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Eric Doherty

@ericdoherty.bsky.social
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Transportation Planner. #Climatejustice activist. He/him. Lekwungen Territory (Victoria Canada). @eric_doherty on Twitter ecoplanning.ca #yyj #ElbowsUp

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6h
Wait, does he want us to think that’s bad?
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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 11h
PRESS RELEASE: New Ocean Protection Plan Won’t Offset Carney Government’s Megaprojects And Cuts www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/12-bill...
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$1.2 billion for ocean protection won’t offset Carney government’s megaprojects and cuts
Pennies for ocean protection are a distraction amidst the feds bulldozing environmental lawsVANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵ wx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES - Wilderness Committee is outrage...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 7h
Time for this classic again.
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S.T. @circa-vermont.bsky.social · 9h
I was hoping for highspeed rail across Canada. Instead we get this oil & gas B.S. 🙄🙄🙄 in a climate emergency
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 9h
This is abhorrent in a Climate Emergency
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Anton van Walraven @avwraven.bsky.social · 8h
C O M P L E T E M A D N E S S = celebrating continued expansion of LNG production. The future market for LNG will be dwindling within the next 10 years because South East Asian countries are importing Chinese eletrotech. Fossil fuels have no future. #RenewablesRevolution
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 17h
We sometimes forget our wins against 'done deals'. Remember the 'done deal' Nanaimo gas power plant BC Hydro was going to build (as a P3)? Collapsed after turbines delivered. Remember the $1 billion + North Fraser Perimeter highway @translink.ca was going to build through New Westminster?
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Eric Doherty: Gateway's United Boulevard extension cancelled to applause in New Westminster
The people of New Westminster have shown that “unstoppable” projects can be stopped with determined resistance.
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the @victoriadra.bsky.social Mayoral Debate, Bruce McGuigan opposed municipal action to reduce carbon pollution. "We're not going to fix the planet... changes... are completely out of our control." The new climate denialism! Link to quote at 1:04 youtu.be/UE6TQlqsNzg?... #yyj
Image of debate on youtube with Bruce speaking. Transcript on right "And let's all be real, we
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can't stop this change. We're not. The city of Victoria is not going to fix the planet. Uh we can start by changing our
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politics, but uh we're not going to fix the planet. So we have to be prepared to adjust to the changes that are coming that are completely out of our control.
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 13h
A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city. #ToPoli #OnPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ontario health-care coalition denounces province's plan to remove bike lanes across Toronto | CBC News
A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 19h
WHO and its Member States should declare the #climatecrisis a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, say medics - declaration could help coordinate surveillance, care for affected communities and urgently improve access to resources www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Declare the climate crisis a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
Climate change is shaping health in the 21st century. In the past few weeks alone, Nepal has faced unprecedented flash floods, and multiple countries have experienced deadly heatwaves and catastrophic...
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 19h
Residential school denial by far right politicians and paved the way for what we saw in #Kamloops. Some of those politicians are running in the provincial and municipal elections right now. #bcpoli
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UBCIC @ubcic.bsky.social · 12h
"I am calling for support as we head into National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th- I urge our supporters to not sit idly by, and instead to show up and participate in events First Nations are holding, and to wear orange shirts." GCSP www.ubcic.bc.ca/fnlc_condemn...
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First Nations Leadership Council Condemns White Nationalist Activity in Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc Territory
Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 15h
"The issue led to turmoil inside the Conservative Party of BC." #Kamloops #bcpoli #racism
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Jenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted by Mark Carney last week after voting in favour of Jenny Kwan’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. When will the Liberals stop punishing MPs for doing their job—and finally act to close this loophole?
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 15h
Did I say that the climate porn is getting out of hand?
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 12h
Update: environmental groups say yeah, this announcement isn’t sufficient to mitigate the harms of the powers the government is giving itself with respect to endangered species (like the whales!). Soooooo a nice move in general, but insufficient in context. Which means Carney is indeed full of it.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 13h
He just said that Indigenous knowledge will help the government to ensure that the ocean waters “remain safe, sustainable and healthy for future generations and for all the life that lives in them.” WHAT ABOUT THE SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS YOU’RE GETTING POWERS TO DRIVE TO EXTINCTION MARK? MARK???
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15h
“30% of people in the US and Canada can’t or don’t drive.” — @nondriver.bsky.social. #WeekWithoutDriving Including me now, because of vision issues. But I didn’t need it to happen to me in order to care about mobility that works better for EVERYONE.
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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 15h
Oh nooooooo
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Daniel A. Walker @danwalker9999.bsky.social · 19h
The reality of Canada's residential schools does not require bones as proof The toll was exposed in contemporaneous reports (1905, 1906) by Peter Bryce, Chief Medical Officer of federal Depts of the Interior and Indian Affairs His anger bleeds through the yellowed pages archive.org/details/repo...
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 15h
"The issue led to turmoil inside the Conservative Party of BC." #Kamloops #bcpoli #racism
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 20h
My story about Second Sons showing up in Kamloops and how experts say this is a wake up call to law enforcement, and to political parties who have been making space for residential school denialists. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Masked Group in Kamloops Sparks Alarm and Racism Fears | The Tyee
‘I don’t want these people in my neighbourhood, in my city, in my country.’
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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 17h
🚨We have until October 1 to tell the Carney federal government: do not designate RBT2 as a project of national interest. Take Action: WildernessCommittee.org/RBT2 #CDNpoli #RBT2
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 18h
Next week, unfathomably, marks the 3rd anniversary of the horrific Oct 7th Hamas massacre & 3 years of the monstrous genocide that Israel has inflicted upon Gaza. In my latest newsletter, I offer reflections (with thoughts for fellow Jews in Canada): sethdklein.substack.com/p/on-three-y...
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On three years of genocide and rising antisemitism
Reflections on a different emergency (with thoughts for fellow Jews in Canada)
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 18h
Nothing to celebrate here. It's a sad day. Combined, LNG Canada Phases 1 & 2 will have downstream carbon emissions roughly equivalent to TOTAL annual domestic emissions for all of BC. Phases 2 will only result in about 240 more permanent jobs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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LNG Canada to move forward with Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C. | CBC News
LNG Canada says its multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coastal facility to oversea...
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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 18h
"21,000 people in B.C. were evacuated this summer, many fleeing for their lives... Hundreds of homes were destroyed... our elected leaders have been pouring fuel on the flames... The hopeful news is . . ." @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social @wildernews.bsky.social @myseatosky.bsky.social #bcpoli
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BC Needs a Real Climate Action Plan | The Tyee
After pressing the province for five years, we’re still coming up short.
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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 19h
Same with some of the Councillor candidates. You can check whether they are willing to commit to climate action here: livablecrd.ca/scorecard/vi...
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Victoria Municipal Election 2026
Victoria municipal election, Saturday, October 17, 2026. Every confirmed candidate, with the Livable CRD scorecard on transit, housing, and climate.
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 19h
Residential school denial by far right politicians and paved the way for what we saw in #Kamloops. Some of those politicians are running in the provincial and municipal elections right now. #bcpoli
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 21h
Working to get out the ETOV with @ayanaeliza.bsky.social and some very special podcast guests ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the @victoriadra.bsky.social Mayoral Debate, Bruce McGuigan opposed municipal action to reduce carbon pollution. "We're not going to fix the planet... changes... are completely out of our control." The new climate denialism! Link to quote at 1:04 youtu.be/UE6TQlqsNzg?... #yyj
Image of debate on youtube with Bruce speaking. Transcript on right "And let's all be real, we
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can't stop this change. We're not. The city of Victoria is not going to fix the planet. Uh we can start by changing our
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politics, but uh we're not going to fix the planet. So we have to be prepared to adjust to the changes that are coming that are completely out of our control.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Canada's white nationalists are parroting racist, anti-Indigenous talking points that right-wing politicians and media have been normalizing. Second Sons Canada, the fascist fight club, demonstrated on Tk̓emlúps lands over the weekend with a banner that read “got bones?” Here’s how we got here:
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/09/2026
The countdown is on for a traffic-free Oxford Street. Monday 26 October marks a new chapter for the nation’s high street as it becomes pedestrianised.
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Across British Columbia, people are experiencing devastating losses: lives cut short, homes and livelihoods destroyed, crops failing, livestock perishing, and the lasting psychological trauma that often follows emergency events.” Kelly Greene not mentioning #LNG Climate arsonist David Eby #bcpoli
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let thousands of BC wildfires bloom! And heatdomes deaths, floods, and droughts Let’s set the province on fire for bundled cash for access donations from LNG companies Bc cons #bcpoli
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Leaders from across Canada are condemning the white supremacists that were marching in Kamloops, British Columbia over the weekend, just outside of the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve. RCMP are asking anyone with more photos or videos to come forward.
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Leaders and RCMP respond to white supremacists marching in British Columbia | APTN News
Leaders from across Canada are condemning the white supremacists that were marching in Kamloops, British Columbia over the weekend, just outside of the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve. RCMP are…
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On Friday night nearly 1000 people on bikes rode west to the site of Ford's first incoming bike lane removals, Bloor just east of Islington. Strength in numbers. #criticalmass
1000 bikes take up an entire road lane in defence of bike lanes in toronto
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This week, as we prepare to mark Truth & Reconciliation Day, I am grateful to the Indigenous leaders who are fighting to protect our environment.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israeli attacks destroyed most of Gaza’s #wastewater infrastructure, causing a massive discharge of untreated sewage. That sewage is now contributing to a worsening algae crisis affecting Israeli desalination facilities and cutting their #water supplies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
Rising residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous racism have created an environment where white supremacists feel emboldened to target and intimidate First Nations in their communities. It’s disgusting and completely unacceptable.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The UN chief who refused to hush climate change. Lovely tribute here of outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres, by @chrishatch.bsky.social. Guterres has been an outstanding UNSG; always insistent on telling the truth about the emergencies we face. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/o...
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The UN chief who refused to hush climate change
Outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been outspoken about climate change while occupying his office. The message from his last General Assembly address is a remarkably practical one: we ...
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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICYMI, on Sept 15th BC's Human Rights Commissioner released a report about the human rights impacts of extreme wildfires, which are being made worse and worse by fossil fuels like fracked gas (LNG). #bcpoli #bcwildfire
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Through the haze: A human rights perspective on wildfires in British Columbia
YouTube video by BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 120,000 people marched across France calling for action to halt global heating. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BC Conservative Party election campaign getting rolling in #Kamloops? #bcpoli
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us live now! snyder.substack.com
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vaalea @vaalea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The best election outcome is NDP minority and more Greens to hold them accountable to their best promises.
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#TaxTheRich - Homes For All! #bcpoli
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Better Transit YYJ @bettertransityyj.ca · 28/09/2026
Proud to support Livable CRD 🗳️ a non-partisan coalition publishing a candidate scorecard for Capital Region municipal elections. See where candidates stand on transit, housing, climate, and more: no endorsements, just the facts. livablecrd.ca
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2026 Capital Region candidate scorecard
Livable CRD is a non-partisan coalition scoring Capital Regional District municipal candidates on transit, housing, climate, arts, and other livability issues.
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BC Climate Emergency Campaign @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Have you seen our open letter? Since we sent it to Premier Eby in July, more signatories have joined. That's 23 prominent former New Democrats & other leaders now calling on @davidebybc.bsky.social to recommit to provincial climate leadership. The letter: static1.squarespace.com/static/632a1...
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Seniors for Climate @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What does climate change look and feel like through the eyes of older adults? Through Their Lens explores older adults’ personal reflections on the mental health impacts of climate change. 🌎 Virtual gallery launch & panel 📅 October 1 | 12–1 pm PT
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Photo Exhibit Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Photo Exhibit Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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