Dear LickNuts: it cost us $6.4 Billion 🇨🇦 to build! You cough up that. Well consider sharing fare revenue. GFY 😡

What Tires Leave Behind Can Become Toxic Fish Food Tire particles might seem tasty, if you’re a fish—but a new study shows how this pervasive microplastic can affect growth and behavior in marine species. eos.org/articles/wha...

The paper is available at Nature Climate Change @natclimate.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... and on my homepage andreasschmittner.github.io

The times they are a changing. "Some world regions are experiencing up to 50 additional heat stress days annually, when compared to 1950" courtesy - Nature Climate Change

This is brilliant.... #BookSky

Poilievre complaining about Carney's flights when... Canadians continue to pay for Poilievre's entire life - housing, food, chef, cleaning staff, nannies, transportation, etc. and he effectively does nothing for the country. He lost the election, he lost his own seat, we paid for his by-election.

The greed and utter stupidity is outrageous! Again I ask “what is wrong with these people?”

Interesting how quickly the conversation has changed. A few years ago, batteries were dismissed as too expensive. Today, they're helping outcompete gas plants and reshape electricity grids around the world: shrlnk.ca/s/dlJFJicG #ClimateNews #EnergyStorage

⚡OPG wants to raise the price of its nuclear power by 72.6% next year… So why are governments planning to spend up to $400 billion on even more #nuclear projects in #Ontario? Our latest bulletin looks at the lower-cost, #renewable alternatives: www.cleanairalliance.org/ontario-nucl... #onpoli

False Promises Why carbon capture and storage won’t fix our climate crisis. projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...

You can’t claim to “appreciate things” as you sacrifice them.

We were never meant to own the Earth; we were meant to belong to it. Every species on Earth is born knowing it is part of nature. Yet, somewhere along the way, we forgot. Evolution is not about conquering nature. This one great and beautiful Earth is home to all living beings 🌿

600,000 leaves create a surface area of ​​1,500 square meters. Mature trees filter 6 tons of CO2 and 1 ton of particulate matter from our air. They provide us with 4.5 tons of pure oxygen and transpire up to 400 liters of water a day—the best and most natural air conditioning system in the world!

Environmental Defenders Remain Among World’s Most Targeted Activists A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups and private security forces. insideclimatenews.org/news/2206202...

Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Alleging Roundup Weedkiller Caused Cancer The court’s decision is likely to determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against Bayer, which manufactures the weedkiller, over similar claims. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/u...

Justice Department Makes It Easier to Bypass Pollution Controls on Pickups It has stopped criminal prosecutions of people who install “defeat devices,” which make diesel trucks faster and more efficient but also dirtier. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/c...

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Feeling positive about life 💯

Environmental Defence argues Ontario's planned nuclear expansion could cost substantially more than a renewable energy-focused approach built around wind, solar and battery storage $221 billion in capital investment by 2050, compared with roughly $104 billion for a renewable energy alternative.

Report details widespread use of sexual violence in Sudan war A new UN human rights report issued Tues details the brutality and scale of conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan since war erupted in April 2023 profound, long-term impacts on victims, families communities news.un.org/en/story/202...

Climate crisis: UN chief lays out solutions blueprint for clean energy transition deadly heatwave continued to grip Europe on Tue UN Sec-Gen Guterres impassioned appeal for more ambitious global action on climate change caused by fossil fuels, prevent irreversible damage news.un.org/en/story/202...

Trump Ally’s Rise in Colombia Could Mean the End of Landmark Climate Policies de la Espriella apparent winner of the presidential election, has vowed to expand oil, gas and mining production, alarming activists in deadliest country for environmental defenders insideclimatenews.org/news/2206202...

russia seems to deliberately target Ukranian culture and identity heritage sites. Which so happens to be Another war crime.🤷

BREAKING: Jeanine Pirro Promises To Catch The Fake Reflecting Pool Vandals If It's The Last Thing She Does. LOL. Dean Blundell on Substack

20,000 teddy bears displayed in Los Angeles to symbolize Ukrainian children abducted by Russia kyivindependent.com/20-000-teddy...

Carbon Brief has just launched Project Cosmos, a groundbreaking digital database that maps the "universe" of climate science most complete and expansive mapping of human knowledge on climate change ever assembled, > than a century of academic research interactive.carbonbrief.org/cosmos/index...

Mona Khalil dedicated decades of her life to protecting the sea turtles and coastline of Mansouri, southern Lebanon. This month, Israeli strikes killed her. Her loss is not only a loss for her family and community, but for the environmental movement in Lebanon, the region and beyond. 💔

Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/c...

D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Air Pollution Lawsuit Against xAI Data Center The dept cited national security concerns, saying Elon Musk’s company had played a crucial role in the Iran war. It also argued it has the authority to stop environmental lawsuits brought by citizens. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/c...

This needs re-posting!!

“Environment, The Big Forgotten Issue On The News” ~ Tjeerd Royaards #climate #environment #newsmedia

At 4am, Senate Republicans gave the greenlight for the IRS to drop ALL investigations into Trump and his family. That means if Trump is evading taxes, we’ll never know. I have a bill to make this illegal. And I won’t stop fighting to get it done.

Ethics is the Way to Solve our Cost of Living - Climate Crises by Reframing Accountability failures through 'One Crisis, Two Faces' ChatGPT Image Llewelyn Pritchard 2 Oct 2025

So true and what an outrageous situation Albertans are being subjected to thanks to UCP being created & then controlled by its extreme right wing rump. A corrupt, cruel & heartless government! #ableg

15 countries in Kenya adopt the Mombasa Declaration to fight illegal fishing experts say costs the global economy up to $50 billion annually www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

Dozens of British MPs and peers, including Kemi Badench and Nigel Farage, will “rub shoulders” with “politicians from the European far right, Trump donors and American climate change deniers” at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference next week, reports DeSmog Courtesy Carbon Brief

No, and he has not been found innocent by way of insanity either. I guess Luigi and his legal team rescinded that idea. Would have meant handing over his psychiatric records. Back to the drawing board.

Angus: Why would Vancouver-based NovaRed Mining hire Kristi Noem? I mean, you have to be some kind of toxic to get kicked out of Donald Trump's cabinet ... What's going on here? She has no business being in this country and she has no business representing Canadian interests.

America, you have no idea how good you had it with Barack Obama in the White House. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since.

Not defending anyone. I am condemning pre-meditated cold-blooded murder. I am calling for peaceful, non-violent change. Wake up and see the difference.

Since millions and millions worldwide still follow the wisdom of MLK's path of peace to make change, I'd say very well.