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Green Party of Manitoba | Parti Vert du Manitoba @manitobagreens.bsky.social · 13h

Québec election results. One of the smallest deciding popular vote shares in Canadian history. The new PQ government at 28% popular vote (19% counting turnout) should not assume they have a mandate. The CAQ gets 0 seats with a higher pop vote than the QS with 9 seats. FPTP isn't working.

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Energy experts repeatedly find there's no economic case for this pipeline. On their own, the private sector won't touch it with a 10-foot pole. Yet our politicians, both federal & provincial, are willing to squander taxpayers dollars on what's doomed to be stranded assets. Pure madness. #PipelineBan

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#FOTW Daily Post 2 Fossil fuels are just old sunlight - stored solar energy from deep time that we're now burning all at once. The sun already sends us 10,000x the energy we need. We're digging up the past instead of making the most of the gift above #FateOfTheWorld — please reshare + tag 2

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So pleased to hear this confirmed in the PM’s speech. Big congrats to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and all who’ve campaigned for it! At last we have a chance to restore trust in our politics with a system where “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters” 👏👏👏

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Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans

Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is more than just a bit of irony that as the planet cooks and droughts become more and more frequent, Manitoba Hydro plans to spend at least $3 billion (it will be much more) on methane gas generating stations. #EndFossilFuels #FirmRenewables www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

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Hydro reports $446-M loss in 2025-26, points to fourth drought year in past five

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is on Sep. 30. Jennifer Laewetz says to deny the severity of what happened in the past, like the residential school system, is to deny what exists today. Watch the full discussion on Truth & Politics: youtu.be/3SLJuS2kfHo

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 03/08/2026

Alberta’s proposed separation referendum has become a flashpoint for an issue that goes beyond separatism. Writer Dónal Gill argues a bigger question is at stake: Do Canadians still trust democracy—or only when it delivers the outcomes they want? thewalrus.ca/alberta-separatists-de…

On the left: an image of people standing behind a yellow sign with an arrow that reads "voting place" on a red background. On the right: text that reads “The war on Alberta separatists is a war on democracy. We celebrate popular rule until voters threaten to use it in ways we don’t like.”

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Canada's climate report tells us what many expected: Canada is amongst THE WORST AFFECTED nations on the planet by #ClimateChange. That is why we need to LEAD on reducing emissions. Not later. NOW. If we fail to lead, we bleed. No pipelines. No expanded tar sands. 🇨🇦 www.canada.ca/content/dam/...

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Blair Mahaffy @blairmahaffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I heartily recommend reading Hannah Ritchie's "Not the End of the World". She's a data scientists who focuses on climate and environment issues. I really appreciate this particular insight.

Photo of a page from the book showing a graphic titled "stick with others pushing in the same direction". There is a circle in the middle. To the left of the circle are arrows pointing at climate change deniers, fossil fuel companies, and meat lobbies with a label "While those trying to drive positive change are distracted by in-group fights, those opposing environmental action gain ground". To the right of the circle are arrows pointing at vegans, flexitarians, nuclear fans, renewable advocates, behaviour change, system change, technological change. The have the label "We spend most of our energy fighting among allies trying to drive positive change. Those pushing together in the same direction, even if at a slightly different angle are on the same team." One last arrow points down at a box labelled "Doomers" who drag progress by blocking positive action.

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sadly, this has been obvious to anyone paying close attention for a while now. We have about 170 Gt of carbon left in the global 1.5 C carbon budget and are currently adding ~40 Gt per year, so basically 4 years left. But sure, let’s build another pipeline. #EndFossilFuels www.cbc.ca/news/science...

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For the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC News

In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the...

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Blair Mahaffy @blairmahaffy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We had this visitor today - a juvenile bald eagle - hanging around in a jack pine for about an hour. It was calling out quite regularly and we thought we heard a distant reply. Maybe it was wondering its parents hadn't brought lunch yet.

A juvenile bald eagle sitting in a jack pine - juveniles do not yet have the white markings of an adult.

A juvenile bald eagle sitting in a jack pine - juveniles do not yet have the white markings of an adult. Closeup of head facing slightly to the left.

A juvenile bald eagle sitting in a jack pine - juveniles do not yet have the white markings of an adult. Closeup of head facing right showing yellow markings on beak.

A juvenile bald eagle sitting in a jack pine - juveniles do not yet have the white markings of an adult. Closeup facing almost forward.

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Green Party of Manitoba | Parti Vert du Manitoba @manitobagreens.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This summer hasn't been so bad in Manitoba, compared to the last ten years or so where we've been blanketed in smoke for almost the entire summer. This summer may be an exception in a new normal of smoke. At some point we must have a reckoning of health costs vs O&G profits. #EndFossilFuels

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Blair Mahaffy @blairmahaffy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I had a visitor at work today. A Fritillary of some sort - perhaps an Aphoridte but I am no expert - hanging out in our false sunflower patch.

Head on photo of a medium sized orange and black butterfly sitting on a yellow flower with a yellow centre (like a daisy but yellow). The butterfly and flower are in part shade with leaves in the background.

Photo of a medium sized orange butterfly with black markings sitting on a yellow flower with a yellow centre. The shot is in full sun with a large spruce tree in the near background.

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Blair Mahaffy @blairmahaffy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A Chalk-fronted Corporal posing for me on the Onishkatoon Gwaykaadiziwin trail in the Whiteshell Provincial Park. #nature #photography #dragonfly

The chalk-fronted corporal is a medium size dragonfly. The wings are mostly clear with a tinge of brown at the ends. The tail is short and wide and is chalky white close to the wings. The thorax has two wide chalk white bands on its otherwise black back. It is sitting on some white granite that has small black veins running through it.

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Blair Mahaffy @blairmahaffy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Pale Corydalis or Harlequin Flower taken on the Onishkatoon Gwaykaadiziwin trail. This tiny flower (about 5mm?) is pretty plentiful in clearings around the Boreal Forest. But it is small so you might miss it.

A bunch of 5 or 6 small flowers hanging off a green stem. They are elongated pink ovals (maybe like a pitcher hanging down) with frilly yellow ends at the bottom opening.

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Blair Mahaffy @blairmahaffy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Saw this beauty (or beauties) - an orange-belted Bumblebee on a Bull Thistle on the Onishkatoon Gwaykadiziwin hiking trail at Falcon Lake Manitoba. The pollen on the bee is amazing. #photography

A bumble bee with an orange stripe in the middle of the yellow on its body, It is looking around the top of a bright purple thistle. The bee has spots of white pollen on its legs, head, and wings.

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This has been obvious to anyone paying close attention. Unfortunately most of Canada's political leaders (Smith, Moe, Kinew, Ford, Eby, Carney, Poilievre) were asleep during class. They've yet to learn the road to fossil fuels is a dead end #EnergyTransition #CleanTech www.bbc.com/news/science...

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World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says

The world is shifting rapidly to clean energy but still investing too much in fossil fuels, the IEA says.

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The internet was/is working fine without the data centers. Why all of a sudden. Are they so necessary? Anyone asking? #cdnpoli

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Imagine if we thought about stopping burning fossil fuels and investing in renewable energy instead? Imagine if we invested in tackling the climate crisis, better cyber security and better resilience towards future pandemics. We can do all of these things - we just need the right people in charge.

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If they're such a good deal, Big Oil can pay for their own damn pipelines. Canadian taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for white elephants while stepping on the climate-heating accelerator. My OpEd in the @winnipegfreepress.com #EndFossilFuels #PipelineBan www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

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Opinion: Pipelines must be paid for by oil companies

Prime Minister Carney has abandoned Canada’s climate ambitions. Those Paris Accord targets to reduce carbon emissions? Yeah, we didn’t really mean it.

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Our Energy Minister doesn't know how much taxpayers will be on the hook for, but says its a good investment? Taxpayers paid $34-large for TMX-1 & now TMX-2? Sorry, no. We already have the ticking time bomb of >$270 billion in clean-up costs for Big Oil in Alberta. Enough! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Taxpayers could be on hook for West Coast pipeline, but it's a 'good investment': Energy minister | CBC News

Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says a second pipeline to the West Coast will be money well-spent for the federal government but can't say how much Ottawa would be on the hook for.

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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite

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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

People are still underestimating how much the prospects of LNG growth in Asia are totally busted. Even setting aside the Hormuz factor, the economics are just brutal: 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Exxon Mobil Should Skip a Vanishing LNG Market

Exxon Mobil Corp. appears to think buying an Australian LNG producer might be the best way to make the most of global energy markets after the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz. That could be a costl...

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

MB Hydro has long eschewed #solar for our province failing miserably to look ahead to a hotter future & rising summer grid demands. It's time to clean house at MB Hydro and replace engineers & leaders focused on the past and build for what is coming. #MbPoli www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

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Proponents of solar power push for provincial infrastructure investment to boost grid resilience

In the early 1970s, licence plates were stamped with the slogan “Sunny Manitoba” — a nod to long summer days, crisp blue winter skies and frequent sun dogs reflecting off of blinding white snow. While...

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Green Party of Manitoba | Parti Vert du Manitoba @manitobagreens.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Petition for Work from Home for Federal Employees: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... "WFH improves productivity, lowers absenteeism and turnover, and supports caregivers, people with disabilities, and rural workers. Feasible telework could cut 9.5 Mt of greenhouse gas emissions annually.”

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Petition e-7142 - Petitions

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

No, it's not conditional on carbon capture (the worst form of brown-washing). It's conditional on Section 35 of the Charter (indigenous consultation) and the consent of British Columbians. Carney is a flat-out climate quisling. #PipelineBan www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

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West Coast pipeline is conditional on carbon-capture project, Carney emphasizes

Prime Minister and Danielle Smith are due to announce details of carbon pricing deal in Alberta

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Green Party of Manitoba | Parti Vert du Manitoba @manitobagreens.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Climate risks aside - which aren't trivial by any means - will the world still want our fossil fuels? Leaders from Liberal to NDP to Conservative are pinning our future on pipelines and LNG. Building a future on stranded assets? Not a great idea. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... #EndFossilFuels

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Why $70 Should Be the Most Worrying Number for LNG

Here’s some back-of-the-napkin math to show why LNG producers should be fearful for their future, even if the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz hadn’t just knocked a fifth of global supplies offline.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This is just the beginning. Join our movement of hope: Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Richard Koenig @rich-king.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

You mean to tell me government can use common sense regulation for the common good (and to safeguard the future of the planet)? I wonder what that’s like (I live in the US of A). www.pveurope.eu/e-mobility/f...

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France rules on mandatory solar for car parks

Mandatory solar canopies in French car parks: Paris 2023 decree details regulations & penalties for non-compliance.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The system is rigged. An illegal war hikes bills for stuggling families - meanwhile energy giants rake in profits. We don't have to live like this any more. Vote Green on May 7th.

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The Mb NDP environmental record - seriously? $170K for environmental groups vs. $400 million (and counting) for tax cuts for gas guzzlers and pushing planet-killing fossil fuel pipelines to Churchill. I'll see myself out. #MbPoli #ClimateDisaster www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Manitoba NDP touts record on Earth Day as critics say Churchill plan 'undercuts' climate claims | CBC News

Dozens filled the Manitoba Legislative Building to mark Earth Day on Wednesday, as the NDP government's environment minister announced $770,000 in funds for environmental initiatives. But some advocat...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We should be learning from other countries...

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Andy Muirhead @andymuirhd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Over 8 billion reasons to ditch fossil fuels in one photo.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.

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Boise took its Pride flag down. But new art has popped up at City Hall. What it cost

“The flag is not our only form of expression,” a Council Member previously said.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

University of Oxford : maximising oil and gas extraction here would only save UK households up to £82 (€95) per year. A UK fully powered by renewable energy, would save households up to £441 (€510) a year on energy bills. www.euronews.com/2026/03/27/e...

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UK to give homes ‘free energy’ instead of turning off wind turbines

Europe’s outdated and under-invested energy grid means huge amounts of renewable energy are wasted every year.

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