In case you missed it live last night, a recording of my presentation for the National Academy of Sciences' public lecture series is now available on YouTube. "Climate Change through the Lens of Increasing Hydroclimate Whiplash"

Agreed. Cleanups are very time dependent as well. The more they are delayed, the more they cost as everything corrodes and falls apart and as important information get lost (speaking from extensive international experience).

In the 10 years since Paris, we failed to take the actions necessary to hold to 1.5C. We now face the same challenge in the next decade, but for 2C. But now we also have to also contend with far worse #climate impacts as we try to decarbonise. The longer we wait, the harder it gets! #Overshoot

Even a small PV kit can distort my personal market significantly, enough of us, plus some serious public investment, will crash both legacy power and FF systems This week we needed only 4.5kWh from the grid for all our use, hot water, cooking and we recharged the car 3 times

This is insane. 🤦‍♂️ Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change? They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…

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From a donor this evening: "It's more important than ever to support environmental initiatives. Thank you for all you do!" We couldn't agree more. Thanks so much for helping out. #ClimateChange #Donate #Activism #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #yyc #EnergyTransition #Urbanism #Electrification

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Great piece. "Mamdani’s agenda treats affordability of essentials as democratic obligation, not market efficiency." This approach also underpins the work at @cplusc.bsky.social, from the reimagining of home insurance that I've done, to @sevier.io's vision for public energy. #PeopleOverProfits

This week, The Narwhal’s northwest B.C. reporter Matt Simmons and photojournalist Marty Clemens won a Webster award for environment reporting for their on-the-ground feature documenting traditional Gitanyow fire practices. We’re very proud of Matt and Marty! thenarwhal.ca/narwhal-2025...

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Around the world, from Türkiye to China to Greece, former coal mines are being repurposed for solar energy in a growing trend that blends clean electricity with regional development and environmental restoration. Read more 👇 www.aa.com.tr/en/science-t...

I have run and paid for cleanups for 30 years. I tend to double or triple initial wild ass guess estimates when budgeting, and the AER values are definitely wild ass guesses. So double the 120 at least.

Fossile fuel industries never wanted to be responsible for the clean up of their extremely damaging activities on everything: the environment, biodiversity, us... Because if they did, there would be no money to be made

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"Cleanup cost has been estimated for just wellsites to be between 30 & 70 billion. AHS internal data is 56 billion. But that's just for wells. It doesn't include pipelines or facilities. So we think that the total estimates around 120 billion for conventional oil & gas, tar sands not included."

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‘A triple-whammy of hottest years ever recorded threatens “irreversible damage”, the UN has warned as the world’s nations prepare to meet at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil.’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If high level Alberta Dept. of Energy and Minerals officials have intervened in one quasi-judicial case (they have see attached), it means they can do it to any landowner for example. Heads must roll. We can’t have this. Full stop. #AERReform www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

This is a very handy guide to different negotiating positions at COP30 by @carbonbrief.org - www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-...

www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/... @geraldkutney.bsky.social @dancady.bsky.social @bigclimate.bsky.social

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#ClimateChange #Donate #Activism #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #yyc #EnergyTransition #Urbanism #Electrification #Donations #Fundraiser #Crowdfund #Crowdfunding #Climate

And here's your 1st #HubFundraiser2025 update! We've been LIVE for just over a day & we're already just $100 shy from raising our first $1000 Love what we do? Give us a hand. Every cent goes towards REAL #ClimateAction in Calgary #DONATE TODAY: give.crowdfunding.alberta.ca/92dn21?ref=s... #yyc

That time is here again! The Calgary Climate Hub #Fundraiser is LIVE and once again we're asking for YOUR support. *Somebody* has to fight #ClimateChange in this city and it turns out that's us. Donate if you can. Every bit helps! DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc

To take the true measure of the ways that climate change could harm economic growth, economists would need to better integrate ecological considerations into their theories. 7/n

Today feels like a good day to remind everyone that there is literally no empirical evidence that economic growth will just continue if the world heats up to, say, 3°C by 2100. Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth. 🧵

when we have public power coast to coast, we'll do this and make electricity free 24/7/365

“I mean, hell, the country’s making [them] just very, very wealthy. Why would you not put a little bit back into what you tear up?” ~Richard Hodgson, rancher, Rio Arriba County In this tough story, Redfern puts a very human face on NM landowners fighting Big Oil. capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...

4. The city, for them, was a seething mass of “aliens” and “cosmopolitans” (ie Jews). It teemed with “foreign” and “degenerate” ideas and practices. Some of them, particularly Gerald Wallop (Lord Lymington), railed against its democratic impulses: he wanted a revival of aristocratic rule.

If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes. Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

"I've reported sour gas presence right next to a major freeway time & time again. Inspectors come out, shut it down & they're back in business the next day, nothing solved. The author of the #MatureAssetStrategy himself described all this as a stinking, steaming pile of sh*t. On that we agree."

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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Investing smartly in public transit checks ALL the boxes right now, @mark-carney.bsky.social. It’s a credible example of both real nation-building & climate action. It’s a proven cost SAVER with a great ROI that makes Canadian cities more successful & competitive. It supports equity & affordability.

When essential supply is suddenly disrupted, rapid adaptation happens by necessity. Eastern Europe, once reliant on Russian energy is now leading Europe’s clean-power shift: solar output up 460% since 2019; battery storage capacity up 472% since 2022. https://f.mtr.cool/bojmuzqknr

Whether you’re a hard-scrabble rancher or a dogged environmental advocate, there’s at least one thing we all share in the New Mexico: Respect and love of the land. Hilcorp Energy Co., from its offices in Texas, doesn’t understand this. To them, the land is just a commodity to foul for profit.

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3. It was rescuscitated in the 1920s and 1930s by fascist movements. “Rural revivalism” was a major force in the emergence of fascism in Germany, Italy, France, the UK and elsewhere. In the UK it was fomented by the likes of Gerald Wallop, Jorian Jenks, Rolf Gardiner and Henry Williamson.

2. As the prophet Nahum put it, “Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not ... the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.” Lovely guy, I’m sure.

Dear #Alberta,

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

Even the most advanced climate intervention methods may not be able to protect wine grapes, coffee, and cacao from a changing planet www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year” A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...

👀👀 “Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence”: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #ableg h/t @nigelb.bsky.social

In Alberta, landowners can’t deny oil and gas wells on their properties, but they’re entitled to compensation. Some companies fail to pay those bills — and rural Albertans are tired of waiting. They're also tired of that repayment, eventually, coming from taxpayers. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...

This is a really useful pivot to clean heat policy & away from electricity dominated analyses - first I've seen like it. 👏👏👏