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Craig McNaughton

@jcraigmcn.bsky.social
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Working to help slash GHG emissions & defend liberal-democratic norms. Enjoying guitar with friends. Golfing to stay humble. Helped get @brucefanjoy.bsky.social elected!

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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Partnership with provinces with territories with Indigenous peoples with the private sector & with two key groups of Canadians... those working to fend off MAGA those working on sustainable development Their support is vital @mark-carney.bsky.social @brucefanjoy.bsky.social
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Rakhi Pancholi @pancholirakhi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day, Alberta!! 🇨🇦 Today, we celebrate! Tomorrow, and every day until October 19th, we stand up for the future of our country and our province. I am a proud Albertan. I am a proud Canadian. ❤️
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"unity is not uniformity...our differences are strengths to be nurtured...inclusivity, sustainability, solidarity, kindness" Yes, we have to push hard to cut emissions, but it is important to remember that our PM is focused on a crucial defence of liberal-democratic ideals, both here & abroad
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"EU direct economic losses by event type 1980-2024, 2024 prices"
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The global economy is losing billions & billions to extreme weather We need int'l organizations willing to deal with that liability If the US is unwilling, then let's move to a G6—the US can participate as an observer Or rely on the G20 Given massive losses, avoiding the issue is not realistic
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
If you can find a caffeine-fortified moment in your day, do give this a read. A sobering review of a cluster of tough global dangers (including 'mirror life' & AI-aided pathogens!). We have our work cut out, but we can do this!
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
In honour of Alex Pretti... passing along this tune by Michael Kiwanuka The words resonate: You can't take me down You can't break me down I can see a place of trouble And I'm on the verge Now I feel some days of trouble I'm in the house of war For the love of everybody Look behind the wall
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BC Climate Emergency Campaign @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Today we launched our 2025 Climate Action Progress Report, evaluating the #BCgov. The result? 8 failing grades, and 2 grades of minor progress. The worst outcome in 4 years. FULL REPORT: bcclimateemergency.ca/progress-rep... @cape-bc.bsky.social @myseatosky.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social
Four speakers hold up a chart that reads "2025 Progress Report; BC's Climate Emergency Response." They stand in front of Canada Place with fire banners behind them.
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Searing critique of Republicans
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
"Trump has put us back in the position that we were in the ‘20s and ‘30s"—uncertainty in international relations If true, Canada needs to ensure a major diplomatic presence in foreign countries to help us navigate @mark-carney.bsky.social @brucefanjoy.bsky.social
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
"Western nations have endured crime waves, terror attacks, sexual assaults..." due to "mass migration" Gone: US confidence in the West’s capacity to win the world's hearts & minds Instead: paranoid rejection of the ideals that built the West Thomas Watkins in thenationalnews.com Nov 21 25
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
"Terrible things are happening outside...poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes...Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared" - Anne Frank 1943 Stunning analogy⬇️ x.com/i/status/199...
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I’m not privy to the PM’s calculations, but my guess is that he’s concerned to secure national consensus around a shared objective of rebuilding the economy while driving down the “emissions intensity of the energy we generate, and the products and resources we produce” (eg via clean tech) 1/3
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Texas has 14,000 GW of battery storage Alberta has 190 GW (1:50)
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Seems a great form of direct action. Better to avoid excess CO2 in the first place, but can someone comment on the viability of doing this at scale to head off some of the drastic effects of climate warming? Any downside? See makesunsets.com/products/join-the-next-balloon-launch-and-cool-the-planet
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Cooling Credits: a cost-effective solution for climate change
Cool the Planet, One Credit at a Time Inspired by nature’s own cooling events—like the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991 —we launch balloons that release precisely measured amounts of naturally occurring ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/10/2025
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30 * I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen? Humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5C and must change course immediately, the secretary general of the UN has warned. In his only interview before next month’s Cop30 climate summit, António Guterres acknowledged it is now “inevitable” that humanity will overshoot the target in the Paris climate agreement, with “devastating consequences” for the world. This interview is also published in English, Portuguese and Spanish by Sumaúma. Continue reading...
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
“A more secure world begins by investing at least as much in fighting poverty as we do in fighting wars” -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/16/US-War-Department-BC-Mining-Company/
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Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee
Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/10/2025
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
a nuanced read of the Gaza peace agreement
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Wribbit @wribbit.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
💙💙💙
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"Our democracy is only as strong as the rule of law, & the rule of law can’t survive without the principal institution that enforces it" Open letter from 292 former DOJ career employees: www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/An-Urgent-Message-from-Recent-DOJ-Alum.pdf
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit...DEI is out of the window...We have a return to people going to church. We have a return to people valuing their children & valuing society & believing in the white picket fence..." x.com/i/status/197...
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Aaron Rupar on X: "Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of https://t.co/OFEcxmLhmc" / X
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Premier Ford argues in his Oct. 7 letter to Mayors Brown & Meed Ward that speed cameras are "failing miserably" at slowing down drivers... Not in Ottawa. Check out this memo:
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
"Operation Warp Speed, initiated under President Donald Trump, brought lifesaving mRNA vaccines to the world in record time." See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed
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Operation Warp Speed - Wikipedia
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Laurie Eckman: "We are a nation of immigrants and that’s what makes our country great. So this ICE overreach is anathema to us" Not to mention the right to peaceful protest and the importance of community-based policing (check out the responsible intervention by Portland police officers)
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"I don't know about you, but I don't carry around papers that say I'm a US citizen" (0:30) I guess that moment is upon us
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Operation Midway Blitz: "federal agents supported by helicopters and armored vehicles raided a multi-story apartment building in the city last week. Federal officers pulled men, women and children from their apartments and detained them for hours overnight. U.S. citizens were among those detained"
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
“No more politically correct & overbearing rules of engagement. Just common sense, maximum lethality & authority for war fighters” Fighting hard is one thing; fighting without honour is another www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/pete-hegseth-war-diversity-efforts-military
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Trump defends troops in US cities after Hegseth decries military DEI efforts
President and defense chief delivered pair of incendiary speeches to a crowd of hundreds of generals and admirals
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
"The entire senior leadership of America’s military has been put on notice. They now understand how Trump intends to use their forces. He told them, explicitly. He wants to deploy them to American cities where they will be used to 'quell' disfavored groups, using force."
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Let’s give the PM time to at least attempt the impossible—eg to balance green & other economic initiatives & deal with a very difficult neighbour. He’s working with the right mix of criteria, including affordability, Indigenous rights, climate urgency, democratic process & global responsibility
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
... & just wait until he realizes how cheap solar and wind are... Secretary Burgum refers to "expensive sources like wind and solar." He should check out the @carbonbrief.org brief below: www.carbonbrief.org/un-five-reas...
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UN: Five reasons why switching to renewables is ‘smart economics’ - Carbon Brief
The global energy transition is now “unstoppable” due to “smart economics”, UN general-secretary António Guterres has said in an online speech
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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 05/09/2025
We will not yield.
STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAWSUIT AGAINST BOSTON

This unconstitutional attack on our city is not a surprise. Boston is a thriving community, the economic and cultural hub of New England, and the safest major city in the country — but this administration is intent on attacking our community to advance their own authoritarian agenda. This is our City, and we will vigorously defend our laws and the constitutional rights of cities, which have been repeatedly upheld in courts across the country. We will not yield.

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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"Fossil fuel pollution is overheating Canadian forests, spawning an out-of-control wildfire crisis" & yet, in another part of our collective mind, all we can think about is burning more & more oil & gas...for those lovely paycheques...which we will then spend to deal with #extremeweather
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Canadian & US businesses need to take a serious look at the 'Business for 75%' initiative of Australian businesses: www.businessfor75.com.au www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/31/former-un-climate-chief-urges-australia-to-set-prosperity-target-of-cutting-emissions-by-75-by-2035
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Former UN climate chief urges Australia to set ‘prosperity’ target of cutting emissions by 75% by 2035
Exclusive: Ambitious target would increase the country’s chance of winning rights to host Cop31 in 2026, Christiana Figueres says
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"The iconic butterfly’s population has decreased by around 80% in the past two decades, says the paper published in the journal Current Biology, with the loss of breeding habitat cited as the main reason behind the sharp decline" We need Environment Canada to rally us @juliedabrusin.bsky.social
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"NatCon 5...is organized around a right-wing ideology called 'National Conservativism,' which emphasizes isolationism, xenophobia, theocracy, anti-LGBTQIA+ bigotry, right-wing populism, heavy handed law enforcement, & a crackdown on academic freedom at universities"
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Poilievre wants to block efforts to reduce GHG emissions as one way of coping with the cost of living (clean fuel regs, pipelines, EVs...) But #climatecosts are a major driver of the cost of living Ask Canadians who have lost homes & businesses to wildfires & floods x.com/i/broadcasts...
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Pierre Poilievre
LIVE: Axe Carbon Tax 2.0
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney" -- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
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Loved ones shocked, worried after beloved Utah violinist detained by ICE
Friends and family are reacting after Utah violinist John Shin was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday.
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Dealing with 6 threats to American democracy: • Pardons to License Lawbreaking • Investigations Against Critics and Rivals • Regulatory Retaliation • Federal Law Enforcement Overreach • Domestic Deployment of the Military • Refusal to leave office
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Devastating portrait of how massive ideologically-driven cuts have compromised America's awesome strengths in scientific research—including medical research This is where political targetting of 'government inefficiency', taxes & bureaucratic 'gatekeepers' leads... Cicumspection is vital
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
"Earlier this week, the Trump administration said it would expand its rigorous screening & vetting of social media posts of immigrant visa applicants to search for so-called anti-American views & activity" Disastrous for millions & the founding principles of the United States
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
As they say, win-win
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Something refreshing
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
If what you are doing is lawful, take off your masks
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
She would have been amazing in the House
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
It's curious that Canadian populism (I'm thinking of you, Pierre) hasn't grabbed hold of the need to defend all those good people who are losing their livelihoods to wildfires, warm/acidic oceans, storms, floods, drought, smoke/pollution... Instead, we get nostrums about hard work, taxes, family...
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"You are wrong on the law and you are wrong on safety. Most of all you are wrong on cities. The cities that live in your mind are totally foreign to the residents living in our cities” Michelle Wu speaking to Trump officials on behalf of US city mayors (1:08)
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"I won’t just go along quietly with their intimidation or their discrimination"
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
"Republicans have moved to eradicate their deepest fear: a multiracial, multiethnic democracy" "Autocracies must quash communities whose stories challenge the myth of a perfect past"
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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
See Boston Mayor Wu's response: content.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2025/08/Response%20AG%20Bondi.pdf Boston maintains "full compliance with the law" (e.g., criminal warrants & legitimate joint action with the FBI) but is "standing up to unconstitutional threats and unlawful coercion"
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