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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 11h

Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative is a a grassroots, socially responsible organization that is building community-owned renewable energy generation projects in the Bow Valley, Alberta – in Canmore, ...

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 11h

Website www.bvgreenenergy.org

Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative

Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative is a a grassroots, socially responsible organization that is building community-owned renewable energy generation projects in the Bow Valley, Alberta – in Canmore, ...

www.bvgreenenergy.org

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 11h

#BVGEC provides a vehicle for tangible climate action, an outlet for local environmental and social benefits all the while supporting local prosperity… what’s not to love?! #Calgary #YYC #BowValley #GreenEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateAction #Sponsorship

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 11h

The Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative is a grassroots, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to advancing community-owned #CleanEnergy solutions in the #BowValley & beyond, empowering Albertans to save money, actively reduce emissions & transition to a more #sustainable energy future. #yyc

ALT Background of solar panel array. Headline is "SPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT" - BOW VALLEY GREEN ENERGY COOPERATIVE - ROCKY MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CENTRE

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 11h

The Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative is a grassroots, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to advancing community-owned #CleanEnergy solutions in the #BowValley & beyond, empowering Albertans to save money, actively reduce emissions & transition to a more #sustainable energy future. #yyc

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 17h

"Whatever was meant, the othering of future neighbours was not persuasive to Council then, and it shouldn’t be now." Beyond the policy aspects, Don Iveson really hits at the most key ingredient for housing change: city councils with the moral imagination to brave opposition for a better city.

The big picture on housing, density and affordability

How Edmonton's approach fights for affordability and fiscal efficiency

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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 17h

As many have guessed, the first question people ask me is “what will you do in the winter?”

Upon confirming I plan to bike, the conversation always leads to “what kind of bike will I ride” and “do I have wide or special tires?”

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Leo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 16h

Great article.

Edmonton doesn’t get nearly enough credit. Yes their detached house affordability is mostly due to sprawl, but they are also leading on reforms for abundant multifamily housing.

Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 18h

Fantastic piece by Don Iveson on what Edmonton is doing right on housing. There are lots of lessons here for other communities.

The big picture on housing, density and affordability

How Edmonton's approach fights for affordability and fiscal efficiency

civicgood.substack.com

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 2d

When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.

ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 2d

BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions.

In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

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

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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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“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2d

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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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2d

"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 · 24d

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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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13h

Or just people riding bikes.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve been invited to speak and work in an international city I’ve never been to, and know almost nothing about.

It’s about to become the most interesting city in the world to me.

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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 12h

The things you see while bicycling in Calgary. 🤨
This is near the, check notes, the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. 😬
#yycbike

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 20h

Parts of #NovaScotia, #NewBrunswick experiencing once-in-50-year drought

‘We haven't really experienced this for many, many years,’ says Acadia University professor

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick experiencing once-in-50-year drought | CBC News

Parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are in the midst of exceptional drought — the most extreme category on the national scale.

www.cbc.ca

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 3d

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 3d

MARK THE DATE, ghosts & goblins! The Hub's INAUGURAL #Hallowheelin' event is coming up Saturday, Oct 25th!

🧛‍♀️ Downtown Business Trick or Treating!
👹 Costume Contest!
👻 The Beasts & Banshees #BikeLane!
🎃 Haunted Calgary Tour Stops!

& MORE!!

RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hallowheelin
#yycbike #yyc

Event is Hallowheelin against a dark Calgary backdrop with folks in costumes on bikes, a trick or treat filled pumpkin, City of Calgary & Hub logos

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 14h

#ClimateChange takes no back seat to any other crisis, it only makes ALL of them worse. #Canada, #Texas and #Calgary should act accordingly
#cdnpoli #abpoli #yyc

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17h

“The big advantage of bikes is that they go directly from where you start to where you finish, when you need to go. The advantage over cars is that they need perhaps 1/10th of the amount of space. Roads that jam up quickly with cars can carry effectively unlimited numbers of people by bicycle.”

Why e-bikes are more important the EVs

Bikes can actually transform cities in the way driverless cars promise

danielknowles.substack.com

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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 20h

Is the next question:
A. Do you have safe protected lanes to ride in?
B. Do you ride an ebike?
C. What will you do in the winter?

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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 21h

I started working at a new office. It’s in downtown Calgary and I have been commuting the 3.5km by bicycle.

In the course of meeting people the question “what’s your commute like” comes up. I explain that I bike and that it’s a short ride.

Guess what question comes up, ever, single time? 🤔

People commuting on 12 Ave SW cycle track in Calgary

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 18h

Fantastic piece by Don Iveson on what Edmonton is doing right on housing. There are lots of lessons here for other communities.

The big picture on housing, density and affordability

How Edmonton's approach fights for affordability and fiscal efficiency

civicgood.substack.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16h

There are a lot of North American downtowns struggling or even in crisis. This article illustrates many common problems — lack of urgency & strategic action, actual missteps, and an unwillingness to talk truthfully about how bad things are (including the crushing affect Trump’s tariffs are having).

'Heartbreaking': Once thriving Calif. downtown is on the brink

"Our city only cares about their image. They will not admit they're wrong."

www.sfgate.com

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