Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I made!! I am at Darwin’s level!!🤪 040
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Govs are not monolithic; there are always those pushing to fulfill our obligations under international law, and those advocating to cherry pick what we do & don’t, often in response to sectoral/special interests. Nature often gets the short stick in these trade-offs. www.cbc.ca/news/science...cbc.ca4 years after a Canada-led global deal to protect nature, work on oceans is lacking | CBC NewsCanada helped land a global agreement to protect nature in 2022. A new assessment shows how successful it's been. 010
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My former colleagues, Mark Cane and Stephen Zebiak, were the first to successfully predict El Niño more than a year in advance in the late 1980s. Now we’re really good at it, and know the consequences. It’d be irresponsible for governments not to take action. Read this from my buddy Jeff Shaman.nytimes.comOpinion | The Super El Niño Comes Bearing One Gift: Time to Prepare (Gift Article)There’s still time to prepare. 415554
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 28/09/2026UNLOCKED | Susan Riley: Public opposition builds to Carney’s rightward march, but not so much in the House By @susan_p_riley #cdnpoli buff.ly/UL8l7WU 223
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"We don't have an economy over the long term if we destroy the ecosystem" For a gov that prides itself about thinking long term, its willingness to accept serious environmental harm to expedite short-term economic benefits appears rather myopic. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caSpeed over species? What experts are saying about Ottawa's new major projects bill | CBC NewsThe federal government says the purpose of Bill C-39 is to make project decisions in one year. But tucked inside are a dizzying array of more than 300 clauses that amend more than a dozen separate pie... 010
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I posted this thread to LinkedIn because I’m a glutton for punishment and the CDR shills are big mad. 1115111
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This settles @mark-carney.bsky.social’s gov position on sustainable development. I get we are living through massive geopolitical changes, but dismissing Nature and the ecosystem services it provides to sustain society -and the economy- seems just foolish 😔 www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/n...nationalobserver.comFeds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessmentsThe change comes as part of a suite of amendments to Canada's impact assessment laws passed by the Carney government early Wednesday morning. 010
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 05/09/2026Listening to a man at the farmers market explain he’s out of eggs as “the ladies aren’t producing due to heat stress”— and another poultry vendor says he’s out, as he can’t keep them in this heat. Climate change is all around. We just have to open our eyes to see how it’s affecting our daily lives.static.klipy.comSleepy Cartoon ChickenAlt: Sleepy Cartoon Chicken 19824259
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026While Canadian gov decisions appear intended to make this report a self fulfilling prophecy, "This report describes physics, not fate", "We do still have some agency” are also key messages from the report; there are things we can do to mitigate some of the harm to come… www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caCanadians should prepare for a 5 C hotter future, report warns | CBC NewsThe federal government's new report summarizing the latest science on climate change warns that under current climate policies, the impact on Canadians will likely be "far from benign." 011
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 04/09/2026Talking extreme weather and climate change on @npr.org with @billweircnn.bsky.social for the next hour. Tune in here! www.listentothemiddle.comlistentothemiddle.comThe Middle with Jeremy HobsonThe Middle with Jeremy Hobson is the only live national call-in current events program on public radio. 27112
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 04/09/2026You know what happens when a plane 'overshoots' a runway. It doesn't just 'return'. 05518
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A rational evaluation of the risks would immediately trigger a slow down & setup of strong regulatory frameworks for AI development. Like climate change, the lack of decisive action indicates that greed & a FOMO race for power drive decisions. Maybe is just stupidity. www.cbc.ca/news/world/o...cbc.caHugging Face hack raises fears of more rogue AI swarms as tech companies sound alarm in open letter | CBC NewsTech experts are warning of dire consequences if AI systems continue to escape human control, after a group of OpenAI agents went rogue in July and hacked into a billion-dollar company — what some are... 010
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Now the name of the game is managing climate overshoot. What a mess we are leaving to our kids and everyone that will come after us… www.cbc.ca/news/science...cbc.caFor the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC NewsIn a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the... 010
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Really interesting piece on taxation, the fallacies around simplistic political promises on lowering taxes, and the importance of taxes to reduce the wealth gap. 👇👇 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caANALYSIS | Is Quebec actually the most taxed jurisdiction in North America? | CBC NewsWith the rising cost of living front and centre in the Quebec election campaign, a familiar refrain has emerged: Quebec is the most taxed jurisdiction in North America. But is the claim actually true?... 000
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 02/09/2026While the pipeline conversation in Canada is driven by politics, analyses like this indicate that the business case for a new pipeline to the BC coast is not quite there. If we are going to pour billions in public funding, other major projects may be a better bet... www.thestar.com/politics/fed...thestar.comDoes Canada really need Alberta’s new $43-billion pipeline? This analysis says it’s a massive riskA global energy think tank suggests a global energy transition away from oil is likely to drive down prices and undermine the West Coast pipeline idea. 000
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026 300177893391
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Art and light: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis... 924731618
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 23/08/2026In the middle of all the turmoil, I want to thank Ainsley Hawthorn for her historical pieces, and to a mainstream news outlet like CBC for giving them space. I always learn something from them, and are a refreshing reminder that there is more out there that doomscrolling. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWhy do Canadians call the last letter of the alphabet zed? | CBC NewsFew things distinguish us from our neighbours to the south more quickly than calling the last letter of the alphabet zed instead of zee, but why do we do it? 021
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 21/08/2026What @katharinehayhoe.com said 👇👇👇 000
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 20/08/2026👇👇👇 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comLinda McQuaig: How Carney can force tech billionaires to finance the renewable energy revolutionRequiring AI data centres to use renewable energy could help the transition to renewables — a transition every sensible person knows is necessary to save the planet. 043
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A good reminder that it can take far longer than we think to restore full ecological functionality & diversity to an ecosystem. Something to keep in mind nowadays where longer term consequences are typically ignored by decision-makers pursuing short term economic gains. www.cbc.ca/news/science...cbc.caWhen we bring back forests and wetlands, some tinier species may be missing | CBC NewsA regrown forest can look tall, lush and green. Restored wetlands can buzz with insects and flutter with birds. But scientists looking more closely are finding that some of their smallest inhabitants ... 031
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Objectively, this is good new. Still, CAD 34 millions pales in comparison with the billions in federal funding that will be used to prop up the building of another pipeline which, also objectively, will make climate change worse. The dissonance here is deafening. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...thestar.comFederal government announces $34M to help communities cope with climate changeIn all, 128 communities across Canada will receive funding for various climate resilience projects. 000
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Worth a read 👇 thewalrus.ca/carney-endor...thewalrus.caMark Carney Thinks Canada Has Bigger Problems than Climate Change | The WalrusThe prime minister has concluded pipelines matter more than cutting emissions 011
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026European summers aren't what they used to be! Grey curve is the climate of 1950-90. Every coloured line is a summer since 1991. Every one since 2005 sits beyond the 95th percentile of the curve. This isn't a shifting #climate. It's already a new one! 🤯🥵 Plot inspired by Barriopedro et al. 2011 4228146
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/08/20262003 was once exceptional. Now it's average. 2024's record will be average by the mid-2040s. The extreme summers of the 2040s don't bear thinking about! 🌡🥵😬 #ClimateEmergency After @edhawkins.org & @stottpeter.bsky.social using ERA5 + CMIP6. 17371213
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 09/08/2026As wildfires force thousands out of their homes, and Canada bets on more fossil fuels to deal with the trade war, not only are people’s health, Nature conservation, & sustainability being dismissed… it seems the rule of law is also a drag to be skipped over… sad times www.thestar.com/politics/pol...thestar.comAlthia Raj: Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act is a threat to the rule of law, and here’s a good exampleThe "national interest" legislation should be revoked rather than utilized, Althia Raj writes. 070
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The process by which atmospheric CO₂ is taken up by the ocean is studied by only a handful of people worldwide. I talk about that important process in this podcast. 🌊podcasts.apple.comCarbon I - air-sea CO2 exchange - David HoPodcast Episode · Marine Biogeochemistry Podcast · August 6 · 37m 532666
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026"What I do know for certain is that failing to talk about #climate change [cedes] to those who would deny its existence, or deny that action must be taken... It is to abdicate our responsibility to prevent the worst versions of the future for which we may be on track, but which can yet be avoided"newstatesman.com“Don’t say climate change”France, Spain and England are burning. Where is the climate movement to resist this catastrophe? 29442
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Quiet Alarm - A Review of CBC's #Climate Reporting www.sfu.ca/ceri/publica... #EndClimateSilence 21813
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026"The big tipping point was 2002. In that yr, & every yr since, Canada’s managed forest has lost C to the atmosphere. That’s 22 straight yrs of annual CO2 emissions. This clearly isn’t a problem caused by a few freak yrs. It’s an every-yr crisis & the crisis is accelerating" -@bsaxifrage.bsky.social 47646
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Good grief, this hits home. 324138034877
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026Admirable clarity @science.org 4974912713
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This is a “burning” example, but there are many others. This is about gov’s priorities & it’s the gov’s job to make these choices. Still, the fed gov should explain Canadians why these were the right policy choices without gaslighting people, or the dissonances will keep growing. I’m listening… 062
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/07/2026Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.nowtoronto.comOntario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW TorontoA new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent. 20582296
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/07/2026A reminder: The US, by being the largest historical CO₂ emitter, has caused $10 trillion in global climate damage since 1990. A quarter of this impact is felt domestically, but it disproportionately affects poorer countries.theguardian.comUS has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research findsUS, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says 13626346
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 17/07/2026I am a climate scientist and, same. 341978424
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Shocking. Stopping the source of the problem that otherwise will keep making forest fires & air quality worse going forward appears to a be the solution. Who could have thought that? I’m sure no science advisor ever brought this up to top bureaucrats & politicians… www.cbc.ca/news/science...cbc.ca'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC NewsSmoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself. 042
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 13/07/2026A great scientist, true mentor, fierce friend, and lovely person all around. He will be sorely missed, but his legacy will live on through the many he touched along the way. Until we meet again Bill..💔😢 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWorld-renowned seabird biologist Bill Montevecchi has died | CBC NewsSeabird biology and Memorial University professor emeritus Bill Montevecchi died over the weekend. 021
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I have yet to listen to the podcast, but 100% this is the discussion we need to have. 👇👇👇 010
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Miren Gurutxe 🌹🌹🌹 🇵🇸 @mirentxu255.bsky.social · 04/07/2026 15864233
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 03/07/2026"As the public overestimate the costs of net zero by up to 14,000%, the idea that decarbonisation is an unaffordable luxury needs to be put to bed. It is an unavoidable investment in a safer future and it would be cheap at any price." - @charliejgardner.bsky.socialtheguardian.comA bargain price for reaching net zero in Britain | LettersLetters: Dr Charlie Gardner says the public are vastly overestimating the cost of net zero. Plus letters from Moira Gommon and Diana Francis 22517
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 03/07/2026Climate change is literally canceling US independence Day celebrations. The July 4 parade in Philadelphia, the birthplace of American independence, has been canceled due to extreme heat. Heat waves aren’t new - what’s new is that climate change is making them hotter and more dangerous.cbsnews.comPhiladelphia cancels 4th of July parade due to extreme heat, organizers sayPhiladelphia's Salute to Independence parade has been canceled due to extreme heat in the weather forecast. 411559601
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I really like @thierryaaron.bsky.social’s observation here; not only because it’s witty, but because it highlights that this attitude makes climate change a self-fulfilling prophecy. It fuels the feedback loops that makes it worse… & don’t even ask who is financing & benefiting from this narrative… 020
Reposted by Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him)Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/07/2026You don't hear politicians arguing that there's no point in casting ballots because you're just one vote! Why do they apply that faulty logic when it comes to national carbon emissions? 617450
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Two rather incompatible takes about last cuts at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO): Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada: pipsc.ca/press-releas... Minister's response: vocm.com/2026/06/26/3... Perspective is everything, but one of this must be closer to the facts than the otherpipsc.caPress Release: Government cuts programs it recently pledged to strengthen - PIPSC | IPFPCOttawa (ONTARIO), June 24, 2026 – The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) is sounding the alarm over another round of cuts at the 101
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I can understand that today’s geopolitical and affordability crises are real issues that we must pay attention to, but solving those without tackling climate change seriously and fast (i.e. right now) strikes me as a penny wise, pound fool approach…. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWhy scientists are concerned about the AMOC, and how it could impact the East Coast | CBC NewsNew research shows that the important AMOC is already slowing down and bringing it closer to a tipping point and eventual shutdown. The impacts would be significant for Atlantic Canada and the planet. 021
Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Clear straight talk from scientific experts on the risks of geoengineering. Really worth a read. The challenge is that robust evidence-based decisions are a declining practice. Special interest lobbies, & their siren songs of quick fixes/high political returns, increasingly drive policy decisions. 0185