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Kate Lunau

@katelunau.bsky.social
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Journalist and author in Toronto. I write about science and tech and how they impact our lives. www.katelunau.com

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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A monarch caterpillar in the milkweed 🐛 🦋
Monarch caterpillar in milkweed
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I’m at the World Geothermal Congress in Calgary this week, where I interviewed Eavor’s CEO about this ambitious clean energy project:
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Calgary-based Eavor made history last year by sending power to an electrical grid using a first-of-its-kind closed-loop geothermal system in Germany. Now it wants to unlock renewable geothermal energy almost anywhere on Earth. More from @katelunau.bsky.social: www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
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Eavor CEO Mark Fitzgerald on German success and Canada’s geothermal lag
Fresh off landing the No. 2 spot on TIME’s World's Top GreenTech list, Calgary’s Eavor Technologies CEO Mark Fitzgerald breaks down their revolutionary closed-loop system – and why it scaled in German...
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Earth's core temperature rivals the surface of the Sun. What if we could tap into more of the natural heat underground for energy? Next-generation geothermal technologies aim to turn hot, dry rock into electricity. My report for @be-giant.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
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How tapping into geothermal power could yield limitless energy
Can next-generation geothermal power plants solve Canada’s surging electricity needs?
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Earth's core temperature rivals the surface of the Sun. What if we could tap into more of the natural heat underground for energy? Next-generation geothermal technologies aim to turn hot, dry rock into electricity. My report for @be-giant.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
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How tapping into geothermal power could yield limitless energy
Can next-generation geothermal power plants solve Canada’s surging electricity needs?
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My interview with Chris Hadfield in the newly launched Be Giant!
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My interview with Chris Hadfield in the newly launched Be Giant!
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Exciting news in Canadian media: widely beloved editor Alison Uncles is leading a new nonprofit outlet focused on solutions journalism! Be Giant went live today:
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Our Mission & Team
Be Giant is a Canadian editorial platform dedicated to ambitious, high-quality journalism about the people, places, and ideas shaping the country's future.
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
For the newly launched Canadian publication @be-giant.bsky.social, I interviewed Chris Hadfield about Artemis II and the anniversary of his historic spacewalk: www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
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Chris Hadfield on the Artemis II mission, the future of the moon – and our vulnerability in space
The need to build a nation from above, according to Canada‘s first spacewalker
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
My profile of AI Minister Evan Solomon in The Walrus
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
My profile of AI Minister Evan Solomon in The Walrus
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 15/01/2026
As minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation, Evan Solomon is trying his hardest to get Canadians to trust in the government’s tech vision. Will it work? Writer Kate Lunau unpacks Solomon's strategy—and what's at stake if it fails. thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon-ai
On the left: Photo of Evan Solomon against a red background. On the right: text that reads “Evan Solomon wants Canada to trust AI. Can we trust Evan Solomon? The journalist-turned-minister says the tech will make us richer and regulation should be “light””
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Excited to share that my first book, a middle-grade title on the search for alien life, will be published in 2027 by Kids Can Press, and that I'm newly represented by the great Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid literary agency! @roneckel.bsky.social @cookemcdermid.bsky.social
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
My story in the February issue of Toronto Life #bikelanes
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Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
For @torontolifemag.bsky.social I wrote about Toronto's great bike lanes debate torontolife.com/deep-dives/d...
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Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield - Toronto Life
The Bloor Street bike lane has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown. How a...
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