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Scott Forbes🇨🇦

@theecologyprof.bsky.social
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U of Winnipeg ecologist; behavioural ecology; wildlife biology; fisheries; families; birds; climate change; naturalist.

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Pembina Institute @pembina.org · 8h
Canada should be investing in electrification and clean power, not another oil pipeline. The Pacific Link pipeline will increase emissions and is a risky bet for public funds, as long-term oil demand weakens. It should not be designated as a project of national interest. 🔗 buff.ly/BbuAlfq
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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 10h
1/ So it’s official. Faced with a choice between whales and oil, our Prime Minister chose oil. Faced with a choice between a safe climate and more fossil fuel expansion, he chose oil again. Today, Mark Carney announced yet another mammoth oilsands pipeline. #cdnpoli #bcpoli 🧵
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 13h
Why the takeoff? EVs are cheaper and better, especially where China's models are available. Australia has no tariffs on China's EVs. 15 EVs below $28,000 US are available in Australia. Iran War Energy Crisis made EV advantages even larger!! thedriven.io/2026/09/30/w... #energysky
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 13h
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First Nations chiefs in B.C. call on Carney, Smith to halt pipeline | CBC News
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs is calling on Ottawa and Alberta's government to halt efforts to advance the West Coast pipeline, saying expanding the oil industry will accelerate climate ...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 20h
Large-scale storage #batteries are the fastest-growing power technology today, according to International Energy Agency. Cost of #battery packs used in grid-scale storage systems fell by 45 % last year alone. www.ft.com/content/b847...
ft.com
The trouble with China’s bigger, better batteries
It’s the world’s fastest-growing power technology — and Beijing is dominant
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Nature’s Eye🌱 @see3trees.bsky.social · 18h
This is one of my favorite B&W photos— a Great Blue Heron in resting mode. I have posted this a while ago. #birdoftheday #blackandwhite #B&W
A large bird standing on a wood — different light shades showing bright and dark strands of feathers
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 16h
For today's #birdoftheday theme of #blackandwhite, geese at twilight. #Birds 🪶
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 16h
Good - these energy vampires need to pay their own way. #EnergyTransition www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
theglobeandmail.com
Hydro-Québec asks provincial regulator to hike energy rates for large data centres
Proposal that could double the cost of energy for companies such as Google will be heard at a public hearing
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Poilievre should take the hint and follow the example of Kerry-Lynne Findley. It's time to go. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Conservative MP Scott Aitchison to leave Poilievre’s caucus, sources say
Decision to resign was characterized as a desire to try something else beyond elected life; he has been in politics since 1994
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Mark Simmonds @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My #birdoftheday #birdofthemonth has to be the Little Bittern at Clot Del Galvany. I managed to catch it as it was coming into land. #birds #birdphotography #birding
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is more than just a bit of irony that as the planet cooks and droughts become more and more frequent, Manitoba Hydro plans to spend at least $3 billion (it will be much more) on methane gas generating stations. #EndFossilFuels #FirmRenewables www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
winnipegfreepress.com
Hydro reports $446-M loss in 2025-26, points to fourth drought year in past five
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Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
nctr.ca/about/truth-...
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action - NCTR
Overview The Calls to Action are an appeal to mobilize all levels of government, organizations, as well as individuals to make concrete changes in society. They list specific actions to redress the le...
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world." Yeah it is. gift link
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China Has an 18-Wheel Answer to Soaring Global Diesel Prices
Around a third of trucks sold in China this year will run on electricity, furthering Beijing’s goal of bolstering energy security.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth The moon was setting as the sun was rising when I got this shot. #Birds 🪶
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 30/09/2026
EV sales double in Australia as one in four new cars now electric
abc.net.au
One EV sold every 100 seconds as Australia catches up to the world
Electric cars have become mainstream in the past decade, making up one in four new car sales.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Make no mistake. This isn't about reducing carbon emissions with clean energy: it's about propping up the fossil fuel industry and continuing to burn the planet while we wait decades for these plants to arrive. Nuclear is a stalking horse for oil, gas & coal. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
theglobeandmail.com
Saskatchewan to build two large nuclear reactors, Moe says
Nuclear power to play a part in province’s broader electrical grid with first reactor potentially online in 2042, Premier says
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Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Using this for my evolution class next semester
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Instead of fossil fuel propaganda, schools could use the Carbon Impacts Tracer tool to teach how much extra warming, heat stress, excess deaths, GBR coral loss, glacier loss, crop production loss, labour loss,& poverty is attributable to any new/planned fossil fuel project 👉 carbonimpactstracer.com
theguardian.com
Corporations claim their fossil fuel emissions are a drop in the ocean. But what if we could count the real cost?
A new tool called Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight metrics, including lost food production
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll. This really is my last photo of the sky. The geese just got in the way.
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Doug Engstrom @dougengstrom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters. (1st name) Here's a juvenile eastern kingbird begging for food in this photo taken in the greenbelt during early August. 📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300 #photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #EasternKingbirds #kingbirds
Juvenile eastern kingbird perched on a bare branch and shown in right profile. Its black body and wings contrast with its white underparts, and its beak, which is gray on top and yellow on the bottom, is wide open. A blurred brick wall forms the background.
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CAPE BC - Canadian Ass'n of Physicians for the Environment BC @cape-bc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LNG Canada Phase 2 would double output to 30 million tonnes a year, while global gas demand falls and a glut approaches. And they want to expand before proving Phase 1 is safe: its flaring already exceeds B.C. permits. Real leadership means scaling up clean energy, not doubling down fracked gas.
theenergymix.com
BREAKING: New LNG Canada Deal ‘Like Betting on a Concrete Canoe’
The LNG Canada megaproject in Kitimat, British Columbia, is expected to announce a final investment decision today to double its output to up to 30 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year, th...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hugely wishful thinking If emissions peak by 2040 and fall rapidly, research shows we might get away with 'just' a reprise of the Pliocene ~ 3C higher temperatures and sea level eventually 15 - 25m higher If they don't, it will be worse - much worse www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere
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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦 @lorichirp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rob, filling in for Alan, has said: The theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). The Alt theme is #Paridae, any of the species. A Green-winged Teal #birds #photography #ECK
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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good morning folks, I'm covering Alan BOTD. @alan678.bsky.social theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). The Alt theme is #Paridae, any of the species. #birds #ECK #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #birdphotography #BirdLife #naturephotography
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Knowing Danielle Smith, the trains are sure to be coal-powered. www.canada.ca/en/transport...
canada.ca
Canada and Alberta to collaborate on High-Speed Rail
High-speed rail in Canada has the potential to connect communities, give Canadians more travel options, create good jobs, attract new investment, and support economic growth.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). I THINK these are juvenile Common Mergansers that I spotted this weekend (not 100% sure). How do they quality for #EFG? In the Old World they are Goosanders. #Birds 🪶
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This might be the opportunity for the Manitoba Liberals to become relevant. The BC Conservatives started from one seat in 2023 when Rustad left BC United (the renamed 'Liberal' party) & came within a hair of forming government. There is a political vacuum in MB right now. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Obby Khan says division in Manitoba PC caucus left him 'no choice' but to resign | CBC News
Obby Khan is stepping down from his position as leader of Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives, saying divisions within his caucus have left him "no choice" but to resign.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Team Fossil Fuels (Ford, Smith, Carney) hard at work using taxpayer money to enrich oil companies while ruining the planet. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/n...
nationalobserver.com
Doug Ford says he'll spend public money on east-west oil pipeline
Ontario’s premier sees no reason why it should take more than four years to build a 3,300 kilometre pipeline between Alberta and his province. “We just believe that it can get done,” he said.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just when I thought that the BC Conservatives had cornered the market on self-immolation, the MB Conservatives step up and say "hold my beer." www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
winnipegfreepress.com
Khan quits as Manitoba Tory leader, leaves caucus to sit as independent
Manitoba’s Leader of the Opposition is stepping down.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This weekend I may have obtained the first photographic evidence of Lake Manitoba's legendary lake monster: Manipogo. Maybe a small one.
Pied-billed grebe with head out of water
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For today's #BirdOfTheDay ALT theme of #AwkwardAvian. #Bird 🪶
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background, a white-crowned sparrow. #Birds 🪶
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wolf adult and juvie on the Hudson Bay coast. The Hudson Bay wolf (Canis lupus hudsonicus) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to...yes you guessed it, Hudson Bay.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In early September, the organization behind Canada’s push for small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) quietly signalled their demise. www.theenergymix.com/rip-smrs-is-...
theenergymix.com
RIP SMRs: Is It the End of the Line for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors?
In early September, the organization behind Canada's push for small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) quietly signalled their demise, researcher and author Susan O'Donnell writes in analysis for The Ene...
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, photos with pairs of the same species in them. Here's a pair of western grebes in the early morning: male on the right, female on left. #Birds 🪶
Female and male western grebes
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EveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Atwood has spent much of her career examining the implications of societies that allow their freedoms & ecosystems to erode. But she is also a critic of those who neglect the relationship between humans & the natural world, cautioning that neglecting one can have dire consequences for the other 1/3
Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research
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M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The donation will establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology, a new research position at the London, Ont., school focused on understanding how birds move, behave and adapt to changing environmental conditions www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
ctvnews.ca
Margaret Atwood donates $1M to Western University for avian research chair
The legacy of celebrated Canadian author and bird conservation advocate Graeme Gibson will continue through a $1-million gift to Western University from his longtime partner, acclaimed author Margaret...
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm seeking an Indigenous student to do a masters or PhD with me, working on the Cape Churchill caribou project. Please reach out to me ryan.brook@usask.ca
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Germans have got it right. Canada and Saskatchewan shouldn't buy into SMRs and instead shift investment & attention to renewable energy: Small modular reactors not the solution – German nuclear authority assessments www.cleanenergywire.org/news/small-m...
cleanenergywire.org
Small modular reactors not the solution – German nuclear authority assessments | Clean Energy Wire
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦 @lorichirp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Per Rob Crank: "Alan as asked me to cover today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, which is #Borbs, birds looking plump. The Alt theme is #Brown, birds with Brown in their plumage." #birds #photography #ECK A White-crowned Sparrow Borb!
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
carbonbrief.org
Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK  - Carbon Brief
The latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car, shows Carbon Brief analysis.
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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Bewick’s wren singing its little heart out for the #borbs and #brown themes of #BirdOfTheDay 📍Seattle, WA #bird #nature #photography #ECK
Closeup of a tiny spherical brown bird perched on a slanted branch, with a prominent white eye stripe and white throat. Its beak is wide open, turned up and to the side.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Germany will phase out fossil fuels by 2045, less than 20 years out. It's Europe's biggest economy, so those proposing a gas pipeline to Churchill to meet European demand are living in a fantasy world where it's okay to squander public dollars on stranded assets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @fraggenstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Borbs, birds looking plump set by @alan678.bsky.social - Puffed up Robin on a chilly morning back in February this year at Forest Farm Nature Reserve - Cardiff - South Wales 😍🪶🦉 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ECK
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For todays #Birdoftheday theme of #Borbs, a junco. Round and getting rounder. #Birds 🪶
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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Electric cars are more durable than petrol equivalents, and last longer - major report finds thedriven.io/2026/09/24/e...
thedriven.io
Electric cars are more durable than petrol equivalents, and last longer - major report finds
A study of millions of vehicles reveals that EVs are much less likely to fail compared to petrol equivalents, and will last a lot longer.
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David Jones @ozhillbilly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Record warm water temperatures will do that edition.cnn.com/2026/09/24/c... We’ve had similar in Tasmania in recent years with record warm ocean temperatures pulsetasmania.com.au/news/rare-si...
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Tropical sea turtles discovered nesting in California for the first time in recorded history | CNN
Sea turtles usually found in the tropics have been spotted nesting on California beaches marking a historical first, according to officials.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
3,680 wildfire stories in Canadian media reporting. Only 170 mentioned climate change. Latest analysis from Re.Climate: reclimate.ca/what-canadas...
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What Canada’s Wildfire Media Coverage Is Missing: Climate Change - Re.Climate
When wildfires strike, the news focuses on what’s happening now. But Canadians also need to understand why wildfires are getting worse and what can be done to solve it.
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Dennis Waldron @wphoto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A Cormorant from the archives I was able to get close to before he took off. #TheDivers #BirdStare #BirdOfTheDay #ECK #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography
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