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Canada Shipping Campaigner for
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Covid cautious
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This twin tanker arrival, including prolonged stay offshore is a sign of things to come as tankers are scheduled to pile up quickly in the coming years:
stand.earth/resources/th...
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The tanker threat from LNG - Stand.earth
https://stand.earth/resources/the-tanker-threat-from-lng/
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Stand.earth
3 months ago
👀 "Marilyn Slett, president of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative, said that there is no pipeline or oil tanker project that would be acceptable to their group, and any proposal to send crude oil through their coastal waters is a "non-starter." Read more:
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Coastal First Nations in B.C. issue open letter to Carney opposing suggested northern pipeline | CBC News
Coastal First Nations in British Columbia have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, asking him to reject any new proposal for a crude oil pipeline to the northwest coast.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coastal-first-nations-pipeline-letter-mark-carney-1.7591364
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Oil Change International
3 months ago
📣 🧵 Today, Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs filed a formal complaint against the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for financing LNG Canada, a massive fracked gas project built without their consent on unceded territory in so-called British Columbia. ▶️
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“Our Land, Our Law”: First Nation Leaders Demand Accountability for Human Rights Violations at Japan-Funded LNG Canada Project - Oil Change International
On July 17, Wet’suwet’en First Nation hereditary leaders filed a formal complaint against the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for financing LNG Canada, a massive fossil gas project…
https://oilchange.org/blogs/our-land-our-law-first-nation-leaders-demand-accountability-for-human-rights-violations-at-japan-funded-lng-canada-project/
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Can you believe they want to put LNG Tankers here?
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Slower streets are safer streets
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Speed limit on Vancouver residential streets reduced to 30 km/h | CBC News
Vancouver city council has voted unanimously to reduce speed limits on residential streets from 50 to 30 kilometres per hour. Mayor Ken Sim says data shows slower speed limits make neighbourhoods safe...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-bc-side-streets-lowered-30km-1.7581380
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Stand.earth
3 months ago
POV: When even fossil fuel companies are getting off fossil fuels, it's time to celebrate! And then it is time to keep the pressure up to make sure that the good ideas keep catching.
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4 months ago
Lessons from the US for B.C. LNG ambitions (hint: it's a bubble).
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/the-end-of-t...
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The End of the U.S. LNG Bubble
For the U.S. LNG industry to make money it will require many factors all to align in the "Goldilocks Window" and that outcome is highly unlikely.
https://powering-the-planet.ghost.io/the-end-of-the-u-s-lng-bubble/
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This week I'm watching this particular LNG Tanker crossing the Pacific. Tradewinds reported that it will be the first to fill up at LNG Canada, marking the beginning of an enormous continuous source of carbon pollution
www.tradewindsnews.com/gas/petronas...
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Today we delivered a petition representing over 10,000 people calling on the BC government to reject Tilbury LNG - LNG is a disaster in waiting for the climate, for the community, and for wildlife.
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"We thought geological differences within provinces would matter more, but the dominant factors appear to be at the provincial scale, likely due to variations in policy and operational practices."
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Charlie Angus
4 months ago
As the planet burns. Canada has the 3rd highest child asthma rate caused by pollution in the world. Air pollution kills 34,000 people die in Canada every year. 8.7 million people die around the world. More than deaths from smoking. And Canada is going all in on fossil fuel burning.
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Spyhopper Travels
4 months ago
Happy Friday, y'all! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. This is L92 Crewser, breaching in the Strait of Georgia. I hope he brings a smile this morning! 🌊 😊 💙
#orca
#killerwhale
#whale
#wildlife
#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography
#pnw
#pnwonderland
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Raincoast Conservation Foundation
4 months ago
Is it time the critical habitat of
#endangered
killer whales be expanded to include their prey base - Chinook
#salmon
rivers? Protecting these rivers is directly linked to the recovery of Southern Resident killer whales.
#OrcaActionMonth
www.raincoast.org/2023/08/crit...
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Is it time the critical habitat of endangered killer whales be expanded to include their prey base - Chinook rivers? | Raincoast
We have mapped the watersheds that feed into critical habitat for Southern Resident killer whales. Protecting these rivers is directly linked to the recovery of critically endangered whales.
https://www.raincoast.org/2023/08/critical-habitat-killer-whales-prey-base-chinook-rivers/
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It is very apt that I got the first heat warning of the season on the same afternoon as the PRGT news - Fossil fuels have no place in a liveable future
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Anna B (she/her)
Stand.earth
4 months ago
Climate risk IS financial risk. The Trump regime’s attacks on our climate & communities makes it even more important to act at the municipal level. It’s time for us to reclaim our economy from these bully billionaires. Together, the power of the many defeats their corrupt money.
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Fed Disbands Climate Groups Studying Financial Stability Risks
The Federal Reserve has disbanded a number of internal groups set up to help the US central bank identify and respond to financial stability threats posed by climate change.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-28/fed-disbands-climate-groups-studying-financial-stability-risks
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Defund Pollution
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Anna B (she/her)
Portland Cruise Control_Maine
5 months ago
The Dutch government has taken a significant step to protect their waterways: seagoing vessels will soon be prohibited from discharging scrubber wastewater into Dutch ports and inland waters. The rule especially targets the use of open loop scrubbers —
#BanScrubbers
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New Ban on Scrubber Wastewater: A Vital Win, But More Action Is Needed
The Dutch government has taken a significant step to protect our waterways: seagoing vessels will soon be prohibited from discharging scrubber wastewater into Dutch ports and inland waters (Schuttevae...
https://www.oneplanetport.org/?p=791
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Jo Locktov
4 months ago
What new horror is this? Not a floating hotel but a floating city. 8,000 passengers plus 2,350 crew at full capacity, powered by LNG, a climate catastrophe!
#cruiseships
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Anna B (she/her)
Ecojustice
4 months ago
It’s only May. MAY. And already, fast-moving out-of-control wildfires have driven both Saskatchewan and Manitoba to declare states of emergency. Over 17,000 residents evacuated. Our hearts are with the victims.💔 Demand a climate-safe future now 👉
bit.ly/3Z7niZl
#DontLetCanadaBurn
#FireWeather
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We must protect the whales 😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩
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Anna B (she/her)
Spyhopper Travels
4 months ago
A young, endangered Southern Resident orca breaching in Boundary Pass on a warm, summer afternoon. Trying to lend a break from all the crazy and offering some happy Friday vibes. 😊 I hope everyone has a great weekend.
#orca
#killerwhale
#whale
#wildlife
#wildlifephotography
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Fossil fuel industry should now be on notice - the polluters will pay
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Aaron Brakel
4 months ago
“By choosing to use cleaner fuels and getting rid of heavy fuel oil ahead of schedule, Royal Arctic Line… is ensuring that it can never spill heavy fuel oil in the Arctic, and is also cutting black carbon emissions, a super pollutant that contributes to the melting of sea ice and glaciers.”
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Anna B (she/her)
4 months ago
Oil and gas industry seems to run the Alberta Energy Regulator...
www.desmog.com/2025/02/11/a...
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Alberta’s Energy Regulator Is ‘Fully Captured’ by Industry, Study Finds
The AER significantly underreports the number and scale of spills, says researcher Kevin Timoney.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/11/albertas-energy-regulator-is-fully-captured-by-industry-study-finds/
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Lucky it wasn't a tanker
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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A ship ran aground in Norway and nearly crashed into a house. A crew member has been charged
Norwegian prosecutors have charged a cargo ship’s second officer with negligent navigation after he allegedly fell asleep on duty and the vessel ran aground, narrowly missing crashing into a home.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/a-ship-ran-aground-in-norway-and-nearly-crashed-into-a-house-a-crew-member-has-been-charged/
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Anna B (she/her)
Climate Justice Victoria
5 months ago
Today in
#yyj
! RALLY at the B.C. LEGISLATURE on in opposition to BILL 15, featuring
@adampolsen.bsky.social
. BC Legislature 5:30 - 7. Background on Bill 15 from Adam O
adampolsen.substack.com/p/invitation...
and
@ubcic.bsky.social
www.ubcic.bc.ca/fnlc_ubcm_ca...
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This tanker project continues to be a complete lemon, and just all around bad idea
www.nsnews.com/local-news/p...
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Port of Vancouver seeks to dredge Burrard Inlet for oil tankers
The project raises environmental concerns and questions over Indigenous rights
https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/port-of-vancouver-seeks-to-dredge-burrard-inlet-for-oil-tankers-10704022
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Roy Graham
5 months ago
buddy don’t invite me to the party if you don’t want to hear about the majestic orca
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This element of pollution and prices rising is so upsetting!
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Excellent thread
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Anna B (she/her)
Oil Change International
5 months ago
Japanese and Alaskan climate advocates are coming together to tell Prime Minister Ishiba to refuse pressure to invest in Trump's pet project, Alaska liquified natural gas (LNG). The project is expensive, impractical, and would be ruinous for our climate.
asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japa...
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Japan must resist Trump's Alaska LNG pet project
If Ishiba gives the nod, Japan will be buying overpriced gas and adding to global warming
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-must-resist-Trump-s-Alaska-LNG-pet-project
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Prof. Bob Howarth
5 months ago
Direct CO2 capture plant in Iceland emits more CO2 from its energy use than it captures! It's a net emitter, not CO2 sink at all.
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Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
https://heimildin.is/grein/24581/climeworks-capture-fails-to-cover-its-own-emissions/
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Stand.earth
5 months ago
A lie repeated, is still a lie. From fracking to burning LNG, its pollution that will sink our health and our planet.⛴️💭 Take action to help put the brakes on this kind of pollution expansion:
bit.ly/StopTilburyLNG
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Let's get one thing sorted out: LNG is a disaster for the climate from well to wake
www.portvancouver.com/article/firs...
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First cruise ship refuels with LNG in Vancouver—important step forward in journey to reduce emissions and protect the environment | Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
Seaspan Energy will provide LNG bunkering services to Silversea’s Silver Nova, supporting emission reduction efforts in shipping and cruise by transitioning away from traditional marine fuels
https://www.portvancouver.com/article/first-cruise-ship-refuels-lng-vancouver-important-step-forward-journey-reduce-emissions-and?fbclid=IwY2xjawKLhKFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmmROXp_Mgoei1LtaR33V89rHcFsRt_ZiKHa8wxzC31K5nLxoEMD027zGh7r_aem_f6CMSpsv4HhFXHn04_lcPA
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Defending the Arctic protects us all
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Fossil fuels just aren't a good investment Ship building moved overseas because it was profitable for corporations, and bringing that infrastructure back will take time & money What could we achieve if we put those resources towards renewable instead?
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LNG Industry Warns U.S.-Built Ship Mandate Could Derail Energy Exports
U.S. energy groups are asking President Donald Trump's administration to exempt liquefied natural gas tankers from a new rule that will require producers to move an increasing percentage of their expo...
https://gcaptain.com/lng-industry-warns-u-s-built-ship-mandate-could-derail-energy-exports/
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Pete Fry
5 months ago
BC’s Police Act demands accountability of local governments in BC to maintain public confidence in law enforcement - but three months into DTES street sweeps promoted by the mayor, and no-one is accepting responsibility for initiating the operation or expense.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Vancouver mayor can’t answer how $5M for ‘Task Force Barrage’ was approved
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is sidestepping questions on how the budget for a five-million-dollar task force aimed at cracking down on the Downtown Eastside was approved.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-mayor-cant-answer-how-5m-for-task-force-barrage-was-approved/
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Clean Arctic Alliance
5 months ago
Ahead of Denmark taking over
@arcticcouncil.bsky.social
Chairship from Norway next week,
@cleanarctic.bsky.social
is calling on gov ministers & Senior Arctic Officials from member & observer states to commit to curbing rise of black carbon & methane pollution from Arctic shipping.
bit.ly/ac14caa
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Call for New Arctic Council Chair to Take Lead on Controlling Super Pollutants From Shipping
Ahead of the Kingdom of Denmark taking over the Arctic Council Chairship from Norway next week, the Clean Arctic Alliance is calling on government ministers and Senior Arctic Officials from Arctic Cou...
https://cleanarctic.org/2025/05/08/call-for-new-arctic-council-chair-to-take-lead-on-controlling-super-pollutants-from-shipping/
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Stand.earth
5 months ago
There’s no power quite like people power. ✊ Today is
#MayDay
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I cannot help but wonder who the "we" is here without some kind of public process
vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
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'We just want this done': Vancouver mayor vents frustration over province not abolishing park board fast enough
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is "incredibly frustrated" with the B.C. government dragging its feet on abolishing his city's elected park board.
https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-park-board-mayor-ken-sim-bc-government
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LNG is a bad bet "Direct access to global gas markets might decrease our dependence on American buyers, but it would further concentrate Canada’s reliance on the stability of fossil fuel prices at a time when the global LNG market is becoming oversupplied."
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ap...
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Banking on LNG exports is a high-risk gamble for Canada's future growth
Canada’s LNG ambitions are risky, poorly timed, and inconsistent with climate goals — a bad bet in a shifting global energy market.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/april-2025/lng-exports/
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Check out the latest from Stand:
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Stand.earth
5 months ago
When major fossil fuel funder RBC wants to bury a story, the bank drops its climate finance goals on the day monumental federal election results are coming in. When we want to hold banks accountable, we make some calls to media to bring attention to the buried story.
#RBCRevealed
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Climate Safe Retirement
6 months ago
🩺 Health professionals are taking a stand for
#ClimateSafeRetirement
! HAPPENING TODAY!! Join the launch of the FDNH website to learn how doctors, nurses & hospital staff are demanding fossil-free pensions. RSVP: 🔗
bit.ly/FDNHspotlight
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Great podcast episode for those interested in shipping right now, especially the climate outcomes of the recent IMO talks
open.spotify.com/episode/2bTU...
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Easter special: have events of the past two weeks changed shipping forever?
TradeWinds Wavelength - a weekly shipping news show · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bTUmNbo9UhvdXkoGsAHam?si=hAtBbyfcQNGu63g3SqiRAw
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@stand.earth
reacts to the leaders debate 👇👇👇👇
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Wind produced by leaders' debate could have powered real discussion about energy future - Stand.earth
Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People (OTTAWA) – Reacting to the federal leaders debate ahead of the election, Oceans campaigner with Stand.earth, Anna Barford, said: “The...
https://stand.earth/press-releases/canada-election-federal-leaders-debate-pipelines-renewable-energy-future/
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Excited to watch this most important and political debate this evening
www.youtube.com/watch?v=11-K...
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English federal leaders' debate 2025
YouTube video by Débat des chefs / Leaders' Debates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11-KMBJGyTo
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Getting ready to watch the federal leaders debate tonight!
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Anna B (she/her)
Seas At Risk
6 months ago
Climate ambition falls short at the IMO but strong voices rise. 🌍 💪 Even the most basic 2030 climate targets weren't reached, but there's hope: a united voice from African, Caribbean, and Pacific nations shows that the fight for climate ambition is far from over...
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Anna B (she/her)
Clean Arctic Alliance
6 months ago
🧵⛴️⛽🌊🥳Press release from
@cleanarctic.bsky.social
: Atlantic Shipping Emissions Cut Agreed, But
@imohq.bsky.social
Scrubber Ban Delayed
bit.ly/mepc83caa2
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Atlantic Shipping Emissions Cut Agreed, But IMO Scrubber Ban Delayed
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83) closes today, the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomes member states’ approval of a proposal...
https://bit.ly/mepc83caa2
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