Thanks for the patience folks. This January I'm volunteering teaching a climate course with regenerate BC and its taking about 6 hours a week to keep up with that! So I'm dialing back the online advocacy while I do that. Expecting to be back "more" after ;-)

Nobody is perfect. Nobody speaks perfectly. We need to have grace for each other. And we need to believe people when they tell us or show us who they are. And when we see evil, we need to call it evil. "It is what it is". And we must not tolerate it. Call it out & reject it.

ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten... #RIP_Alex 💔

Quoting Ragnar from Lift99 "Take the negativity and turn it into creativity" Great inspiration for people who are working to stop climate change. #inspiring #noSleepTillKyiv movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=axYa...

Good News. Less pollution in transportation. ourworldindata.org/data-insight... EVs are coming!

Secrecy and backroom deals hurt democracy and hurt the public interest. Release the unredacted Epstein files. Jail and Prosecute those how have caused harm to children and others.

I just wrote a short blog post on what the new EV trade deal with China means for Canadians and affordability. fvclimateaction.org/why-canadas-...

Democracy matters for fighting climate change. - Freedom of speech is essential for criticizing policy and actions taken. - Holding elected officials accountable by vote (and other interactions) - The idea that everyone must participate and we need each other. (that is huge)

And the planet cannot sustain billionaires which threatens the rest of us. (Disclaimer: not a billionaire)

@cbcnews.ca Please ensure your reporters are not automatically viewing environmental responsibility, and the economy has opposites that must be balanced. In many cases that is a playbook from the oil and gas industry who resist regulation

Dear press, I requested a distinction Don’t call them “deadly protests” if the government is killing protesters. Only call them deadly protests if the protesters are killing people. The former would imply that the protests are causing death. Rather than tyrants and evil leaders.

skepticalscience.com/fact-brief-s... Interesting Does clearing trees for solar panels release more CO2 than the solar panels would prevent? No Clearing trees to build solar farms does not negate their benefits, because one acre of solar panels prevents more CO2 than an acre of forest absorbs.

From environment Canada. High Arctic shatters winter temperature records You wouldn't expect some of the most northern settled communities in Canada to be warmer than cities in the south like Regina or even our nation's capital, but that is our weather reality for the beginning of 2026.

GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER: “.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish .. “.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”

Canada is falling behind when it comes to EVs. (bad policy) www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/06/a...

Hey friends. If you are in Chilliwack BC or know people in Chilliwack, there is a free five week course “from knowledge to action” about climate change being offered Tuesday evenings by regenerate bc. See you there! www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-so...

Mobility lanes move more than just people on bikes and they often create much needed space that our minimal sidewalks lack.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... Great piece by Tim Gray

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. Canada ranked #10 in the world for #climatechange causing pollution. (images show the countries polluting more than 1% of global pollution.) This pollution is optional. We have the tech. Our economy and our health can both improve with less pollution.

I think Apple has lost its mind. Ios26. Yes yes the killer feature we needed was glass… making everything harder to read… Morons Apple leads the market on price…

Saying “the climate has always been changing” is misleading because it distorts the issue You can say: “It’s true the climate has changed before, but what’s happening now is unprecedented in speed and cause. Human activity is driving this change, and we have the power and responsibility to act.” 🧵

Impressive non-lying leadership from Ukraine. Determination, Resilience in the face of prolonged injustice. Ukraine impresses the heck out of me. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't been watching daily updates for the last several years. ;-)

Canada, BC, and Abbotsford need to pay for climate adaptation including flood retreat, dike improvements, drainage improvements, making BCHWY1 (TC1) more resilient to flooding.

Hey EV friends. Anyone looking for a new level 2 charger? Want to be paid 3 cents per KWH to charge your car? I know I Know it sounds crazy. in BC charging in the off hours, that could get VERY affordable. 7.63 ¢/kWh overnight minus $0.03 per KWH. We could be charging for $0.04/Kwh

A dreary day in the flooded Fraser Valley. I posted another flood video with some reflections on pollution - cause and effect and the need for adaptive infrastructure and government leadership. youtu.be/Xhmzki4j4mw

Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules protect our health, but they’re under threat. Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead. cape.ca/action/prote...

Hey folks take a minute please. Look at this and sign on.

This won't magically get better when we zero our emissions, it'll just stop getting worse. At least it will if we don't trip tipping points first, so we should hurry with the emissions zeroing. www.fox13seattle.com/news/residen...

Just uploading a video I shot in Abbotsford. 2025 floods on Sumas prairie. With reflections on youtu.be/1AW28LP--vM?...

9:20 pm update. Major highways between Lower Mainland and Interior closed due to flooding, falling rock/debris, high avalanche hazards. “Very important” to avoid unnecessary travel in Fraser Valley to clear roads for evacs www.drivebc.ca/advisories/f...

B.C. emergency management: • Access between Lower Mainland and Interior closed • Nooksack River topped its banks around 2pm, water going across border to Sumas prairie • Rainfall in Fraser Valley now easing up • Nooksack flows expected to peak ~10pm, hold til 4-6am, then decline

B.C. Flood Warning Live: Evacuation alerts issued for Abbotsford's Sumas Prairie West and Clayburn Village vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

Current road closures: • Highway 7 Closed due to rockslide • Highway 1 - Highway 9 to Hope - Closed eastbound • Highway 5 (Coquihalla) - closed both directions between Hope and Merrit due to flooding at Sowaqua • Sumas border closed to commercial traffic www.drivebc.ca/advisories/f...

City of Abbotsford declares state of local emergency. Evacuation order issued for 371 properties in Sumas Prairie West, evacuation alerts for Sumas Prairie East and remain in place for rest of Sumas Prairie West and Clayburn Village. experience.arcgis.com/experience/2...

History time settlers-Sumas Lake is where Abbotsford & Chilliwack are located. Settlers drained the lake to make way for farmland over 120 years ago. Mother Earth says “No.” 🪶😡 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

City of Sumas, just across border from Abbotsford, sounds flood siren and recommends evacuation as Nooksack River is expected to overtop its banks. Abbotsford issuing evacuation alerts for properties in Sumas Prairie West and Clayburn Village

Evacuation orders issued for Sumas: If you are in WA and receive evacuation orders due to flooding, please take them seriously.

BREAKING: Evacuation alerts issued for large parts of western Sumas Prairie. This includes large parts of Highway 1 and all bits west of the old Sumas lakebed. www.abbotsford.ca/city-hall/ne...

BREAKING: Officials in Sumas, Wash., immediately south of Abbotsford will be sounding their flood siren that warns residents to evacuate. This is a sign of likely flooding in Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford. www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

Breaking: Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs write to 40+ banks, pensions & credit agencies calling on them to not finance or invest in Ksi Lisims #LNG project in BC, Canada - warn of financial, legal and environmental risks. Letter endorsed by 125 NGOs. #greensky www.gitanyowchiefs.com/news/gitanyo...

Very cool to see @calgary.ca buying 120 clean electric buses and saving residents $900,000 per bus over their lifetime! Cleaner, quieter, lower fuel costs, better air quality, better acceleration, using the savings to pay off the loans #priceless globalnews.ca/news/1155424...

TLDR: "Electric heat pumps are six to eight times more efficient than heating with gas. And gas companies will act deceptively to prevent you from knowing this." www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/r...

Catastrophic flooding costs Abbotsford billions. Why should taxpayers be the only ones paying? Local governments can hold climate polluters accountable by joining 11 other BC municipalities to recover a fair share of costs and build a more resilient future. Story by jungangela_ for @globalnews

It’s almost that time of year again!!! ❄️☃️ That’s right, just a few days till the 2nd Annual BetterPensionsBC Advent Calendar!🎄🛷 Check back here starting December 1st - every day we’ll profile another AWFUL firm that BCI + BC Public Sector Pension Plans invest in! 🎁🎅 (Here’s last year’s calendar👇)

This is brilliant BC Hydro is improving the EV charging experience by enabling roaming with partners so that a person doesn’t need half a dozen accounts to charge their car. They can just use one account on any of the networks.

🧐 "Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).

China's electrification transition is dramatic, and leaving us in the dust. So much for LNG-powered trucks! China and soon India are leapfrogging to the new. And our leaders pushing LNG and retreating on ZEVs look sad & vision-less in comparison. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/n...

Very cool to see Manitoba Hydro building EV chargers North from Winnipeg to Churchill along Highway 6. Rural infrastructure like this is necessary to make cleaner transportation viable. Thank you. driveteslacanada.ca/news/manitob...

66% of all solar and 69%(!) of all wind installed globally this year, will be installed in China🤯🇨🇳

Good morning with good news: Poland's coal plunged from 91.1% of its electricity in June 2015 to a record low monthly share of 42.9% in June 2025! Down 48.2 points of market share in just 10 years. How? Mostly Wind/Solar. They jumped from 4% in June 2015 to 38.9% in June 2025. #energysky