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Climate Stories Atlantic
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Climate Stories Atlantic is an initiative of the Climate Focus Society, a Nova Scotia non-profit organization dedicated to covering stories about community climate solutions.
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GivingTuesday is the world’s largest generosity movement. Thanks to you, we’ve been able to publish just short of 100 stories, podcasts, & columns, reaching tens of thousands of people. Your donation can help keep this initiative going.

DONATE: www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/donate #GivingTuesdayCA
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Every story you help fund supports local climate journalism.

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December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Looking for less scary and more optimistic local climate news written by professional journalists/writers? If so, consider DONATING now to help us keep delivering stories on those good news climate initiatives happening right here in our own backyard.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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DONATE now to help keep uplifting local climate-related storytelling going! www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/donate

Hope is newsworthy. Amid climate challenges, Climate Stories Atlantic highlights local researchers and innovators and the community action they inspire.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Across Atlantic Canada, journalism is shrinking. Newsrooms are closing, coverage is thinning, and vital local stories are disappearing. But we're still a place where stories of climate hope, resilience, and innovation are being told.

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November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Your support keeps good storytelling alive. Donations directly fund writing, editing, and publishing. (And you can get a charitable receipt!)

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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Support climate stories written by real journalists for real communities, not algorithms.

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November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Across Atlantic Canada, journalism is shrinking. Newsrooms are closing, coverage is thinning, and vital local stories are disappearing. Donate today and support independent, local climate journalism in Atlantic Canada! www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/donate
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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In our latest column, Writing for communities, not algorithms, by @seankellyprospect.bsky.social, we take a look at why supporting professional, unbiased journalism is more important than ever.

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November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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In this latest episode of the podcast I talk to Will Burt, from @planetarytech.bsky.social Wow, just wow. A great guy doing the extremely important work of trying to help save the planet by correcting the alkalinity of our oceans.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Thermal Energy Storage...what exactly is it?
The various types and why it's an important part of using our grid in a smarter, cleaner way, and what's coming down the pike in terms of newer and better uses. @nsccofficial.bsky.social

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October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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What's a NS town or city to do when flooding from rising sea levels and storms threatens waterfront or coastal areas?

We take a look at that issue In Shoring up for the future - by @evertlindquist.bsky.social. @ecologyaction.bsky.social

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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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New podcast: “Dan Roscoe - harnessing our NS winds” by The Cautious Climate Optimist, where I chat with Dan Roscoe of Roswall Dev. to talk all things wind and wind turbines.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/podcast/dan-... @#LCC @djroscoe.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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"Mapping our future" about how one NSCC researcher says the key to avoiding the worst of in-land flooding during more common, more severe storm events is to get ahead of them with potentially life-saving predictive mapping.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/mapp... @nsccofficial.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Is it too late?, the next installment of our Climate Focus column - written by CSA co-founder, @seankellyprospect.bsky.social .

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/column/is-it... @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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New article: Adapting and adopting by Matt McIntosh, about how drought is impacting Nova Scotia farmers, and what they’re doing about it.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/adap... #LCC #AnnapolisValley
August 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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New article: Bringing It Home by Elizabeth Peirce. Leveraging carbon credits as a source of funding for local non-profits.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/brin... #LCC @rocarbonlabs.bsky.social @cib-bic.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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New article: Stepping up with (re)purpose by @aauld.bsky.social. One impressive Nova Scotian shows the huge impact one person can make as she and fellow volunteers collect garbage from Nova Scotia shorelines.

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August 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Our latest episode features a chat with Halifax's own Miriam Zitner, of the Carbon to Sea Initiative. She's a firecracker of a human and someone who's doing some good work to fight climate change...and beyond. @carbonremovers.bsky.social

Listen at:
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August 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Have you ever stopped to think about the potential of soil to combat climate change?
This week's article: Keeping it in the ground
read it at: www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/uld1...

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July 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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New article: A green path to self-determination by Mary-Frances Lynch. A development partnership between the thirteen Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia means a more environmentally sustainable and economically secure future going forward.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/a-gr... #LCC
July 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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New article: A different kind of farmer by Zack Metcalfe. Vertical, hydroponic farming in Atlantic Canada is an increasingly smart way to get your greens in a time of growing geopolitical uncertainty, food insecurity, and climate change.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/a-di... #LCC
July 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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New article: Going above and beyond…bake sales by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social. One passionate & persevering Pictou County councillor finds a (net zero) way to keep the lights on, and the doors open in community buildings in small town Nova Scotia.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/goin... #LCC
July 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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New article: From Mars to maggots by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social. One Nova Scotia entrepreneur and former NASA research scientist uses fly larvae to turn food waste into feed and fertilizer.

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July 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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New podcast: “Edmund (Eddie) Halfyard from CarbonRun” by The Cautious Climate Optimist, where I chat with Eddie Halfyard, a research scientist with a passion for fish, water quality, and removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/podcast/edmu...
June 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM