Anne Shibata Casselman
@annecasselman.bsky.social
Vancouver-based journalist: Public interest, climate, and science.
www.annecasselman.com
www.annecasselman.com
As Vancouverites rally around the city's reportedly endangered sustainability dept, a friendly reminder that its work is why "the city has already shaved 17 per cent off its carbon footprint from 2007 levels & now has one of the lowest per-person carbon footprints of any major Cdn city." #vanpoli
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November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
As Vancouverites rally around the city's reportedly endangered sustainability dept, a friendly reminder that its work is why "the city has already shaved 17 per cent off its carbon footprint from 2007 levels & now has one of the lowest per-person carbon footprints of any major Cdn city." #vanpoli
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Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
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Together as One
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2025
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2025
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Together as One
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2025
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2025
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My letter to the editor has been published in the most recent issue of Maclean's Magazine. You can read it on my Substack.
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Maclean's Magazine Violated My Copyright.
They asked me if they could use my photographs and I said no, so they hired an illustrator.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My letter to the editor has been published in the most recent issue of Maclean's Magazine. You can read it on my Substack.
jackiedives.substack.com/p/macleans-m...
jackiedives.substack.com/p/macleans-m...
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Vietnam: Five and a half feet of rain in a day. Smashes previous 24 hour record by two and a half feet.
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Vietnam city sets national record with 1.7 m rain in 24 hours
The central Vietnamese city of Hue recorded more than a metre of rain in a 24-hour period, smashing a national record set over two decades ago, the environment ministry said Tuesday.
www.france24.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Vietnam: Five and a half feet of rain in a day. Smashes previous 24 hour record by two and a half feet.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
💯💯💯 It’s social. It’s spiritual. It’s societal.
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
💯💯💯 It’s social. It’s spiritual. It’s societal.
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Burnaby, B.C., oil refinery to fall under U.S. control in $9.1B deal
Burnaby, B.C., oil refinery to fall under U.S. control in $9.1B deal
British Columbia’s largest oil refinery is set to fall under U.S. control this week with the expected takeover of Canadian fuel refiner and retailer Parkland Corporation by American fuel giant Sunoco.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Burnaby, B.C., oil refinery to fall under U.S. control in $9.1B deal
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Solar peaks in India are rising as capacity installations come online, pushing coal down during midday.
In April 2025, coal ramped down 52 GW in six hours as midday solar reached 60 GW, up 41% compared to the previous April.
https://loom.ly/YXrBeIo
In April 2025, coal ramped down 52 GW in six hours as midday solar reached 60 GW, up 41% compared to the previous April.
https://loom.ly/YXrBeIo
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Solar peaks in India are rising as capacity installations come online, pushing coal down during midday.
In April 2025, coal ramped down 52 GW in six hours as midday solar reached 60 GW, up 41% compared to the previous April.
https://loom.ly/YXrBeIo
In April 2025, coal ramped down 52 GW in six hours as midday solar reached 60 GW, up 41% compared to the previous April.
https://loom.ly/YXrBeIo
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The growth of wind and solar power is happening rapidly in all kinds of countries. Except one. Which tells its own story
www.ft.com/content/c406...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The growth of wind and solar power is happening rapidly in all kinds of countries. Except one. Which tells its own story
www.ft.com/content/c406...
www.ft.com/content/c406...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Wild! This NOAA video shows how quickly fossil fuel CO2 can accumulate. It shows daily fossil CO2 over a 2 year period (2011-2012), starting with a concentration of *Zero*: "By the end of 2012, the entire Northern Hemisphere is red, illustrating a total accumulation of about 9 to 10 ppm of CO2"
October 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wild! This NOAA video shows how quickly fossil fuel CO2 can accumulate. It shows daily fossil CO2 over a 2 year period (2011-2012), starting with a concentration of *Zero*: "By the end of 2012, the entire Northern Hemisphere is red, illustrating a total accumulation of about 9 to 10 ppm of CO2"
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Crazy weather. . . .
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Crazy weather. . . .
This feels more germane than any other metric for planetary warming. We are accruing heat. Ie. The earth is gaining more heat than it loses to space. And this heat gain is steepening. Net gain means more heat means more VERY UNWELCOME energy in the earth’s system.
This chart makes me uncomfortable.
Interesting tidbit: The peak monthly energy imbalance in this data set occurred in July 2023. That happens to be the warmest month globally we've ever experienced (since modern record-keeping began), at 16.953°C (according to ECMWF ERA5).
Interesting tidbit: The peak monthly energy imbalance in this data set occurred in July 2023. That happens to be the warmest month globally we've ever experienced (since modern record-keeping began), at 16.953°C (according to ECMWF ERA5).
October 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This feels more germane than any other metric for planetary warming. We are accruing heat. Ie. The earth is gaining more heat than it loses to space. And this heat gain is steepening. Net gain means more heat means more VERY UNWELCOME energy in the earth’s system.
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From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Prime Minister Mark Carney is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules — and complicating Canada’s progress on climate change. thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...
How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal
From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules
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October 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Prime Minister Mark Carney is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules — and complicating Canada’s progress on climate change. thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...
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Satellite analysis by Bellingcat found that wildfires destroyed over a third of Namibia’s most visited wildlife reserve last month, impacting crucial grazing lands for endangered species, including black rhinos and elephants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Wildfires Ravage One of Africa’s Largest Nature Reserves - bellingcat
Satellite analysis of the Etosha wildfires in Namibia has found that more than a third of the nature reserve was burned.
www.bellingcat.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Satellite analysis by Bellingcat found that wildfires destroyed over a third of Namibia’s most visited wildlife reserve last month, impacting crucial grazing lands for endangered species, including black rhinos and elephants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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Here’s a look at the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation’s (BCI) grade relative to other major 🇨🇦 public sector pension managers. As noted, BCI earned a shockingly low overall score of C- (same as last year). Follow along 👇 as we look at BCI’s scores in all 6 climate categories. 2/x
February 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Here’s a look at the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation’s (BCI) grade relative to other major 🇨🇦 public sector pension managers. As noted, BCI earned a shockingly low overall score of C- (same as last year). Follow along 👇 as we look at BCI’s scores in all 6 climate categories. 2/x
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NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
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As Canada experiences its second-worst wildfire season on record, drinking water across B.C. is at risk, as watersheds are threatened and transformed by flames. @annecasselman.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/wildfires-th...
How wildfires threaten B.C.’s drinking water | The Narwhal
Communities from Cranbrook to Kelowna know wildfires can contaminate drinking water. Experts say protecting watersheds is an urgent priority
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September 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
As Canada experiences its second-worst wildfire season on record, drinking water across B.C. is at risk, as watersheds are threatened and transformed by flames. @annecasselman.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/wildfires-th...
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Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
People think of fire as fire. But in today’s burning world we have to think of how fire affects our water infrastructure, which in this province can be the very same forested watershed that is burning too hot.
As Canada experiences its second-worst wildfire season on record, drinking water across B.C. is at risk, as watersheds are threatened and transformed by flames. @annecasselman.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/wildfires-th...
How wildfires threaten B.C.’s drinking water | The Narwhal
Communities from Cranbrook to Kelowna know wildfires can contaminate drinking water. Experts say protecting watersheds is an urgent priority
thenarwhal.ca
September 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
People think of fire as fire. But in today’s burning world we have to think of how fire affects our water infrastructure, which in this province can be the very same forested watershed that is burning too hot.
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My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
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Critical look under the hood of freedom of information and police corruption by CTV Vancouver - take your time with it. Especially the correspondence among cops about info requests.
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‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Critical look under the hood of freedom of information and police corruption by CTV Vancouver - take your time with it. Especially the correspondence among cops about info requests.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy.
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
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#California #CA #Energy #Renewables #Solar #Wind #Batteries #Climate #Policy
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#California #CA #Energy #Renewables #Solar #Wind #Batteries #Climate #Policy
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy
Are renewables reliable? A new study says California ran on renewables alone for a record number of days last year.
grist.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy.
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#California #CA #Energy #Renewables #Solar #Wind #Batteries #Climate #Policy
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#California #CA #Energy #Renewables #Solar #Wind #Batteries #Climate #Policy