Venezuela produces some of the world’s most carbon-intensive oil “If there are millions of barrels a day of new oil, that will add quite a lot of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and the people of Earth can’t afford that,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

As climate change and urbanization intensify flooding in Rwanda, the hilly capital of Kigali has embraced nature-based solutions Restoring 18,000 acres of degraded wetlands, planting native species to filter and slow runoff and enhancing biodiversity e360.yale.edu/features/kig...

HEADS UP, #YYC!!! #yyccc

I ♥️trees. We're converting a hillside cornfield to a food forest. They bank carbon. As forests grow older, eventually the rate of CO2 removed is balanced by decomposition, ... produce fields 33% less efficiently. It is the CHANGE IN USE that changes net CO2. www.forestresearch.gov.uk/climate-chan...

This thread and discussion... take a deep breath and dive in.

Important Holiday PSA 🦇 This Hoary Bat confirms it’s Monday. He also reminds you that napping is acceptable - especially if you brought your own butt blanket.

📢 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE OUT! Excited to share a special issue I co-edited on bird–window collisions, a major yet overlooked source of bird mortality Bringing together 8 papers, this issue advances methods, evidence, and solutions to inform bird-friendly(er) built environments OA: tinyurl.com/yss5mvf2

The Calgary Drop-In Centre releases short film to help bring awareness to year-end fundraising campaign www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

It really is tragic, which is why I quoted Ansel Adams, "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." We must fight back and save these protections.

Love it enough...to stay away. Please.

Since start of this millennium, Ireland has lost around half a million waterbirds — almost 40% of the total population Well done Ireland you have well and truly snuffed nature but relentless war on nature continues until there is only a concrete jungle left www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

We have so many wee souls who have passed through our freezers due to one of the most common causes and probably the easiest to mitigate and yet... most do not. Do you have your windows effectively treated? How about at work or school?

🦇Bat Acoustic Analysis Training Course, Kamloops, BC June 15-19, 2026 (see comment for links)

A Deep-Sea Mining Test Carved Up Seabed 3 Years On, We're Seeing Devastating Impacts Deep-sea mining will be catastrophic for unique and undiscovered biodiversity that inhabits seafloor, one of least explored places on Earth and release a huge carbon sink www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Not just China Norway too is a major player in the obliteration of krill in Antarctica Like China Norway is now proposing to double krill harvests China and Norway are saying let the penguins and whales starve and world does nothing news.mongabay.com/2025/10/norw...

Spoiler Alert: Canada is not one of them. At all. Quite the contrary #cdnpoli #MarkCarney www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...

Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted. No database can record what was never discovered. Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction. news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...

Freshwater biodiversity—all the organisms that hail from our rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands—is among the most threatened on the planet. Dams have played a big role in that demise, pushing fish, mussels, and other animals to the brink... www.eurasiareview.com/03122025-why...

Scotland’s animal protection charity is to shed jobs, cut services and slash its costs by a fifth as it faces the worst crisis in its near-200-year history

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

The Vatican held this Inuvialuit kayak for 100 years. Now it’s coming home #Canada #Inuvialuit Push to reclaim kayak led to historic repatriation of 62 Inuit, First Nations and Métis objects www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Way to go, Australia!!

🦇Great new "decon postcard" from whitenosesyndrome.org you can find it under resources in the decon folder (or at this link www.whitenosesyndrome.org/resources/af... )

On today's episode of "what should a city spend money on instead of vanity lighting...". Thanks @albertabats.bsky.social How would YOU use $1Million to help wildlife, nature and/or habitat? #Kelowna

Nature advocates in #BC, take note! Adding unnecessary vanity lighting to #Kelowna's #BennettBridge is a terrible decision. Pls speak out @calgaryrasc.bsky.social @albertabats.bsky.social @cpawsbc.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @darkskyintl.bsky.social globalnews.ca/news/1153806...

🦇Fatal attraction: migratory bats are lured to wind turbine blades url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94% www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This email was sent to Government of Canada officials & AB opposition leader, @naheednenshi.bsky.social, on October 28th, 2025. To add your name, email the same officials, include your riding for verification, & cc me at [email protected] #LaterIsTooLate www.thegravitywell.net/p/aligning-c...

A very sunny cold morning here in South Wales for #MallardMonday & finally a change in the weather 🥶 Drake Mallard on the Canal at Forest Farm NR - Cardiff - South Wales 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturephotography #birdwatching #birdsky #birdphotography #BirdLife #PhotograpyIsArt

Sweden sees silent forests as sanctuaries from a noisy world. In a cottage nestled deep in a forest, three couples recently spent four days whispering and without phones as part of a campaign warning about the dangers of noise pollution and promoting quiet Scandinavia u.afp.com/Snsj

You're probably already aware of this but tagging in case. @cpawsbc.bsky.social @cpawsnab.bsky.social @cpaws-snap.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @www.thegravitywell.net @miistakis.bsky.social @naturecanada.bsky.social

🦇A great excerpt from "The Bats of Alberta" (a 20min documentary on our YT channel). Interestingly, this Little Brown would always show up in the same spot, same cave wall every year - so the bios would look for him. Great story of longevity in bats! #TheOldOne #subscribe youtu.be/ptcJfZyH6-U?...

givebutter.com/BC-Melissa-R... Trees are burned and stripped of their leaves by the intense winds. Coastlines destroyed. Many areas affected by floods and landslides. All of this affects the habitats of Jamaica's precious birds. 33 species are endemic to the island. Please give! #Birds 🪶 #Birdsky

Bravo to our friend, Roland, of @calgaryrasc.bsky.social . He's done such a beautiful job with the local radar images of birds migrating in Alberta. Thank you, Roland for this effort and for sharing it!

Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is extremely concerning. #Jamaica #Caribbean and all your families here in Canada, our hearts are with you….. please be safe.

What an incredible game, @bluejays.com. Heartbreak of course but wow you did all the right things. (We know our urban birds!) Just really well matched with another epic team. 3 more games and you’ve shown you’ve got what it takes! #3MoreGames! #GetSomeRestCanada #CanadaNeedsANap. #BlueJays

Dang. Never mind. 😭😭😭

Hey fans…. Still time tonight to mark your glass! Slip that in before the 19th inning? #LetsGoBlueJays! @mlbscores.bsky.social @mlb.com @bluejays.com

Yes, if you go to sleep now, your team WILL lose. #WorldSeries #GoJaysGo

Look at this absolutely massive flock of waterfowl rising from Old Wives Lake, Saskatchewan, at sunrise Friday morning. #skstorm #birds

"The Nature Restoration Law offers a huge opportunity for amplifying and accelerating rewilding across the EU" rewildingeurope.com/blog/europes...

Trust the Corvids to win! #LetsGoBlueJays! #CanadasTeam @torontobluejays.bsky.social are going to the #WorldSeries! (PS #MarkYourGlass )

🦇Artificial bat roosts can overheat during heatwaves, forcing bats to lose dangerous amounts of water to stay cool. Some bat box designs could cause lethal dehydration - even in northern regions. Roost design must consider both bat physiology & microclimate. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...

Large flocks of migratory #birds moving through the Fox Valley region of Saskatchewan Wednesday. #skstorm

It’s also great that @calgaryresponse.bsky.social and Bird Friendly Calgary are here.

Thanks so much for including us, @calgaryrasc.bsky.social !!