France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
Oil and gas companies should help with the costs of our increasingly impacted infrastructure. If not, it'll all be on the taxpayer.
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I urged all members to reject the removal of the Digital Services Tax. Letting US big tech off the hook means walking away from $7.2B that could fund public services and infrastructure. We should not be abandoning Canadian policy simply because of pressure from Donald Trump.
"So here’s a simple rule for Trump and his friends: if you don’t want to be called Nazis, stop hiring Nazis, quoting Nazis and posting Nazi imagery."
From my piece from last month.
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? Anand's non sequitur
As we mark Holocaust Remembrance Day and the National Day of Action Against Islamophobia, we’re reminded of the urgent need to confront and defeat hatred in all its forms. New Democrats will always stand with those fighting for the equality, dignity, and safety of all Canadians.
UN Charter Article 2(4) is a core principle of international law. It prohibits all states from the threat/use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any other state, banning war & coercion except self-defense or UN Security Council authorization.
Michael Mann and Bob Ward don't mince their words here, and unfortunately they are right about the Trump administration's "Soviet-style campaign to prevent Americans and the rest of the world from knowing the truth about climate change."
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This changes everything!
I'm hoping this doesn't happen at the Vancouver show
Oh man!
In the 60's, there was an Army Corps of Engineers model of the Bay in a building near that very spot? We would visit it on school field trips. I remember watching -- mesmerized -- how the water would slowly rise and infiltrate various and vast areas of the Bay. Ironic.
"Trump’s tariffs aren’t going to kill investment in new oil sands plants. Fracking already did that."
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Against the US, no?
Stronger than historic Santa Ana's in the context of prolonged drying.
Monthly electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales totals and shares in the United States: August 2024 exhibits a set of new records: -Most plug-in vehicles sold (145,000) -Most battery electric vehicles sold (121,000) -Highest battery electric (8.6%) and plug-in vehicle sales shares (10.2%)
Uh oh. Don't tell the "EV sales have stalled" folks, but August saw a set of new records in the US:
-Most plug-in vehicles sold (145k)
-Most battery electric vehicles sold (121k)
-Highest battery electric (8.6%) and plug-in vehicle sales shares (10.2%)
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Chief Na'Moks listens to Squamish Nation Elder Tioutenaat Jackie Williams and her daughter Sewainchelwat Jaime Williams for a Witness Ceremony. A red, orange, and yellow banner reads "Stop Woodfibre LNG and FortisBC from harming our Climate Health Safety Economy Environment. Cancel the Permits."
Indigenous leaders and settlers march carrying umbrellas and signs in the shape of a fire emoji that read "Cancel the Permits."
Chief Na'Moks and Sewainchelwat Jaime Williams at a rally calling to cancel the permits for Woodfibre LNG and FortisBC
🔥On Saturday, Indigenous leaders joined My Sea to Sky to call for the B.C. Government to cancel the permits for Woodfibre LNG + FortisBC's fracked gas pipeline. The risks to our climate, health, safety, economy, and environment are too great.
#CancelthePermits #StopWoodfibreLNG #StopFortisBC #bcpoli
