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Larry Neufeld

@larryneufeldsk.bsky.social
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Organizer for change on #sustainability, #democracy, #renewables, #basicincome and fighting the #climatecrisis

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 6h
How to Engage Alberta, the Jilted Lover of Confederation thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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How to Engage Alberta, the Jilted Lover of Confederation | The Tyee
A couples therapy approach could help heal the divide.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 6h
I Used to Believe Climate Change Was a Hoax thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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I Used to Believe Climate Change Was a Hoax | The Tyee
My experience shows why local politicians need to push back against climate denialism.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 6h
What we need is an effective socialist opposition in govt thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Canada Needs an Opposition That’s Serious and Constructive | The Tyee
Instead, we get Poilievre’s simplistic sound bites, leaving Carney unaccountable.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 8h
CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 20h
This would be the warped kind of reasoning of Canadian politicians: Fossil fuels are climate action. Pipelines are nature protection www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/05/o...
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Fossil fuels are climate action. Pipelines are nature protection
It would be one thing if the arguments for expanding fossil fuels were geostrategic or economic. The public could weigh the projects and forecasts against protection of lives, species and livelihoods....
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 20h
UK actuaries warn climate risk is underestimated. Canada's financial watchdogs won't say if they agree www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/05/n...
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UK actuaries warn climate risk is underestimated. Canada's financial watchdogs won't say if they agree
Canadian institutions say they're aware of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' latest warning, but not whether it has changed anything.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 20h
More subsidizing by our govt for an industry that is killing us: Energy regulator hands oil giants discount worth billions to use Trans-Mountain pipeline www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/05/n...
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Energy regulator hands oil giants discount worth billions to use Trans-Mountain pipeline
The decision means that Canadians will not recoup the $40 billion in public funds spent on the project during the 20 year lifespan of its oil shipping contracts, according to regulatory filings. After...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 20h
Turkey has a problem to fix www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 20h
AI doesn’t need ‘superintelligence’ or evil intent to start a nuclear war thebulletin.org/2026/10/ai-d...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 20h
A List Of MPs CIJA Has Lobbied In 2026 www.readthemaple.com/a-list-of-mp...
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A List Of MPs CIJA Has Lobbied In 2026
The pro-Israel group has lobbied at least 61 MPs, some multiple times.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Strong vehicle pollution rules would make EVs more affordable without hurting automakers www.pembina.org/media-releas...
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Strong vehicle pollution rules would make EVs more affordable without hurting automakers | Pembina Institute
TORONTO — Greater access to electric vehicles (EVs) gives Canadians more options to reduce their exposure to volatile gasoline prices and lower their driving costs. EVs cost less to fuel than gasoline...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
AI to emit six times more CO₂ in 2030 than in 2025, experts warn www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...
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AI to emit six times more CO₂ in 2030 than in 2025, experts warn
Greenhouse gas emissions from the AI sector could reach worrying levels by 2030, according to a study by the French collective Green IT. This is in addition to damage caused to aquatic environments an...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Undermining Cuba for Trump part of Five Eyes game yvesengler.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Undermining Cuba for Trump part of Five Eyes game - Yves Engler
Participation in the Five Eyes requires Canada to spy on Cuba for the US, according to John Bolton. With an annexationist Trump ratcheting up its bid to overthrow that country’s government, it may be ...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Report Delivers 'Starkest Warning Yet' on How Climate Emergency Is Causing 'Profound Changes' for Oceans www.commondreams.org/news/heating...
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Report Delivers 'Starkest Warning Yet' on How Climate Emergency Is Causing 'Profound Changes' for Oceans | Common Dreams
The 10th annual Copernicus Ocean State Report reveals alarming ocean warming and extreme events, signaling profound shifts due to the climate crisis. Are we ready to face the consequences of continued...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cruelty, Deprivation, Indignity: My 22 Months in Israeli Prison www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
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Cruelty, Deprivation, Indignity: My 22 Months in Israeli Prison
Palestinian journalist Mujahed Al-Saadi documents his harrowing experience in Israeli detention two years after being arrested from his home in Jenin.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'By Annihilating Iran, We've Created Peace': Trump's Genocidal Rhetoric Takes Orwellian Turn in Time Interview www.commondreams.org/news/trump-w...
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'By Annihilating Iran, We've Created Peace': Trump's Genocidal Rhetoric Takes Orwellian Turn in Time Interview | Common Dreams
Trump also acknowledged that the war has continued into its seventh month, "Only because I wanted to go further."
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How Albertals Referendum Is Scapegoating Immigrants youtu.be/z07RGEaEAfo?...
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How the Alberta referendum is scapegoating immigrants
YouTube video by The Breach
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The federal government is rewriting Canada’s National Housing Strategy. Tell them to follow their own law. housingrights.ca/make-the-new...
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The National Right to Housing Network
A national network dedicated to the progressive realization of the right to housing in Canada, and its meaningful implementation.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Moratorium on building data centres in Saskatchewan - Sign the Petition! c.org/9hQR5NgVNM
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Sign the Petition
Moratorium on building data centres in Saskatchewan
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell CPPIB You Refuse to Allow Your Money to Be Invested in Genocide, Apartheid, and War Crimes. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell CPPIB You Refuse to Allow Your Money to Be Invested in Genocide, Apartheid, and War Crimes
For the seventh consecutive year, we have analyzed Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB) investments. As of 31 March 2026 (fiscal year end 2025/2026), CPPIB had over $54 billion invested in 1...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nature’s Deadly Missiles countercurrents.org/2026/10/natu...
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Nature’s Deadly Missiles | Countercurrents
Climate scientists and disaster response teams are increasingly using the phrase “nature’s missiles” to describe unstable mountain glaciers that have become vulnerable to global warming for the first…
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Humanitarian concerns are not what the United States cares about and the Canadian govt isn't stepping up for humanitarian assistance either: Increasing Concern over Escalating Health Crisis in Iran countercurrents.org/2026/10/incr...
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Increasing Concern over Escalating Health Crisis in Iran | Countercurrents
You have been reading about the Iran’s ongoing conflict with the USA and Iran since late February this year, but did you notice more particularly that— These are only a few of the several disturbing…
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Everything was forbidden except breathing and swift death”: Israel’s sadism up close countercurrents.org/2026/10/ever...
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“Everything was forbidden except breathing and swift death”: Israel’s sadism up close | Countercurrents
I felt like I was breathing through the eye of a needle, and my chest tightened considerably. The Israeli interrogator had just asked me if I agreed to cooperate with them or not, if I would go down…
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social how can the Canadian govt watch this happening and do nothing? Shame on you & your govt : Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails
Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gaza Shattered the Myth of the “Most Moral Army” www.pressenza.com/2026/10/gaza...
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Gaza Shattered the Myth of the “Most Moral Army”
One of the most consistent claims Israel has made over the years is that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is the most moral military in the world — a claim
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Senior UN Official Says He Lost Job After Opposing Israel’s Gaza Genocide, Amid Pressure From Israel and US countercurrents.org/2026/10/seni...
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Senior UN Official Says He Lost Job After Opposing Israel’s Gaza Genocide, Amid Pressure From Israel and US | Countercurrents
Rome (QNN)- A senior official at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said he lost his job after being accused of breaching impartiality rules for speaking out against Israel’s genocide…
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Transparency watchdog has no teeth: Transparency watchdog accuses federal lobbying commissioner of mass non-enforcement open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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Transparency watchdog accuses federal lobbying commissioner of mass non-enforcement
Democracy Watch report finds just three of 31,806 lobbying infractions were penalized under Commissioner Nancy Bélanger's tenure.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is bad but what's worse is how the University of Regina has tried to hide how much fossil fuel corporate funding it receives: University of Ottawa falling behind on fossil fuel divestment rabble.ca/labour/unive...
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University of Ottawa falling behind on fossil fuel divestment
The student union at the University of Ottawa wants to see the school to commit to divestment from fossil fuels.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Buying us off with nice things and politicians are lapping it up: Bell AI data centre takes shape south of Regina as company pledges $1M for mental health www.sasktoday.ca/regina-today...
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Bell AI data centre takes shape south of Regina as company pledges $1M for mental health
Construction is progressing on Bell’s AI data centre south of Regina as the project looks toward a planned expansion to 1,200 megawatts.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
MA wants to have more transparency over what AI data centres do and a number of other U.S. states are taking similar steps but here in Saskatchewan, and from the federal government, nothing but silence. It's time we demand they actually protect the public interest www.mass.gov/executive-or...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is what it comes to because people can't be provided with the housing they need. Shame on every government in Canada that lets homelessness continue to exist thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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No One Wants to Poop in a Bag | The Tyee
But a Kamloops man’s ‘dignity kits’ offer short-term help while those without homes wait for a long-term bathroom solution.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carney’s first “national interest” project is an oil pipeline through Indigenous territories. Consent was not part of the announcement. indigenousinsider.substack.com/p/whose-nati...
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Whose Nation Is Being Built?
Carney’s first “national interest” project is an oil pipeline through Indigenous territories. Consent was not part of the announcement.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sign on to ask the federal government to prevent further tailings pollution and harms by using all the regulatory tools it has, including the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/200858/...
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Prevent Harm and Pollution: Demand Federal Action on Toxic Tailings
Sign on to ask the federal government to prevent further tailings pollution and harms by using all the regulatory tools it has, including the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tell Your MP To Stand Up For People In Crisis. Canada Must Increase Its Humanitarian Funding In Budget actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
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#TakeAction with ActionButton
ActionButton helps people take quick action to create powerful change.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism
Cliquez ici pour une version française de cette campagne. Last week, Public Safety Canada tried to quietly redefine anti-Zionism as antisemitic. This marks the first time the Canadian government has...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Under Carney, Canada Is Cooling on Reconciliation thewalrus.ca/under-carney...
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Under Carney, Canada Is Cooling on Reconciliation | The Walrus
Three experts on the need to keep challenging denialism
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Truth and reconciliation shouldn't just be in words but also deeds from the federal government. Carney has been very much silent on Indigenous rights and reconciliation other than an obligatory speech on September 30 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Human rights panel condemns Canada's inaction regarding Indigenous people | CBC News
Canada is failing to meet international legal obligations by refusing to hold thorough investigations into the crimes committed in its residential school system, says a global human rights organizatio...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keeping it in Canada: Nineteen months on, the Buy Canadian shopper has not gone home abacusdata.ca/nineteen-mon...
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Nineteen months on, the Buy Canadian shopper has not gone home - Abacus Data
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carney is driving us over a cliff with fossil fuels: Carney's push for new pipeline hits flashpoints across Canada www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Carney's push for new pipeline hits flashpoints across Canada
Mark Carney's decision to list the Pacific Link Pipeline as a 'project of national interest' is drawing concern from environmental, political and Indigenous groups.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Spoiler: nothing good comes from this: Prediction markets are going mainstream. What does that mean for public health and democracy? theconversation.com/prediction-m...
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Prediction markets are going mainstream. What does that mean for public health and democracy?
Prediction markets are becoming mainstream, bringing gambling risks and a novel source of political information to public life.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We need more of this: Bike‑sharing programs can help cities reduce emissions and congestion theconversation.com/bike-sharing...
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Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce emissions and congestion
The environmental value of bike sharing depends partly on how often bikes are used to replace trips that would otherwise have been made by car.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Those costs are going to keep going up as govts pour more money into fossil fuels: Extreme Summer Weather Produced $1.8B in Insured Losses on Canadian Prairies www.theenergymix.com/extreme-summ...
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Extreme Summer Weather Produced $1.8B in Insured Losses on Canadian Prairies
Extreme weather this summer caused more than $1.8 billion in insured losses during 10 events across Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, the Insurance Bureau of Canada reports. And those costs will co...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Young people are really getting a raw deal: Younger Generations Face Greater Lifetime Exposure to Extreme Fire Weather www.theenergymix.com/younger-gene...
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Younger Generations Face Greater Lifetime Exposure to Extreme Fire Weather
Despite contributing the least to the warming effects of climate change, younger generations are projected to be disproportionately exposed to extreme fire weather.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zero-Emission Trucks Gain Ground Worldwide, But Not in Canada www.theenergymix.com/zero-emissio...
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Zero-Emission Trucks Gain Ground Worldwide, But Not in Canada
Medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle sales grew “considerably” from 2020 to 2025, with global trends favouring trucks, though in Canada buses and coaches dominated that vehicle category.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gas Power Plants for AI Data Centres Are a Risky Bet with Your Retirement Savings energymixweekender.substack.com/p/gas-power-...
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Gas Power Plants for AI Data Centres Are a Risky Bet with Your Retirement Savings
The Canada Pension Plan is supposed to invest in the best interest of the 22 million of us whose retirement savings it holds. Instead, they’re rolling the dice on gas plants to power AI data centres.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
AI has a ticking timebomb. All those calls for govt to help slow AI down is less about safety and more about delaying a bubble popping: Tech Giants Face AI Bubble as Investment Nears Dot-Com Levels, Famed Investor Warns www.theenergymix.com/tech-giants-...
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Tech Giants Face AI Bubble as Investment Nears Dot-Com Levels, Famed Investor Warns
As large artificial intelligence (AI) companies prepare to go public, the hedge fund manager who predicted the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis is intensifying his warnings that capital spending by five ...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When Trump's back is against the wall he gets even more dangerous: Iran threats and snipers in Washington: Trump’s dangerous unravelling www.opendemocracy.net/iran-threats...
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Iran threats and snipers in Washington: Trump’s dangerous unravelling
Depleted missiles abroad and armed fortresses at home reveal a president running out of options as midterms loom
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What you need to know about the Productivity Mega Deduction, the latest measure purportedly designed to induce an investment boom www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The Canadian government's new “mega” corporate tax cut  | CCPA
What you need to know about the Productivity Mega Deduction, the latest measure purportedly designed to induce an investment boom.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru www.democracynow.org/2026/10/1/ti...
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The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At the UN Human Rights Council, wife of killed Palestinian doctor Adnan Al-Bursh urges pressure on Israel to release withheld bodies countercurrents.org/2026/10/at-t...
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At the UN Human Rights Council, wife of killed Palestinian doctor Adnan Al-Bursh urges pressure on Israel to release withheld bodies | Countercurrents
Geneva – In a statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Yasmin Al-Bursh, wife of slain Palestinian doctor Adnan Al-Bursh, called for pressure on Israeli authorities to release his body and...
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