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A diverse group of Calgarians coordinating & mobilizing local climate change action. #yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange #ClimateAction

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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR)'s avatar Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) @accr.bsky.social
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BP's influential outlook report predicts global oil demand will peak in 2025, bringing to end rising emissions by the mid-2020s amid a surge in wind and solar power. www.theguardian.com/business/art...

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An analyst with investment bank UBS says the government is underestimating the predicted growth in energy demand from datacentres, and suggests tech firms needs to act like aluminium smelters that can power up or down to support the grid. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Gernot Wagner's avatar Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com
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I have no idea what a "bug out" bag is and when it would actually be useful, but it sure smells like climateflation.

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Laura Routh's avatar Laura Routh @laurarouth.bsky.social
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“Most of the deaths have been reported in California, where the heat broke daily records late last week in a handful of major cities, including San Jose, Fresno and Oakland.” Not all of them were elderly or homeless. The number of deaths includes those in Oregon and Arizona. wapo.st/3WgZroZ

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Costa Samaras's avatar Costa Samaras @costasamaras.bsky.social
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Agreed. Everything short of zero emissions globally is insufficient. US has a net zero 2050 target and BIL/IRA put us on good trajectory but need more action to get zero aligned trajectory. It’s great but insufficient because everything is. It is not by any description disastrous.

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Scott Williams's avatar Scott Williams @scott-thewspot.bsky.social
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Is it too soon to say maybe it's not "just the weather"?

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"I think those pieces of data tell us this is a health issue where some people in Calgary are having poorer health experiences & outcomes simply because of where they live and the fact that they do not have the same natural areas and green spaces that other parts of #YYC have"

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Nick Cunningham's avatar Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social
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Gas utilities hyping RNG as a climate solution, creates justification to keep and expand their pipes.

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Dave Levitan's avatar Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social
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Power outages and dangerous heat advisories almost overlap in Texas right now

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Tom Quinn's avatar Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social
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Absolutely phenomenal what is happening in the battery sector. The learning rate solar was incredible, but this is something else all together. The price for battery cells in China has dropped 51% to $53 per kwh. The average global price of these batteries last year was $95/kWh.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)'s avatar Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
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Heading downtown to join the fine folks at the #SummerofHeat (and collect data about who’s participating)!

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther's avatar Dr. Genevieve Guenther @doctorvive.bsky.social
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Today is pub day for *THE LANGUAGE OF CLIMATE POLITICS*!

MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya says: "If you want to understand the climate crisis and you only have time to read one book, this should be it."

Buy it here👇or wherever books are sold 💚
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Robert Ferry's avatar Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social
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❌ “We are frustrated that Amazon leadership is misleading the public by distorting the truth about its renewable energy claims…the company is heavily investing in data center expansions fueled by West Virginian coal, Saudi Arabian oil, and Canadian fracked gas.” —Amazon Employees for Climate Justice

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Dr Seán DOOLAN's avatar Dr Seán DOOLAN @sdinpraxis.bsky.social
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One for the climate bookshelf 👇 👀

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Justin Mikulka's avatar Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social
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"The best we can hope for is to reduce consumption, buy a little more time, and adjust to a changing climate and economy. It is time to heed the warning John Wesley Powell gave us so long ago — and prepare for the new Dust Bowl." Seems noteworthy.

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Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill. A Carbon Tracker report shows the cost to safely shut down low-producing wells is $3bn more than what they earn www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

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'Star Wars Without Darth Vader': It’s Time We Named The Causes Of #Climate Failure - Our media are great at identifying the symptoms of climate inaction, but hopeless at naming its architects. A new book shows there's no excuse for such ambiguity. climatelaundry.substack.com/p/star-wars-...

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"The evidence is very strong for a forested area having very strong health benefits, both physical benefits, things like cardiovascular health but mental health benefits as well. It's really important for our mental health to be able to see natural areas and trees in particular."

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Nina Metz's avatar Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social
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CNN to Lay Off 100 Staffers as It Preps Major Revamp of Digital Efforts: CNN CEO Mark Thompson told staff Wednesday that its first digital subscription product will launch this year, and that it is exploring a "strategic push into AI." I don't watch CNN but this sounds bad

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Grace Lindsay's avatar Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social
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I switched to DuckDuckGo as my default search engine in large part because I hated knowing a genAI answer was being created everytime I tried to look something up in Google

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"The evidence is very strong for a forested area having very strong health benefits, both physical benefits, things like cardiovascular health but mental health benefits as well. It's really important for our mental health to be able to see natural areas and trees in particular."

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Please scan our feed. I think you'll find us consistent on connecting Big Oil to the Climate Emergency. And keep fighting the good fight!

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Dan Marshall's avatar Dan Marshall @danmarstp.bsky.social
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A good listen & a solid episode. I've heard enough car brained crap from "avid cyclist" to know that the damage caused by Forester's ideas. Vehicular cycling should be seen as a necessary adaptation to a murderous transportation system, not as a prescription for how the world should be.

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Benjamin Douglas's avatar Benjamin Douglas @bendouglas.bsky.social
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Reminds me of when I got pulled over while biking into work I didn’t stop at a stop sign because a car was riding right behind me (I made a quick right turn into a protected lane). The car was a police officer “enforcing bike safety”

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