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What a small mind. What a coward. How weak. It wasn't a climate-smart, diverse grid that damned near failed in Alberta this weekend & needed to rely on its neighbours, it was the fossil fuelled, most privatized energy grid in all of Canada that did that

#saskpoli #cdnpoli #abpoli #SaskPoli #ScottMoe #DanielleSmith #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

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"Impossible." Rest of the world's racing towards it. One of Canadian history's greatest cowards/traitors to his people's future, all so oil boss pals can keep stuffing their pockets right up until the music stops for good. #DanielleSmith's somehow even worse

#SaskPoli #cdnpoli #abpoli #ScottMoe #DanielleSmith #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

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Lessons to learn from emergency alerts, the Texas power grid:

Albertans love to scoff at the disaster that seems to strike Texas every time there is a cold snap. “Why can’t they run a grid that can survive freezing temperatures? Really? Look what we endure and we keep power”

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“Trump and his legions are not coming for us. The rule of law is finally coming for him.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

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Rebel News "personalities" are NOT journalists.

Canadian Assoc of Journalists;

"Much like a press gallery, the CAJ restricts our Class A membership to professional journalists... employees of Rebel News would not meet our criteria."
#ABleg #cdnpoli
newswire.ca/news-releases/caj-

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Your occasional reminder that TRUMP ALREADY LOST the NY AG civil fraud case.

The judge ruled Trump is LIABLE FOR FRAUD.

The main question for the trial was MATH -- how much Trump will have to pay NY State.

So again: Trump already lost the game, the only question is how badly

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Last month's total #Arctic sea ice volume averaged the 5th lowest on record for the month of December...

See the animation at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-vo

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Time to dust off this interview from a year ago.

Oil and gas no longer driving prosperity in Alberta - CD Howe Institute

The CD Howe Institute.

When it says the oil/gas industry is already on the back 9, we really should listen.
#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg
youtu.be/HQrPik4zR3w

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You are here.

[Welcome to 2024 and the past 800,000 years of atmospheric CO2.]

#climate
#climatechange

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Biggest threat in the 2020s?

#Racism #Ableism #Disability #COVID19 #WearAMask #fascism #Inequity #Inequality #TransRights

“Poilievre and his party aren’t actually interested in supporting a free press. Instead, they want to secure their own freedom from it.”
nationalobserver.com/2024/01/1

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The proposed LNG terminal would be on a floating platform at the mouth of the Nass River bordering the Alaska Panhandle. The facility aims to produce 12 million tonnes of LNG a year. A major new pipeline would be needed to carry fracked methane gas from northeastern B.C. to the terminal, where it would be liquified and loaded on tankers for shipment to Asia

nationalobserver.com/2024/01/1

#BC #canada #Alaska #USA #US #Asia #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

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Good news: Several new studies reveal that getting multiple #COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms.

Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long Covid Risk: scientificamerican.com/article

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #vaccination #vaccines #SARSCoV2

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As always, my last post of the year reminder...

Reducing emissions will reduce future climate warming and impacts. The time is now. Visualization made by globalcarbonbudget.org

Thank you all for following in 2023! 🙂

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Want to keep up with climate news in the popular press-- fast and efficiently? You could do worse than paying a regular visit to our weekly SkS Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup.

Our final edition for 2023 includes 49 ledes and links to climate change and climate science in the eyes of public perception.

Highlighted article for #52: "Moments of hope and resilience from the climate frontlines," via the BBC.

Each item just two clicks away.

#ClimateNews
skepticalscience.com/2023-SkS-

“a complete listing of the articles in “How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic,” a series by Coby Beck containing responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming.” - denial arguments that haven’t changed in decades. grist.org/climate/skeptics-2/

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