Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 03/04/2025climateinstitute.ca/map-climate-...climateinstitute.caMap - Climate costs trackerThe Canadian Climate Institute’s Climate Costs Tracker maps the accelerating damages from global heating, and the Institute’s ... 000
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Go beyond talking about the challenges of the climate crisis (& yes they're big). This study says talking about how to implement solutions is how we get people to act.nationalobserver.comWant people to act on climate? Tell them how to fix itA study from the University of Oregon, published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take ... 020
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubW. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 26/03/2025www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/wha...rainforest-alliance.orgWhat is Sustainable Agriculture?Sustainable agriculture strives for the best long-term outcomes for forests, climate stability, human rights, and livelihoods. 031
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 25/03/2025Don’t believe the deception: clean energy is good for the planet AND good for your wallet. #RenewableEnergycanarymedia.comGutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric billsRising energy costs are a problem in the U.S. Ending Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and ramping up fossil fuels would make it even worse. 43617
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/03/2025Just finished giving the Discovery Lecture at @carleton.ca hosted by @saraheverts.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social this evening! We had tons of great questions and I promised to answer the 8 most up-voted ones here. Here we go! 1/10 🧵carleton.caDiscovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World (Mar 25)Mar 25, 2025 07:00 PM Discovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of clim... 1425660
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubClimate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Our latest episode of Break In Case of Emergency is live! ➡️ Dissecting the climate denial machine: culture wars and the climate countermovement (w/ Mary Stuart & Erin Blondeau) Please listen & share with a friend ✨ Listen in Spotify, Apple, or here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast 1128
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Vancouver folks: Tomorrow! 👇 0147
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...thetyee.caFeeling Broke? Blame Big Oil | The TyeeCanada’s affordability crisis and fossil fuel company profits are linked, says report. 02413
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 26/03/2025On the importance of highlighting solutions to address climate impacts: from adaptation measures to keep communities safe from floods, fires & storms, to reducing emissions with clean energy projects. Climate communication emphasizing concrete solutions matters.nationalobserver.comWant people to act on climate? Tell them how to fix itA study from the University of Oregon, published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take ... 031
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubCitizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · 24/03/2025We will be here for an hour 0144
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/03/2025BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!reuters.comParis residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrianParisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality. 373248748
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Gratitude to @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social & allied groups for bringing the urgency of climate action to Parliament Hill this week! 010
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 22/03/2025leadnow.ca/campaigns/ca...leadnow.caCarney: no subsidies and no new fossil fuel infrastructure - Leadnow 033
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Biking is one of the most effective ways to reduce our carbon footprints from transportation, esp compared with car ownership & even monthly public transit passes. Regular bicycle maintenance is also very affordable. Especially if you do it yourself, with used parts and borrowed tools.thetyee.caThe Enduring Power of Community Bike Shops | The TyeeThe scalable model keeps thousands of bicycles out of landfills every year, and helps cyclists fix their rides on the cheap. 030
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 21/03/2025One take on why the US will never be a climate leader.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq14...youtube.comWhy America Will Never Be A Climate LeaderYouTube video by Our Changing Climate 000
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubProject Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 19/03/2025“There’s an order of operations in which we need to implement climate solutions,” said Daniel Jasper, the policy director for the climate solutions nonprofit Project Drawdown. “Methane is something we call an emergency brake, because we’ve got to do it now.” grist.org/politics/tru...grist.orgTrump repeals America's first-ever tax on greenhouse gases before it goes into effectThe methane fee would have had the same impact as taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road. 24121
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 18/03/2025Last weekend: Wildfires in Oklahoma. Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas & Missouri. Dust storms in Kansas & Texas. Those responsible have names and job titles. Time to #MakePollutersPay.apnews.comResidents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and MidwestResidents and work crews in the South and Midwest are beginning to clean up and survey the destruction from a three-day outbreak of severe weather. 0209
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubW. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 18/03/2025blog.ucs.org/delta-merner...blog.ucs.orgHow Do 'Future Climate Scenarios' Shape Climate Science and Inform Policy?A deeper look at why emissions scenarios are essential for understanding climate change impacts and mitigation strategies. 011
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubSarah Cooley @co2ley.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Thanks @sabs.bsky.social for a fun conversation and for telling my story! 45715
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Tell PM Carney to champion a People's Power Grid and deliver bold action on affordability, climate, and energy independence in the face of U.S. aggression. allofustogether.ca/peoples-powe...allofustogether.caPeople’s Power Grid 023
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubEcojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 07/03/2025It’s time to future-proof Canada’s economy. We don’t do that by backsliding on climate. We do it by getting big finance behind job-creating climate solutions. Tell party leaders to include climate-aligned finance principles in their election platforms now. 👉 ecojustice.ca/tell-party-l... 0107
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubClimate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Here's the letter we sent today to incoming PM @mark-carney.bsky.social, following his Liberal leadership race win last night. ✍️ The new PM must build on 🇨🇦Canada's climate progress from the past decade—and fight climate change and economic threats at the same time. shorturl.at/ogmIJshorturl.atClimate Action Network Canada urges incoming Prime Minister Mark Carney to defend Canadians from climate and economic threats - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)Today, Climate Action Network Canada sent the following letter to newly elected Liberal Leader Mark Carney: Dear Prime minister-designate Carney, On behalf of Climate Action Network Canada, I congrat... 22111
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubEcojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 12/03/2025“Just like that Carolyn was gone. I had been mowing Carolyn’s lawn every Thursday for the past eight years. She was a lovely lady who didn’t deserve to die like that. I still miss her today. We need to address #climatechange now.” – Amber Read more Canadian stories👇 allofustogether.ca/fedup/#storiesallofustogether.caFed Up: Stories from this moment of crisisCanadians are facing overlapping crises — skyrocketing rent, unaffordable groceries, student debt, and a climate emergency. But here’s the thing: our voices matter, and it’s time to make sure every si... 122
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubEcojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 13/03/2025“Prime Minister-designate @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social, will you introduce the necessary incentives to ensure that Canada doesn’t fall further into the “tragedy of the horizon” that sacrifices future generations on the altar of short-term profit?” READ HERE 👉 ecojustice.ca/open-letter-... 45722
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/03/2025The biggest deregulatory action of its kind in US history will also be the biggest mass murder in US history.finance.yahoo.comTrump EPA Takes Sweeping Aim at Rules to Gut Climate ‘Religion’(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in US history.Most Read f... 815762
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubOne Cowichan @onecowichan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025A climate disaster in waiting... 022
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 11/03/2025Physics doesn’t care about your feelings.insideclimatenews.orgScientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies - Inside Climate NewsMarch 7 demonstrations across the U.S. and Europe will protest cuts to research, staffing and funding, and push for a continued federal focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. 1158
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubOne Cowichan @onecowichan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Big Oil & billionaires are profiting while the rest of us pay the price. It's time for bold action. Join @350Canada's campaign to tax their billions and build a better future for #AllofUs. Take action now: allofustogether.ca/homepage/allofustogether.caBuild a Future for All of Us 011
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubW. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 11/03/2025insideclimatenews.org/news/1103202...insideclimatenews.orgHow Hurricanes Can Fuel Wildfires in the Southeast - Inside Climate NewsA number of fires broke out in the Southeastern U.S. last week. Hurricane-downed trees may help fuel the flames, experts say. 011
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubOne Cowichan @onecowichan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025A Crown Corporation can be more effective, efficient & save money over a public-private partnership - a Crown Corp is a great alternative for building high-speed rail in Canada. Imagine connecting the whole country by high-speed rail.. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/07/o...nationalobserver.comIs high-speed rail viable in Canada? Depends how we build itHigh-speed rail in Ontario would decrease traffic along Highway 401 and Highway 20, by replacing trucks with rail and giving an alternative to cross-country commuters. 022
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025One of the most important solutions to climate change is *stopping deforestation* -- yet we still largely ignore it. We need to work on this...fast. After all, deforestation emits more CO2 than the *entire US economy*. Some thoughts about moving forward: drawdown.org/insights/how...drawdown.orgHow stopping deforestation is a powerful “emergency brake” climate solutionWhen people think of climate solutions, they often focus on smokestacks, tailpipes, and other artifacts of our fossil-fueled economy. That’s fitting since roughly two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse ... 113237
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 11/03/2025In the last couple of decades, the flow of CO2 in Canada's managed forests has completely reversed. Chainsaws and fossil fuel pollution are cranking open the floodgates releasing this enormous reservoir of forest carbon into the atmosphere. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/a...nationalobserver.comCanada is opening the floodgates on one of Earth’s greatest living reservoirs of CO2Canada’s forest is in trouble – and so are we. Chainsaws and fossil fuel burning are draining billions of tonnes of CO2 out of our managed forest and pouring it back into the atmosphere. And the outfl... 033
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Looking forward to joining this event tonight... 083
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 11/03/2025The time is now for Canada to lock in maritime decarbonization and ensure it meets global social and environmental commitments by locking out dangerous LNG & keeping it out of our ports. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/30/o...nationalobserver.comCanada's key to decarbonizing marine shipping? Locking out LNGSaying no to LNG and locking it out of current and future zero-emission pathways for the marine shipping sector is crucial to avoiding runaway climate impacts and tax payer boondoggles. 010
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Big Oil & billionaires are profiting while the rest of us pay the price. It's time for bold action. Join @350Canada's campaign to tax their billions and build a better future for #AllofUs. Take action now: allofustogether.ca/homepage/allofustogether.caBuild a Future for All of Us 000
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 06/03/2025Great news! Better batteries means more renewable energy, which means better energy security. Who needs pipelines of the past when we can have renewable energy for our future? ☀️ 🌬️ #goodclimatenewsebmag.comCanada’s wind, solar, and energy storage capacity grows 46% in five years, reports CanREA - Electrical BusinessFebruary 19, 2025 - The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) announced that Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage sectors have grown by 46% in 0199
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 04/03/2025American billionaires want the BC govt to fast-track approval of the PRGT gas transmission line to boost their profits &support Trump’s “drill-baby-drill” plan. Join @dogwoodbc.bsky.social Mon, Mar 10, 5:30pm PT &hear what’s at stake if PRGT is built. Sign up at: www.dogwoodbc.ca/.../webinar-... 044
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Many of the Trump administration's actions will kill millions of people worldwide in the coming years, including those related to weather, the environment, and climate. That's not hyperbole.reuters.comTrump's firings at US weather agency will put lives at risk, scientists sayScientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that provides the U.S. government's weather forecasts, will put American lives at risk and stifle crucial climate research. 25573186
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Exciting news! Project Drawdown receives funding to launch a new global food and climate solutions campaign! drawdown.org/news/project...drawdown.orgProject Drawdown receives US$300,000 grant from the Seeding the Future Foundation for a global food and climate solutions campaignOur mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible. 310719
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubSarah Cooley @co2ley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Despite what you see in movies-- only a few Wx forecasters use storm chaser trucks and hurricane hunter airplanes! The rest use desks. Save the desks! 3348
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 03/03/2025🔥New InfluenceMap Report: The Global Campaign Against Building Electrification 🔎 How the Fossil Fuel industry has deployed its pro-gas playbook around the world, threatening the planet and public health. Read the report:influencemap.orgThe Global Campaign Against Building ElectrificationA new report by InfluenceMap shows how the oil & gas and utilities industries are leveraging a common fossil fuel playbook to prolong the use of fossil gas in buildings globally. 03522
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 03/03/2025A former Microsoft Green AI employee, Will Alpine, reveals his shocking journey of confronting how Big Tech enables Big Oil and the alarming reality of AI’s role in the climate crisis. Watch his powerful story and join us in urging Microsoft to take meaningful climate action.youtube.comWe're Wrong About AI - Will AlpineYouTube video by Ignite Seattle 193
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 03/03/2025A #BigOil giant backing down on its climate promises?? Who would’ve guessed 😑theguardian.comBP expected to scrap renewables target in shift back to fossil fuelsGoal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this week 0104
Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Trump said last month the US didn’t want or need Canada’s oil, gas, vehicles, or lumber, but here we are. It's disturbing how reluctant some Canadian premiers & others are to just admit Keystone’s time has passed. We need to let it die. energymixweekender.substack.com/p/trump-trie...energymixweekender.substack.comTrump Tries to Resurrect the Zombie Pipeline No One WantsIt’s a horror movie, and we can’t seem to kill this zombie pipeline project. 011
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 03/03/2025The best that can be said about the Liberal leadership debates is that climate action was on the agenda. @chrishatch.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/03/o...nationalobserver.comThe forbidden topic that must stay on our political agendaThe best that can be said about the Liberal leadership debates is that climate action was on the agenda. 1133
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 27/02/2025According to new research, scientists have recorded the warmest ocean temperatures in human history last year — breaking records once again. #ClimateEmergency The fossil-fueled climate crisis is a threat to us all. We need your voice in this movement!thecooldown.comScientists sound alarm after collecting unprecedented data from world's oceans: 'The broken records ... have become a broken record'The warmest ocean temperatures in human history were recorded last year, highlighting the concerning issue of warming oceans. 32320
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 28/02/2025⚡️This Thursday, countries at the United Nations #COP16 took a major step forward in the protection of #biodiversity! 1234
Reposted by Cowichan Climate HubStand.earth @stand.earth · 01/03/2025It’s about time we start pricing in the damage fossil fuels do to our bodies and the climate. Way to go Ashland! Which city will be next? 👀koin.comSouthern Oregon city approves ordinance deterring natural gas in new homesAn Avista Utilities representative claimed there would be “consequences” to the adoption of the “carbon pollution impact fee.” 13411