This is happening tonight and was made approximately 2 weeks ago. In that time, at least 5 people have been hit by drivers, and only 4 of those have survived. We have less than a million people in this city, and that's 2 weeks in the inner city. This should be an emergency.

Counterpoint: yes, he did. If he forces the federal backstop on Alberta he triggers a national unity crisis -- and further undermines the carbon market in the process (since the fight would play out in the courts). This way he shores up the weakest link in the chain, and quickly.

We design roads for speed. And we get speed. Want better results? Design better. This is the product of a failed design process. @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social

Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS. “…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.” #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

“Rather than reinvesting those profits in the Canadian economy, the four companies paid out $79.7 billion in dividends and share buybacks, nearly ¾ of which went to foreign shareholders, including 62% to American shareholders.” www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...

#Breaking | The Gov't of the UK has adopted a policy to ban new oil and gas exploration. 👏 With this plan—which includes just transition elements for workers & communities—the UK becomes the 🌎's largest producer so far to end new licensing. 🧵1/4 @nataliejones.bsky.social

“The gov’t eliminated subsidies for fossil fuels & introduced long-term contracts for renewable projects, providing investors with predictable returns… Customers pay at least 20% less than they did before the transition, while the gov’t has more funds available for education and public services.”

A colleague used Grok to analyse a huge document. He then asked a series of specific questions. Long story short, Grok just blatantly lies. I believe Grok is programmed to tell you what it thinks you want to hear, based on your earlier questions and on what the data says about you. Disgusting.

« The announcement in the throne speech of a new $3B fossil gas-fired power plant to meet growing peak electricity demand is a major disappointment that undercuts the gov’s recent commitments to emissions reductions, affordability and economic development » www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Over the past two years in Winnipeg, 25 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed in motor vehicle collisions. More than one per month. When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?

A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...

The double hubris of building fossil fuel generating stations to power future AI centres in MB is staggering. Who is advising the MB NDP on this? The Koch brothers? It might as well be the Marx brothers for what a boondoggle this will be. Kind of like building a pipeline to Churchill. #mbpoli

Friday morning shot…

❗NEW: a call for cooperative climate action at #COP30 Mayors delivered a crucial message to President @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social: the need for a strengthened formal dialogue between national, local, and regional governments to accelerate the delivery of the Paris Agreement.

New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson. “Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

This thread sharing my comments to city council today on the proposed Vancouver “austerity” city budget may seem very local, but a LOT of cities, provinces and even countries are facing severe austerity budgets right now. You might find how I tried to push back to be useful. If so, please share.

What are fossil fuel subsidies & why is addressing them so critical at #COP30? Gov’ts spent USD 1.1 trillion subsidizing fossil fuels in 2023. While measures differ in design, the effect is the same: fossil fuels prices don’t reflect their real costs. 🆕 FAQ: www.iisd.org/articles/exp...

Experts warn environmental costs to powering AI technology is rising David Shipley, founder of New Brunswick-based cybersecurity firm Beauceron Security, says the electricity and water required to support modern AI systems are far greater than most people realize. www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...

The guides translate sustainability targets into actionable, accessible pathways for every building type, including best practices for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy efficiency.

Who is the coach who told Ivan Demidov to stop shooting the puck entirely on the Habs powerplay?

Mayors play a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis. By reclaiming public space from the private property of cars, mayors can cut pollution, revive civic interaction, enhance public safety, and expand green space. But only if they're willing to take on entrenched interests.

Ironically, PM Carney skipped COP30 in Brazil, to announce that the federal government will fast-track the American-owned Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia. 👎😒 Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...

CBC once again called the Ksi Lisims LNG project “Indigenous-led” on the National last night, despite the fact that it’s 100% American-owned by a Texas shell company, Western LNG. Yikes!!!!! Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...

We are not living in an era of optional climate policy. We are living in an era of planetary limits where the choices we make in city halls will determine the world our children inherit, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social write. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/o...

15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

The Uninhabitable United States

Repost with another iconic fictional band!

Hey @tomflood.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social - Winnipeg could use your help! This is just the latest in severe events here. @akohan.bsky.social

Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.

Time for Toronto’s #TransformTO to double down on our commitment! ‘Toronto City Council has adopted an ambitious strategy to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas emissions in Toronto to net zero by 2040’ www.toronto.ca/services-pay... Cc: @toenviro.bsky.social @atmosphericfund.bsky.social

We lack coherent policy guidance and shoot on our own goal repeatedly. It’s all connected: planning, architecture, budget, transit, housing/land use policy; we’re facing challenges and the same old same old isn’t good enough; @brenttoderian.bsky.social @toderianuw.bsky.social bit.ly/3N2X5mL

I’ve written about this for years. We can and should join @c40cities.bsky.social as leaders; we can and should match our OP and policy to action but 2/ bit.ly/2DZ8vYq

The Growth Ponzi Scheme: A city builds new infrastructure. That development brings in some quick revenue. But the long-term cost of maintaining all that infrastructure is far greater than the revenue it generates. So when the bills come due, the city doesn’t have any money.

As #COP30 opens in Belém, the message from mayors and local leaders is clear: we are ready to help national governments go further and faster. Only together can we meet the challenge of the climate crisis. @mayoroflondon.bsky.social @eduardopaesoficial.bsky.social @annehidalgo.bsky.social

This breaks some people’s brains. In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency. In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it. We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”

🔥 BREAKING: STUDENTS FIGHT BACK. From coast to coast, students on 9 campuses are rising up to #StopTheZombiePipeline calling out Canada’s Big 5 banks and Carneys "Building Canada Strong" Budget on their billion-dollar fossil fuel deals. Take Action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:

Buried deep in the omnibus bill for its fall economic statement, the Doug Ford government has moved to repeal its own law requiring a climate plan and emissions reduction targets be established, via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @meyer.bsky.social #ONpoli thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...

“In May 2025, Scotland’s largest city [Glasgow] reached a milestone that would make any transportation planner in Portland or Montreal do a double take: during the morning rush hour, there were more bicycles than cars traveling along Victoria Road, a major artery…” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

Here are my three truths about climate: 1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over. 2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets. 3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.

Go Habs Go!

This may hurt in the morning but I’m willing to chance it…

If you take the time to read the whole Gates memo (which I did), the bulk of the content was mostly solid and encouraging. Really! It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line. And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.

@mark-carney.bsky.social The Canadian government needs to drop this app as well. #cdnpoli

ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds. www.wired.com/story/chatbo...

It's two weeks to COP30 the world's chief negotiations space to avert climate catastrophe. Reupping this piece from last year. Hoping for change. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...

AI-related data centres use vast amounts of water. But gauging how much is a murky business www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...

On Oct. 23, 1958, the most severe underground seismic event in North American mining history occurred in Springhill, Nova Scotia. The disaster killed 75 miners and injured residents. But...deep in the mine some survivors were waiting to be rescued. This is the story. 🧵 1/10