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Cassie Barker

@cassiebarker.bsky.social
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Environmentalist in Toronto

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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is the housing crisis real? Yes. Does the ROI on huge subsidies, poisoned landscapes and planet-destroying emissions decrease significantly if the profits go to people that are already very, very rich vs. normal humans earning a decent livelihood? You tell me.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026
Throwing billions in public money behind a pipeline at a time of climate breakdown – while sweeping aside environmental protections, meaningful Indigenous consultation and workers’ right to strike – is absolutely not in the national interest.
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 The proposed million-barrel-a-day pipeline is now on an accelerated path toward approval, with the Building Canada Act creating shortcuts around key environmental safeguards, including the Species at Risk Act. This first PONI designation sets a dangerous precedent. ecojustice.ca/news/ecojust...
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026
Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I keep seeing Carney stans saying building fossil fuel infrastructure is a way to deal with Trump's threats. Really? Canada has to build infrastructure that'll last decades and won't even be finished for years to deal with a threat that'll be gone within 3 years? Your fear has made you very stupid.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Study for kikakaskihtân (You Can Do It) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2025
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Fondation David Suzuki @fonddavidsuzuki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Découvrez le dernier article de David Suzuki, Na'kuset et Sabaa Khan sur la responsabilité des gouvernements envers les enfants autochtones. 🧡 Joignez-vous à la marche qui aura lieu le 30 septembre à Montréal : www.facebook.com/share/1ERBPftoCh
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Les enfants et la question de responsabilité publique
L’inaction du gouvernement face à la crise climatique et à la dégradation écologique ne fera qu’amplifier les injustices intergénérationnelles vécues depuis des centaines d’années par les enfants et les communautés autochtones aux mains de l’État.
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AQME / Association québécoise des médecins pour l'environnement @aqme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Parce que la santé, c’est améliorer la qualité de l’air, partout au Québec ! @Johanne Elsener, porte-parole de l’AQME, était au micro d’Info-Réveil (@info.radio-canada.ca / Rimouski) ce matin, pour parler des résultats du récent sondage Léger commandé par l’AQME.
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72 % Québécois voudraient une loi sur la qualité de l’air
Un sondage Léger pour l’Association québécoise des médecins pour l’environnement indique que 72 % des Québécois demandent une loi sur la qualité de l’air
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers" by @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social, Lesley Clark and @corbinhiar.bsky.social for @politico.com: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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Cassie Barker @cassiebarker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
October surprise, Quebec-style - quel choix, tabarnouche
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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Time for some election fact checking on Toronto's water budget. We heard a claim from candidate Brad Bradford today that implied that the City's capital reserve fund for water infrastructure like sewers, pipes, and water treatment is unnecessary. This is dangerous and short-sighted. 1/4 #topoli
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Phil McKenna @mckennapr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Exclusive: More than half of global sulfur hexafluoride emissions, a climate pollutant 24,300 times worse than CO2, come from China. An inexpensive recycling program could help slash emissions, an @insideclimatenews.org analysis concludes. My latest, w/ Rudy Lu and @peteraldhous.com. Article ⬇️
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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A whistleblower lawsuit alleges Driscoll's sent millions of pounds of strawberries containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals to Canada: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Straight up if these orcas die, I will never forgive this government. It’s genuinely devastating to contemplate — and make no mistake, the west coast pipeline and port expansion WILL kill them. We have to draw the line somewhere and these orcas deserve to have us fight for them.
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Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 25/09/2026
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« Où sont les documents? » : l’APN réclame le dossier d’espionnage de la GRC
La cheffe nationale exige des réponses concernant la surveillance historique des dirigeants autochtones.
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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 25/09/2026
well this is some bullshit
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Federal agency postpones release of report on B.C. RCMP until after election
The RCMP watchdog called the CRCC is postponing the release of its report on the Community-Industry Response Group in B.C.
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Cassie Barker @cassiebarker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are these RFK BrainWorms TM or just poppin a lil can of fish bait
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My latest column is out today in @nationalobserver.com.web.brid.gy, in which I explain how the “new climate denialism” is holding back progress in the fight of our lives, and how PM Mark Carney has become its lead practitioner. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Is Mark Carney a climate denier?
This new form of denialism has our political leaders assuring us they understand and accept the warnings about climate change — but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for poli...
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US
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Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US
Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
‘That’s so AI!’ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells us
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‘That’s so AI!’ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells us
The year’s most popular slang reveals what young people think about artificial intelligence – and it’s not positive
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Pause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 25/09/2026
What is more deranged: these products are provided in some schools. We are petitioning the BC Ministry of Education and Childcare to remove AI from schools. They replied to say it was not their responsibility, and that it is up to school boards. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pa...
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Pause on Generative AI in BC Schools
We demand that the Ministry of Education and Child Care enact a two-year pause (moratorium) on AI usage in classrooms in British Columbia. This means that for two years, in schools in BC: - Students...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"The violent contents of Van Rootselaar’s two ChatGPT accounts, detailed here for the first time, are far more extensive and disturbing than previously known." "It advised her to always frame her content as fictional or hypothetical in order to “never get flagged again” by OpenAI’s moderation"
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
Funny coincidence: this estimate of China's cleantech avoided emissions is about the same as the potential *added* emissions if all planned data centre gas plants go ahead ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
Almost a third of the avoided emissions identified ​by the analysis came from solar exports to South Asia, where Pakistan is in the ‌midst of ⁠a boom that has given it one of the highest shares of solar power generation in the world.

"Current growth of solar and EVs, particularly in emerging countries, was not on anyone's radar five years ago before China's cleantech manufacturing ​boom," said Myllyvirta.
"Just as ​the manufacturing boom ⁠led to increased supply and falling prices, the world experienced two fossil fuel price shocks in the past five ​years, giving adoptia chart showing potential gas emissions
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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The River Run on Bay Street, on the way to Queen's Park to seek Justice for Grassy Narrows
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Make Polluters Pay International @makepolluterpayint.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌍 Today at the UN, we presented 2 million+ signatures calling for fossil-fuel companies to pay for the climate damage they cause. The powerful response: “Polluters must pay… We are with you. Use every tool at your disposal to hold the polluters accountable. You are on the right side of history."
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know Canadians want to feel safe. I get it. But imagine if any other prime minister kept introducing laws that said "I and my minister get to decide what laws apply, when, and we get to unilaterally and retroactively remove conditions on multi-billion-dollar projects."
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

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The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No one could have foreseen this. theijf.org/article/otta...
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Ottawa promised to crack down on anti-abortion ‘crisis pregnancy centres.’ Carney’s Liberals have abandoned that goal
Abortion rights activist who lobbied for changes says surprise news is ‘such a shame’
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
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High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age Motorists buying a secondhand car with a lot of miles on the clock are likely to find an electric vehicle (EV) ultimately more reliable than a petrol vehicle, according to a study. An analysis of 47.4m MOT tests found that after cars were driven 90,000 to 120,000 miles, EVs were about 25% less likely to fail than petrol models of the same age (based on a failure rate of 16.5% versus 22.1%). Continue reading...
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 22/09/2026
Around 10,000 chemicals are added to #plastics. Norway is concerned that some brominated flame retardants in plastics might also be POPs - chemicals that persist in the environment, are toxic, travel around the world, and move up food chains. @brsconventions.bsky.social
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not to mention trample all over Indigenous rights to do it
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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This Thursday! 🌱 Join us to celebrate 5 years since the UN Human Rights Council recognized the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Sep 24, during #HRC63 🕣 12:00–13:00 📍 Room Concordia 1, Palais des Nations. 🔴 Live: bit.ly/5yearsHRHE 🕣 4:00 CDMX | 6:00 NY | 11:00 LDN
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Break Free From Plastic @breakfreefromplastic.org · 22/09/2026
In a report by @beyondplastics.bsky.social , researchers hid trackers inside Starbucks cold cups and dropped them into the company's own recycling bins. Not one made it to a recycling facility, and most ended up in landfills or incinerators instead. #GlobalPlasticTreaty [1/2]
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 20/09/2026
Federalists say Alberta’s Conservative MPs are missing in action as separation referendum looms www.thestar.com/politics/fed... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Federalists say Alberta’s Conservative MPs are missing in action as separation referendum looms
With just a month to go until Alberta's sovereignty referendum, federalist organizers charge that many of the province's Conservative members of Parliament have been missing in action in the fight
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 18/09/2026
NEW: For @macleans.bsky.social, I wrote about how Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is fusing corporate and state power to help build what I call the New Authoritarianism. macleans.ca/politics/dan...
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Danielle Smith Is Putting Alberta Up for Sale - Macleans.ca
The corporate lobbyist-turned-premier is letting the private sector run the government
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 19/09/2026
so much for those consultations carney promised
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 19/09/2026
When chemical manufacturers know their products cause cancer, they shouldn't be allowed to hide behind regulatory loopholes. Inside the fight for real fenceline accountability. www.momscleanairforce.org/hold-pest…
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Moms Tell Congress: Hold Pesticide Makers Accountable for Cancer
The Supreme Court has eliminated our right to hold pesticide companies accountable for failing to warn people that their products may cause cancer. Moms are outraged—and so are members of Congress.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In New York, as air pollution fell, the toddlers' cognitive processing improved, the study found. In London, ULEZ coincided with improved lung health in children. When elected representatives take action to clean up air, our children benefit from better health: share.google/rnnWnmxNOzWF...
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Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds
Long-term research in New York shows efforts to reduce air pollution associated with higher cognitive test scores
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress?
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s Equal Pay Day in Canada coming in the midst of a trade war. Deep divisions in the labour market are set to get worse including the gender pay gap. A report from the CCPA looks at recent trends and the fight for equal pay over the last 75 years. A recap👇 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Dismantling gender pay discrimination in Canada: Current trends and policy responses | CCPA
The gender pay gap has narrowed but remains unacceptably wide, with the average woman earning only 72% of what men earn
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING!!! "The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs (AOTC) of Treaty 6, 7, and 8, alongside the Blackfoot Confederacy, passed an emergency resolution supporting Saddle Lake Cree Nation’s exercise of its inherent & Treaty health jurisdiction, invoking the medicine chest clause." #abpoli
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West Coast Environmental Law @wcelaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The federal government has exempted a range of major projects from #impactassessment, including pipelines, transmission lines & many #fossilfuel projects – part of its ongoing agenda to roll back key enviro safeguards. Read about Ottawa's latest move to weaken oversight below. #cdnpoli
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The end of independent pipeline reviews? Carney’s deregulation drive has eradicated federal assessments
On September 3, the federal government quietly made one of the most consequential environmental deregulation decisions in recent Canadian history.
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