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“The most tragic form of loss isn't the loss of security; it's the loss of the capacity to imagine that things could be different.” ― Ernst Bloch, The Principle of Hope

To oppose Net Zero is to condemn ever vaster numbers of people to death. Yet this is the defining 'policy' of Her Majesty's Opposition. Where is the outcry?

I had the pleasure of interviewing Edwin Theriault for my 2012 book Eco Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada. He was fireworks all the way, a pleasure to talk with and listen to. An accidental environmentalist and a man who loved his family and community. RIP.

How much was the budget cut to the Annapolis Valley Library system? $320 K? Choices amirite. #nspoli

In Nova Scotia, a full year of bird and bat monitoring is required as part of the provincial environmental assessment before putting up wind turbines. Good. So why don't the prospective gas, oil, critical mineral, uranium and frack people have to do that?

Here for it!

The doilie-clad warrior with the logo atop his head gives a fiery speech rousing a nation of coach jockeys. Once more unto the breach!

Maritime Electric proposing 2 new 50-MW fossil fuel-burning turbines to increase electricity reliability on PEI. A report for the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission shows batteries are the more cost-effective solution www.theenergymix.com/three-mariti... by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

we must accept more extreme weather and more deadly natural disasters to achieve a few tenths of a percentage point of additional gdp growth in the short term 🥰

We don’t need markets for gas. We need a market f or being healthy, sustainable and just. Let’s make that work and leave the gas in the ground.

Happiness is an empty inbox

We said that? We sure did!

"There are an estimated 86 billionaire families in Canada..." Holy shit that's a lot of assholes. www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...

There are over six million (6,000,000!) feral hogs in the United States. Thank you #johnOliver for this knowledge.

Halifax is rife with miniature art, or perhaps simply dioramas. Eye of the beholder and all that. Regardless, it’s fun.

to congratulate JD Vance on the release of his new book Communion we’re offering bell hooks’ Communion at 25% off until the end of the month! Order yours at kingsbookstore.ca/communion

Kids love comics. They don’t need AI to ‘help’ create them. Morning File by Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

It pains me sometimes hearing media people interview authors. It’s so clear they don’t even read.

Some significant disapproving here in Nova Scotia

Canadians are paying $20 million a year to rent a non-existent “spaceport” in Canso, Nova Scotia, from Maritime Launch Services (owned by an American). This week launches are scheduled that block lobster fishers & helicopters to the local hospital. Nova Scotia truly is Canada’s Grifter Playground.

83% said affordable housing should be designed to reduce energy costs 91% said Build Canada Homes should emphasize energy-efficient, resilient housing. 58% said living in an energy-efficient building would make a major or moderate improvement in energy costs www.theenergymix.com/31-cutting-b...

There's already one rally planned to protest these library closures. #NovaScotia

Add rural libraries to the Houston Government body count: +books published, Mi'kmaw athletes trained, kids being physically active, scholarships supporting Black students, air pollution prevented, sick kids access to healthcare, restorative justice, apprenticeships, mental health supports…etc etc

Terrible news for the Valley

Marjorie Simmins’ latest memoir deals with the heavy grief of losing her husband--the writer Silver Donald Cameron--to cancer at the height of the COVID pandemic in the spring of 2020. thefiddlehead.ca/content/chri...

Beautiful cover

In case anyone is wondering how seriously the Carney government takes consultation with First Nations, they sent an invite after hours Friday for an engagement session today on their proposals to gut major project regulation.

The Drake Manuscript: www.themorgan.org/collection/H...

You gotta think a lot of carney fans are also big into the handmaid’s tale but can’t see refugees as human protagonists

We got 900 attack helicopters 5000 tomahawk nukes 800 military bases 81 declassified coups We don't believe in political violence That ain't the way that we get things done We don't believe in political violence Peace and freedom for everyone! 1 million yearly deportations… -Carsie Blanton

"In 2024/2025, operating expenditures for policing totalled $22 billion, up 12% from 2022/2023." I can't think of any other government program that has seen anything close to a 12% budget increase over two years, and yet this happens with hardly any comment.

“Instead of dropping three albums at once why didn’t he just make one good album?” My daughter’s review of Drake’s new records. (She is, generally, a fan.)

RIP to former NBA player Jason Collins, the first openly Gay, active, male pro athlete. Hard to explain what a big deal it was in 2014 when Collins signed with the Nets. He took number 98 in tribute to Matthew Shepard, the Gay teen murdered in a horrific hate crime. JC was brave and will be missed.

And another excellent op ed from my other colleague Juli Bishwokarma: www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Excellent op ed by my colleague Badia Nehme www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Mother’s Day poll: Nothing Compared 2u? 1) Prince 2) Sinead

Proposed 300-megawatt fossil-fuel generating plants proposed in Pictou County have already been greenlit by NS’s environmental assessment process with little to no effort to address concerns from the community about these unneeded, unwanted, and unhealthy plants. ecologyaction.ca/sites/defaul...

Nice to find a new (5-star) review of an old book

Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development recommends Canada publicly disclose cumulative impact of removal of the consumer carbon price, the abandonment of the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, and the suspension of the proposed oil and gas emissions cap.

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BURGUM: Understand -- there are times in North Dakota when the wind does not blow and the sun doesn't shine KING: Of course. That's where batteries come in

An Ontario-based energy storage company says it can deliver a 400-megawatt battery storage project in New Brunswick for less than half the cost of a controversial gas and diesel plant proposed by N.B. Power. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"...[Yesterday's] federal spring economic statement ... missed the mark by confirming new fossil fuel subsidies instead of investing in accelerating the transition from fossil fuels, the David Suzuki Foundation warned." davidsuzuki.org/press/fossil...

Pictou County wants the province to consider alternatives to gas. Excellent idea! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Drone footage of the proposed methane gas plants sites in Pictou County www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMZ...

This is the new issue of The Nashwaak Review, a literary journal of @stthomasu.bsky.social St. Thomas University. It contains poetry by George Elliott Clarke, a wonderful short story by Elaine McCluskey, and "Long Leash" by me, which is a story of infidelity, loyalty and sacrifice, as told by a dog.