A powerful statement by the Dave Mathews Band on the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. "Hope is an act of resistance when the world is run by cruelty and greed"

Demand for artificial intelligence and other products means massive data centers are growing in different parts of the U.S. In areas near those centers, a new analysis from Bloomberg News found wholesale electricity costs more than doubled over the past 5 years. youtube.com/watch?v=byUS...

Low-hanging policy fruit for the Carney government:

We should tear down all of the houses and remove all of the roads and infrastructure on the Outer Banks, and let nature take over. You can still go to the beach and camp overnight, but no permanent structures allowed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfRz...

In the last five years 19 beachfront homes have collapsed into the Atlantic on the Outer Banks. Rising seas and beach erosion: #OBX www.wral.com/news/local/o...

Hey all. I wrote a quick script about The Manufactured Outrage Behind Elon Musk’s Anti-Trans Netflix “Boycott” over on my Patreon. Hopefully filming it soon. www.patreon.com/posts/manufa...

"God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters - what will be our answer, my dear friends?"

With news that Bari Weiss is going to be the new EIC at CBS News, I wanted to reup this piece I wrote 6 years ago about how she and Bret Stephens helped turn NYT into a moral panic factory www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...

If the U.S. military does confront drug cartels in Mexico, it will find itself facing battle with its own weapons.

Amid the Republican-Democrat blame game, a federal judge’s extraordinary ruling takes on the Trump administration’s unlawful detentions of pro-Palestine protesters.

When it comes to better leadership for better city-building, here’s a simple piece of advice that sounds obvious, but still needs to be said as often as possible. Make the good things that you say you want easy, and the bad things that you say you don’t want hard, instead of the other way around.

Lisa calls out the Alberta government vm.tiktok.com/ZMAmXG6yS/

Postal banking once made Canada Post profitable — and could again #canlab @lindamcquaig.bsky.social rabble.ca/columnists/p...

Fascinating how this became a political flag for right. Canada’s Supreme Crt will decide fate of ostrich flock www.science.org/content/arti... Problem: "It’s people picking and choosing which public health orders they want to follow, not relying on evidence..." - @angierasmussen.bsky.social

October 6 is the the first ever National Day of Action on Planetary Health. Learn how to implement practical solutions to address climate change in health care in webinar hosted by David Suzuki: ow.ly/pesZ50WXvcA @cape-acme.bsky.social @drmelissalem.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social

There's fierce love in action on this planet, today and every day. Not knowing if it's "enough" doesn't make it less beautiful.

We sit with these words every #NDTR – and many other days, too. @christibelcourt.com 🧡 It's always been about the land. The erasure of people for the stealing of land for the purpose of extraction to enrich a very elite few. #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #LandBack

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

I wrote this a year ago. It stands up pretty well. In the year since, tho, I think we may have crossed a threshold of inability—as societies and individuals—to fully meet the climate crisis. Understanding what's changing will help you make better decisions under accelerating climate pressures. 🧵1

"Any proposal to ram a new oil pipeline through to B.C.'s North Coast is a direct assault on the inherent and constitutionally protected title and rights of the First Nations who steward these lands and waters." Grand Chief Stewart Phillip www.ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_oppose...

On Sept 16 I met with Pride at Work Canada & The Enchanté Network to discuss modernizing the Employment Equity Act. Protecting 2SLGBTQI+ workers is vital—Canada must lead with courage & action.

As I’m typing these words, Israel is illegally intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla that is trying to break the siege on Gaza. This is an illegal enforcement of an illegal blockade. So I reached out to the Canadian government to see what they would do for the six Canadians on board:

Fund the frontlines! Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social & Trustee Suzie Mah along with COPE volunteers joined a big crowd of BCGEU members and other labour representatives who marched and rallied today for a fair deal for public service workers. #FightForWorkers #canlab #vanpoli

💯 Preposterous reputation laundering. Meanwhile, RBC’s massive financing of fossil extraction + climate arson will certainly directly contribute to suffering, disease, early deaths of 100,000’s of kids + adults globally. (Techniques for attributing climate damage might already make this calculable.)

'Berta. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

check out this interview I did with @flaminghydra.com about the work I am doing to defend democracy in an age of fascist gangsters. Lessons from an education at Punk Rock University. flaminghydra.com/canadas-char...

"We see his reporting, and his advocacy on behalf of people who are being savaged by an overheating Earth, as fitting squarely into the arc of history representing the best of what journalism can do." @coveringclimatenow.org on @billmckibben.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Canada Post is an essential public service - one that can even be expanded e.g. with postal banking service. It's not a for-profit corporation. I stand with CUPW striking postal workers.

The Cowichan Watershed, a heritage river system that is a unifying force worth celebrating on River Day each year, and caring for all 365 days of the year.

Canada Post provides an important public service for Canadians. It's not a for-profit corp. Support the Canadian Union of Postal Workers!

Tens of thousands in 70+ communities across Canada took to the streets in an unprecedented & historic cross-movement mobilisation to #DrawtheLine and demand Mark Carney & the federal government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.✊

At the UN Climate Summit today, many of Canada's allies will reaffirm & strengthen their commitment to climate action—but PM Carney will be notably absent. Amid increasing uncertainty over this government's climate approach, we need to know: is Canada in, or out? shorturl.at/z5zFz

Here's how BC's provincial government can improve climate policy and reduce climate impacts, from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative's Marc Lee.

Got a chance to dive a bit deeper into a recent decision by the Agricultural Land Commission to reject a plan to remove a small portion of a dike that runs through the Cowichan Estuary. One advocate told me this raises big concerns about the province’s commitment to reconciliation @thediscourse.ca

‘They feel that Indigenous agriculture practices are inferior to modern day Western agriculture practices.’: Partial rejection of plan to remove Cowichan estuary dike raises questions about the province’s commitment to reconciliation. Read more below.

Help stop Big Oil's shocking new attack on the climate movement! chuffed.org/project/help...

Join us at Duncan City Square, in the Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island the Saturday 4-6pm for our 'Draw the Line' action connecting local and global issues w/ opportunities to meet local activists & join ongoing campaigns.

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social being her usual brilliant self.

No more empty words in the face of genocide. We created a really easy tool and script to call your MP now and demand that Canada sanction Israeli officials, implement a two-way arms embargo, and ban trade with Israel and all companies complicit in the genocide. Call now: leadnow.ca/campaigns/sa...

leadnow.ca/campaigns/li... @leadnowca.bsky.social #PeopleOverProfits

Are you ready for #DrawTheLine this weekend? Proud to be joining 200+ organizations and grassroots groups to tell the Carney government to pick a side! For people, for peace, for the planet. Read our invitation to join the Sept 20 mass day of action: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #cdnpoli

Cuts are leaving Canadians on hold. CRA call centre workers, who support people through hard times & help them access benefits they rely on, face reckless job cuts. Govt is cutting jobs when less than 5% of callers get through. Take action & protect public services at: foryoucanada.ca/canadaonhold

It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now - it matters! 350.org's team is taking the petition to Canada's PM right after the 'Draw the Line' global event Sept20 act.350.org/sign/ppg

Very important tips from the @thetyee.ca as wildfire smoke blankets much of BC. By the way: wildfires are exacerbated by the burning of fossil fuels – so why does the #bcgov continue to approve new fossil fuel infrastructure? Our province is burning. We need renewable energy, NOT LNG.

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦, since 1955:

Live in the Cowichan Valley - Sign the Open Letter to Mosaic Forestry www.koksilahwatershedgroup.org/open-letter-... Stop Proposed Mines Road Logging Activity in the Koksilah Watershed

LNG expansion in BC threatens to undermine global efforts to fight climate change - from @sierraclubbc.bsky.social

It’s time for a People’s Power Grid across Canada. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg