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Posts by Chris Benjamin Nova Scotia Writer

Drone footage of the proposed methane gas plants sites in Pictou County
Drone footage of the proposed methane gas plants sites in Pictou County YouTube video by Mark Brennan

Drone footage of the proposed methane gas plants sites in Pictou County www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMZ...

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It feels like he deserves to be on that list but I’ve watched too many raps games to be able to factor out my own bias.

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This is the new issue of The Nashwaak Review, a literary journal of @stthomasu.bsky.social St. Thomas University. It contains poetry by George Elliott Clarke, a wonderful short story by Elaine McCluskey, and "Long Leash" by me, which is a story of infidelity, loyalty and sacrifice, as told by a dog.

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Dalhousie's natural gas program gets interest from 7 companies | CBC News Officials at Dalhousie University have received submissions from seven companies interested in exploratory onshore natural gas projects in Nova Scotia.

This is bad news. Also i think every article that mentions our $1.2 B deficit should also note that it was created by the current government. And they just keep digging. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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a wall of Indigenous books

a wall of Indigenous books

we’ve been growing our Indigenous book collection enough to now have an entire bay in the shop dedicated to Indigenous reads! we’ll be continually adding to it in the hopes of having the best selection in the region. pop into the store to shop or browse our categories online at kingsbookstore.ca

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In my role at @ecologyaction.bsky.social, I co-wrote a fun children's book about a plucky little BC electric school bus who travels the country, making friends along the way, to make a case for her kind in Nova Scotia. Come join us at the Halifax Central Library, May 23, 1-3, for the launch!

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Hundreds opposed to fossil gas plants in Pictou County gather for Mi’kmaq healing ceremonies to honour the land and water - Halifax Examiner Local opposition to the Pictou County gas plants continues to mount and concerned citizens are documenting problems with the peaker plants and better alternatives. The ceremonies held on Saturday attr...

Hundreds opposed to fossil gas plants in Pictou County gather for Mi’kmaq healing ceremonies to honour the land and water

reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

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Interest in EVs surges in Europe as fuel prices jump after Iran war Demand at online marketplaces could settle at a new, higher normal, with the crisis leaving consumers ‘scarred’

Makes sense: EV’s surge in popularity due to rise in fuel prices caused by US war in Iran

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Chasing Paradise - A Hitchhiker's Search for Home in a World at War with Itself - Chris Benjamin This travel memoir is based on detailed journals Benjamin kept while hitchhiking and Greyhounding his way across Canada and the USA in 2001–before and after 9/11 happened–winding up in the Louisiana S...

“If only the ours would exchange its skepticism for patriotism, it would all make more sense.” I wrote that in Chasing Paradise (A Hitchhiker’s Search for Home in a World at War with Itself). chris-benjamin.ca/product/chas...

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"we want electrification to be beneficial in terms of efficient, affordable, lower emissions so let’s target helping people get off of more expensive heating oil systems" @brhaley.bsky.social's case for smartly incentivizing/ disincentivizing the right things for NSP
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End of America, end of everything.

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"20 yrs ago the world took a year to add 1 gigawatt of solar.
Now it takes just half a day.

Solar costs have fallen by around 90% over past decade, & as costs fall, installations accelerate.

Nowhere is this clearer than in China 🇨🇳. It now accounts for well over half of global solar installations"

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Same shit different century
Here we go again
It's no parade seeing tanks on your street
What's the mission, when’s it gonna end
How many stones do we have to line up before we understand
We’re caught up drawing lines on paper, at the price of the blood in the sand

—Billy Strings

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“Every time i switched on the radio there was somebody else singing about the two of us.” @billybragg.bsky.social with a great description of falling in love

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He has had quite the recent tour.

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Living life of course also makes it hard to find time to write. AI solves that problem by doing it in an instant. But, like a tv dinner, what's the value of that really?

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I quite like the answer I gave to
@consumedbyink.bsky.social's question about writing advice in consumedbyink.ca/2021/02/17/q...

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This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

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Province House to stay closed to public until protestors banned, security ramped up | CBC News The Speaker of the Nova Scotia Legislature says Province House staff are working to identify and ban people who contributed to a shutdown of government business last week. Security measures are also b...

People should protest more, only Conservative governments do this bullshit!

Province House to stay closed to public until protestors banned, security ramped up #HoustonFail #NovaScotia #Protest

Singing, jeering protestors prevented a vote on the budget last week

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How to grow the electricity system affordably We will not grow our electricity system affordably if our strategy is narrowly focused on physical infrastructure and risky megaprojects.

Great article by @brhaley.bsky.social "How to grow the electricity system affordably". Step one is Efficiency. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/31/o...

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An Energy War is Raging. The Last Thing Canada Needs is More Fossil Fuel Production. The Middle East war is the excuse du jour for new oil and gas exports. But with the energy shock driving importing countries to ditch fossil fuels, Canada must prepare for the industry's decline.

🧵Canadian politicians pushing pipelines in 2026 are just flat out wrong

"There is every reason to believe that the war will accelerate the fossil fuel decline that was already under way before the missiles & drones began to fly across the Middle East" energymixweekender.substack.com/p/an-energy-...

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First break the law, then sue the people who told you to stop breaking the law

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PEI is rocking electric school buses pretty hard. Nova Scotia scores a 0. Yes, that's ZERO points. Another failed report card. greencommunitiescanada.org/wp-content/u...

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Real not rash

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Fact-checking Fillmore: No, the Halifax Forum price tag will not affect the 2026-2027 tax rate - Halifax Examiner Mayor says he "could have been clearer" when talking about cost of Forum redevelopment in recent media interviews.

Fact-checking Fillmore: No, the Halifax Forum price tag will not affect the 2026-2027 tax rate

reported by Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social

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You know how they say the right will destroy the world while the left argues over which sandwiches to order? Certain Western NDP leaders just manifested that shit and demonstrated fear of having a rash progressive leader.

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On this day in 1982, Donald Marshall Junior was finally released from prison for a crime he never committed.

Below is an edited version from "Justice Denied: The Law versus Donald Marshall" by Michael Harris at page 350, when Junior was finally released:

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#Scotland runs temporarily fully on #windpower, generating over 200% of its electricity demand, a remarkable milestone offering a real glimpse into a future where fossil fuels may no longer be essential. #Renewables cheaper then #oilandgas offering independence from stock exchanges and #DoanldTrump

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253 journalists murdered in two years

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