamped website, you’ll find a brand new tool for you to can quickly send a letter to your MLA telling them to stop the Mature Asset Strategy. It will only take you three minutes, and the tool automatically finds your MLA: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/stop-the-mas
cleanupyourmess.ca
Stop the Mature Asset Strategy | Clean Up Your Mess
Not one taxpayer dollar should be used to pay for a profitable industry's unpaid bills and cleanup costs.
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For Our Kids - Alberta @forourkidsalberta.bsky.social · 11h
We are proud supporters of the Clean Up Your Mess campaign. Our taxes should go to healthcare and education, not to clean up polluting wells. We say NO to the Mature Asset Strategy. #PollutersMustPay #ableg
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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 10h
Excellent article showing how "AI" development under capitalism means that its sole purpose is greater exploitation of working people & nature for the sake of expanding corporate profits. "AI under monopoly-finance capitalism is ultimately a tool in the class war." monthlyreview.org/articles/mar...
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Marxian Ecology and the Critique of AI Capital - Monthly Review
What is the rise of AI capital, and what does it mean for contemporary work, culture, and the ecological state of our planet? John Bellamy Foster dispels the myth of... READ MORE
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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 10h
Sort of a holiday-themed take on the Leopards Eating Faces meme
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 10h
The government is proposing to change how Bill C-39 is reviewed in Parliament. Ecojustice and civil society groups are calling for meaningful scrutiny by the relevant House committees. Read the full release: ecojustice.ca/news/civil-s...
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Civil society demands meaningful review of Bill C-39
Bill C-39 should be studied by relevant existing House of Commons Standing Committees
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Dr. Bast 🇨🇦 @bastsbest.bsky.social · 10h
This will give you a smile in the deep and dreary mid-afternoon!
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 8h
At this year's NY Climate Week, the biggest positive change I saw wasn't the buzz about some new technology or policy. It was people finally realizing that talking about climate is where action starts! Talking about climate isn't optional. It's where change begins 💚
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Conversations catching on at Climate Week | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
The other week was NYC Climate Week, which happens every year alongside the UN General Assembly. This means that, for a few days, New York i
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 6h
Fossil fuel dependence climate impacts and debt are fundamentally connected. Imported fuel exposes countries to price shocks, disasters drive recovery costs, and debt repayments constrain investment in a more resilient future.
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Our Kids' Climate @ourkidsclimate.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Diesel school buses expose kids to toxic exhaust, harming their health. Electric buses emit zero exhaust and save up to 20 tonnes of CO₂/year. Clean air on the way to school isn't a privilege, it's a right. 🚌⚡(@forourkidscanada.bsky.social) forourkids.ca/electric_school_bus #OurKidsClimate #CleanAir
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 10h
" #GeraldWheatley is a longtime manager of the #ArushaCentre, a collectively run, member-supported organization that provides resources & initiatives on social justice and environmental issues. Gerald has been a bright light to a great number of people & causes for generations here in Calgary." #yyc
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 16h
💥OPEN #ForeignInterference 💥OPEN ruling party shenanigans 💥OPENLY SHAMBOLIC process incompetence Nothing involving any of the levers of government is ensuring this will in any way be a fair vote WHATEVER THE OUTCOME I support a #ClassActionLawsuit #Referendum #abpoli #Separatism #cdnpoli
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 12h
The House of Commons is debating the price of food, which is a bit weird because eliminating the carbon tax was supposed to solve that problem.
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 12h
New Nova Scotia Traffic Safety Act has tougher fines and new rules on distracted driving, bicycles, but no photo radar Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...
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New Nova Scotia Traffic Safety Act has tougher fines and new rules on distracted driving, bicycles, but no photo radar - Halifax Examiner
Province released Traffic Safety Act on Wednesday.
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Keith Gerein @keithgerein.bsky.social · 8h
Guess we'll see what the details are tomorrow, but it appears the UCP gov't has found another way to gut the autonomy of city councils. There's not much left for them to conquer. The disrespect to local voters is real. #yeg #ableg
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 8h
This is a great wedge issue for the UCP in Edmonton. The 8-plex debate has pitted a lot of NDP-voting homeowners in mature neighbourhoods against a progressive city council that is politically aligned with the NDP on many issues.
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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 11h
"Tilley said there’s more research required before the province decides it will move ahead with using photo radar in the province" Really? What more could possibly need researching - consider their impact along high crash roads and school zones
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 10h
Was the removal of the carbon tax a necessary political move to shore up national unity? Maybe. It was also something that effectively acted like a small income supplement for low income families that didn't have to be subsidized through tax expenditures.
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End of carbon tax rebates a financial hit for Canada’s poorest, research shows
Rebates were tax-free payments that compensated consumers for the cost of carbon taxes
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Codyzen6☮️ @codyzen.bsky.social · 14h
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Ryan Reynolds' WTF Reaction
ALT: Ryan Reynolds' WTF Reaction
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 11h
Electric cargo bike used by the French postal service.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 11h
. High Court rejects major Australian coal mine extension in "landmark judgment" based on climate change impacts We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change! More: reneweconomy.com.au/high-co... .
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High Court rejects major coal mine extension in "landmark judgment" based on climate change impacts
High Court reverses NSW approval for an extension of one of the country's biggest coal mines because of its climate impacts, a verdict environmentalists say may overturn other mine approvals.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 11h
...And a slightly longer version with no paywall at the BCPS site here: bcpolicy.ca/2026/10/07/b...
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BC’s big cities must do better to fix the housing crisis
As municipal and provincial elections approach, BC’s biggest, most expensive cities should face scrutiny for their role in the ongoing housing crisis.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 11h
Great piece today from @1alexhemingway.bsky.social of @bcpolicy.bsky.social 👇 BC’s big cities must do better to fix the housing crisis: Cities too often use their powers, including deciding what can be built on a lot, to restrict housing. In the Vancouver Sun: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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Opinion: B.C.’s big cities must do better to fix the housing crisis
Cities too often use their powers to restrict housing or make it too expensive to build while forcing new housing onto noisy main roads
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 10h
You’re hearing a lot about rising power bills this election season. Here’s what’s actually driving them up.
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Here's why your energy bills are going up
Politicians talk about the energy affordability crisis but don't always grapple with the root causes — or the solutions. Here’s the lowdown.
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 10h
Jonathan 😍
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 10h
#abpoli #cdnpoli #Alberta #Separatism bsky.app/profile/bigc...
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#abpoli #cdnpoli #Alberta #Separatism bsky.app/profile/bigc...
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