Cassie Barker (she/her)
@cassiebarker.bsky.social
Environmentalist in Toronto
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‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
Public systems and science take forever to build, and a thoughtless moment to destroy.
Remember this as our federal government slashes Environment Canada, cuts environmental regulations and abandons environmental and climate protection agendas for corporate abundance that rarely reaches us plebes
Remember this as our federal government slashes Environment Canada, cuts environmental regulations and abandons environmental and climate protection agendas for corporate abundance that rarely reaches us plebes
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Public systems and science take forever to build, and a thoughtless moment to destroy.
Remember this as our federal government slashes Environment Canada, cuts environmental regulations and abandons environmental and climate protection agendas for corporate abundance that rarely reaches us plebes
Remember this as our federal government slashes Environment Canada, cuts environmental regulations and abandons environmental and climate protection agendas for corporate abundance that rarely reaches us plebes
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Also, a reminder that it's very hard legislatively (and to some extent in international process) to scrap 2030/35 climate targets, which is likely why Ottawa is technically maintaining them while not really using them to drive policy or talking much about them unprompted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Current government 'stands by' Canada's climate targets, environment minister says | CBC News
Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets that were set under the previous Prime ...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Also, a reminder that it's very hard legislatively (and to some extent in international process) to scrap 2030/35 climate targets, which is likely why Ottawa is technically maintaining them while not really using them to drive policy or talking much about them unprompted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
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Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Today in @thetyee.ca, a look at how the book Abundance is influencing Canadian politics and “helping shape Canada’s fast-track agenda with its rallying cry for scrapping regulations in the pursuit of economic growth,” by @zoeyunker.bsky.social.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
How the Abundance Movement Is Dividing the Left | The Tyee
Calls for fewer rules and faster building have found a progressive audience, including in the BC government.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today in @thetyee.ca, a look at how the book Abundance is influencing Canadian politics and “helping shape Canada’s fast-track agenda with its rallying cry for scrapping regulations in the pursuit of economic growth,” by @zoeyunker.bsky.social.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion, new research reveals.
Lobbyists representing the interests of the oil, gas and coal industries – which are mostly responsible for climate breakdown – have been allowed to participate in the annual climate negotiations where states are meant to come in good faith and commit to ambitious policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
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🔥 BREAKING: STUDENTS FIGHT BACK. From coast to coast, students on 9 campuses are rising up to #StopTheZombiePipeline calling out Canada’s Big 5 banks and Carneys "Building Canada Strong" Budget on their billion-dollar fossil fuel deals.
Take Action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Take Action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🔥 BREAKING: STUDENTS FIGHT BACK. From coast to coast, students on 9 campuses are rising up to #StopTheZombiePipeline calling out Canada’s Big 5 banks and Carneys "Building Canada Strong" Budget on their billion-dollar fossil fuel deals.
Take Action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Take Action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
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To understand how Bari Weiss might approach climate coverage at CBS, I read every climate article the Free Press has published.
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Bari Weiss vs. climate change
At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.
heated.world
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
To understand how Bari Weiss might approach climate coverage at CBS, I read every climate article the Free Press has published.
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
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“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan
Indigenous leaders in Alberta say unchecked oilsands development is devastating their land and could be linked to rising cancer rates in their communities.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
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Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If the budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Mark Carney's government.
Feds faced intense lobbying pressure before budget
Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If the budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Mark Carney's government.
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Hey Bill Gates : Are you familiar with the logical fallacy known as "false dilemma"?
November 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Hey Bill Gates : Are you familiar with the logical fallacy known as "false dilemma"?
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Plastic over-production and over-use remain very significant problems!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Plastic over-production and over-use remain very significant problems!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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Premier Eby visited Kitimat this summer and held a press conference to celebrate LNG Canada's first shipment
He declined to comment on the company offering cash to at least one resident - on condition they not complain or raise concerns about their experience living next to an LNG facility #bcpoli
He declined to comment on the company offering cash to at least one resident - on condition they not complain or raise concerns about their experience living next to an LNG facility #bcpoli
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...
LNG Canada offered Kitimat residents money — if they stay quiet | The Narwhal
Neighbours of LNG Canada’s Kitimat plant were offered thousands to compensate for noise and smoke, if they promise not to complain
thenarwhal.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Premier Eby visited Kitimat this summer and held a press conference to celebrate LNG Canada's first shipment
He declined to comment on the company offering cash to at least one resident - on condition they not complain or raise concerns about their experience living next to an LNG facility #bcpoli
He declined to comment on the company offering cash to at least one resident - on condition they not complain or raise concerns about their experience living next to an LNG facility #bcpoli
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In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
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Allowing powerful and polluting industries to monitor their own emissions is absurdly dangerous. This is not even close to real accountability!
The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse. - Inside Climate News
Some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable. The
insideclimatenews.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Allowing powerful and polluting industries to monitor their own emissions is absurdly dangerous. This is not even close to real accountability!
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How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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The Mikisew Cree First Nation calls for the rejection of a proposal being considered by the federal government. They say this proposal could lead to toxic tailings in their oilsands and would harm both the people and the environment there.
First Nation in Alberta calls for federal government proposal to be rejected | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Mikisew Cree First Nation calls for the rejection of a proposal being considered by the federal government. They say this proposal could lead to toxic tailings in their oilsands and would harm both the people and the environment there.
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🎓 From classrooms to social feeds, Big Oil is writing the script.
🕵️♀️ New blog: Exposing Big Oil’s Playbook — Tactic 3 & 4
💰 Find out how fossil fuel companies infiltrate education and fund fake “grassroots” movements.
🔗 Read and take action: bit.ly/4qDlIKI
#ClimateCrisis #Media #cdnpoli
🕵️♀️ New blog: Exposing Big Oil’s Playbook — Tactic 3 & 4
💰 Find out how fossil fuel companies infiltrate education and fund fake “grassroots” movements.
🔗 Read and take action: bit.ly/4qDlIKI
#ClimateCrisis #Media #cdnpoli
November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🎓 From classrooms to social feeds, Big Oil is writing the script.
🕵️♀️ New blog: Exposing Big Oil’s Playbook — Tactic 3 & 4
💰 Find out how fossil fuel companies infiltrate education and fund fake “grassroots” movements.
🔗 Read and take action: bit.ly/4qDlIKI
#ClimateCrisis #Media #cdnpoli
🕵️♀️ New blog: Exposing Big Oil’s Playbook — Tactic 3 & 4
💰 Find out how fossil fuel companies infiltrate education and fund fake “grassroots” movements.
🔗 Read and take action: bit.ly/4qDlIKI
#ClimateCrisis #Media #cdnpoli
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“We all survive on this river...It’s meant to be used, not to get destroyed,” says Chief Gary Quisses. As ON weakens environmental safeguards, leaders like Chief Quisses are reminding us what’s at stake—our shared responsibility to protect the land, water & future generations.
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“We all survive on this river...It’s meant to be used, not to get destroyed,” says Chief Gary Quisses. As ON weakens environmental safeguards, leaders like Chief Quisses are reminding us what’s at stake—our shared responsibility to protect the land, water & future generations.