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To harness AI potential, Canada needs to first mitigate its environmental footprint - Environmental Defence

Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 20h

environmentaldefence.ca/2025/08/07/t... This needs to be front and center on everyone's radar, especially our governments!

The world of technology is moving fast, and unless we act equally fast, it could undo much of the progress made on climate and environment in the last

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza demands atonement from Palestinians for the horrific acts of 7 October, not from Israel for the barbarity that followed.

A Thanksgiving of Resistance

Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 3d

open.substack.com/pub/charliea... action is the cure for despair... Community, decency and solidarity are the keys ... Thanks Charlie

Every year at this time as I watch the yellow leaves being blown off the trees and the cold wind of October tingling the air, I’m reminded of a decision that changed my life.

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 5d

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The Great Derangement: Carney, Trump and the Return of Keystone XL

Well, that was unexpected.

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Climate action is crucial for Canadians’ health

Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 5d

Listen to the folks people trust the most... nurses!

Helen Lightbown 🇨🇦 #EverMasking #DavosSafe @esmcslifer.bsky.social · 6d

@seniorsfcan.bsky.social ICYMI op-ed from heads of nursing orgn: "Climate action is crucial for Canadians' health"
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At a time when climate-driven hazards are already imposing escalating health impacts, the Carney government should adopt a clean energy transition as a nation-building project, say officials from the ...

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Charlie Angus / The Resistance | Substack

Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 6d

Charlie Angus / The Resistance
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Stories and strategies of resistance in this new dark age. Click to read Charlie Angus / The Resistance, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario

Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 6d

Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/a... a good read, which explains why Enbridge loves Ford so much

Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.

The Pacific Ocean is overheated, making fall feel like summer | CBC News

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 7d

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Studies have shown that marine heat waves are being made worse and more frequent by global warming, says William Cheung, director of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia

Experts say a massive heat wave in the northern Pacific Ocean is the likely reason for the unusually warm temperatures across parts of Canada.

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Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 7d

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... unbelievable!

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

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David Suzuki Foundation @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social · 7d

The PM said additional national interest projects will be announced in the coming weeks. This has us thinking about projects that prepare Canada for the future, not set us further apart. What national projects would you like to see funded in Canada?

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 7d

Tesla’s New EVs Are Worse, But Cheaper. That’s the Point. #Climate

Tesla’s New EVs Are Worse, But Cheaper. That’s the Point.

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 7d

pbs.org/video/octobe... Climate, action, and gender issues : a great interview.

Amanpour and Company | October 2, 2025 | Season 2025

Arseniy Yatsenyuk; Jane Fonda; Mela Chiponda; Ernest Moniz; Meghan O'Sullivan

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 8d

open.substack.com/pub/closerto... A good read following up on DRAW THE LINE campaign

Fascism and Wealth Inequality

How Billionaires Rebranded Authoritarianism for the Algorithm Age

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Opinion | There Are Two Economies: A.I. and Everything Else

Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 9d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o... The situation is worse than having all of your economic eggs in one basket. It’s closer to putting all of your eggs in one basket and stomping on all the other baskets.

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As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13d

This is a brilliant demolition of Kemi Badenoch's nonsense about the Climate Change Act by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

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We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power

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Jérôme OLLIER @jeromeollier.bsky.social · 13d

Senior Tories dismayed at BADENOCH's 'catastrophic' vow to repeal Climate Change Act - @fionaharvey.bsky.social Helena HORTON @theguardian.com

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Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act

Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 10d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w... Pope Leo called on Catholics and citizens of the world on Wednesday to carry on the environmental advocacy of his predecessor

Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 12d

Gwich'in Lessons for Truth and Reconciliation via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Residential schools were not well-intentioned mistakes. They were designed to destroy Indigenous families, governance structures and societies by targeting children. The very definition of genocide.

Gwich’in Lessons for Truth and Reconciliation | The Tyee

The same strength that sustained our families a century ago can guide us in facing the current assault on truth.

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Ottawa Seniors for Climate Action Now @scan-ottawa.bsky.social · 12d

Transcript: Chris Murphy’s Dark and Unnerving New Warning about Trump newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com

Transcript: Chris Murphy’s Dark and Unnerving New Warning about Trump

The Democratic Senator has taken the lead in drawing attention to Trump’s authoritarianism. In an interview, he offers a stark new warning that should galvanize his fellow Democrats before it’s too la...

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 13d

The Nation-Builders www.nationalobserver.com/special-repo...

The Nation-Builders

Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise to fast-track major projects is now law. But Bill C-5's implications are only beginning to be felt.

The race to find a way to recycle old turbine blades from windfarms

Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 13d

The race to find a way to recycle old turbine blades from windfarms www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/n... Made from glass or carbon fibre, they are difficult to break down — but in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, there are plans to tackle the waste.

Made from glass or carbon fibre, they are difficult to break down — but in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, there are plans to tackle the waste.

Canada’s climate contradictions come with economic risks

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 13d

Canada’s climate contradictions come with economic risks www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/o... Overinvesting in oil and gas is not just a problem for the climate — it also poses serious risks to the Canadian economy.

Overinvesting in oil and gas is not just a problem for the climate — it also poses serious risks to the Canadian economy.

Public gets a say on Ontario plan for Special Economic Zones

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 13d

Public gets a say on Ontario plan for Special Economic Zones www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/n... For the first time since passing its contentious Bill 5, the Ford government is proposing rules for how the zones will work and asking for comment.

For the first time since passing its contentious Bill 5, the Ford government is proposing rules for how the zones will work and asking for comment.