Clif @Clif@qoto.org

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

"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

The Oxford study concludes that seeing CCS as “a way to compensate for ongoing fossil fuel burning is economically illiterate.”

#climatechange #

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/ottawa-supports-big-oil-s-costly-climate-scam/article_801c6ab0-afd5-11ee-96ac-13abdb96648a.html

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”

1/many

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
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/caj-alberta-press-gallery-has-a-duty-and-a-right-to-determine-access-803541797.html

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

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

See the animation at https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/

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
https://youtu.be/HQrPik4zR3w

You are here.

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

#climate
#climatechange

Biggest threat in the 2020s?

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

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

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/01/10/opinion/canada-next-big-lng-project-may-be-sleeper-climate-issue-2024

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

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

Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long Covid Risk: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccination-dramatically-lowers-long-covid-risk/

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #vaccination #vaccines #SARSCoV2

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 https://globalcarbonbudget.org

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Detailed NASA analysis finds Earth and Amazon in deep climate trouble

Disturbingly, their findings indicate that a 2°C increase could be reached between 2041 and 2044 (under higher and lower emission scenarios, respectively) in comparison with the preindustrial period (1850-1900). The planet is currently at 1.15°C (2.07°F) above 19th century levels, with most of this warming occurring since 1975.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/detailed-nasa-analysis-finds-earth-and-amazon-in-deep-climate-trouble/

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #Nasa