A baby willet(?) for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Dappled 🪶 #Birds

U.S. automakers are the BlackBerry of the car industry.

VW’s small cars will be available exclusively with electric engins. “New internal combustion cars in this segment no longer make sense in view of future emissions regulations. They would be too expensive for our customers. The future is electric.” www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/kleinwagen/v...

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, any bird pairs whether it be same of mixed pairs. Here's a pair of tree swallows checking out the accommodation this weekend on Lake Manitoba. #Birds 🪶

Post your warning sign. (The Dead Sea).

ECONOMICS JUST KILLED DIESEL. #TeslaSemi production started April 29, 2026 (2 days ago). Same load. Same route. $111 electric vs $358 diesel. → 69% cheaper energy → 3.2X cheaper to operate → $247 saved every single trip Who’s ready for the electric freight revolution? 🚀

A new oil pipeline means a new vote for Avi Lewis and the NDP. After his first year in office Carney has proven to be a deeply disappointing climate hypocrite. Classic bait and switch. #PipelineBan #CleanEnergy www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...

Per @robcrank68.bsky.social today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stretched, any bird doing some sort of stretch. #Birds 🪶

I was driving down Saskatchewan today when I saw someone on a scooter like this👇 fly through the intersection. When I turned to follow I accelerated to 70 kph (the speed limit) & the guy on the scooter pulled AWAY from me. What in the name of all that is holy was that? Something illegal I presume.

Nuclear power has failed to live up to the hype for half a century www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

As a long-suffering Canucks fan (yes, I know that's redundant), a number of Oiler's fans were giving me grief about how the Canucks could hit the golf course early this year. Well, if they hurry, I bet the Oilers could catch them on the second tee.

How about in Manitoba, instead of another insanely expensive, climate-killing gas tax cut that benefits mostly the F150 Raptor drivers (and other gas guzzlers), we have an E-bike rebate? #MbPoli #CleanTech www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

Mr. Kinew? #MbPoli

This piece is RUBBISH. It uses the old trope "we only contribute 1.3% to global emissions, so what we do doesn't matter." COLLECTIVELY the countries that each contribute <2% to emissions are the BIGGEST (36%) source of emissions on the planet. It does matter! www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Parenthood. Well, this is what I study for a living. Here are a few (low res) screen captures from video files of red-winged blackbirds feeding the kids. PATERNAL care is facultative. In Manitoba about half of broods get help from dad. #Birds 🪶

Keep sharing this idea and keep pushing MPs for this to happen: The oil industry is making billions from the Iran war—it should be taxed www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Bad news Monday 🧪 RIP Peter Raven. news.mongabay.com/2026/04/pete... news.mongabay.com/2007/03/biod... is a good interview from several years back. 🧪

Brood parasites like cowbirds insert their kids into families of other species, like RW blackbirds, at a cost to the host. We found that costs are not shared equally. Mom RWBB & kids may benefit from the presence of a CB nestling. It's dad who pays the biggest cost. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth from April 2026. White-throated sparrows arrived en masse last weekend at Lake Manitoba. #Birds 🪶

GM is spending a fortune to build gas guzzling, planet-killing V8s in St. Catharines while ignoring the future: clean-tech EVs. GM is driving straight back into the 1960s, where Chinese & Korean car companies watch them get smaller in their rear view mirrors. www.caranddriver.com/news/a711672...

Make them pay. Fossil fuel companies need to pay an excess profits tax: BP slammed over ‘astronomical’ profits amid oil price spike caused by Iran war www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

Global warming is not a prediction; it is an observation.

How about some 'eco-fees' for the $270 BILLION in unfunded cleanup costs for oil & gas wells / mines / pipelines? [internal estimate from the Alberta Energy Regulator] The hypocrisy of the Smith government knows no bounds. #EnergyTransition #DirtyEnergy www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/29/a...

PRESS RELEASE: New federal spending once again fails to tackle climate crisis www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/new-fed...

Red flags immediately go up over Data Centre water usage. Rosser water comes from the Assiniboine. How much will water usage increase? In the fall, the Assiniboine often runs almost dry. What are the implications for fish habitat, e.g., endangered sturgeon? #MbPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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No, solar panels aren't constantly oozing toxins. These and other myths the fossil-fuel industry would like you to believe about solar are easily debunked. Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

it’s still wild to me when canadians say EVs aren’t good in cold climates, as though the leader in EV adoption isn’t a nordic country

This is absolutely sickening. A budding serial killer? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

China is building the largest energy transition in history. When you look at this 25-year timeline, the trend is unmistakable. This isn’t a transition at the margins, it’s a system being rewritten at scale. This is actual generation, not capacity. Fossil has fallen from ~78% in 2000 to 59% today.

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BeautyInBrown (show the the beauty of birds that have mainly brown plumage), a female red-winged blackbird. #Birds 🪶

This is truly mind-blowing: Norway has gone from near-zero sales of non‑emitting battery electric vehicles to now close to 100% of all new passenger car sales - achieved in about 13 years. More in my next substack newsletter. Sign up here: substack.com/@janrosenow

Windfall profits tax on war profiteering. NOW. #EndFossilFuels www.theglobeandmail.com/business/ind...

Just found out that a coworker of my wife, who has a long distance commute, traded in their F150 for an extended range IONIQ5. Gee. I can't imagine why. #EV

The world just hit a tipping point: shorturl.at/M4PXm ☀️🌬️ 99% of new electricity demand → wind + solar 📉 Fossil power growth halted ⚛️ Nuclear share → 8.9% (record low) The future is clear. Is Canada paying attention? #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition

Ford. Stellantis. GM. Dead men walking. #EnergyTransition #NEV www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Sounds like Carney wants to create not a sovereign wealth fund like that in Norway (funded by resource revenue), but instead a crown corporation version of the Brookfield group. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Carney's new fund is fuelling fear of 'back door' oil and gas subsidies.

Fossil fuels only make financial sense to oligarchs.

A study done by Ontario’s electricity operator found that wind and solar energy combined with battery storage can meet about 99.5% of Ontario’s electricity demand. Renewables can power Ontario’s future. Let's put #RenewablesON! act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/188460/...

New report but not really news. EVs just last a very long time, 80% fewer parts, batteries lasting decades, no one even mentions the motors because it’s such a non issues. Life’s better with an EV!

The deliberate strategy of Big Oil: Drill and dash, leaving taxpayers on the hook to clean up their foul mess. True in America. True in Canada. Tax every last dime of profit until they've paid for it. #EndFossilFuels

Remember when the Premier was promoting Manitoba's clean energy future? It was Aug 9 2023: "the potential of hydrogen energy as a global export is being ignored & the province risks squandering the investments leading up to a beneficial clean energy transition" #MbPoli globalnews.ca/video/988572...

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #WaterBirds, birds found near water. There were a few of these at Lake Manitoba this weekend as the ice starts to melt. #Birds 🪶

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PassportPhoto a photograph of a bird that could be it’s passport picture. Is this my good side? I think this is my good side. #Birds 🪶

Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox

Hoo boy, we're headed into Crazytown. A functional pipeline to Churchill in 4 years? It needs a fleet of icebreakers ($4 billion a pop) to make functional. How long does it take to build one? A lot longer than 4 years. We've been down this road before: Port Nelson. #MbPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New paper-Perspectives on nuclear Systems with renewables, storage & demand response dominate least-cost future energy system options under realistic conditions New nuc contributes only marginally-past studies exaggerated its role www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @christianonre.bsky.social

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CamoOrContrast. This was a young American bittern trying to hide in the green grass of early summer - it would have worked better in the fall when the grass had turned brown and its vertical stripes could blend in better. #Birds 🪶