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Linda Solomon Wood

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Founder, Publisher at Canada's National Observer Writer, journalist, entrepreneur ‪

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · 4d

I spent 15 or so years building our X acct to 64K for @nationalobserver.com I put it in my own name when @jameswsthomson.com said CNO doesn't belong there.

But after 3 minutes on X tonight it was SO VILE I deactivated the account forever.

Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · 4d

Geothermal could meet Canada's power demand “one million times over”, but not a single commercial well has been drilled. That’s about to change as new technologies bolster the business case for tapping underground heat to generate cleaner electricity www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/a...

Can new tech finally wake Canada’s sleeping geothermal giant?

Canada’s geothermal resources could meet the nation’s power demand “one million times over”, but not a single commercial well has been drilled. That’s about to change as new technologies bolster the b...

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · 4d

A few words from me today: Pope Leo XIV on the ancient art of lying is a call to action to anyone who values the news they consume www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/o...

Pope Leo XIV on the ancient art of lying, a call to action to anyone who values the news they consume

Pope Leo XIV's call for journalists to serve as "a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth" is an urgent instruction.

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · 5d

Introducing Canada's Business Observer! Another new thing from @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...

Introducing Canada's Business Observer

Our new weekly newsletter will explore how companies are aligning climate solutions with financial performance.

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much, Caroline. That means so much to me to hear.

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Caroline @northernck.bsky.social · 6d

An enormous resource.
Creating public accountability tools for all journalists to use, is a brilliant way to create accountability by all municipal councils.
BRAVO. And why I subscribe to National Observer. Some examples of its use:
“Canada’s National

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/08/n...

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for subscribing, Caroline. Every subscribers matters to our entire team. Whatever we do, we do together.

Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely, they should. No joke. @msnbc.com are you listening?

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 7d

We're going public today with a powerful new tool for researching, following and reporting on local governments across Canada.

It’s dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time.

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

www.nationalobserver.com

Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · 12d

How Alberta could actually get its pipeline www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/o...

How Alberta could actually get its pipeline

If Danielle Smith actually wants to advance the prospects of a new oil pipeline, she needs to do more than just rattle her well-worn sabre at Ottawa.

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · 20d

Are provincial parks the next target for Doug Ford's developer friends? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/o...

Are provincial parks the next target for Doug Ford's developer friends?

The Ford government has introduced changes to the Ontario laws that protect provincial parks, but refuses to disclose what the changes will be.

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Sep 11

Alberta town bucks misinformation and stands by climate program www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/n...

Alberta town bucks misinformation and stands by climate program

The town of Cochrane, Alberta voted to stay in the Partners for Climate Protection program despite intense pressure from KICLEI — an anti net-zero group using AI to convince thousands of local politic...

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Sep 5

Excellent column, @arnokopecky.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/05/o...

Canada’s terrible, no good, very bad wildfire season isn’t over yet, as BC ignites

Dissonance is a defining aspect of this new world. Those purple smoke-shrouded sunsets are gorgeous. This first week of September, my social media feeds are giving me psychological whiplash as posts r...

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Sep 4

What's happened to Google's climate commitments?
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/04/i...

Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website

Five years ago, Google’s climate action ambitions were the gold standard for Big Tech. Then, with power demand spikes from AI data centres, in July it scrubbed its sustainability website of its 2030 n...

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Sep 3

Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...

Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts

Canadian wildfire has quadrupled since the 1990s. That’s releasing billions of tonnes of CO2. The climate beast is waking up. When will we?

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Aug 25

"I drove a BYD for a week while travelling in Iceland this summer and the experience actually changed how I view Chinese EVs — but not in the way you might think."
GREAT READ from @trevormelanson.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/o...

Chinese EVs won’t break Canada’s car market — but they could improve it

I drove a BYD for a week while travelling in Iceland this summer and the experience actually changed how I view Chinese EVs — but not in the way you might think.

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Aug 25

Info-packed article for EV owners and would-be owners. Government take note!
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/25/a...

The startups aiming to plug Canada’s EV charging gap

A lack of home charging and range anxiety due to a spotty public charging network are barriers to buying an EV. Canadian startups are trying to tackle the charging challenge.

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thanks @rachelgilmore.bsky.social You said it.

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · Aug 21

Meta banned a far-right "news" outlet from advertising on its platform.

Sounds good, right?

Except it turns out Meta accepted $300,000 in new ads from the Epoch Times that targeted Canadians.

I'm teaming up with my pals at the @nationalobserver.com to tell you all about Rory White's scoop:

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · Jul 17

No official list yet exists of the megaprojects to be fast-tracked under C-5. But that doesn't mean we can't make educated guesses.

Using public statements, government sources and business plans, here are our 15 top contenders.

An infographic map of the megaprojects.

Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Aug 19

The visionary philanthropy of Vancouver's Rudy North www.nationalobserver.com/2016/06/24/n...

The visionary philanthropy of Vancouver's Rudy North

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Aug 6

We’ve slammed on the brakes of EVs and started driving the wrong way. That's leaving Canadians even further behind, writes Barry Saxifrage www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/04/a...

Axing the EVs: Canadian sales plunge while global sales surge

We’ve slammed on the brakes of EVs and started driving the wrong way. That's leaving Canadians even further behind.

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Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · Jun 17

For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source

www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/for-...

For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source

Plus: The pivot to video is really happening, digital subscriptions may have peaked, and other findings from RISJ's 2025 Digital News Report.

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Jun 13

People need to know about AI-generated disinformation flooding city councils to defeat climate policy. If wishes could come true, everyone following me would read, share, repost this story. @350.org @billmckibben.bsky.social @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org

Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · May 28

Our exclusive investigation into how a group has turned a chatbot into a custom tool for convincing city councils to pull out of climate agreements.

And it's working.

A weaponized AI chatbot is flooding city councils with climate misinformation

Internal instructions accessed by Canada’s National Observer show that the chatbot produces tailored scripts, petitions, reports and even speeches for council chambers. The messaging is all framed to ...

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Linda Solomon Wood @lindasolomonwood.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thank you, Peter!