If green energy were in fact a con job, what in fact would be the motive for that con? Please find me the shadowy Big Solar figures pulling the strings of governments around the world. I'm waiting.

Despite rhetoric that associates non-car infrastructure development with liberal politics, “at the local level, there really isn’t that divide,” Mills said in an interview. Florida, he noted, is a red state with “extremely strong” plans to grow its network of mixed-use trails for bikes & pedestrians

It's so frustrating to see so many #yyc mayor and council candidates pledging to rescind the climate emergency and blanket rezoning. Didn't both of those policies qualify Calgary to receive a lot of funding? Why is nobody talking about the financial upside?

New podcast episode today! Thanks to @bikecalgary.bsky.social and @bigclimate.bsky.social for the great interview! #yyc #abpoli #climate

For anyone in #yyc looking to get informed, might I recommend @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social's page? www.sprawlcalgary.com/stories/calg... #abpoli

“Questioning the science" describes exactly what experts do every single day in the scientific literature. It’s not done in a social media thread among random conspiracy promoters who've never seen a lab.

A new update from @environmentaldefence.ca reveals that Big Oil held 159 lobbying meetings with the new Carney gov't in its first three months. That's 355 so far this year, nearly three every workday, often with top decision-makers. Canada deserves a gov't that serves Canadians, not oil lobbyists.

New reading list. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #bannedbooks #abpoli

Nothing says "Handmaid's Tale" like banning Handmaid's Tale

In an unprecedented move, Rob Morgan, the CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator, has bowed to intense bullying from an Australian-based coal company and cancelled a planned public hearing on a large underground project near the town of Grande Cache. Take action: shorturl.at/PhopK shorturl.at/GgmMp

"Concerns raised by environmental groups weren’t relevant, added the company, because these groups didn’t live in the area and therefore were not “directly affected.” . . . studies show that toxic pollutants from coal mining can travel 100 kilometres downwind and 500 kilometres downstream. " #abpoli

“Former Alberta deputy premier takes pro-Canada petition to the streets” #Forever-Canadian #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Signed the Forver Canadian petition today at Fish Creek Park. If you want to sign too, here's where to find a signing location: www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet... #abpoli

YOUR #ClimateLens turned 3 years old this month with our 36th monthly episode and one of the best yet featuring super-smart #Urbanism expert @brenttoderian.bsky.social. Host @bigclimate.bsky.social & producer @ninastaum.bsky.social celebrated the occasion with the gang at #ThirdThursday! #yyc

Given where we’re at climate-wise we should regard this as criminal.

YOUR Calgary Climate Hub in the news again! That's a headline we're proud of! #JustSayNo to the #CarbonCapture pipe dream! #ClimateChange #yyc #abpoli calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

NEW EPISODE: Cities are a vital part of the energy transition, and also the place where we as individuals have the most political impact. Keep that in your brain as we go into municipal elections in Alberta this October. Thanks @bigclimate.bsky.social & @brenttoderian.bsky.social! #yyc #yeg #abpoli

Essential Podcast Alert!! For all humanity (especially Albertans) Another excellent podcast by the @calgaryclimatehub.ca. Please listen and share. 1/2

NEW EPISODE: In @geoffdembicki.bsky.social 's book, The Petroleum Papers, he tells it like it is: climate inaction wasn't necessary and it wasn't inevitable. Nothing like a well financed disinfo campaign to get people voting against their own interests. Listen on any podcast app & @cjsw.bsky.social

Any scam sounds like more fun if you rebrand it an "art hoax" or a "social experiment" www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

This is really important. The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.

Tech bros get frustrated with politics, which involves painstaking, often frustrating communication & compromise with other people who have different backgrounds & perspectives, so their approach is always to wish it away: a brand new city! a brand new political party! this one weird trick!

Here I sit, in the age of AI selects and automated transcripts, listening to interviews in realtime, summarizing them in the markers and starring my favorite sound bites like it's 2009. Still faster than faking my way through footage that I half understand. #postchat #postsky #ai

Our new Climate Lens is out today! Thanks to @bigclimate.bsky.social and @jvipondmd.bsky.social for the conversation we need to be having right now. It may not be making front page headlines at the moment but we are sill here and we care about clmate - yes, in Alberta. #abpoli #cdnpoli #climate

Really good piece here by @charlieangus104.bsky.social Meanwhile, Back in Ottawa ... open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Stop using the 🇺🇸 as a baseline that country is psychotic. Look to Europe and then ask our government why they are not skilled enough to achieve their goals while taking care of people. Broaden your horizons. People in Europe are much happier than here.

"I think the World needs a lot more young angry women" Greta Thunberg Political quote of the year

"Under the Trudeau government, oil production in Canada hit record levels. In fact, over the last ten years, Canada led the world in increased oil production... This heavy commitment to oil expansion has meant that Canada has missed every single greenhouse gas emissions target it has set. "

Am I the only one who finds it slightly galling that premiers are pitching major projects to an open-eared prime minister right now -- including pipelines -- as a province burns around them and people are forced to evacuate????? As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???

New episode! @realityclimatique.bsky.social has put out this year's National Climate League report on Canada's cities. Tip: flip to the last page first for an overall view of how Calgary stacks up. Hannah Muhajarine, project lead, joined us to talk climate action in this municipal elaction year.

“Alberta’s energy regulator has approved a polarizing coal exploration project in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains” FFS #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Whoever built the flattery into Chat GPT when you give it direction worked with clients before. On one hand, I feel a little dirty letting a computer be so nice to me. On the other hand, we could all use a compliment once in awhile. #ai

It’s your choice. 🌸🌸🌸

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

"A decades-long campaign of misinformation by the fossil fuel industry is a key reason the climate majority has been suppressed, researchers said." I want to scream this one from the rooftops.

Calgary Confederation & Calgary Centre are tied between Liberals and Cons. NDP voters: orange is closer to red than blue. Your vote may determine if Calgary gets real representation in a Carney majority government—or a former UCP MLA in opposition. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 #yyc #Calgary #Alberta #cdnpoli

Again? Transparency and accountability are not part of the UCP’s world.

Advance polls open today and the race for Calgary Centre is incredibly close! I am running to be a strong voice for Calgary in Ottawa and I know I’m the right person for the job. Every vote matters, and together we can win ❤️🇨🇦 Visit how2vote.ca for more information on where and how to vote!

This month's Climate Lens is here! Lindsay McLaren joined us to discuss the rise and fall of neoliberal capitalism, the promise of a wellbeing economy, and why real climate action demands a full economic reboot. #yyc #cdnpoli #climate @calgaryclimatehub.ca

Today's US EO orders the Attorney General to identify + take expeditious action to stop enforcement of "all State & local laws... purporting to address “climate change” or involving “environmental, social, and governance” initiatives, “environmental justice,” carbon or “greenhouse gas” emissions."

@coreyhogan.ca and @lindsayluhnauyyc.bsky.social are running in Calgary Confederation and Calgary Centre—both are listed as Toss Up Ridings by 338. FLIP. THEM. RED! #ElbowsUp #VoteCarney #VoteLiberal #Calgary #Alberta #yyc #yycConfed #yycCentre #cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

This seems important for Canadians to understand. "Even if Trans Mountain succeeds and the CER approves a toll increase, its lifetime revenues still wouldn’t even cover half of the pipeline’s now $34-billion price tag, Gunton said" www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/n...

Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth." No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

Milestone: Just received tech support from my kids. #old

Alberta has always deceived itself by assuming and underestimating liabilities to exaggerate profits and reduce costs for oil corps while the unfunded liability to taxpayers grows astronomically. Cheating taxpayers to pay oil corps #Cdnpoli #Abpoli

I mean, we only figured this out 70 years ago...

I’m devastated, but I’m also angry. I’m angry because this is an attack on press freedom. If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?

This is, in large part, pandemic revenge. As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do. They can't keep spewing carbon. They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying. They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.

I am not going to trust any sound bite in a clip under 30 seconds. I'm also probably not going to watch anything over 3 minutes. There's your window, election social media people. #cdnpoli

When people don't stand up to bad leadership, it's rarely because they don't care. It's often that they feel powerless. Learned helplessness is the pattern of giving up when we learn that events in our lives are beyond our control. The answer isn't to accept defeat. It's to find sources of power.