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Better Transit YYJ @bettertransityyj.ca · 14h

BC Transit is looking for input on the new Regional Transit Plan!
engage.bctransit.com/victoria-reg...

Want some ideas on what feedback to give? Check out our guide: bettertransityyj.ca/2025/10/12/s...

Victoria Regional Transit Plan

We need your input! BC Transit is seeking input into the long-term goals and network design priorities for the Victoria Regional Transit Plan. The plan is being developed with input from the Capital R...

engage.bctransit.com

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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 16h

The final LNG Unpacked webinar is Oct 23 @ 12pm PT!

Our co-executive director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, @emikonewman.bsky.social, Ismail Askin @workersolidaritybc.bsky.social on how LNG expansion is impacting the cost of living, jobs, workers and bills.

REGISTER NOW
us06web.zoom.us/meet...…

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 6d

The science is clear – gas stoves are bad for your health and increase the incidence of asthma in children. Consumers deserve to know the risks before they buy one of these appliances.
https://bit.ly/47cM2DK

Gas stove makers quietly delete air pollution warnings as they fight mandatory health labels

Manufacturers fighting a Colorado health warning law argue gas stoves are safe. Some of their websites have suggested otherwise.

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 1d

🤦 Dawn Farrell, head of @mark-carney.bsky.social ’s Major Projects Office, sounds like one of Trump's wildly incompetent officials. 🤦 #elbowsup against 🦇💩 climate denial!
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n... #cdnpoli #climatecrisis

Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 2d

Sat Oct 18 - Victoria No Tyrants March in solidarity with #NoKings actions across the US. The struggle against fascism is global! Frog costumes welcome! More info at www.facebook.com/events/13111... #yyj #Amphifa

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

On Saturday, we wear yellow. ❌👑

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 1d

🌡Every month, Climate Central breaks down the latest science on climate change in a free monthly newsletter delivering:
▶️Localized climate impact insights
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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 1d

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📢 Civil society calls for #JustTransition action at #PreCOP30 -

🧵A thread from today's press conference in Brasília:
#JustTransitionRising #COP30 #BAM

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 1d

15 kids have filed a petition against the US, arguing that the “U.S. government’s unrelenting perpetuation of a fossil fuel energy system despite knowing for over 50 years that the emission of fossil fuels was catastrophic for human rights.”

By @ahofschneider.bsky.social for @grist.org...

The kids who sued America over climate change aren’t done yet

They want an international human rights body to hold the U.S. accountable — and are spotlighting Indigenous communities on the frontlines.

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 1d

🤦 Dawn Farrell, head of @mark-carney.bsky.social ’s Major Projects Office, sounds like one of Trump's wildly incompetent officials. 🤦 #elbowsup against 🦇💩 climate denial!
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n... #cdnpoli #climatecrisis

Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...

www.nationalobserver.com

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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 2d

🌎 As leaders gather in Brasilia for #PreCOP30, almost 200 civil society organizations are calling for governments to put transition minerals and the communities affected by their extraction at the heart of climate negotiations.

#JustTransitionRising

climatenetwork.org/2025/10/13/a...

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350.org @350.org · 2d

With the ceasefire in Gaza holding, it's urgent to send as much aid as possible. The violence inflicted by Israel goes beyond bombs - it's also control over resources like water & energy & now Palestinians are returning to devastated land.

Please donate if you can: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

Donate to Palestine

Your donation will support the work of PENGON/Friends of the Earth Palestine and deliver desperately needed resources to the Palestinian people.

actionnetwork.org

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RazomWeStand 🇺🇦 @razomwestand.bsky.social · 2d

Our new analysis shows the #EU could strip €29B more from Putin’s war machine, equal to 900,000 Shahed drones, by choosing the Parliament’s tougher gas ban. Every delay costs lives #REPowerEU

@politico.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 3d

Big oil's fascists are dull.
The resistance is bright.
Stand tall.
We will win.

Thank you @4nikkolas.bsky.social, #PortlandFrog and everyone who is standing tall in their own way.

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 5d

"Cities in North America all caught the same mania of city building where you just try to stuff as many cars through a downtown as you can rather than making places people wanted to actually spend time in. Cities are better when you're not just racing through them in your own enclosed metal box."

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 28d

The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

www.podcastics.com

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 5d

It's only a trillion dollars. There's always bailouts, right? #CostOfClimate #ClimateChange theecologist.org/2025/oct/09/...

A trillion dollar climate risk

New research shows fossil fuel exposures of the world’s 60 biggest banks.

theecologist.org

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 3d

Great letter in TC today, focused on how families with children need safe bike & roll lanes! (Note that seniors and people with disabilities also benefit from safe, smooth, bike & roll routes.) www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett... #yyj #visionzero

Families and children need safe bike lanes

Reading the many complaint letters about bike lanes, I get it that car drivers find them frustrating. But a war on cars it is not.

Taking a little kindergarten boy to school recently, I noticed that a good many parents are using cargo bikes to take their children to school or day care, and I increasingly see them around town too.

These parents are primarily using separated bike lanes, and they need to, as regular car lanes are unsafe for these families.

Housing is so expensive, and many families have just one car, so taking advantage of the rapidly evolving and cheaper e-bikes to move their children around makes sense. And their numbers are steadily increasing.

These families need safety, just as we do in regular car lanes. Let’s learn from the Dutch.

Contrary to popular belief, bike lane construction in Holland only began in the 1970s. Like most countries, Holland was heading toward car saturation point when a study was released showing the number of car related fatalities affecting families.

The study, together with higher gas prices, galvanized the public to want to take care of their most vulnerable citizens – hence their amazing bike lane infrastructure.

Should we not also be mindful about our children? So, next time we wish to drive somewhere, let’s allow more time to get to our destination.

Slow down when passing a school zone, and when driving alongside a separated bike lane, let’s be glad to think that the youngest and most vulnerable members of our community are safer because of those lanes.

An inclusive city must also include how our families and children can get safely to and from their destinations.

Anna Bowness-Park

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Two people on mobility scooters heading in opposite directions on the two-way Pandora protected bike & roll lane.

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Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 4d

Hi do you have any interest in #yyj transit? BC Transit is currently in the public engagement portion for the new regional transit plan and they need your input!
#bctransit
engage.bctransit.com/victoria-reg...

Victoria Regional Transit Plan

We need your input! BC Transit is seeking input into the long-term goals and network design priorities for the Victoria Regional Transit Plan. The plan is being developed with input from the Capital R...

engage.bctransit.com

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 3d

Big oil's fascists are dull.
The resistance is bright.
Stand tall.
We will win.

Thank you @4nikkolas.bsky.social, #PortlandFrog and everyone who is standing tall in their own way.

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 6d

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

www.ft.com/content/5ba8...

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https://www.ft.com/content/5ba8caec-61d3-4aa9-a877-9b200ef4b5b0

Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 18d

It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.

Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 19d

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 4d

This energy event is going to be, in a word, lit.
Join us
events.zoom.us/ev/At4Eo8n6b...

Powering Forward: Defending and Delivering Clean Energy in Every Community

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 5d

"As late as 1975, General Motors was blaming the Endangered Species Act for transmission problems in the cars it sold. The automatic transmission fluid had been made of sperm whale oil, and the company saw no easy alternative." #climatesky

Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 5d

"Climate change is a global crisis. If we are to tackle it, we must do so together. Yet it is a struggle to imagine that happening. When have countries ever come together for the good of our common humanity?"

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster

www.theguardian.com

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 18d

#VictoriaBC Canada was just one of hundreds of places around the world where people like you came out to #DrawTheLine actions last weekend. #yyj

Red Draw The Line banner at front of large march (Victoria, Canada). 2nd photo two people in demonstration holding "Unite For Justice And Peace" and "Migrant Justice Now" signs.

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