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+ Project manager at the Climate Emergency Unit (@climateunit.bsky.social) + Freelance communications and writing Follow along for a mix of earnest reposting and flippant and inane observations.

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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Communities fighting against “a future built on a systematic denigration and exploitation of labour, creativity, originality, critical thinking, knowledge and the environment” Important calls to action from the Padma Centre for Climate Justice in this moment of inferno substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Organizing against data centres and the inferno
August update: ways to get involved in the next couple of months
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janelle 𓆝𓆞 @janellelapointe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My latest piece! ✍🏽 “A country is not a corporate portfolio. Indigenous rights are a critical line of defence against unchecked corporate power. When the elements of life that we depend on are treated as assets to be unlocked, everyone and everything, except the investor, becomes expendable.”
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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Vancouver’s surprise decision this summer to allow natural gas heating in new buildings was the culmination of behind-the-scenes discussions that included Mayor Ken Sim’s senior adviser, David Grewal, who is director of two private natural gas companies.” vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
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Questions raised about role of Vancouver mayor's adviser in controversial natural gas vote
Vancouver council's surprise decision to allow natural gas heating in new construction could be good for mayor's top adviser's businesses.
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
BC is burning and the status quo is a lit match. #wildfires #bc
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 09/06/2026
BREAKING: Today, the 2026 #BankingOnClimateChaos report revealed the outsized role Canadian banks like RBC, Scotiabank, CIBC, TD, and BMO are playing in financing the expansion of fossil fuels during a climate crisis. #GreenSky 🧵
Background photo of oil refinery. NEWS icon in top left corner. Arrow icon in top right corner. “As Climate Crisis Ramps Up, Canadian Banks Increase Risky Fossil Fuel Financing to nearly $70 Billion” “Canadian banks stood out in the 2026 Banking on Climate Chaos report, released today, for playing an outsized role in financing fossil fuel expansion.”Black background. “In 2025, the top 65 global banks provided $906 billion in financing to fossil fuel companies, an almost 8% increase from 2024. Several major banks, particularly in the Global North, recently weakened climate policies and abandoned net-zero commitments.” Arrow icon in top right corner. Screenshot of DeSmog with the headline “Fossil Fuel Financing Surged to $906 Billion in 2025 as Big Banks Retreat From Climate Promises” and subhead “JPMorgan topped the list of bankers embracing
‘disaster capitalism’ as Trump's climate deregulation policies inspire more industry investments, new report finds,”, written by Sarah Hofmann and published on June 8, 2026.
Background photo of a protesters holding a banner threat reads “RBC IS COSTING US OUR FUTURE” and signs reading “STOP FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTION” “CGL OFF THE YINTAH” “ROYAL BANK OF CONTAMINATORS” “TREATY RIGHTS ARE NOT DISPOSABLE”. Photo credit “Photo: Yintah Access”. Arrow icon in top right corner.Cream-colored background. “Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, Toronto-Dominon Bank, CIBC and BMO increased their financing of dirty, risky fossil fuels by over 27% in 2025 to nearly $70 billion.” Logos for RBC, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC, and TD Bank. Screenshot of Stand.earth press release titled “Stand.earth Climate Finance experts on the 2026 Banking on Climate Chaos report:
Fossil fuel financing increase coupled with climate policy rollbacks is concerning” and published on June 9, 2026. Arrow icon in top right corner.
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BC Climate Emergency Campaign @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Ever feel like you're the only one who cares that the planet is collapsing around us? 🤯 It's barely in the news. Friends & family don't bring it up. But recent polling shows: you're not alone! 🤝🏼 Let's normalize talking about it. Silence begets silence. Full poll: bit.ly/4uld0Bi
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Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In this co-authored Brief, Mendizabal et al examine the federal government's proposed Youth Climate Corps pilot and what it would take for the program to support Indigenous-led climate solutions. Read the full Brief: yellowheadinstitute.org/2026/the-you...
Top half of the image displays a photograph of artwork by Taylor Jolin. A red line across the image beneath the photo. Within the line reads: “The Yellowhead Brief”. The bottom half of the image displays the brief title information: The Youth Climate Corps and the Indigenous Green Jobs Revolution. The YI logo is displayed on the right side of the image.a quote is bordered by a dashed red line. A quotation mark sits at the top centre of the border and “The Yellowhead Brief” is placed in the bottom centre of the border. Inside the border reads: It is imperative that a YCC learn from and support — not supplant — Indigenous-led projects that are revolutionizing the climate, environment, and renewable energy sector. Indigenous communities are already leading the way and have the experience to provide direction."Image is of a dark blue background. A dark red text box is displayed in the top centre of the image, white text reads, “Learn More”. White text in the centre of the image reads: What is a Youth Climate Corps and could it be designed to support Indigenous sovereignty amidst the ongoing climate crisis?. Below this, smaller white text reads the title information: The Youth Climate Corps and 
the Indigenous Green Jobs Revolution by Serena Mendizabal, Aubrey-Anne Laliberte-Pewapisconias, Bushra Asghar, Farron Rickerby-Nishi, and Doug Hamilton-Evans. A dotted red line separates the title information from the Yellowhead Institute logo displayed in the bottom centre of the image."
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
@anjaliappadurai.bsky.social and I spoke with Kai Nagata, energy campaigner at Dogwood about American energy dominance in Canada and around the world, and how we resist. substack.com/home/post/p-... @dogwoodbc.bsky.social
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The immediate status quo, centrist attacks on Avi Lewis are precisely why he is effective and needed. In face of growing right wing escalation, an unbashadely left opposition that is anti capitalist & internationalist is both principled *and* realistic.
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Very excited to support the Padma Centre for Climate Justice. Please subscribe to the Substack! Read ---->>> substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 17/02/2026
Today’s the day: Contact your MP and tell them to vote for @jennykwan.bsky.social's No More Loopholes Act to stop the flow of Canadian arms to Israel via the US. Learn more here: armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
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Arms Embargo Now!
The No More Loopholes Act will go to a vote in Parliament at the end of February. The critical window to act to pressure MPs to vote for it is right now.
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Great interview of @avilewis.ca by Luke Savage for @jacobinmag.bsky.social. In the face of so much despair and chaos, the Lewis campaign is offering something genuinely exciting and hopeful. jacobin.com/2026/02/cana...
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Reclaiming Socialism in Canada’s NDP Leadership Race
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis says socialism, defined by bold public solutions, not managerial caution, can rebuild the party after historic losses. He’s betting it can unite a majority across di...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Choose winter: let's make Milano Cortina the last Olympics sponsored by fossil fuels. Check out @cape-acme.bsky.social's campaign to end the deeply paradoxical fossil fuel advertising at the Olympics: cape.ca/action/choos... youtube.com/shorts/C33zL...
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Protect Winter Sports: End Fossil Fuel Sponsorship at the Olympics
YouTube video by CAPE | ACME
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🚨 Final episode of Break in Case of Emergency: What you need to know about immigration and unemployment Juan Vargas Alba and community organizer Karina Villada discuss the myths and scapegoating around immigration, migrant workers and unemployment. 🎧 Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451788/epis...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The Climate Emergency Unit is releasing one of our final resources: a podcast series on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency, hosted by Erin Blondeau with Seth Klein & leading thinkers and organizers from across the country. 🎧 Listen to the full series: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/break-in-cas...
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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
PM Mark Carney and premier Danielle Smith may never get a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific, but they're working to link Canada's energy future to fossil fuel production I spoke with @sethdklein.bsky.social about the climate carnage breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...
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Mark Carney’s pact with Danielle Smith is climate carnage ⋆ The Breach
Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down how Carney and Smith have fulfilled Big Oil’s entire wish list
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The Climate Emergency Unit ends its 5-year mission this month and I am full of gratitude for the last 2.5 years with this team. We leave behind some legacy pieces: 📄 Mission Report: lnkd.in/gTTkq3B6 📺 Video: lnkd.in/gyctDTkN 🎧 Podcast Series: The 6 Markers of Climate Emergency: lnkd.in/gtFPugPz
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 05/12/2025
an important & damning record of the impacts of the toxic drug crisis and persecution of unhoused community members — please read!
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Crucial climate policy that uplifts people while addressing existential crisis. Get on board: lewisforleader.ca?r=cRvUMg14
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Yup, I think @arnokopecky.bsky.social pretty much captures it here: How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
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Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
What we have witnessed tday in this new federal-Alberta agreement is a complete abandonment of core federal climate policy and a complete abdication to the MAGA-aligned govt of Alberta and to oil & gas corporations that send huge chunks their profits to the US.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Eye on the ball folks! It seems the pipeline piece may well be a distraction. While a pipeline remains very unlikely, the practical impact of this deal are all the immediate concessions to oil & gas industry & the federal abandonment of core climate policies. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/n...
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BREAKING: Alberta gets its way in deal with Ottawa
A newly signed memorandum of understanding gives Alberta almost its entire list of demands, from the removal of regulations to the fast-tracking of a pipeline.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🌎 COP30 is underway in Belém, Brazil! Over the next 3 weeks, we will be sharing updates on negotiations & reflections on what it all means for global climate justice. 👉 Sign the Fair Shares Platform & receive our #COP30 coverage: 350.org/fairshare cc: @350.org @350canada.bsky.social
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Youth Climate Corps breaks into federal Budget 2025 "In the face of deepening wealth inequality, the rise of far-right movements and youth precarity, this is a youth-led movement win, demonstrating that concessions can be fought for and secured even during times of austerity."
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Youth Climate Corps breaks into federal Budget 2025
For the hundreds of young activists and their allies (including many supportive members of Parliament) who have pressed hard for this idea, this news comes as a welcome relief and should be seen as a ...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🎙️ New Podcast: Anjali, Seth, & Alex Hemingway break down #Budget2025 & the Climate Competitiveness Strategy. We also talk housing, public revenue & Zohran Mamdani! 🎧 Tune in: tinyurl.com/bdcn7ahy @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @1alexhemingway.bsky.social @bcpolicy.bsky.social
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
For over 2 years, I've been working on the campaign for a Youth Climate Corps alongside brilliant colleagues at the Climate Emergency Unit and allies across civil society. Yesterday, the 2025 federal budget included a $40 commitment over two years to establish such a program. (🧵a thread)....
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Geoff Dembicki @geoffdembicki.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com. It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South. www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
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Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A Youth Climate Corps is exactly what Canada needs to meet the moment and prepare for the future—while leaving no one behind. 🌱🤝
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A roll call for the Youth Climate Corps!
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 10/10/2025
On Oct 14th, the Lewis for Leader Campaign is hosting our first National Mass Organizing call—and you’re invited! Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social and others to hear how you can get involved in our people-powered campaign. RSVP: lewisforleader.ca/organizercall
Mass Organizing Call for Avi Lewis - with Naomi Klein and Anjali Appadurai. October 14th: 5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET, 9pm AT, 9:30pm NT. Learn more at lewisforleader.ca/organizercall.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Momentum is growing for a Youth Climate Corps, a bold new public program to put young people to work protecting our communities & tackling the climate crisis. It's built for this moment. Tell Carney: it’s time to fund a Youth Climate Corps! 👉 www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Until the federal government acts at the scale of the problem, stories like these will only become more common and tragic. Tell Mark Carney: It’s time to invest in our youth through a Youth Climate Corps 👉 www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The voices of young people are clear: Youth unemployment isn’t just a statistic, it’s a crisis shaping their lives & futures. A Youth Climate Corps could put thousands to work while supporting climate & community. Tell Carney: Listen to youth & act for a YCC: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
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Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Tens of thousands in 70+ communities across Canada took to the streets in an unprecedented & historic cross-movement mobilisation to #DrawtheLine and demand Mark Carney & the federal government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.✊
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
✊📢 Tens of thousands joined #DrawTheLine actions on Sept 20, demanding PM @mark-carney.bsky.social act for people, peace & planet. Collective power was on full display across Canada. 📺 Watch the CTV coverage: youtu.be/a2YbV-Ss9fk?... 📷 See @350.org’s photo gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/350or...
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Thousands rally in cities across Canada | CTV National News for Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Colleagues at @climateunit.bsky.social joined and organized #DrawTheLine actions in Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver and Duncan on September 20 - just a few of the 70+ across Canada. Check the thread 👇
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 19/09/2025
Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy. I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together. We need a government that serves the many, not the money. Join in. lewisforleader.ca/ youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY
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Why I’m running for NDP leader
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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Climate justice, migrant justice, Indigenous rights and hear our Racial Equity Researcher @verosioufi.bsky.social @ #DrawTheLine. The Canadian government must decide: injustice and climate destruction or a just, safe future for all. Sat 2 pm @ VPL (W Georgia/Homer). thetyee.ca/Opinion/2...
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
21 movement leaders inviting people to join the mass action on September 20th. Draw the Line between us and the billionaires, the deportation judges, the war profiteers, the climate destroyers. In @thetyee.ca
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Draw the Line: Tell the Carney Government to Pick a Side | The Tyee
For people, for peace, for the planet. An invitation to join the Sept. 20 mass day of action.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We met with Liberal MPs this week to push for a Youth Climate Corps in the 2025 budget. A YCC could create tens of thousands of good jobs for young people tackling the climate crisis. Join us in telling Mark Carney: Canada needs a Youth Climate Corps! 👉 www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. I'll be taking action in Vancouver on Sept. 20, 2025. Will you join me? drawtheline.world?event_id=262...
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Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.
Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🎙️ In Break In Case of Emergency, @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social & @sethdklein.bsky.social sit down with @garthmullins.bsky.social of the award-winning Crackdown Podcast to explore the striking parallels between the climate crisis and the poison drug crisis. 🎧 www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Announcing the new ELP! 🎉⁠ A redesigned online space to: 🌱 Strengthen language revitalization worldwide⁠ 🗣️ Share knowledge and stories⁠ 💡 Find learning resources, guidance, and ideas for your language work⁠ 🌏️ Connect across borders and boundaries⁠ 💬 All in 9 languages!⁠ endangeredlanguages.com
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The forces that drive our climate breakdown also fuel the drug poisoning crisis. Unless we address them as a united force in common cause, we cede ground to the growing far-right 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p... Ft. @sethdklein.bsky.social @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social @garthmullins.bsky.social
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Shake Up The Establishment @shakeuptheestab.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
On Sept 20, communities across the country are mobilizing. 📍 In Vancouver, we meet at 2pm @ VPL (W Georgia and Homer) / Dilawri Square. We'll be marching to Science World Park for a community gathering.
White background with a draw the line logo and black text that says “VANCOUVER. SEPT 20 2PM. FOR PEOPLE. FOR PEACE. FOR THE PLANET. Outside VPL/Dilawri Square Square. Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaʔɬ Nations.
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David Suzuki Foundation @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Did you know Canada’s provincial electricity grids are more connected to the United States than with each other? ⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡ Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/08/2025
The former IDF intelligence chief said 50 Palestinians must die for every victim of October 7 and that "it does not matter" if those killed are children, according to leaked audio published by Israel's Channel 12. "They need a Nakba every now and then to feel the price," Aharon Haliva said.
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🌎⚖️ Canada is one of the richest countries & a major historic polluter. The Fair Shares Platform, backed by 35+ groups & thousands, calls on Canada to fund climate action, cancel unjust debts, tax polluters & reform trade rules. It's a plan for global climate justice. 🔗 350.org/canada/fairs...
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Very proud to work on this podcast project at @climateunit.bsky.social with my brilliant colleagues. I'd be obliged if you gave it a listen.
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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Canada’s new fast-track laws double down on false promise of ‘economic reconciliation’ On-point analysis by @janellelapointe.bsky.social for @breachmedia.ca
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Canada’s new fast-track laws double down on false promise of ‘economic reconciliation’ ⋆ The Breach
A swathe of new legislation across Canada threatens to weaken Indigenous rights and environmental protections
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