Patrick Canning 🇨🇦
@patrickcanning.bsky.social
Climate law & litigation. Lawyer, husband, girl dad.
Every inch of the Earth is worth fighting for, as are democracy & human rights.
Work: https://patrickccanning.com/
Climate law blog: https://feeltheheat.blog/
LLM (Lewis & Clark). Never legal advice
Every inch of the Earth is worth fighting for, as are democracy & human rights.
Work: https://patrickccanning.com/
Climate law blog: https://feeltheheat.blog/
LLM (Lewis & Clark). Never legal advice
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Remember what matters. Our lives are short, but the future stretches out forever.
Everyone says "take care of yourself" but in my view, frankly, that is a juvenile approach to life. Take care of your children, of all children, of the future. Deprioritise your "self."
Their future is in our hands.
Everyone says "take care of yourself" but in my view, frankly, that is a juvenile approach to life. Take care of your children, of all children, of the future. Deprioritise your "self."
Their future is in our hands.
My Dad would be 95 today. ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
My Dad would be 95 today. ❤️
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I've been saying this for years, and 'people who know' would always condescendingly reply "gosh, you can't upset international trade agreements, they are sacrosanct (or something like that)"
But now? Crickets.
But now? Crickets.
Great, let's ditch it all and create instead a Climate Coalition of the Willing, including preferential trade terms for those who are taking meaningful action.
A comprehensive trade and security deal with the US was never, ever possible: an ongoing series.
It is frustrating that this basic point is only now starting to become the conventional wisdom, a full year (actually, seven years) after governments had all the facts necessary to reach this conclusion.
It is frustrating that this basic point is only now starting to become the conventional wisdom, a full year (actually, seven years) after governments had all the facts necessary to reach this conclusion.
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I've been saying this for years, and 'people who know' would always condescendingly reply "gosh, you can't upset international trade agreements, they are sacrosanct (or something like that)"
But now? Crickets.
But now? Crickets.
Great, let's ditch it all and create instead a Climate Coalition of the Willing, including preferential trade terms for those who are taking meaningful action.
A comprehensive trade and security deal with the US was never, ever possible: an ongoing series.
It is frustrating that this basic point is only now starting to become the conventional wisdom, a full year (actually, seven years) after governments had all the facts necessary to reach this conclusion.
It is frustrating that this basic point is only now starting to become the conventional wisdom, a full year (actually, seven years) after governments had all the facts necessary to reach this conclusion.
Opinion: U.S. use of poison pills in Asian trade deals signals trouble for Canada in USMCA renegotiations
Restrictive provisions are intended to give Washington an economic edge against Beijing
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Great, let's ditch it all and create instead a Climate Coalition of the Willing, including preferential trade terms for those who are taking meaningful action.
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I resent spending my time rooting around user interfaces to turn off the AI. I should track these as billable hours and invoice Sam Altman. Wasting my time in a way slaveholders could have only dreamed of owning my labor.
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I resent spending my time rooting around user interfaces to turn off the AI. I should track these as billable hours and invoice Sam Altman. Wasting my time in a way slaveholders could have only dreamed of owning my labor.
I'm gonna have to get one of these but, "if you did it with AI first, and just want me to 'have a look at it.'"
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I'm gonna have to get one of these but, "if you did it with AI first, and just want me to 'have a look at it.'"
One of my fav posts ever! Ah, the heady days when some people still thought Bill Gates was a climate ally.
Gate's message on climate:
-Trees are dumb
-Carbon capture is good
-I happen to invest in carbon capture
-World will continue to warm
-I'll be ok
-People in warm countries are fucked
-lets not do anything until I, er, the world, figures out carbon capture
- my ego is massive
-please tax me
-Trees are dumb
-Carbon capture is good
-I happen to invest in carbon capture
-World will continue to warm
-I'll be ok
-People in warm countries are fucked
-lets not do anything until I, er, the world, figures out carbon capture
- my ego is massive
-please tax me
Bill Gates gets real about climate change: Planting trees is ‘complete nonsense’ but the end of ...
The billionaire says he’s “the person who’s doing the most" on climate innovation and solution and trees are a distraction. “Are we science people or are we idiots?”
fortune.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
One of my fav posts ever! Ah, the heady days when some people still thought Bill Gates was a climate ally.
More not-very-insightful climate coverage from @theguardian.com: they don't really mention that oil & gas subsidies could be redirected to climate finance.
Canada spent 35 BILLION on a single pipeline over the last six years.
There's actually tons of money for climate finance and the transition.
Canada spent 35 BILLION on a single pipeline over the last six years.
There's actually tons of money for climate finance and the transition.
The Guardian view on Cop30: someone has to pay for the end of the oil and gas age | Editorial
Editorial: The fossil-fuel era is drawing to a close, but at a pace far too slow for the planet’s good or a fair transition to a clean energy future
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
More not-very-insightful climate coverage from @theguardian.com: they don't really mention that oil & gas subsidies could be redirected to climate finance.
Canada spent 35 BILLION on a single pipeline over the last six years.
There's actually tons of money for climate finance and the transition.
Canada spent 35 BILLION on a single pipeline over the last six years.
There's actually tons of money for climate finance and the transition.
New post on estimating climate deaths per project. This is a very new approach, but in my view critical to honestly assessing the impact of oil & gas projects.
And totally doable.
And totally doable.
Counting climate deaths per project
45 people died in Jamaica last week, from Hurricane Melissa. At roughly the same time typhoons killed at least 259 people in the Philippines. This post is dedicated to them, and their families. The…
feeltheheat.blog
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New post on estimating climate deaths per project. This is a very new approach, but in my view critical to honestly assessing the impact of oil & gas projects.
And totally doable.
And totally doable.
The fruits of today's walk.. Hey Turkey!
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The fruits of today's walk.. Hey Turkey!
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who would be so incredibly stupid to invest in more LNG export capacity now? Canadian taxpayers, apparently.
"Canada pledges to help Ksi Lisims with financing, and coordinate regulatory approval for a gas pipeline and electricity-transmission line that links to the LNG export facility. "
"Canada pledges to help Ksi Lisims with financing, and coordinate regulatory approval for a gas pipeline and electricity-transmission line that links to the LNG export facility. "
Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on oil futures, the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG export facility and more in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities.
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
who would be so incredibly stupid to invest in more LNG export capacity now? Canadian taxpayers, apparently.
"Canada pledges to help Ksi Lisims with financing, and coordinate regulatory approval for a gas pipeline and electricity-transmission line that links to the LNG export facility. "
"Canada pledges to help Ksi Lisims with financing, and coordinate regulatory approval for a gas pipeline and electricity-transmission line that links to the LNG export facility. "
Our "leaders" are irrational, lying, fossil fuel addicts. We've been at this for THIRTY YEARS now.
Some adults need to take the wheel.
Some adults need to take the wheel.
This year’s Global Carbon Budget reveals CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel use are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 42.2 billion tonnes in the atmosphere. #emissions #CO2 #fossilfuels #climatechange #netzero
Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels rise in 2025
This year’s Global Carbon Budget has revealed that carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from fossil fuel use are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025.
esdnews.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Our "leaders" are irrational, lying, fossil fuel addicts. We've been at this for THIRTY YEARS now.
Some adults need to take the wheel.
Some adults need to take the wheel.
This article is very conservative, and flatly wrong in places.
It says "the rate of rise [of emissions] has halved in recent years." Nope. 2023-2024 saw a record increase in emissions - 3.5ppm - the largest since tracking started in 1957.
It says "the rate of rise [of emissions] has halved in recent years." Nope. 2023-2024 saw a record increase in emissions - 3.5ppm - the largest since tracking started in 1957.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This article is very conservative, and flatly wrong in places.
It says "the rate of rise [of emissions] has halved in recent years." Nope. 2023-2024 saw a record increase in emissions - 3.5ppm - the largest since tracking started in 1957.
It says "the rate of rise [of emissions] has halved in recent years." Nope. 2023-2024 saw a record increase in emissions - 3.5ppm - the largest since tracking started in 1957.
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Him being a pedophile doesn't seem to have stopped many people from supporting making him dictator for life, including 100% of elected Republicans and nearly the entire corporate media.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Him being a pedophile doesn't seem to have stopped many people from supporting making him dictator for life, including 100% of elected Republicans and nearly the entire corporate media.
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"The dog that didn't bark"
is a famous clue from a Sherlock Holmes story,
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze,"
where the absence of a guard dog's barking
indicates the thief was someone familiar with the dog.
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"The dog that didn't bark"
is a famous clue from a Sherlock Holmes story,
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze,"
where the absence of a guard dog's barking
indicates the thief was someone familiar with the dog.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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"The dog that didn't bark"
is a famous clue from a Sherlock Holmes story,
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze,"
where the absence of a guard dog's barking
indicates the thief was someone familiar with the dog.
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"The dog that didn't bark"
is a famous clue from a Sherlock Holmes story,
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze,"
where the absence of a guard dog's barking
indicates the thief was someone familiar with the dog.
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Peter Theil, whose company sits in @mark-carney.bsky.social ‘s government.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Peter Theil, whose company sits in @mark-carney.bsky.social ‘s government.
Another key reminder from this talk is that military emissions are not counted or reported.
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
Farai Maguwu; "there is an addiction for fossil fuels in the western world."
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
Is war one of the biggest threats to the world’s climate?
Leaders at COP30 are being urged to consider the environmental toll of conflict.
www.aljazeera.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Another key reminder from this talk is that military emissions are not counted or reported.
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
They are estimated at 5.5% of global emissions.
What does that say for "net zero"?
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the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
Farai Maguwu; "there is an addiction for fossil fuels in the western world."
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
Is war one of the biggest threats to the world’s climate?
Leaders at COP30 are being urged to consider the environmental toll of conflict.
www.aljazeera.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Farai Maguwu; "there is an addiction for fossil fuels in the western world."
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
Word is getting out @noticingclimate.bsky.social
When the IEA says 1.5 has "slipped out of reach," and your country is eagerly permitting new oil & gas projects - that country has abandoned the 1.5 climate target.
Right @mark-carney.bsky.social?
Right @mark-carney.bsky.social?
My first blog post in a while. Carney and Canada have abandoned the 1.5 and 2 degree targets.
I'm going to try to get a few out in the run up to COP 30.
I'm going to try to get a few out in the run up to COP 30.
Canada has abandoned the 1.5 and 2 degree targets
What does it mean to abandon something? It means to “cease to support or look after (someone); desert,” to “give up completely (a course of action, a practice, or a way of thinking)” or to “discont…
feeltheheat.blog
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
When the IEA says 1.5 has "slipped out of reach," and your country is eagerly permitting new oil & gas projects - that country has abandoned the 1.5 climate target.
Right @mark-carney.bsky.social?
Right @mark-carney.bsky.social?
Better not to have trump at COP 30, that way the world can move on with a "Coalition of the Willing."
Which, by the way, does not include Canada.
Which, by the way, does not include Canada.
Gavin Newsom replaced Trump at the UN Climate Summit in Brazil this week.
“I’m stunned” Newsom forcefully said. “The hell is going on in my country? Not one person from the administration shows any respect to any of you … Instead, middle finger with 50% tariffs. That’s shameful.”
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“I’m stunned” Newsom forcefully said. “The hell is going on in my country? Not one person from the administration shows any respect to any of you … Instead, middle finger with 50% tariffs. That’s shameful.”
Go here for more:
Newsom Replaces Trump At UN Summit and Blasts His Shameful Tariffs, While Dems Push Back On 'Giant Betrayal' Shutdown Deal
We’re not negotiating with propaganda—we’re tearing it down
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Better not to have trump at COP 30, that way the world can move on with a "Coalition of the Willing."
Which, by the way, does not include Canada.
Which, by the way, does not include Canada.
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
I was eleven the first time I slept alone in the woods.
I love being out in cougar and wolf country because the rules are nice and clear.
That said, the most dangerous things I've run into in the woods have been people and dogs.
I love being out in cougar and wolf country because the rules are nice and clear.
That said, the most dangerous things I've run into in the woods have been people and dogs.
The forest has eyes.
So many many eyes.
Some of them want to eat you.
So many many eyes.
Some of them want to eat you.
You can always tell when folks who didn't grow up in nature are getting into a mystical nature kick because they talk about forests like they're these serene, perfect, peaceful places. No friend, nature is scary and tense as fuck and you're looking at a place where things live and die BY THE MINUTE.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I was eleven the first time I slept alone in the woods.
I love being out in cougar and wolf country because the rules are nice and clear.
That said, the most dangerous things I've run into in the woods have been people and dogs.
I love being out in cougar and wolf country because the rules are nice and clear.
That said, the most dangerous things I've run into in the woods have been people and dogs.
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You can even send a free fax to your Senators to tell them to HOLD THE LINE.
Fax Senators
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faxzero.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
You can even send a free fax to your Senators to tell them to HOLD THE LINE.