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Leon Laforge

@lesask.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 and global citizen, climate change and environmental justice, progressive

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Leon Laforge @lesask.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
As wildfires burn across Canada, the Carney government is plowing ahead with plans to list a West Coast tar sands pipeline as a "project of national interest." Use 350 Canada's online tool to flood the public consultation before September 18! share.nwmd.social/s/del0exuA
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No Pipelines on a Burning Planet
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/07/2026
Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm
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Nivolet @nivolet.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026
Public Service Announcement Video (2021) www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-gover...
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(PG VERSION) Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture and Storage - The Juice Media
The Australien Government has made an ad about Carbon Capture and Storage, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. You can find the uncensored version of this video here You can find more PG ver...
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Leon Laforge @lesask.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Saskatchewan's decision to extend coal power plants until 2050 will harm people’s health, especially children and seniors. Urge the province to invest in cleaner, healthier renewables instead. cape.ca/action/quit-...
cape.ca
Urge Saskatchewan to quit coal - CAPE
Urge your Saskatchewan representatives to phase out coal, invest in renewables, and prioritize the health of our communities for generations to come.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/07/2026
Iran, not Trump, is in control of this war. From @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War
The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy.
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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
As oceans warm, a key system of Atlantic currents is at risk of collapse. According to a new study, there is at least a 10 percent chance that a collapse is already “locked in.”
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Collapse of Atlantic Currents May Already Be ‘Locked In’
A vast system of Atlantic currents that delivers warmth to northern Europe is at risk of collapse, according to a growing body of research. The latest study to warn of its demise finds there is at least a 10 percent chance that a collapse may already be “locked in.”
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/07/2026
Belgian team celebrating their win in the locker room.
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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Heat kills chickens. So you need more farmland to grow more feed for more chickens. So you cut down more trees and make more heat. Which makes it harder to grow feed so you need more farmland. So you cut down more trees which makes more heat and kills more chickens… www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/c...
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The Chickens Were Doing Just Fine. Then the Heat Wave Killed Millions.
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Drew Altman @drewaltman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Social media makes the anti science, anti vax crowd seem much larger than it is. Surveys show it’s actually a very small share of the public greatly outnumbered by science believers. My new column: on.kff.org/4wthpni
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Americans May Be Smarter About Vaccines Than You Think
In a new column that analyzes recent KFF polling, Founding President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman concludes that only a sliver of the public hold definitive anti-science, anti-vaccine views, and are greatl...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 02/07/2026
Welcome to July! 🌞 Here's how temperatures have changed around the world during this month over the last four decades. Warming is greatest over land areas, and one of the most striking regional hotspots is around the Antarctic Peninsula. Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Four global maps showing near-surface air temperature anomalies for the month of July in 1985-1994, 1995-2004, 2005-2014, and 2015-2024. Most all areas are observing long-term warming, which is largest over the Arctic region and Asia. Anomalies are calculated relative to 1951-1980 from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis.
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AQME / Association québécoise des médecins pour l'environnement @aqme.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Alors que se profile officiellement la première canicule de l’été, la Santé publique s’active pour rejoindre les ménages les plus vulnérables afin de les outiller pour qu’ils puissent se rafraîchir, mais aussi savoir comment s’adapter à ces conditions de chaleur intense.
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Première canicule de l’été: la Santé publique sur un pied d’alerte
Avec la première canicule de l’été qui s’installe au Québec, les autorités de santé publique s’activent déjà pour protéger les plus vulnérables.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yes those are the main ones! But I’d also put a carbon tax on the list. basically anything ExxonMobil or BP promotes, since they are top notch at advocating for things that keep fossil fuels in the mix and make people feel aversion to climate action.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Happy 250th anniversary, USA.
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La Presse @lapresse.ca · 30/06/2026
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Double séisme au Venezuela | Environ 50 000 personnes encore portées disparues, les États-Unis intensifient leur aide
Une trentaine de pays tentent mardi d’aider le Venezuela à affronter les urgences après le double séisme qui l’a frappé il y a une semaine, faisant des dizaines de milliers de disparus et, officiellement, plus de 1700 morts alors que les morgues débordent.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I’m all for a “big tent” approach to addressing climate change. After all, it requires we deploy many effective solutions across every sector. But…at what point do we kick bad ideas — ideas that distract from the work, siphon off attention & funding, and will never help — out of the tent?
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Finally, a way to get recalcitrant boomers to care about climate change
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Leon Laforge @lesask.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/sethdkle...
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How might extreme heat shift the political & policy landscape?
Plus: other climate news, the latest from BC Policy Solutions, and a little more about my dad
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 28/06/2026
On average, global ocean temperatures right now are the hottest in our historical records for this time of year! Follow along at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊
Graph showing daily global mean sea surface temperatures for 2026. This is also compared to the daily data from the 1981-2010 average and 1991-2020 average. Annotations are also shown to the current year with the other years from 1940 to 2026. There is a seasonal cycle. There is a long-term warming trend. 2023 and 2024 are also indicated, which were the warmest years on record. Data is from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis and updated through 15 June 2026.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The top frame is from 2015, when French meteorologists did a “forecast” from a #climate heated August 2050 - a warning on what could possibly happen in 35 years time. Bottom frame: well, it’s happened in barely a decade, only it’s already *much* worse than predicted. It’s a runaway train.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.
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Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.
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Kathryn Davies @kaphryn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
As @shastingssimon.bsky.social tweeted (RIP) a few years ago, if you have been thinking of getting an e-bike, stop waiting and do it now. Your only regret will be that you didn’t do it sooner.
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 22/06/2026
New inflation data out today and wow what can you say about these Alberta car insurance rates other than ... wow. 😳
Car insurance prices in Alberta have far outpaced every other province

Alberta is now at an index value of more than 400. No other province is above 250.

An index value of 100 is equal to the average price for insurance in Canada over all 12 months of 2002.

Source: Statistics Canada Table 18-10-0004-01
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Dr Rebecca Emerton @rebeccalize.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Our latest research with @jnicolasclimate.bsky.social @annalombardi.bsky.social @claudiadinapoli.bsky.social shows how much heat stress has changed from the climate of the 1970s to our current climate, due to climate change, and how the number of people affected has increased over the last 50 yrs 🥵⬇️
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Incredible. 123 all-time records broken today in #France 2 sites had peak temps of 44°C/ 111°F
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 22/06/2026
This excellent Brandon Sun piece nails it: when politicians redraw lines to choose their voters, your ballot loses power. Single-member ridings leave democracy vulnerable. Proportional representation ensures every vote counts exactly as intended. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2026...
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Opinion: Gerrymandering rears its ugly head
Those paying attention to recent headlines in the United States will note that the issue of gerrymandering has become a household word these days in states like Texas, California, Virginia and Florida...
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...
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UK heatwave live: Rare red weather warning issued as Britain braces for 40C heat
Britons have been warned to stay out of the sun and to avoid exercising between 11am and 3pm
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Jules @juleswp.eurosky.social · 17/06/2026
Rappel que l'adaptation au changement climatique est indispensable, mais vaine si l'on n'arrête pas celui-ci, et rapidement. Il y a des limites à l'adaptation. C'est pas moi qui le dit, c'est le GIEC.
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Sixième rapport d'évaluation du GIEC — Wikipédia
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 16/06/2026
Just off a phenomenal webinar with @globalecoguy.bsky.social + @projectdrawdown.bsky.social - 850+ live participants from all over including NAm, UK, EU, Africa, and the Middle East! We talked all about climate solutions and how to catalyze action to build a better future. Recording coming soon!
A banner for the webinar (now past)
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Leon Laforge @lesask.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Plastic pollution is harming ecosystems, contaminating our bodies, and threatening the health of communities across Canada. Tell your MP to support strong measures that reduce plastic pollution: cape.ca/action/plast...
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Tell your MP: Now is the time to act on plastic pollution - CAPE
Urge your MP to support strong federal measures that: reduce plastic pollution at its source, ban toxic chemicals in plastics, and protect communities disproportionately exposed to plastic pollution.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 10/05/2026
Proportional representation keeps leaders accountable because members can easily form or join other parties if marginalized. Unlike our system that creates regional monopolies, PR ensures no party is the only gate to power, so leaders cannot use isolation to force compliance.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This article about @anginedepoitrine.bsky.social makes the case for universal basic income as a way to increase creative output of society. Makes sense to me.
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The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI
Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle Two guys in papier-mâc...
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Leon Laforge @lesask.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Join me in asking the Canada Pension Plan to NOT invest in high-risk gas projects that violate Indigenous rights, undercut Canada’s climate obligations and undermine my retirement security. win.newmode.net/shiftaction/... #cdnpoli #pensions #bcpoli #LNG
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Welcome to our world
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I can’t believe we’re at the stage of a techbro CEO declaring loudly that they want to replace innate human intelligence with a product that they’ll sell, and everyone is like “yeah, but look at how quickly I can make a graph now!”
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Liberal Party • Parti libéral @liberalca.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Building together, the true North, strong and free.
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Black Panther🍁💪🦫🇨🇦 @blackpanther25.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Canadians are currently living above a 🔥Burning🔥 Meth Lab
Latest map of North America
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Oil isn’t getting through the Strait of Hormuz but sunlight and wind are.
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It's looking increasingly likely that a very strong El Niño could develop by end of year. Climate modellers expect this could bring record high global temperatures next year (2027). This year will still be warm, but still unlikely to break the record. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-el-nin...
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The El Niño cometh
The latest models show a much greater change of a strong – or even super – El Nino developing later this year
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Hey does anyone remember how we had like a decade of near zero interest rates? Thank god the USA spent that time investing in infrastructure! What a calamity if we had just squandered the last best chance of our lives
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. It does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz or any other geopolitical chokepoint.
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Every month is getting warmer. Every 'day' is getting warmer too (on average).
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
UBC hosted Rachel Maddow to discuss extremism and American global collapse. She brought two decades of research on a man picking trade wars with allies, threatening Greenland, and feuding with Canada’s Prime Minister. The Chan Centre was full. The irony was fuller.
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Leon Laforge @lesask.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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It's hard to drone a solar panel
The war in Ukraine may be adding resilience to the list of clean energy's virtues
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Leon Laforge @lesask.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Parliament is back, and with the federal budget in October, Canada must act on climate. I joined 80+ organizations calling on PM Carney and leaders to meet the moment with strong climate action. Tell them to protect our health and future: cape.ca/action/meet-...
cape.ca
Meet the Moment - CAPE
Across party lines, most people want our political leaders to do more to reduce climate risks and costs which represent the single greatest health and economic risks we face today.
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Leon Laforge @lesask.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The Nation-Builders www.nationalobserver.com/special-repo...
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The Nation-Builders
Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise to fast-track major projects is now law. But Bill C-5's implications are only beginning to be felt.
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Leon Laforge @lesask.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Action alert: The City of Toronto is considering restricting fossil fuel ads. These ads undermine climate action & put everyone at risk. We have a short window of time for the City Council to act. Take action here: cape.ca/action/ban-f...
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Call on Toronto City Council to stop promoting fossil fuels - CAPE
Raise your voice and call on Toronto City Council to take a stronger stand against fossil fuel advertising.
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Seppo @sepponet.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Trump Gestapo killed a farm worker.
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Caleb in Manotick @caleb-ottawa.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Rural and Urban voters need to be heard from more on most issues.
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