In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others. See what changes are in store for your county 👇

The weather’s shaping up to be great for our Hintonburg Heatpump & Hot Chcolate Event on Sat. If you’ve been thinking about a heatpump, join a tour, ask questions from real heatpump homeowners. Kids are welcome, we’ll end at Hintonburg Park so it’s not “booooring” visitaheatpump.ca/tours/Sxi832...

Interested to try these pale blue dot usb-c rechargeable batteries. Downside so far is they don’t recommend anything more than a 5v charger, most of which have been banished to a box in the basement somewhere.

I wonder to what extent city of Ottawa consultations staff have developed means to weed out ai generated feedback from consultations.

Canada should be congratulated on its new methane rules. Methane is a super-pollutant that traps much more heat than CO2. But the devil is in the data. Studies like this show we may not be grasping the true scope of methane pollution. @cape-acme.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/methane-esti...

Gift Link. 🎁 Instead of buying a second or third car -> buy a top quality electric bike or electric cargo bike. You'll save so much money and have fun doing it. You might even start to see how stupidly designed our cities are. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b86a88d...

IMHO e-cargo bikes are hands-down the best way to travel with kids in a city. Joy, freedom, reliability, speed, ease, and way less expensive than a (second) car.

A solid wrap-up of the latest @climateinstitute.bsky.social report by @thecanadianpressnews.ca.web.brid.gy's Nick Murray: the Carney government is taking us ever further away from meeting out climate commitments (and our performance is the worst in the G7) www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

Any orgs spun up yet to push balcony solar in Ontario? As far as I can tell, code aside, breaker masking is probably the main blocker in North America. Not sure how Utah gets around this or if they just YOLO’ed it Via www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18...

Maximum heat law when?

Every time you unsubscribe from a Nextdoor notification, they spawn a dozen new divisions of the group you unsubscribed from and subscribe you to all the new sub notifications. It’s like the flatworm of email unsubscribes.

Air pollution from burning fossil fuels causes 100,000 to 200,000 avoidable American deaths per year. At the EPA's statistical value of life of $10 million, these deaths cost America $1 to $2 trillion per year, every year. These costs far outweigh the costs of transitioning off of fossil fuels.

Tired: Police enforcement alone to manage speed compliance, same risky behaviours repeating. Necessary, but ineffective and reactive. 🚓😮‍💨 Wired: Canada adopts EU-style Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA)- helps drivers stay within limits by default. Safe systems > Endless enforcement. 🚗⚡🛑

🎨 Street Art = Traffic Calming 🚦 Street art isn’t a gimmick — it’s a proven placemaking tool that works. ✅ Adds colour, pride, and identity to our streets ✅ Slows vehicle speeds — especially near schools 🏫 ✅ Signals “people live here,” not “drive through faster” 🧵 1/3

Would be cool if some Ottawa community developers tried this.

This is tomorrow! Join to learn about the fight against incineration in other jurisdictions. #OttWaste #Incineration #Waste

Such great news - keeping LeBreton Flats focused on being a pedestrian-focused development!🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 This is one of the three new projects in the middle of Ottawa that have this focus. The two others include Gladstone Village and Confederation Heights. #Ottawa

“A strong proponent of a downtown HSR station, an echo barrier employee prepares to permanently cover the city head to toe in temporary noise reduction panels”

Know any Canadian Load Management hardware manufacturers (make product in Canada). Hardware must handle electric vehicle charging at a minimum but loads beyond that ideal. I know EVECTRIX RVE& FUTURi. Am I missing any? Taranis, the Celtic God of Electricity in a Canadian fit, for visibility and fun.

"Because his company did not have to install gas lines or arrange for gas inspections, it was able to bring the homes to market faster."

Do methane emissions increase under cloud cover? "The heavy cloud cover during this storm prevents satellites from picking up any of these events. The industry knows this. They know the emission events are invisible so there is no evidence. Most of what's happening out there will never be known."

New date announced for the Hintonburg Heatpumps & Hot Chocolate event with @forourkidsog.bsky.social visitaheatpump.ca/tours/Sxi832...

You’ll know the province and OEB is taking the energy transition seriously when the way to get your gas meter removed isn’t “fake move out” and then tell them you need the meter removed so you can demolish your house. #energysky

New from @gruberte.bsky.social and I in @science.org: The energy transition is at risk, and energy models are missing the threat. Fossil energy networks from oil to coal to gas have minimum viable scales of operation, and those thresholds are closer than we think: www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... 💡🔌

I ran some of the Lansdowne renders through antirender.com. Seems about right.

New #heatpump install at the @ferncomfort.bsky.social Electrification Lab today. 💪⚡️🏡

Winter maintained bike racks at the Rideau Canal Skateway. ❄️🚲⛸️☺️ #ottbike #biketoskate

Imagine if your car only started 37% of the time when you went to take it to get to work in the morning.

Does this fit under the city’s community emissions reduction goals? ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Someone used “thrice” in a sentence and now I think I’m required to listen to the entire artist in the ambulance album

The Alta Vista Crow gang is on the move into River ward, make sure your car doors are locked, I’ve heard they’re checking door handles

Local school kids "super excited" for when the dotted painted bike lane is finished and becomes a solid line. Full Story Here: creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord?pgid=miyxqgvp-311a40f8-9046-4e4d-b545-58a101b655ff

I’ve seen a lot of “dumb” load managers on the market but this one was new to me where you can monitor demand and optionally control those loads remotely. UL and CSA approved electrification.us.abb.com/products/loa...

It’s a great day for winter peaking demand solar. -30C and sunny skies. ☀️

Heatpumpfest may yet live

Internal documents show LNG Canada is burning a lot more natural gas than expected — while repeatedly saying the situation is ‘normal.’ Get the story behind the story in our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-l...

Quick little Google search reveals the new mayoral candidate lobbied on behalf of Cavanagh Concrete for lifting seasonal restrictions on concrete height limits, which is in place to limit damage to Ottawa’s roads and reduce costs to taxpayers having to replace it early.

Interesting to see Alex Lawson scrubbed from the PoliticalIntel consultants site amidst running for mayor web.archive.org/web/20251221... #ottnews

Meet the amazing speakers at our free Lunch and Learn on peak grid load and battery energy storage! Register here! ➡ bit.ly/CAFES_Lunch_... 📆 Thursday, January 29 🕚 11:00 am to 2:00 pm 📍Bayview Yards: Ottawa's Innovation Centre (7 Bayview Station Rd.) Organized in partnership with Invest Ottawa

If we wanted to make this part of River ward a lot safer for the people that walk here, this house is currently for sale + could be acquired by the city to to eliminate the slip lane here. The home next door could eventually also be acquired and extend the triangle park. @riverwardriley.bsky.social

Could the city ticket private property owners and contractors for excessive salt use? They definitely need to start with the transit stations, but Trainyards and other mall adjacent areas are using way too much salt. Surely they would if they were dumping other toxins into the watershed.

This event has been postponed... New date to be announced. Reply if you're interested and want us to let you know.

It’s crazy that it’s faster to drive to Guelph than to take the train. HSR can’t come soon enough.

I love this official city of Vancouver “abandoned auto lot” sign. Anyone know the story behind it?

Heat pumps and hot chocolate - that's as good a combo as PB&J! Check out this event on Sunday in Ottawa's Hintonburg neighbourhood. Making heat pumps simple visitaheatpump.ca/tours/Sxi832... @christaggart.bsky.social @eugeniewaters.bsky.social @electrify613.bsky.social #OttEvents #OttClimate

This is wild, but not surprising at this point.

Join us at our first winter Heatpump & Hot Chocolate event in Hintonburg, this Sunday Jan 18th, from 2-4pm. Talk to real homeowners that have made the switch. visitaheatpump.ca/tours/Sxi832...

Last year, I introduced a motion for the City to re-examine its public engagement policies and methods. I felt that we are missing opportunities and that the public does not always believe that their input in decision-making impacts the final results.

Fine-particulate and ozone air pollution from fossil fuels causes 4-6 million avoidable deaths per year: 7-10% of all deaths worldwide. At an ~$11 million statistical value of life, this is a 44-66 trillion $/yr (38-56% of ~117 T$/yr global GDP) cost that appears nowhere in fossil fuel economics.

An Urban Arrow cargo bike has nearly the same physical footprint as a Smart car. While the car is marketed as "tiny," the bike is often labeled as "huge" by those used to traditional bicycles. This irony highlights how much space we waste on bloated, car-centric infrastructure.