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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy Earth Day! There are many critical issues we’re facing, and lots to distract us from climate change - let’s not forget the importance of planet earth and let’s not continue to neglect it. From small to large acts - we need all of them. We decarbonized our home www.thestar.com/news/gta/gas...

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Gas stoves, water heaters and furnaces will all be tossed in the city’s drive to get carbon emissions to net zero by 2040. But who pays?

Toronto has a massively ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2040. One city councillor has already done just that.

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

New Bryan Adams single Make Up Your Mind came into my playlist. I assumed it was about out the Trump Tariffs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZIa...

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Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

This year I will be participating in the @SecondHarvestCA Truck Pull Challenge. Second Harvest is Canada's largest food rescue organization that works to keep food where it belongs - on people's plates and out of landfills. Please donate if you're able. support.secondharvest.ca/site/Donatio...

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Second Harvest Truck Pull Challenge Donation Form - Second Harvest

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/02/2025

You can ignore climate change. The political system can ignore climate change. But the insurance industry cannot ignore climate change.

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Opinion | That Giant Sucking Sound? It’s Climate Change Devouring Your Home’s Value.

A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.

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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Feel honoured to be working on food rescue full time with Second Harvest. Climate-economic-social benefits.

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Before making the Bloor lanes permanent, we studied the point of sale data in the pilot area, outside and in a similar area on the danforth - data was clear - spending went up, travel times for cars only modestly impacted while safety improved for ALL road users.

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Excited to announce that I have joined the Second Harvest team in their mission to keep food where it belongs: on plates and out of landfills. If you still have room in your budget during the holiday season, please consider supporting our work: secondharvest.ca/donate

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

While a sad assessment of where we stand globally in our fight to save people and the planet, this video is useful for engaging communities to get more involved. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w2d...

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Al Gore and Gavin McCormick unveil unprecedented Climate TRACE emissions data at COP29

YouTube video by Climate TRACE

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

An admission of the significant financial and safety costs. The city regularly looks at alternative routes and puts lanes on side streets. Shaw (instead of Ossington), Palmerston (Bathurst), Brunswick (Spadina). Yonge, University and Bloor don't have equivalent options.

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Thanks to Maude Barlow for this important reflection. We teach "sharing" to our kids. While sharing is a critical concept in our relationship with the US, it hinges on parties respecting the relationship and resources being shared. Water is life and must be respected. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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When Trump comes calling for our water, Canada must be ready

Contrary to Trump's belief, Canada is not merely a faucet.

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

There is still time to correct this mistake. At a huge cost to Ontario taxpayers, Ford wants to make streets more dangerous for all users, make traffic worse in the short term for marginal long term improvements for a small proportion of road users.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. @StreetsblogUSA.bsky.social usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/p...

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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

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Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Despite perilous times, I need to believe that hope is possible. Love is possible. And that despite our current circumstances - there are blue skies ahead. Hope this platform doesn’t eventually suck! @bsky.app

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