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atomicker.bsky.social
@atomicker.bsky.social
Interests include shin-hanga ( 新版画 ) + sosaku-hanga ( 創作版画 ), popular art prints during the Taisho + Showa eras of 20th century Japan. Sustainability 🌱 + Canadian 🍁 topics too.
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Once reliant on expensive fossil fuel imports, Uruguay has gone from blackouts & power cuts to energy sovereignty in under 10 years - with a stable mix of wind, solar, hydroelectric, & bioenergy.

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #Canada #NoPipelines
Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution
With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying to keep the lights on. Here’s how they did it.
www.thenation.com
"After years of careful design and consultation, the federal government has walked away from one of its most effective tools to ensure Canadians can buy affordable electric vehicles — a tool proven in B.C., California and Quebec"

davidsuzuki.org/press/electr...

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EVs
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

Today’s federal decision to repeal the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard is a major step backward for climate action — and Canadians deserve better access to affordable electric vehicles.

Read more: dsfdn.org/RepealMarksM...
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Isn’t it smarter to be less reliant on a foreign nation for security and defence ?

And if taxpayers are investing generational capital into military procurement and defence spending, wouldn’t it be prudent to be less reliant on a partner who isn’t threatening our nation and agreements? #cdnpoli
Saab floats Gripen production hub in Canada, if Ottawa were willing
The statement is the latest effort by Saab in sweetening the pot for Canada to give the Swedish company a slice of its fighter jet business.
www.defensenews.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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In Davos, the message was that the US under Trump - and Rubio - had demolished the rules based order, & nothing is normal anymore.

Today, the message is we're embracing & working closely with those same guys who demolished the rules based order, as if it was normal.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
February 6, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Attn @mark-carney.bsky.social :

“We are currently living through a paradigm shift in the speed, scale and severity of risks driven by the climate-nature crisis. Yet many regulations and government actions are dangerously out of touch with reality.”

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
The 'accelerating impact of the climate crisis could lead to a global financial crash'

'Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash': "we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks"

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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“We’re not dealing with manageable economic adjustments ... current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world.”

Read it again.
February 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Reminds one of Harper closing down the farm in Kingston.
February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
"… when asked repeatedly [officials from the Carney gov't] could not say exactly what impact these measures will have on Canada’s overall emissions."

If Carney bothered to do the math on the damage this will do to our emissions targets, he's not telling us about it.

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
After advocating for "regulation that mandates EV sales by a specific date" ('Value(s)' p.299), Mark Carney backs down on his own policies once again, deleting our EV sales mandate in service to the fossil fuel industry. He just never fails to disappoint.

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EV
Canada’s EV rebates returning, sales mandate ending
The federal government is launching a new electric vehicle consumer rebate, and replacing the contentious EV sales mandate with new emissions standards, as part of a new strategy for the Canadian auto...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
After advocating for "regulation that mandates EV sales by a specific date" ('Value(s)' p.299), Mark Carney backs down on his own policies once again, deleting our EV sales mandate in service to the fossil fuel industry. He just never fails to disappoint.

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #EV
Canada’s EV rebates returning, sales mandate ending
The federal government is launching a new electric vehicle consumer rebate, and replacing the contentious EV sales mandate with new emissions standards, as part of a new strategy for the Canadian auto...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Dismantling Canada while telling us he's building us up...
February 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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📰 Must read | Climate risk & pensions

Quoted in the latest piece by Eleonor Wand in The Hill Times.

“These risks must be taken seriously. Canadian pensions are gambling with the retirement of millions of Canadians.”

🔗 www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

#ClimateFinance #CAFA
Canada’s largest pension manager ‘backsliding’ on climate, risks being unable to pay out pensions: report
Last year, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board invested $7.1-billion in new fossil fuel assets and ‘quietly removed’ its public net-zero commitment, which Senator Rosa Galvez says means 'Canadian...
www.hilltimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
February 4, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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This should be front page news in Canada. The rule of law is fundamental to Canadian democracy.
#Canadasky
The law should apply equally to everyone, regardless of their wealth, power and status.

On January 21, 2026, the CCLA joined more than 40 organizations in denouncing certain provisions in Bill C-15.

Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
CCLA Joins a Broad Coalition of Civil Society Groups Objecting to Anti-Democratic Provisions in Bill C-15 - CCLA
ccla.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Carney is setting us up to fail. The auto industry & petroleum companies are going to stay rich, right up to the planets collapse.

Canada is already run by the USA. #PetroState #Fools #Climate
Government expected to announce it's scrapping EV mandate in favour of new fuel efficiency system: source | CBC News
The federal government is expected to announce its national automotive strategy on Thursday that includes scrapping Canada's electric vehicle mandate and replacing it with a new system of fuel efficie...
www.cbc.ca
February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Mark Carney's cuts to agriculture science 'will hurt farmers and grocery shoppers'

"This is going to contribute to higher food prices for all Canadian consumers"

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #AAFC
Farmers oppose agricultural science cuts in Canada | The Narwhal
The federal government is closing farm research centres and cutting back on agriculture science, leaving farmers scratching their heads
thenarwhal.ca
February 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
'Carney’s government is cutting hundreds of environment and science jobs': 'Canadians should be very concerned'

"These aren't just numbers on a spreadsheet. This is real science being cut (...) You can't cut public science or staff without increasing public risk."

#Canada #CDNPoli
Carney’s government is cutting hundreds of environment and science jobs. Here’s what that means for Canadians | CBC Radio
Scientists and labour leaders are warning that cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada could significantly impact the health and safety of Canadians as well as Canada's wildlife and environment.
www.cbc.ca
February 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Things like this are what deepen my mistrust in Carney. He just cuts without any reflection on the consequences. His elbows up is total BS because he’s clueless about anything other than banking. What a waste he is.
While Carney's cuts at Agriculture & Agri-Food #Canada 'are wide-ranging, projects that could help Canadian farmers become less reliant on the US — a major supplier of pesticides and fertilizers — and more adaptable to climate change appear to be the hardest hit.'

#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #AAFC
Feds slashed farm research. An internal email suggests they don't know what Canada's losing
Senior officials at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) did not know how their decision to close three research stations on the Prairies would impact the department's research program when they an...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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Je suis saturée en mauvaises nouvelles, mais cet article me semble important.
"Will the federal government remain silent on the potential for multiple violations of the Canada Health Act? Will civil society be compelled to seek a court order to force the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act?"

Probably.

#Canada #CDNPoli #CanadaHealthAct
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee
A new law opens the door for two-tier care that would destroy medicare.
thetyee.ca
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Do it!! Damn it.
'If it chooses, Ottawa can block this by enforcing the Canada Health Act.'

#Canada #CDNPoli #Health #CanadaHealthAct
"Will the federal government remain silent on the potential for multiple violations of the Canada Health Act? Will civil society be compelled to seek a court order to force the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act?"

Probably.

#Canada #CDNPoli #CanadaHealthAct
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
'If it chooses, Ottawa can block this by enforcing the Canada Health Act.'

#Canada #CDNPoli #Health #CanadaHealthAct
"Will the federal government remain silent on the potential for multiple violations of the Canada Health Act? Will civil society be compelled to seek a court order to force the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act?"

Probably.

#Canada #CDNPoli #CanadaHealthAct
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee
A new law opens the door for two-tier care that would destroy medicare.
thetyee.ca
February 4, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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www.sweetlightning.eco/in-progress-... European renewables hit a record high in the third quarter of 2024 (up to 47% from 43% a year ago) at the same time as fossil fuel use reached an all-time low (down to 28% from 32% a year ago)." @mark-carney.bsky.social ditch the dinosaur! @calgaryclimatehub.ca
In Europe, fossil fuels lose out
Fossil fuels decline. Renewables — particularly solar — are on the increase.
www.sweetlightning.eco
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM