Eleanor Grant
@eleanor7.bsky.social
Senior in Waterloo Region, Ontario.
Social Justice. Climate. Palestine.
Reducing corporate control.
Social Justice. Climate. Palestine.
Reducing corporate control.
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Voces del Pacífico y de Colombia hablan desde la experiencia directa de la extracción y de los impactos del clima. Su llamado es claro. Una transición justa lejos de los combustibles fósiles debe incluir a quienes enfrentan las consecuencias primero.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Voces del Pacífico y de Colombia hablan desde la experiencia directa de la extracción y de los impactos del clima. Su llamado es claro. Una transición justa lejos de los combustibles fósiles debe incluir a quienes enfrentan las consecuencias primero.
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Republicans unanimously opposed the Inflation Reduction Act. Now, the Trump administration is celebrating its results.
Biden-Era Law That Trump Has Attacked Delivers Price Cuts for 15 More Drugs Under Medicare
The Trump administration announced newly negotiated prices for more than
a dozen prescription drugs covered by Medicare, an achievement made
possible by a Biden-era law.
www.commondreams.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Republicans unanimously opposed the Inflation Reduction Act. Now, the Trump administration is celebrating its results.
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The village enduring climate catastrophe as Trump’s aid cuts bite
The village enduring climate catastrophe as Trump’s aid cuts bite
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The village enduring climate catastrophe as Trump’s aid cuts bite
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I don't understand how #G20 nations could meet in Africa and NOT EVEN DISCUSS the need to replace lost USAID funding.
Dr @agawande.bsky.social believes lost funding has already cost 600,000 lives.
Could they not even reestablish the AIDS prevention program?
But 🇨🇦 is CUTTING foreign aid. Shame!
Dr @agawande.bsky.social believes lost funding has already cost 600,000 lives.
Could they not even reestablish the AIDS prevention program?
But 🇨🇦 is CUTTING foreign aid. Shame!
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don't understand how #G20 nations could meet in Africa and NOT EVEN DISCUSS the need to replace lost USAID funding.
Dr @agawande.bsky.social believes lost funding has already cost 600,000 lives.
Could they not even reestablish the AIDS prevention program?
But 🇨🇦 is CUTTING foreign aid. Shame!
Dr @agawande.bsky.social believes lost funding has already cost 600,000 lives.
Could they not even reestablish the AIDS prevention program?
But 🇨🇦 is CUTTING foreign aid. Shame!
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⚡️ In a new Drop Site investigation, Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain reveal that Jeffrey Epstein quietly helped Alan Dershowitz orchestrate the smear campaign against John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s 2006 paper “The Israel Lobby,” newly obtained emails show.
The scholars had argued in the paper...
The scholars had argued in the paper...
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
⚡️ In a new Drop Site investigation, Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain reveal that Jeffrey Epstein quietly helped Alan Dershowitz orchestrate the smear campaign against John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s 2006 paper “The Israel Lobby,” newly obtained emails show.
The scholars had argued in the paper...
The scholars had argued in the paper...
One of PM Carney's Major Projects
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.B. government says none of 40 Sisson Mine conditions met so far | CBC News
Environmentalists are concerned that the conditions for approval of the Sisson Mine north of Fredericton were too weak when they were issued in 2015, and now many are a decade out of date.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One of PM Carney's Major Projects
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I don't understand how #G20 nations could meet in Africa and NOT EVEN DISCUSS the need to replace lost USAID funding.
Dr @agawande.bsky.social believes lost funding has already cost 600,000 lives.
Could they not even reestablish the AIDS prevention program?
But 🇨🇦 is CUTTING foreign aid. Shame!
Dr @agawande.bsky.social believes lost funding has already cost 600,000 lives.
Could they not even reestablish the AIDS prevention program?
But 🇨🇦 is CUTTING foreign aid. Shame!
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don't understand how #G20 nations could meet in Africa and NOT EVEN DISCUSS the need to replace lost USAID funding.
Dr @agawande.bsky.social believes lost funding has already cost 600,000 lives.
Could they not even reestablish the AIDS prevention program?
But 🇨🇦 is CUTTING foreign aid. Shame!
Dr @agawande.bsky.social believes lost funding has already cost 600,000 lives.
Could they not even reestablish the AIDS prevention program?
But 🇨🇦 is CUTTING foreign aid. Shame!
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Read @nationalobserver.com for our recent deep dive on Canadian geothermal: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/a...
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Read @nationalobserver.com for our recent deep dive on Canadian geothermal: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/a...
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In a bid to eliminate "red tape," the Carney budget just stripped away one of the few ways Canadian regulators review the pesticides that go on your food.
Carney's 'very sneaky' push to weaken Canada's pesticide laws
The Carney government is quietly proposing to eliminate a key pillar of pesticide health and safety evaluations as part of the 2026 budget. The change will stop the government from doing periodic eval...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
In a bid to eliminate "red tape," the Carney budget just stripped away one of the few ways Canadian regulators review the pesticides that go on your food.
Canada is the world's fourth-largest fossil fuel producer. It has not achieved any emissions reduction since 1990. Canadian banks are among the largest global fossil fuel financers.
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As COP30 wraps up, the Carney government does not appear to be prioritizing climate action
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Canada is the world's fourth-largest fossil fuel producer. It has not achieved any emissions reduction since 1990. Canadian banks are among the largest global fossil fuel financers.
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Important read from @chrishatch.bsky.social:
"25 years to rewire our energy systems, reimagine our cities, and restructure our relationship with the planet. The scale of the transformation now required is staggering, but so is the cost of delay."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/07/o...
"25 years to rewire our energy systems, reimagine our cities, and restructure our relationship with the planet. The scale of the transformation now required is staggering, but so is the cost of delay."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/07/o...
Halfway to 2050, and far from where we need to be
This halfway point to 2050 offers a stark reckoning. We've burned through a quarter century in what feels like a blink. Now, we’re left with the same span in which we had vowed to accomplish what may ...
www.nationalobserver.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Important read from @chrishatch.bsky.social:
"25 years to rewire our energy systems, reimagine our cities, and restructure our relationship with the planet. The scale of the transformation now required is staggering, but so is the cost of delay."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/07/o...
"25 years to rewire our energy systems, reimagine our cities, and restructure our relationship with the planet. The scale of the transformation now required is staggering, but so is the cost of delay."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/07/o...
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Decarbonized oil doublespeak may not be new but it was jarring coming from the mouth of Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has an undeniable grasp of the impacts of hydrocarbons. @chrishatch.bsky.social writes for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/09/o...
There is no such thing as "decarbonized oil"
The decarbonized doublespeak may not be new but it was jarring coming from the mouth of our new PM, who has an undeniable grasp of the impacts of hydrocarbons but nevertheless talked about “decarboniz...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Decarbonized oil doublespeak may not be new but it was jarring coming from the mouth of Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has an undeniable grasp of the impacts of hydrocarbons. @chrishatch.bsky.social writes for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/09/o...
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In landmark ruling, World Court judges unanimously agree that countries must tackle fossil fuels — both burning & extraction — and that failing to curb climate change compromises human rights.
Great summary of last week's ruling by @chrishatch.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/28/o...
Great summary of last week's ruling by @chrishatch.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/28/o...
The World Court throws f-bombs — and lots of 'em
With its landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice has finally offered its first opinion on questions about climate change, concluding that rich, high-polluting countries have a particular o...
www.nationalobserver.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In landmark ruling, World Court judges unanimously agree that countries must tackle fossil fuels — both burning & extraction — and that failing to curb climate change compromises human rights.
Great summary of last week's ruling by @chrishatch.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/28/o...
Great summary of last week's ruling by @chrishatch.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/28/o...
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In the jargon of climate scientists, the sinks are failing. Or, in lay terms, nature is sick from cleaning up our crap.
Great piece here by @chrishatch.bsky.social: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/o...
Great piece here by @chrishatch.bsky.social: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/o...
A great unravelling: carbon soars, nature falters
Last year, the global concentration of carbon dioxide jumped by 3.5 parts per million (ppm) and reached 424 ppm, the biggest jump since modern measurements began in the 1950s. The WMO says the blanket...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In the jargon of climate scientists, the sinks are failing. Or, in lay terms, nature is sick from cleaning up our crap.
Great piece here by @chrishatch.bsky.social: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/o...
Great piece here by @chrishatch.bsky.social: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/o...
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🚗🔋 TIL that Nepal and Ethiopia are the two countries following Norway the closest in EV adoption.
“Ethiopia got sick of importing gasoline and gas-burning cars. In 2024, it became the world’s first country to ban the import of combustion engine vehicles.”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/o...
“Ethiopia got sick of importing gasoline and gas-burning cars. In 2024, it became the world’s first country to ban the import of combustion engine vehicles.”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/o...
Cheaper, cleaner — and not available here
Even as we rail in outrage at Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Canadian government has imposed our own punishingly high tariffs on Chinese vehicles — high enough to ensure they are kept out of Canada and t...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🚗🔋 TIL that Nepal and Ethiopia are the two countries following Norway the closest in EV adoption.
“Ethiopia got sick of importing gasoline and gas-burning cars. In 2024, it became the world’s first country to ban the import of combustion engine vehicles.”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/o...
“Ethiopia got sick of importing gasoline and gas-burning cars. In 2024, it became the world’s first country to ban the import of combustion engine vehicles.”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/o...
The committee (Climate Action Network) seemed particularly stung by Mark Carney’s role in flushing “climate policies down the drain” after so many years lauding him for raising the alarm about climate risk.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/o...
A tough climate summit for Canada
Labeled the "Fossil of the Day" at COP30, Canada faces accusations of pulling back climate policies while pushing forward fossil subsidies and projects. But the committee seemed particularly stung by ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The committee (Climate Action Network) seemed particularly stung by Mark Carney’s role in flushing “climate policies down the drain” after so many years lauding him for raising the alarm about climate risk.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/24/o...
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And here's a YouTube link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj0P...
"Rovina's Choice" Shows How The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
YouTube video by The New Yorker
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November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
And here's a YouTube link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj0P...
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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The CDC website has been lobotomized. Where it once presented the decades of evidence debunking the false claims of a link between vaccines and autism, that has now been replaced with junk science.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The CDC website has been lobotomized. Where it once presented the decades of evidence debunking the false claims of a link between vaccines and autism, that has now been replaced with junk science.
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Governments should indeed be using their procurement powers to encourage local contracts. The new Buy Ontario Act falls short in important ways. By @noahfry.bsky.social #onpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The Buy Ontario Act is a rebrand with little new to offer - CCPA
On November 20, the government of Ontario announced the Buy Ontario Act. This is a follow up to a 2022 policy—the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act—that favoured Ontarian suppliers within pu...
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Governments should indeed be using their procurement powers to encourage local contracts. The new Buy Ontario Act falls short in important ways. By @noahfry.bsky.social #onpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...