Rene Bissonnette
@renebissonnette.bsky.social
Grandfather, happily married, happily retired, vegan,no car, stopped flying, likes to walk, bike, kayak ,concerned about the future
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Speaking of empties, it's dismaying to read about the hash that's being made of bottle recycling by the Ford government. Glad to read staunch circular economy advocate Valérie Leloup's cautions on where we're heading.
Ottawa Beer Store closures raise new questions about deposits, recycling
More empty alcohol containers are ending up in the blue bin, which isn't as good for recycling them as you might think.
ottawacitizen.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Speaking of empties, it's dismaying to read about the hash that's being made of bottle recycling by the Ford government. Glad to read staunch circular economy advocate Valérie Leloup's cautions on where we're heading.
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LNG exports from US up 22% over a year ago, when US was already largest exporter in the world. This is a significant cause of energy inflation costs in US.
insideclimatenews.org/news/17122025/liquefied-natural-gas-exports-driving-up-energy-bills/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=8b44c2acfb
insideclimatenews.org/news/17122025/liquefied-natural-gas-exports-driving-up-energy-bills/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=8b44c2acfb
Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says - Inside Climate News
Higher exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 played a significant role in rising utility bills, an analysis of federal data found.
insideclimatenews.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
LNG exports from US up 22% over a year ago, when US was already largest exporter in the world. This is a significant cause of energy inflation costs in US.
insideclimatenews.org/news/17122025/liquefied-natural-gas-exports-driving-up-energy-bills/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=8b44c2acfb
insideclimatenews.org/news/17122025/liquefied-natural-gas-exports-driving-up-energy-bills/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=8b44c2acfb
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2/4) China's clean-energy buildout is the fastest in history, 20x faster than France's peak nuclear buildout.
China is already producing ∼54% of the WWS the US needs in 2050 to go 100% WWS across all energy sectors.
Seven countries are transitioning faster than China.
China is already producing ∼54% of the WWS the US needs in 2050 to go 100% WWS across all energy sectors.
Seven countries are transitioning faster than China.
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
2/4) China's clean-energy buildout is the fastest in history, 20x faster than France's peak nuclear buildout.
China is already producing ∼54% of the WWS the US needs in 2050 to go 100% WWS across all energy sectors.
Seven countries are transitioning faster than China.
China is already producing ∼54% of the WWS the US needs in 2050 to go 100% WWS across all energy sectors.
Seven countries are transitioning faster than China.
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Toronto, 1945-1975, was shaped by highly interventionist planning.
It’s unfortunate that many people assume that the sprawl 1975-2000, which broke from that earlier tradition, is the right and natural way to build a city.
It’s unfortunate that many people assume that the sprawl 1975-2000, which broke from that earlier tradition, is the right and natural way to build a city.
From the Metro Toronto Planning Board's 1959 draft Official Plan (voted down by Metro Council). You could not say something this obvious in Toronto's Official Plan anymore.
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Toronto, 1945-1975, was shaped by highly interventionist planning.
It’s unfortunate that many people assume that the sprawl 1975-2000, which broke from that earlier tradition, is the right and natural way to build a city.
It’s unfortunate that many people assume that the sprawl 1975-2000, which broke from that earlier tradition, is the right and natural way to build a city.
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A banker having zero principles? Say it ain’t so!
Carney’s fossil fuel pivot bewilders climate experts and business leaders on.ft.com/4rTF66V
Carney’s fossil fuel pivot bewilders climate experts and business leaders
Canadian prime minister’s legacy as one-time UN envoy and clean power advocate undermined by energy shift
on.ft.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A banker having zero principles? Say it ain’t so!
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Stephen Harper changed the law in Canada to allow for foreign ownership of Canadian media. That opened the door for an American hedge fund to swoop in and buy Postmedia.
rabble.ca/columnists/f... @rabble.ca @lindamcquaig.bsky.social
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For the sake of our democracy, American hedge funds should be banned from owning Canadian newspapers
Canada's largest newspaper chain, Postmedia, is owned by an American hedge fund headed up by a wealthy donor to Donald Trump.
rabble.ca
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Stephen Harper changed the law in Canada to allow for foreign ownership of Canadian media. That opened the door for an American hedge fund to swoop in and buy Postmedia.
rabble.ca/columnists/f... @rabble.ca @lindamcquaig.bsky.social
rabble.ca/columnists/f... @rabble.ca @lindamcquaig.bsky.social
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No surprise that the nuclear industry is undermining renewable energy in the US. They’ve been doing that in France for a long time.
How a Nuclear-Fossil Fuel Alliance Is Winning the Fight for Energy Dominance
The once unlikely partnership’s influence now reaches right into the White House, where President Trump wants to ban certain renewable projects.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
No surprise that the nuclear industry is undermining renewable energy in the US. They’ve been doing that in France for a long time.
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All told, the nearly 2,700 Mobi share bikes in Vancouver clocked 21.4 m kilometres from Jan 2017 - Sept 2025.
"Meet Vancouver’s most-travelled shared bicycle in the Mobi network" as told by @njgriffiths.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
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"Meet Vancouver’s most-travelled shared bicycle in the Mobi network" as told by @njgriffiths.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
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Meet Vancouver’s most-travelled shared bicycle in the Mobi network
Vancouver’s Mobi shared bikes have been ridden more than 21.4 million kilometres since 2017. Find out more.
vancouversun.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
All told, the nearly 2,700 Mobi share bikes in Vancouver clocked 21.4 m kilometres from Jan 2017 - Sept 2025.
"Meet Vancouver’s most-travelled shared bicycle in the Mobi network" as told by @njgriffiths.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
vancouversun.com/news/meet-va...
"Meet Vancouver’s most-travelled shared bicycle in the Mobi network" as told by @njgriffiths.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
vancouversun.com/news/meet-va...
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This is a really cool find, and I was so surprised by how on-board outside researchers were with calling this solid evidence for hominins *making* fire, 400,000 years ago 🧪 🏺 www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...
Ancient Humans Were Making Fire 350,000 Years Earlier Than Scientists Realized
Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose has been difficult for scientists to pin down
www.scientificamerican.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is a really cool find, and I was so surprised by how on-board outside researchers were with calling this solid evidence for hominins *making* fire, 400,000 years ago 🧪 🏺 www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
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My latest: More than half of Americans’ nitrogen dioxide exposure can come from gas stoves, depending on how often they cook, a new study concludes insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...
Gas Stoves Account For More Than Half of Some Americans’ Exposure to a Known Toxin, New Research Concludes - Inside Climate News
The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.
insideclimatenews.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My latest: More than half of Americans’ nitrogen dioxide exposure can come from gas stoves, depending on how often they cook, a new study concludes insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...
We may not have to worry about a new pipeline if this environmental disaster comes to fruition.
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We may not have to worry about a new pipeline if this environmental disaster comes to fruition.
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There are still people cutting Carney all kinds of slack on the climate front. But I now think I was naïve to believe Carney would support Trudeau-style, regulatory climate policy. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...
Mark Carney is making a cynic out of me
What to do in a political ecosystem where, for anyone concerned about climate change or whose politics run even slightly left of centre, there is precious little choice?
www.nationalobserver.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
There are still people cutting Carney all kinds of slack on the climate front. But I now think I was naïve to believe Carney would support Trudeau-style, regulatory climate policy. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...
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"The energy transition could wipe out over 80% of Canadian provincial governments’ expected revenue from upstream oil and gas in the 2030s."
carbontracker.org/reports/petr...
carbontracker.org/reports/petr...
Petro-Provinces at Risk - Carbon Tracker Initiative
How oil- and gas-dependent Canadian provinces face fiscal strain as the energy transition progresses A number...
carbontracker.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"The energy transition could wipe out over 80% of Canadian provincial governments’ expected revenue from upstream oil and gas in the 2030s."
carbontracker.org/reports/petr...
carbontracker.org/reports/petr...
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The ‘neighbourhood character’ of our stroads is unique
Bacon, in Ottawa for six days, was joined by Sir Robert Matthew, a renowned Scottish architect. Together they produced a 6 page report whose recommendations were largely rejected by Ottawa’s planners, who said the consultants didn’t appreciate local history or understand "the Ottawa experience".
December 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The ‘neighbourhood character’ of our stroads is unique
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Fossil fuel and nuclear interests found common ground in Texas. Now, the alliance spans the US to the detriment of renewable energy projects.
Nuclear and Fossil Fuels Join Forces to Undermine Renewables
The once unlikely alliance took root in Texas and now reaches right into the White House, where President Trump wants to ban wind energy projects.
bloom.bg
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Fossil fuel and nuclear interests found common ground in Texas. Now, the alliance spans the US to the detriment of renewable energy projects.
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Council is set to pass a cobbled-together status quo budget that fails to coherently address the challenges our city faces. We can be more ambitious, to build a city that works for everyone.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Councillors spar over spending as city budget heads to final vote | CBC News
City councillors are divided over funding for police, transit and infrastructure as they prepare to vote on Ottawa's last budget before next year’s municipal election.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Council is set to pass a cobbled-together status quo budget that fails to coherently address the challenges our city faces. We can be more ambitious, to build a city that works for everyone.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Okay #LdnOnt - you declared a climate emergency what are you actually doing?
For decades, sustainable & responsible cities haven’t just been possible — they’ve been common sense, logical, ridiculously obvious! And yet we’ve failed to act. A better future through better cities is STILL possible with real leadership at every level. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Okay #LdnOnt - you declared a climate emergency what are you actually doing?
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Canada's most lucrative fishery — and a global black market — rely on American eel. But Canada was among the countries who voted against global trade restrictions on the eel last week, and won't list it under the Species At Risk Act, @moiradonovan.bsky.social reports. thenarwhal.ca/american-eel...
Illegal American eel fishing is big business in Canada. Ottawa just voted against protections | The Narwhal
Federal fisheries department also announced American eel will not be listed as a species at risk, despite illegal fishing pressures
thenarwhal.ca
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Canada's most lucrative fishery — and a global black market — rely on American eel. But Canada was among the countries who voted against global trade restrictions on the eel last week, and won't list it under the Species At Risk Act, @moiradonovan.bsky.social reports. thenarwhal.ca/american-eel...
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NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
A very good question.
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A very good question.