Mark Carney promises to take climate change seriously once every other problem on Earth is solved
OTTAWA – After receiving criticism this week for abandoning the Trudeau-era climate plan, Prime Minister Mark Carney has assured Canadians worried about the already deadly effects of global warming that he will start taking the dangers it poses seriously,…
Officials announce new AI Data Centres to calculate why heat dome happening
OTTAWA – With much of Canada and the United States gripped by an unseasonal heat wave, federal officials have announced construction of new natural-gas-intensive data centres, aimed at using artificial intelligence to solve the mystery of the high…
Amazon Is Spewing a Record Breaking Amount of Pollution to Power Its AI Data Centers.
The company once pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
https://futurism.com/science-energy/amazon-spewing-record-carbon-emissions-ai-data-centers
Mark Carney keeps giving Danielle Smith everything she wants — and depriving her of the one thing she really needs
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/03/opinion/mark-carney-danielle-smith-pipeline-grand-bargain?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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“But clearly the prime minister concluded that if the two most urgent tasks at this moment in history are saving the country and saving the planet, his priority must be saving the country.
Someone else will have to save the planet, and if that turns out to be China, it does not bode well for the future of a pipeline full of diluted bitumen from Alberta.”
Investors funnel trillions into fossil fuels, despite looming climate targets
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/03/news/investors-fossil-fuels-climate-change?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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They are not alone…
Of course, after crowing about the need for getting more oil to foreign markets he totally misses the irony of where he’s going next:
“Poilievre’s next stop in Alberta is Tofield, a town southeast of Edmonton that was forced to cancel its Canada Day celebrations due to intense overland flooding caused by ongoing heavy rain.”
#FossilFuels #ClimateChange
#PierrePoiLIEvre #NeverVoteConservative
“[Poilievre’s] words for Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is also set to appear at the Calgary press conference announcing next steps in the pipeline: ‘Get out of the way.’
‘Our view is that he needs to get out of the way and permit all proposals,’ he told reporters from his riding of Battle River-Crowfoot.
Poilievre said he had not seen the newest pipeline plan and would respond accordingly when he had. He congratulated Smith in advance for ‘continuing to fight for Alberta and its oil and gas sector.’”
Every time Poilievre speaks I’m reminded of the article The Beaverton had back before PP was elected leader of the Conservatives:
“Study: MPs spend majority of their time fantasizing about beating up Pierre Poilievre”
Heat records are falling across Europe and North America right now. This week's Talking Climate connects what's happening to what you can do about it.
⚽ Good news: Voices inside football are speaking up about climate: not just asking for recycling bins, but pushing back on fossil fuel sponsorships and building tool-kits in six languages to help clubs turn climate action into something real for fans and communities.
🌡️ Not-so-good news: Early estimates suggest more than 20,000 people have already died in the EU heatwave, and climate scientists confirm the record-breaking temperatures would have been virtually impossible without the burning of fossil fuels.
💬 What you can do: When someone asks why this summer feels so brutal, you don't need to be a climate scientist to answer. A new study shows that when people learn an extreme weather event was made worse by climate change, they're significantly more likely to support climate action.
Read the full issue below, and share one thing you learn with people you know. That conversation is one of the most important things you can do right now.
https://www.talkingclimate.ca/p/extreme-heat-is-everyones-problem
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams releases ‘51st State’ protest song
https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/canadian-rocker-bryan-adams-releases-51st-state-protest-song/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Hey Canadians. If you’re experiencing troublesome weather this Canada Day, you should sign this petition, and if you have already signed, thank you, please share it!
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) plays a critical role in protecting Canadians through weather forecasting, severe weather warnings, climate monitoring and scientific research;
Canada is experiencing increasingly frequent and severe weather and climate related events, including wildfires, floods, atmospheric rivers, hurricanes, heat waves, winter storms and derechos;
Weather radar research, observation stations, Weatheradio services and frontline meteorological staff are essential public safety tools, particularly for rural, remote and Indigenous communities;
Recent and proposed reductions to ECCC staffing, research capacity, and public weather services risk weakening Canada’s ability to predict, monitor, and respond to dangerous weather events;
Reliable weather forecasting and climate science are vital to emergency preparedness, transportation safety, agriculture, marine operations and public confidence; and
Canadians deserve a strong, modern and fully supported public weather service.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to
1. Reverse cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada that impact weather forecasting, meteorological research and climate science;
2. Restore and maintain Weatheradio and other accessible public alert systems;
3. Protect and expand weather observation and climate monitoring stations across Canada;
4. Ensure adequate staffing and long-term funding for ECCC programs, scientists, meteorologists and technical experts; and
5. Recognize weather forecasting and climate monitoring as essential public safety infrastructure.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465
#canada #canadaDay #climateChange #e7465 #RestoreECCC #climateEmergency #weather #wxtooter #eccc
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So much for “America first.”
My @torontostar column: Toronto's not the only city in the world. It's true. I swear. I looked it up.
And a lot of these other cities, it turns out, have car-free streets.
With clear examples to follow, we REALLY don't need to make pedestrianization so complicated https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/other-cities-close-streets-to-cars-all-the-time-so-why-does-toronto-get-tripped-up-by-the-idea-of-a-pedestrian-street/article_01fd5e8a-71e5-491c-887a-240f6c7042a4.html
Australia is introducing free daytime power in July. They’ve installed so much #solar that the challenge is to use it effectively. People who can shift their electricity usage to the day (think retirees or people that work from home) can save a lot even if they don’t have solar. Anyone with a battery or two installed could see their power bill for many months go to almost zero.
Batteries are the key to having an economy that can run on solar and wind all the time.
https://lenergy.com.au/free-daytime-electricity-is-coming-heres-how-it-actually-works/
Interview: Musk's DOGE legacy
100s of 1000s of people have already died because of DOGE cuts to USAID. The Lancet predicts 14 million by 2030; some estimates are higher.
"The world's richest man gets to condemn some of the poorest people in the world to death, & nobody says anything about it."
Musk's legacy "will be the dead poor children whose lives were extinguished by the richest man on his way to becoming a trillionaire."
Even post-MOU, Canada’s carbon math is still broken
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/30/opinion/canada-carbon-math-clean-energy?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ontario’s expensive nuclear fantasy will cost the province dearly
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/30/opinion/ontario-nuclear-renewable-energy-cost-comparison?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Government™ has made an ad about Palantir, and it's surprsingly honest and informative. https://youtu.be/mBW9QCVDSjY
Not saying carbon capture will never work, but so far, well…