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Richard Larouche
@drrichardlarouche.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Public Health (University of Lethbridge); advocate for physical activity, active transportation, sustainability and social justice; runner, cyclist, hiker, etc.

Public Health 40%
Psychology 25%

"The question is not whether renewables can work. The question is whether governments have the courage to change the rules. If they do, the rest is straightforward." 🌞
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com

Has anyone else noticed that the EPSTEIN FILES are still being held back. Less than 1% have been released. Another blatant refusal to accept oversight from our pitifully weak congress. 🗽
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com

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This says it all.

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#Helsinki achieved zero road deaths in a year—without autonomous vehicles on its streets.

They did it through road diets, car-free zones, and 30 km/h speed limits.

Not by flooding the streets with robotaxis. (Waymo isn't allowed in #Finland.)

To really save lives...

🧵

Great lay article by one of the most renowned expert in the field 👍
Analysis: 2025 was the year protein ‘jumped the shark’
2025 was not the year protein finally got its due. It was the year protein was oversold, overvalued and overhyped.
news.mcmaster.ca

Nailed it! 💯

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Credit to Canadian Political cartoonist DeAdder

#ICEAgentsAreDomesticTerrorists

Agreed! ICE and the Trump regime are increasingly behaving like terrorists and should be considered as such.
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

Build it and they will come! 🚴
#cycling

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🚨 New publication alert 🚨 4 years of #PedalPoll data confirms the old adage "build it & they will come" but high comfort & accessibility key to grow #cycling in 🇨🇦 . H/T @mbonsma.bsky.social @meghanwinters.bsky.social @velocanadabikes.bsky.social & others www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cycling rate trends from Canada’s national volunteer cycling count
Pedal Poll/Sondo Vélo, Canada’s national volunteer bicycle count, completed its fourth count year in 2024. We analyzed this large, crowdsourced datase…
www.sciencedirect.com

Painted skies on my way to work today... 🎨

📣 Hot from the press 🔥

Our longitudinal paper on the social-ecological factors associated with children's outdoor play was published in Environmental Research 😊

We found that correlates of #OutdoorPlay span multiple levels of the social-ecological model and that gender is an important moderator.
Social-ecological correlates of children's outdoor playtime and their interaction with gender: a national longitudinal study
Outdoor playtime (OP) is consistently associated with higher physical activity in children, but it has declined over the last few decades, underscorin…
www.sciencedirect.com
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

View on the Bow River and Mount Rundle from Tunnel Mountain 🏔️ the other day 🤩

On the trail to Sulphur Mountain 🏔️ just after sunrise...
#FiatLux

Happy New Year!

I kicked off 2026 with a scenic 23 km run in Canmore 😃

Nice hike to Sulphur and Tunnel mountains 🏔️ to finish the year yesterday 🤩

Lac en cœur ❤️ au parc des grands jardins...

Un autre point de vue sur le mont du Dôme...
This is one of our favorites!

Vue au sommet du mont du Dôme hier midi 👣🤩
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.

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Excellent! Frequency is the key to success

"Alto estimates 72 passenger trains could travel per day if proposed 1,000-kilometre line from #Quebec City- #Toronto high-speed line is built."

globalnews.ca/news/1158472...

It's déjà vu all over again. Wake up folks! ⏰