Reposted by Environment HamiltonRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 3hCarney highlights the Indigenous consultation done ahead of this decision to list a crude oil pipeline in the national interest. Which is interesting, because the National Chief of the AFN has explicitly said the major projects office “don’t know what they’re doing when it comes to First Nations.” 27417
Environment Hamilton @environmenthamont.bsky.social · 6hHey #HamOnt! Tell your municipal candidates you want to see them sign the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance's municipal leadership pledge! FIND IT HERE: www.greenbeltalliance.ca/sign-the-can... Candidates all across Ontario are being asked to pledge to protect farmland and the Greenbelt! 021
Reposted by Environment HamiltonMy IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 7hI'm stuck on this. Carney's principal secretary is a conservative & good pal who argued that more Indigenous people should leave reserves "to build lives in southern Canada, integrated into one of the world’s healthiest, safest, [&] most rewarding societies.” It says a lot about Carney. #CdnPoli 11910
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 28/09/2026HSR Managers are now claiming internal data issues. This month alone: - false claims of 'Canada-wide bus part shortage' - claims that operating out of two garages is why there over 1000 cancelled hours of service - now computer system issues. #yhmcc #HamOnt 2153
Reposted by Environment HamiltonOliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think the government and military *should* be opposed to fascism globalnews.ca/news/1168850...globalnews.caConservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces - National | Globalnews.caFederal departments and the Canadian Armed Forces must answer by April how many members of anti-fascist groups work for the public service and the military. 159933
Reposted by Environment HamiltonRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A reporter asked the government about the Trumpian tactic of flooding the zone with this bill (it’s an omnibus!) and the ministers appear outraged. They balk at a question that…accurately characterizes what they’re doing. If you don’t like it, don’t do it! 11336106
Reposted by Environment HamiltonDavid Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 21/09/2026I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess. 36609224
Reposted by Environment HamiltonRory White @rorywh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Bradford's team told us that it is "leading the way in bringing innovation to Canadian campaigns." The technology is fully legal, and is being described by a high profile campaign as completely normal. Perhaps this is the future of Canadian local elections? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/21/i...nationalobserver.comToronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated commentsThe Victory App, a campaign tool built by the Israeli company LogiVote, prompted users to participate in a mission to post AI-written comments supportive of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford. 34227
Reposted by Environment HamiltonFatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026As I reported last week in @thenarwhal.ca , the Ontario government is announcing today that Pickering nuclear plant, which produces 10% of the province's energy, is being shut down for refurbishments that will take 5-7 years Here's everything you need to know: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-pick... #onpolithenarwhal.caPickering’s nuclear plant unplugs next week. Here’s what that means| The NarwhalOne of Ontario’s major nuclear plants shuts down for refurbishments next week. That means the province will burn more natural gas for power 3159
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 21/09/2026Now on TPR: I've posted the full remarks of Hamilton mayoral candidates Rob Cooper and Keanin Loomis as delivered to the Hamilton and District Apartment Association on September 9. Cooper: thepublicrecord.ca/2026/09/hami... Loomis: thepublicrecord.ca/2026/09/hami... #yhmvote #HamOnt (1/2) 182
Reposted by Environment HamiltonCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 21/09/2026New investigation: an Israeli app that allows political campaigns to feed supporters AI-generated arguments to use on social media has arrived in Canada. It's being used in the highest profile mayoral campaign in Canada, @rorywh.bsky.social reveals.nationalobserver.comToronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated commentsThe Victory App, a campaign tool built by the Israeli company LogiVote, prompted users to participate in a mission to post AI-written comments supportive of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford. 10186135
Reposted by Environment HamiltonRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Parliament is BACK! This gov has a majority though, which means it can basically plow through whatever it wants, Parliament be damned. Here’s outgoing Green leader Elizabeth May on whether opposition can impact legislation: “It’s almost impossible. There’s a large bulldozer and it’s revving up.” 1721642
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT to "show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding" www.404media.co/show-how-3m-... 10154591824
Reposted by Environment HamiltonDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Since everyone’s arguing about speed cameras, let’s keep a couple facts in mind: 1) Research show that camera enforcement is much more popular than the media implies – in suburbs as well as cities. Lesson: Don’t conflate a few angry car owners with “public opinion.” (cont'd)bloomberg.comAutomated Traffic Enforcement Is More Popular Than You ThinkCameras that ticket drivers who run red lights and speed are effective and widely popular with city residents. So why are they banned in so many places? 17589122
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJustin Chandler @justinchandler.work · 12/08/2026Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath says she has sent letters to local businesses about an anti-immigration group that could be renting space in the city for a conference. Horwath says people are free to promote their views, but wants the community to be informed. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #HamOntcbc.caBe aware of anti-immigration group planning conference in Hamilton area, mayor tells businesses | CBC NewsHamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath says she has sent letters to local businesses about an anti-immigration group that could be renting space in the city for a conference. Horwath says people are free to pr... 252
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJohn Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026“Mok pointed to Italy, where transit-building costs rose in the 1970s and 1980s, but were eventually brought down by anti-corruption and transparency laws. North America has also suffered from a lack of expertise in the public sector, he added” www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou... #onpolithestar.comToronto’s Ontario Line now costs $2B per kilometre. Why is building transit here so expensive?The 15.6 kilometre line, which will run from Exhibition to the Don Valley, has seen its budget triple since it was announced in 2019. 196
Environment Hamilton @environmenthamont.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Just published! August 2026 update from the What's The Grime? research team! #HamOnt www.environmenthamilton.org/wtg-august2026environmenthamilton.orgWhat's The Grime? August 2026 Update 062
Reposted by Environment HamiltonHadrian @hadrianmk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Canada is trading real and immediate harms for speculative long-term benefits. We need to think twice about the race to adopt AI indiscriminately across every sector of society and the economy. Major new @policyalternatives.ca report on AI: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...policyalternatives.caThink twice: A citizen’s guide to artificial intelligence in Canada | CCPACanadians need to think twice about the promise and inevitability of artificial intelligence and be prepared to push back on the AI industry 14727
Reposted by Environment HamiltonT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Reminder that Carney has cut funding for Natural Resources Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and Indigenous Services. And he has rolled back climate protections, abandoned emissions targets, and is building more pipelines. 20706451
Reposted by Environment HamiltonMatt Jelly @mattjelly.bsky.social · 16/07/2026[Emerges from the smoke, coughing] I don't want my tax dollars paying for a pipeline 22213
Reposted by Environment Hamiltonevy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 15/07/2026never fucking forget that our tomato of a premier slashed tens of millions from our forest firefighting and emergency preparedness budget so now yea we’re surrounded by toxic air and whole communities are burning down 11525215
Reposted by Environment HamiltonKeith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I hope that when Liberal MPs who claim to care about climate change wake up coughing on smoke from a climate-fueled wildfire that is devastating First Nations communities in northern Ontario, they ask themselves: Do we really want to buy oil CEOs another pipeline? www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...aptnnews.caWildfires in northern Ontario force First Nations to fleeSeveral wildfires are forcing members of a number of First Nations to flee their homes in northern Ontario. 8201121
Environment Hamilton @environmenthamont.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The sky made orange and our lungs filled with wildfire smoke is a policy choice. When politicians like Mark Carney say that emissions are going to rise - we are choosing more of this. 041
Reposted by Environment HamiltonHamilton Weather @hamiltonweather.ca · 15/07/2026ORANGE LEVEL WARNING - AIR QUALITY - for #HamOnt at 8:21 AM EDT. #ONStorm 001
Environment Hamilton @environmenthamont.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The fact Councillors cannot ask invited presenters questions about projects they are proponents of, but the presenters are allowed to provide any general information they see fit, is an alarming precedent being set at #HamOnt Council today. 172
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 10/07/2026Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath has called a SPECIAL City Council meeting for Tuesday, July 14, at 9:00 a.m. Permission has been granted for McMaster University to present to the full Council on its plans for data centres at 44 Frid Street and a joint federal-McMaster centre on the Steelport lands. 0124
Reposted by Environment HamiltonRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 09/07/2026It's kinda crazy how all world leaders seem to have just decided to give up on fighting the climate crisis and let the poor and middle class burn/drown/starve or whatever while they race to see who can make the most profit off that dystopia for the next decade or so 44896247
Reposted by Environment HamiltonMichael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Even before Carney, for every dollar Canada invested in renewable energy, we spent $19 on expanding fossil fuels. Now we've abandoned any climate action beyond the most dishonest lip service, fully devoted to maximizing climate warming at top speed. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/07/09/n...environmentaldefence.caNew Report Shows Canada is the Worst Public Financier of Fossil Fuels in the G20. - Environmental DefenceENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL New Report Shows Canada is the Worst Public Financier of Fossil Fuels in the G20 Toronto | Treaty Lands 57143
Reposted by Environment HamiltonMayor Andrea Horwath @mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social · 09/07/2026#HamOnt The City of Hamilton’s new Truck Route Monitoring Dashboard helps residents see how truck routes are monitored and how community feedback supports enforcement, planning and safer streets. Another step toward making City information more accessible. Hamilton.ca/TruckRoute 132
Reposted by Environment HamiltonTim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Mark Carney’s new plan: Hot Dogs for All Morning File by Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.socialhalifaxexaminer.caMark Carney's new plan: Hot Dogs for All - Halifax ExaminerThe hot dog industry encourages people to eat hot dogs raw. The government announces it is now approving raw hot dogs as a way to cut down on red tape. 51814
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The Ontario government reaches its slime-filled reflecting pool era 716373
Reposted by Environment HamiltonHamilton Public Library @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social · 19/06/2026HPL recognizes #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay. Plan to attend a special gathering today (June 19) to celebrate with Indigenous performances, vendors and local food trucks in honouring #Indigenous heritage. www.hamilton.ca 🕛 Noon - 4:00 pm 📍 West Harbour James Street Plaza #HamOnt #NIPD2026 012
Reposted by Environment HamiltonMy IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This story is outrageous. Read it if you have time. Canada Inc. will protect profits at all cost. "It's pretty outrageous … what you've got is cabinet overruling science," said Dr. Trevor Hancock, a public health doctor with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment." #CdnPoli 29778
Reposted by Environment HamiltonEmma McIntosh @emmamci.bsky.social · 14/06/2026My latest. This story is based on FOI documents released before the Ford government changed the law. Under the new rules, the province will now be able to keep records like this secret. 111373
Reposted by Environment HamiltonTorrance Coste @torrancecoste.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The current BC forest minister has said a lot of outrageous things, but this might take the cake. Blaming caribou and calling them stupid for getting scared when their habitat is destroyed by logging is such a callous worldview to hold. coastmountainnews.com/2026/06/10/f... #bcpoli 075
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJulia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Canadians haven’t abandoned climate. Their government has. PM Carney has dismantled Canada’s climate progress, but new polling from Abacus Data shows that the majority of Canadians — over 60 per cent — don’t think PM Carney is taking the climate crisis seriously enough.environmentaldefence.caStatement: New Polling Shows PM Carney Misread the Room on Climate - Environmental DefenceFor immediate release: June 11, 2026 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director: New Polling Shows PM Carney Misread the Room on 2106
Reposted by Environment HamiltonKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/06/2026Nice to speak to @geoffdembicki.bsky.social @desmog.com about leaked documents revealing the capacity of planned fossil plants for Canadian data centres + my estimate that if they became operational, they'd cause enough emissions to wipe out 15 years of progress www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m... 27541
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 11/06/2026The City of Hamilton's waste director just stated that municipal recycling collection bins in parks and along streets are going into garbage stream. The City does not have a recycling collection contract for them, following the provincial transition to producer-responsibility model. #yhmcc #HamOnt 596
Environment Hamilton @environmenthamont.bsky.social · 11/06/2026New blog post: Next steps fighting AI data centres in #HamOnt www.environmenthamilton.org/datacentreup...environmenthamilton.orgNext steps fighting AI data centres in Hamilton 011
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 11/06/2026The City of Hamilton just posted the official Notice of Decision denying the Steelport land severance. Steelport will be seeking planning approvals to build AI data centres on the former Stelco lands. Steelport has until July 2nd to file their appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal. #yhmccthepublicrecord.caBRIEF: City of Hamilton Posts Official Notice of Decision Denying Steelport AI Data Centre SeveranceSteelpot has until July 2nd to appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal. 1102
Reposted by Environment HamiltonEric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 11/06/2026Re-upping this story this morning. A landmark Superior Court case in Kitchener recognized the Charter Rights of homeless people. Doug Ford has threatened to reverse that. I spoke to the people impacted the most by this, the encampment residents. Please read and share this one widely. 07131
Reposted by Environment HamiltonKeith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 10/06/2026It’s as if your neighbour decided they'd like to buy your house & then demanded the police evict you. Trying to get pre-approval for a pipeline from MPO without an actual route is an insult to folks who live in the region & to Indigenous rights-holders everywhere financialpost.com/commodities/...financialpost.comAlberta to propose ‘general corridor’ for pipeline to B.C. coastAlberta is set to propose a “general corridor” for a planned new million-barrel-a-day oil pipeline to the northern B.C. coast. Read more. 051
Reposted by Environment HamiltonLarry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The Carney govt is a failure on fighting climate change: U.S. is outperforming Canada on emissions reductions, says former net-zero adviser www.hilltimes.com/2026/06/09/u...hilltimes.comU.S. is outperforming Canada on emissions reductions, says former net-zero adviser - The Hill TimesPrime Minister Mark Carney's government has ‘no plan’ to continue the decade of ‘revolution in Canadian climate policy,' says former Net-Zero Advisory Body member Catherine Abreu. 12012
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 09/06/2026Hamilton's electric vehicle charging station requirements are now in force. Developers and the City have agreed to a three-year phase-in period to ensure developments in the pipeline do not need to make expensive architectural and engineering changes. Details on TPR. #yhmccthepublicrecord.caDevelopers Secure Three-Year Exemption as Hamilton EV Parking Rules Take EffectNew rules require EV chargers in nearly all low-density residential builds and 15 per cent of spaces in larger buildings. 231
Reposted by Environment HamiltonOliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This seems pretty loaded framing.. "Would you support changes to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport? This could include optimizing airport infrastructure ... allowing for different aircraft types, generating economic development and job creation, improving connectivity, increasing passenger flow" 54112
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 04/06/2026DENIED Hamilton's Committee of Adjustment voted 3-0 to deny the Steelport land severance application. #yhmcc #HamOnt 23911
Reposted by Environment HamiltonJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 04/06/2026Now onto the final delegations on the Steelport severance. The Committee has listened to nearly seven hours of delegations -- this is the most ever for the Cmte of Adjustment. #HamOnt #yhmcc Watch live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48M...youtube.comCommittee of Adjustment - June 4, 2026YouTube video by City of Hamilton 081
Reposted by Environment HamiltonOliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Canada's AI strategy says mass adoption faces "deeper challenge" that Cdns not trained on, literate in or have trust in the technology. In fact, half see it as "threat to humanity" Formal govt policy to push a tech people think is harmful seems politically risky ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...ised-isde.canada.caCanada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All 3174