"(Here in Canada) oil and gas, which is largely foreign-owned, largely U.S.-owned, aren’t doing their part. (Instead)...increasing our emissions and ...demanding that Canadian taxpayers pay the bill for cleaning up the pollution they cause and building pipelines they won’t risk their own money on.”
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Panel members across the 4 events
What’s the STATE OF URBAN DESIGN IN CANADA? Mark your calendars for FREE cross-country evenings in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary & Vancouver put on by @canurbanism.bsky.social. I’m speaking on & moderating the VANCOUVER PANEL on April 30th with 3 great urbanists. RSVP HERE:
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A clip from @billmckibben.bsky.social webinar 👇.
“We now live on a planet where the cheapest way to make energy is to point a sheet of glass at the sun.”
Renewables are here — now we need the transition.
#SeniorsForClimate #LaterIsTooLate #Breakthroughtheclimatesilence
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#Seniorsforclimate #Lateristoolate
" #YouthClimateCorps is a pretty simple concept: invite young people to sign up for 2 years, get trained up & employed in the skills needed to tackle this task of our lives. The support or the polling support for this was super strong across every demographic, province, age, gender & income level."
![The report lists 12 "action insights", each with three "action recommendations". (The list
was cut down from a shortlist of about 40-50 insights, Carbon Brief understands.)
One of the most striking in the draft is "action insight 5", which says: "Take immediate measures to prevent future emissions. Ban new fossil infrastructure, mandate deep methane cuts, accelerate electrification and inscribe fossil-fuel phase- down targets in NDCs [nationally determined contributions] and clean-energy pathways
support to low and middle income countries (LMICs)." The accompanying three "action recommendations" include "halting all new fossil-fuel extraction and infrastructure projects ahead of a final investment decision", "implementing deep, legally binding methane cuts in the energy sector" and "inscribing] targets for fossil-
fuel phase down, electrification and green exports in NDCs". (The draft report includes multiple references to "phasing out" and "phasing down" fossil fuels, rather than the "transition away from fossil fuels" language that was, ultimately,
agreed by countries at the COP 28 UN climate talks in Dubai in 2023.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/bafkreian2ufespiadxcuyeock76lqppss4i5hlj5ccgc6zryh2gniizgl4)
The report lists 12 "action insights", each with three "action recommendations". (The list was cut down from a shortlist of about 40-50 insights, Carbon Brief understands.) One of the most striking in the draft is "action insight 5", which says: "Take immediate measures to prevent future emissions. Ban new fossil infrastructure, mandate deep methane cuts, accelerate electrification and inscribe fossil-fuel phase- down targets in NDCs [nationally determined contributions] and clean-energy pathways support to low and middle income countries (LMICs)." The accompanying three "action recommendations" include "halting all new fossil-fuel extraction and infrastructure projects ahead of a final investment decision", "implementing deep, legally binding methane cuts in the energy sector" and "inscribing] targets for fossil- fuel phase down, electrification and green exports in NDCs". (The draft report includes multiple references to "phasing out" and "phasing down" fossil fuels, rather than the "transition away from fossil fuels" language that was, ultimately, agreed by countries at the COP 28 UN climate talks in Dubai in 2023.)
A preliminary scientific “synthesis report” circulated to the 50 nations at the conference on fossil-fuel phase out in Santa Marta, Columbia, recommends real-talk "action recommendations" including the ban of new fossil infrastructure and fossil-fuel phase-down targets in NDCs.
This is the way!
"Now, clean electricity transmission could take the pipelines' place. Carney has an opportunity and a responsibility to ensure the future is built differently: powered by renewables, grounded in Indigenous rights and designed to deliver lasting benefits to communities across the country."
The Paris transformation continues, unhindered by the culture of excuses, and self-sabotaging election results, that we’ve seen in too many other cities.
How far can $1 really take you?👀
A study in Australia found that $1 of fuel gets you about 4.9km, but $1 of electricity can take an EV over 60km.
The future of transport isn’t coming — it’s already here. ⚡️
Check it out and see the difference for yourself: elitre.com.au/dollar
#Seniorsforclimate
Doug Ford is not the King of Ontario. 👑 So why is his new Housing bill stripping municipalities of the ability to set climate-friendly standards for buildings? Tell Ontario leaders: hands off our communities and climate. ✍️ Take action now: https://bit.ly/4vAh6aK
IF YOU BUILD A BIKE LANE THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANOTHER BIKE LANE THEN YOU DIDN'T BUILD A BIKE LANE
Molecules vs Electrons: The Real Energy Revolution
A new global energy system is emerging, one built on electricity. And that shift changes everything for Canada.
youtu.be/atJ6aC_mI2g
So much of our language reflects
the common “car first” bias around our streets, & we should never forget that much of that language was the result of deliberate campaigns to specifically re-write our perspective of streets as “for cars only.” This is one of the more subtle, but important, examples.
The energy transition is often told as a story of new entrants displacing incumbents.
But it also depends on incumbents making the shift themselves.
Visited the @vaillantuk.bsky.social factory in Belper today — founded 1874, now making heat pumps. 150 years of heritage, transforming from within.
Alberta already has 4000+ orphan wells it hasn’t cleaned up — and it just got 4000+ more.
With inadequate funding from industry, this leaves Albertans to bear the harms associated with unremediated wells near their homes and businesses. #abpoli
@thenarwhal.ca with more 👇
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No new pipelines. No new LNG.
That's my message this Friday in Calgary.
Join Jenny and I for a LIVE Energi Talks podcast, followed by Q&A.
You don't have to agree with me to attend. Disagree. Ask tough questions.
#abpoli #ableg #yyc
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#OurStreetsOurStories
I'm doing two activities
Walking with @unitedwaygt.bsky.social on May 2nd @ 10am
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Riding with @uoftcities.bsky.social on May 3rd @ 10am
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More info here: www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/walks
ICYMI: @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and Matt McIntosh spoke to a dozen sources, received a leaked document and interviewed Ontario’s environment minister for this story on the little-known water protection committees, tied up in the conservation authority changes: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-sour...
🎙️ On #onpoli with @spaikin.bsky.social & @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social:
• @mikeschreiner.bsky.social on renewables, Billy Bishop & housing
• Big changes for school board trustees
• What college mergers signal in Ontario
• What the Liberal convention revealed
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A beleaguered oil and gas company has left behind 4,000 orphan wells and, The Narwhal has learned, an estimated $476M cleanup bill in Alberta.
We called to hear their side of the story. They answered. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-long...
"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found." -Pope Leo XIV
Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.
They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed.
That energy is all around us.
And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Global Economy Is Rewiring. Canada Still Clings to the Old Model
New technologies are disrupting the status quo, leading to new energy and economic systems Canada isn't prepared for.
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Quality bike lanes can magically create new cyclists out of thin air.
"The installation of protected and buffered bicycle lanes was consistently and significantly associated with increased bicycle commuting."
doi.org/10.1177/0361...
Why not do likewise, Ontario?
