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Hey #Canada let’s reduce funding to #Hate groups. Yesterday I meet with my MLA and asked her to remove the statutory property tax exemptions from organizations that promote hate and don’t respect the #Canadian Charter of #Rights and #Freedom. I’ve asked that any organization that gets the exemption file an annual compliance with the Charter and with provincial legislation, otherwise they loose the exception and have to pay property taxes. Please boost let’s get this going across Canada.
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US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must
> If the US military were a country, its carbon emissions would rank between that of Peru and Portugal.
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GLOBAL POP ICON P!NK TEAMS UP WITH PEN AMERICA TO GIVE AWAY 2,000 BANNED BOOKS AT FLORIDA CONCERTS
https://pen.org/press-release/pink-teams-up-with-pen-america-to-give-banned-books/
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Finally.
Australia's offer of climate migration to Tuvalu residents is groundbreaking – and could be a lifeline across the Pacific
#climatechange #australia #Pacific #climatemigration #tuvalu
Based on the principles of “neighbourliness, care and mutual respect”, the treaty is a result of a request by Tuvalu for Australia to support and assist its efforts on climate change, security and human mobility.
Australia's offer of climate migration to Tuvalu residents is groundbreaking – and could be a lifeline across the Pacific
#climatechange #australia #Pacific #climatemigration #tuvalu
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Under appreciated challenge in the EV transition: How car dealers could derail America’s EV boom Some customers say auto dealers have steered them away from buying electric cars and trucks https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/11/09/car-dealerships-ev-sales/
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“We keep overlooking this fact: The skyrocketing price of heating oil and gas being paid by Canadians isn’t caused by the carbon price where all the money is given back."
– Catherine McKenna, former Canadian environment minister
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
@theenergymix https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/11/06/blame-fossil-profits-not-carbon-tax-for-skyrocketing-prices-mckenna/
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Remembering Leonard Cohen, who left us 7 years ago today, with his poignant reflection on preparing for death https://t.co/uXolyT7U7j
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The Alberta government under the NDP made deals with energy companies which has MADE Alberta 186 million dollars from GREEN energy since 2015.
So OF COURSE the United Conservative Party government cancelled those deals. Because it's never been about what is good for Alberta but about their ideology.
To add insult to injury, we don't know what the UCP did with that money either.
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Rare photo of UK workers moving the stones at #Stonehenge back an hour.
@shoshanahjacobs CO2 monitors work. My lecture hall at University of Waterloo where I teach 200 first years is usually about 700-750 ppm. One day it was 1500 ppm and I reported it to building services. They were awesome! Checked it out and ventilation was powered down. Was fixed by my next class! So easy - measure and report! #UniversityOfWaterloo #waterlooSci #RCH101 #airquality
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Maybe an entry level course for administrators?
How to not maim your students and staff: things that seem impossible but aren’t
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@onschoolsafety @jasmith_yorku CO2 on school buses regularly exceeds 3,000ppm when the windows go up. About half of students ride the bus. If we don’t do anything about school buses efforts in buildings will never be enough.
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Thank you @60minutes for confirming what @o_s_p_e has been saying since June 2020. Ontario’s #Engineers have been advocating for improved Indoor Air Quality and better use of respirators. https://ospe.on.ca/indoor-air-quality/
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Wondering if our CMOH has watched this. He could have learned a thing or two
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Public Health progress is a marathon, not a sprint. Remember when smoking indoors and no seatbelts were the norm? 🚬🚗
We'll soon reflect on this as the era of poor indoor air quality. But change is happening. People are waking up to #COVIDIsAirborne (& many other pathogens!)
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@jasmith_yorku And if they read the @fortunemagazine piece on the #CorsiRosenthalBox... on which @drlapook and @60minutes need to do a follow-up...
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We know monitoring co2 is needed, that’s why engineers recommend them in the Improving Air Quality in Schools bill. Learn more about why air quality matters in ON schools & have your questions answered. Mon, Oct 30 RSVP for the virtual town hall
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I reported a CO2 value of over 1900 ppm to my employer.
They told me that I was taking the reading in the wrong place… (I was measuring it where the students were!)
I have receipts
- Website
- https://uwaterloo.ca/rooney-lab/
I moved to girls_can@TheCanadian.social Posts about #ecology #teaching #biodiversity #contaminants #university #academia #ONpoli #CanPoli #conservation #nature #GreatLakes #parenting she/her
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