"For years #glyphosate was thought to be generally safe. But it often takes a long time for evidence of harm to emerge—a dramatic example being the 62 years it took to find that DDT was a powerful latency carcinogen." — @gdstone.bsky.social on why Trump's emergency parachute for Monsanto was needed

Well this is fcking crazy. Work from @msbbirds.bsky.social and others found that Black Metaltail hummingbirds can drop their body temperature down to 3 °C (37 °F) during torpor. 🤯 Turns out birds aren't warm-blooded after all! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... 📷 Steve Juhasz

What a great idea. Now there’s a way to stick it to big pharma.

Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)

"The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld its decision to list plastics as toxic, enabling Ottawa to ban single-use plastic items." Read more from @davidthurton.bsky.social: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #CDNpoli #Plastics

More top guns like this please !

Snow is disappearing, so we manufacture it at enormous energy cost. With diverted water. On damaged soils. To keep pretending the climate hasn’t changed. The Winter Olympics are becoming a case study in denial.

Out of the 4 toronto shows, only one has any seats sold

Snowy owls ;)

pleading with the richest man in the world for him to let you continue covering international news is so fucking grim

Mackerel sky

"If Trump invades Greenland we can expect oil and gas interests ‘based in Canada‘ to side with Trump and tell Canada to keep quiet..." Podcast & Article: www.sierraclub.ca/threat-oil-c... #SovereingtySaturdays #CDNpoli #Greenland #NLpoli #ABpoli #Venezuela

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk

Bayer wants legal immunity from being sued by those it harms, even though Bayer and its subsidiary #Monsanto have aggressively pursued others, including farmers, through the courts! Here's the latest example. sharylattkisson.com/2026/01/baye...

Have the @liberalca.bsky.socials seen the layoff stats for Conoco, Shell, etc. - tens of thousands over the next year. Imperial is cutting 900 jobs in Calgary alone.

Brilliant.

‘It's traditional to make the phrase "peace on earth" …but maybe these days we should be wishing for "peace with earth." Because the climate crisis is a war against nature, a one-sided war ..’ . We (the grand us) need this so much now as the world teeters on the edge of we know not what. Thank you.

The DOJ is more than three weeks late in delivering the Epstein Files. In those three weeks: - Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela - ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota - Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally - Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell

I mean, what do you say any more?

apnews.com/article/new-... dead whale found on the bow of a ship in New Jersey sparks an investigation

The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

They’re stealing from us. They are stealing from us and we have to put a stop to this. This cannot stand.

Teeny orange #toadlet found in #Brazil. A unique mating call led biologists to this newly discovered pint-sized #amphibian. #frog Link for more photos and information of this 1 cm long beauty: www.popsci.com/environment/...

Introducing Ashley Noseworthy - one of our two wonderful guests featured on Episode 9 of People, Place, and the Ocean: Zooplankton and Marine Mammals with Ashley and Laura (Part 1)! Find anywhere you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/show/5c9pzy4FuuxDod3NajdFLc?si=1e082620dc774b3c

These text scammers just don’t get it

Having grown up in northern Newfoundland, Gretchen witnessed the impacts of the collapse of the cod fishery on her community & was drawn to marine biology & ecology. Here's why Sierra Club Canada is special... (Part 1/2) More: www.sierraclub.ca/why-should-y... #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday2025

The Government of New Brunswick is reviewing its Clean Water Act. Visit the government website at www.gnb.ca/en/gov/engag... to learn more and provide your feedback on the review.

It’s always amazing to me that so many endangered species have the word “common” in their name. Really hammers home how quickly these conservation crises can arise. These animals were common as recently as when we were naming stuff!

A new film from Denmark asks: Why does the debate on new types of GMOs matter? This short film, which talks to different experts, hopes to inform the debate on new GMOs in Europe www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrzK... (9:55)

If a visitor showed up from a different galaxy and asked to see our best spots, one of the places I’d take them would be a coral reef. news.exeter.ac.uk/research/new...

In Canada if you are out with a pair of binoculars you’re a weirdo or at least weird. In the UK it’s more normal.

World’s landscapes may soon be ‘devoid of wild animals’ and the oceans devoid of marine life Humans are not the caretakers of Mother Nature They are its destroyers and will leave nothing for other species in the quest for more and more materialism www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The US, Saudi Arabia and Russia are leading efforts to weaken a landmark green shipping deal at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), threatening years of climate progress. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/16/u...

🚨 IUCN just rejected a moratorium on genetically engineered species — by one government vote. Governments: 49.71% yes / 50.29% no NGOs and IPLCs: 55.75% yes / 44.25% no Over 100 scientists warned of irreversible ecological risks, but precaution lost to belief in risky technologies. bit.ly/46Xdg1g

Moratorium(4 yrs) on intro of genetically engineered organisms into wild defeated by one vote! Even though we had majority of votes, for motions to pass at IUCN World Congress you need to win both government and NGO categories. We lost the governments vote by one! Can’t get closer than that.

This creed hasn’t changed: man above beasts, profit above life. We still trade extinction for “growth,” still justify destruction as destiny. This isn’t fringe—it’s mainstream, rooted in 10,000 years of monotheistic dominion.

Nature is not a lab! #IUCN2025 9–15 Oct is debating genetic engineering as a “conservation tool.” But release of GMOs has major risks! ⚠️ They cannot be recalled ⚠️ Potential harm unpredictable & irreversible. 📣 Sign this petition for a global moratorium: www.saveourseeds.org/nature-is-no...

Adaptability keeps species alive….until there’s nowhere left to adapt to. Desert lions turned to the sea to survive, but as oceans empty, that refuge will fade. Flexibility means nothing without biodiversity. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

My coffee place at IUCN Nature Congress.

Blurring of nature and $$$ interests. “Though the wolves are kept in captivity with no plans yet for release, Matt James, Colossal’s chief animal officer, worries the moratorium, if passed, would make it harder to build public and financial support for “de-extinction” efforts.” archive.ph/Dr1OC

Article from @washingtonpost.com on upcoming vote by IUCN on genetic engineering and nature. p.s. @naturecanada.bsky.social supports a go careful approach. archive.ph/2025.10.12-1...

Holy IUCN Members Assembly. That’s a lot of people all for nature.

Malls are popular in Emirates, like in Canada. And look who I found.

There is one thing that everybody at the World Congress for Nature seems to agree on when it comes to genetic engineering is that the dire wolf ‘experiment’ has nothing to do with conservation. It’s showman ship. #IUCN

Talking to IUCN delegates about the need to continue a moratorium on the release of genetically engineered organisms into the wild.

La nature n’est pas un laboratoire 🔬 Signez la pétition pour un moratoire mondial sur la modification génétique des espèces sauvages dans les écosystèmes naturels ! mobilisation.pollinis.org/stop-abeille...

🚨 At the #IUCNcongress this October, some want to treat genetic engineering as a “tool” for conservation. But once released, engineered species can’t be recalled. Nature has no undo button. Call with us for a global moratorium on the release of genetically engineered wild species 👉 bit.ly/4nrNNTo

Once released, genetically engineered wildlife can’t be recalled. Over 90 NGOs call for a global moratorium to protect biodiversity. 🌿 🤓 Learn more: www.engineeringnature.org 📢 Or sign here: www.saveourseeds.org/nature-is-no... #IUCNCongress2025 #MoratoriumNow #NatureIsNotALaboratory