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  • Climate DenialCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsUnited States

    Harrison Ford Scorches Trump Climate Denial, World Leaders’ Inaction

    Full Story: The Guardian @guardian

    February 15, 2019
    Primary Author Ed Pilkington @edpilkington
    February 15, 2019
    If you’re trying to get ahead in the fantasy world inhabited by climate deniers, you probably don’t want to get on the wrong side ...
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    Climate-Driven Food Shortages Could Prompt U.S. to Annex Canada, Bill Nye Somewhat Suggests

    Full Story: Windsor Star @TheWindsorStar

    February 3, 2019
    Primary Author Nick Faris @nickmfaris
    February 3, 2019
    Food shortages brought on by climate change might eventually prompt the United States to annex parts of Canada, Bill Nye the Science Guy kind ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceansOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Santa Barbara Activists Trace Green Awareness, Fossil Skepticism to 1969 Offshore Oil Spill

    Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

    January 30, 2019
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    January 30, 2019
    With the Donald Trump administration racing to deregulate the fossil industry and encourage oil and gas drilling off America’s coasts, Californians stopped on January ...
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  • Culture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & EfficiencyDrawdownDrive to 1.5Pathways to 1.5Supply Chains & Consumption

    Fuel-Efficient Trucks Would Save 6.2 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

    Full Story: Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown

    January 29, 2019
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    January 29, 2019
    Increasing fuel efficiency in the global freight trucking industry places #40 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It could reduce atmospheric emissions of carbon ...
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    Pipeline Investment ‘Goes Palliative’ in Wake of Unist’ot’en Blockade

    Full Story: CTV News @CTVNews, Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

    January 13, 2019
    Primary Author Don Martin @DonMartinCTV, Thomas Walkom @TomWalkom, and Hayalthkin’geme @blueravenart
    January 13, 2019
    Two separate news outlets are declaring the end of pipeline investment in Canada, while several focus in on the differences in jurisdiction between elected ...
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    Car Culture Drives Extreme Politics, Undercuts Sustainability

    Full Story: Big Think @bigthink

    January 13, 2019
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  • CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourDemographicsEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National Governments

    Negotiations Seek ‘Peaceful Solution’ at Unist’ot’en After RCMP Arrest 14 Blocking Coastal GasLink Pipeline

    Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

    January 9, 2019
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    January 9, 2019
    Negotiations were under way between RCMP and hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation Tuesday night, aimed at finding a “peaceful solution” to a standoff ...
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    Calgary Artist Sets Up ‘Adoption Agency’ for Abandoned Oil Wells

    Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

    January 6, 2019
    Primary Author Wallis Snowdon @wallisssnow
    January 6, 2019
    In an incredible show of generosity to start the year, a Calgary-based artist has launched a non-profit adoption agency to help out the thousands ...
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  • Bitumen BubbleCanadaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFinance & DivestmentOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Vipond and Keough: Alberta Can’t Win by Postponing the Transition Off Carbon

    Full Story: Calgary Herald @calgaryherald

    January 2, 2019
    Primary Author Joe Vipond @jvipondmd and Noel Keough @noelkeough
    January 2, 2019
    With climate change setting the house on fire (literally or metaphorically), it’s in Alberta’s best interest not to demand more lighters, Calgary emergency physician ...
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    Climate Crisis Raises Tough Questions for Young Couples Considering Children

    Full Story: Intelligencer @intelligencer

    January 2, 2019
    Primary Author David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells
    January 2, 2019
    The climate crisis is changing and complicating the conversation for young couples deciding whether to have children, and for parents deciding how to explain ...
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  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & EfficiencyICYMI

    Cannabis Growers Look to Energy Efficiency to Cut Costs

    Full Story: Greentech Media @greentechmedia

    December 18, 2018
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    December 18, 2018
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  • Climate DenialCulture, Curiosities, & HumourMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion

    UK Journalist’s Refusal to Debate Bannon Holds Lessons for Response to Climate Denial

    Full Story: Longreads @Longreads

    December 2, 2018
    Primary Author Laurie Penny @PennyRed
    December 2, 2018
    UK journalist Laurie Penny wasn’t scheduled to discuss climate change when she refused to appear just ahead of white supremacist provocateur Steve Bannon at ...
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  • Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    New Mexico Candidate Climbs a Wind Turbine Tower to State Governor’s Mansion

    Full Story: YouTube @YouTube

    November 30, 2018
    Primary Author Michelle Lujan Grisham @Michelle4NM
    November 30, 2018
    A U.S. congresswoman from New Mexico climbed a 265-foot wind turbine tower to her state governor’s mansion in mid-term elections earlier this month.
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  • Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEuropeMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPost-Carbon Transition

    Club of Rome Plans EU Parliament Launch for 10-Point Climate Emergency Plan

    Full Story: Below 2°C @Below2C_

    November 30, 2018
    Primary Author Rolly Montpellier
    November 30, 2018
    Halting fossil expansion and subsidies by 2020, doubling wind and solar energy capacity every four years, pricing fossil fuels to reflect their true cost, ...
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  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrawdownFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & Migration

    Family Planning Would Save 59.6 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

    Full Story: Project Drawdown @ProjectDrawdown

    November 14, 2018
    Primary Author
    November 14, 2018
    Family Planning places #7 in Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It could reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 59.6 gigatons by 2050—and without it, a ...
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