Has Jeff ballingall seen the Last Jedi

In the era of affordability politics, making clean energy cheaper may be a more viable emissions mitigation strategy than making dirty energy more expensive. My latest over at The Climate Brink digs into the debate:

Just here for the visualisation

The 2025 @read-theroom.bsky.social wrapped is out! It's been a big launch year for us: 400 users in 40 countries. Thank you to everyone participating in the ongoing social experiment ❤️ Check out the free, anonymous, social platform here: readtheroom.site #TechForGood #MobileApp #Flutter #Privacy

I appreciate how difficult this post must have been to write. Good line at the end: "No more grandiose rhetoric please: all I want for Christmas is some concrete delivery of long-promised climate change policy by Canadian governments."

it is 2022. I am watching people yell about the economic data & the vibecession discourse it is 2023. I am watching people yell about the economic data & the vibecession discourse it is 2024. I am watching people yell about the economic data & the vibecession discourse it is 2025. I am watching...

Climate policy debates on bluesky hit differently

Facebook's old mission statement was: "To give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” Its new thing: Oh, you wanna share more than two links? That'll be £10.

Very excited this is out - give it a read!

Why should other countries sign deals with the United States when this president is breaking **his own deals** after less than 6 months? www.reuters.com/world/europe...

The Environmental Protection Agency has removed information from its website about the human causes of global warming, linked to greenhouse gases. Instead, the EPA now only references natural causes, which is scientifically inaccurate. e360.yale.edu/digest/epa-w...

It’s been frustrating as a journalist, and a member of the public, to watch as publicly available data on the health-care system has dwindled over the years. The auditor general now says the Alberta government is changing internal metrics and selectively using data to hide problems:

Ottawa will provide an additional $1.17 billion to Alberta in order to extend the federal-provincial subsidized child-care program for another year. The previous agreement was set to expire April 1, 2026. The new deal will run through March 31, 2027.

Don't sleep on Garamond

Climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of the federal government’s Net Zero Advisory Body. www.linkedin.com/posts/simon-...

The #CharlieKirk shooting has sparked widespread debate about political violence. So, we surveyed Canadians to evaluate their perceptions of the event and political violence, comparing our results to U.S. data when available. Here's what we found 🧵 #cdnpoli #uspoli

Influencers are the internet's new information brokers, setting the pace for political conversation that traditional outlets and organizations struggle to match. Our latest brief maps these creators' role in Canada's digital landscape between Jan. 2024–July 2025. 🧵 #cdnpoli

Thanks to The Line for running this piece I wrote. I look at how partisans in Canada disagree on where it is important for emission reductions to take place. A difficult topic to broach in today's public opinion environment! www.readtheline.ca/p/chris-ross...

Thanks to The Line for running this piece I wrote. I look at how partisans in Canada disagree on where it is important for emission reductions to take place. A difficult topic to broach in today's public opinion environment! www.readtheline.ca/p/chris-ross...

WEEKLY UPDATE: WEEK 3 OF CANADA’S 45TH FEDERAL ELECTION🚨 As Canada approaches its federal election, we're witnessing a surge in generative AI (GenAI) content that poses serious challenges to the integrity of our information ecosystem. 🧵⬇️ #GenAI #Deepfakes #CanadaElection2025

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Cameras are on (allegedly). Happy NYC congestion pricing day, at long last.

These are solar water heaters and not photovoltaics systems that we commonly refer to as solar panels today.

Check out the November situation report: www.cdmrn.ca/situation-re...

This article is incredible www.bbc.com/news/article...

Does anyone have up-to-date data on the number of journalists in Canada?

Sometimes Canadian news lives up to the stereotypes of Canadian news. 🔗: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I agree with the takes that $300B climate finance annually by 2035, from rich countries disproportionately responsible for climate change to poorer ones disproportionately impacted, isn’t nearly enough. But I’ll also be pleasantly surprised if we’re on track for that target in the coming years.

Imagine the Ontario election happens before the federal and ONDP place definitively 2nd. That sets up a far stronger foundation for associating NDP as the alternative. And Ontario is so important. Of course the main battle is Trudeau vs Poilievre but the Singh vs Ford B-plot is underrated

Pink mushroom??? #mushroom #fungi #fungifriends #fungiphoto #photography #photo

At some point you gotta respect the IEA for commitment to their model

Castle Crags, northern California