Seth Klein
@sethdklein.bsky.social
Team Lead, Climate Emergency Unit; author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency"; columnist with Canada's National Observer; former social justice think tank director
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Seth Klein
@sethdklein.bsky.social
· Feb 21
6 Markers of the Climate Emergency — Climate Emergency Unit
www.climateemergencyunit.ca
Do the climate policies of our gvts feel like real emergency responses to the crisis we face?
Here’s what a genuine #ClimateEmergency plan looks like: see our @climateunit.bsky.social video here:
www.climateemergencyunit.ca & our 6 Markers of Emergency: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/emergencymar...
Here’s what a genuine #ClimateEmergency plan looks like: see our @climateunit.bsky.social video here:
www.climateemergencyunit.ca & our 6 Markers of Emergency: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/emergencymar...
Reposted by Seth Klein
Hundreds of workers making EV delivery vans were recently laid off by GM — and they’re threatening to take over the plant.
Huge solidarity to the workers of @unifor.org Local 88. If they come for your machines, do as they say in Argentina:
Occupy. Resist. Produce.
youtube.com/shorts/4INYf...
Huge solidarity to the workers of @unifor.org Local 88. If they come for your machines, do as they say in Argentina:
Occupy. Resist. Produce.
youtube.com/shorts/4INYf...
A Message to the Workers of Unifor Local 88 | Avi Lewis #cdnpoli #ndp
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hundreds of workers making EV delivery vans were recently laid off by GM — and they’re threatening to take over the plant.
Huge solidarity to the workers of @unifor.org Local 88. If they come for your machines, do as they say in Argentina:
Occupy. Resist. Produce.
youtube.com/shorts/4INYf...
Huge solidarity to the workers of @unifor.org Local 88. If they come for your machines, do as they say in Argentina:
Occupy. Resist. Produce.
youtube.com/shorts/4INYf...
Reposted by Seth Klein
For those who've followed the story of Wet'suwet'en land defenders—criminalized for peacefully fighting the CGL pipeline through their lands—read this statement on the final judgement in their case. The power and wisdom of this struggle are incredibly moving.
www.yintahaccess.com/news/sentenc...
www.yintahaccess.com/news/sentenc...
Sentencing Decision — Gidimt'en Yintah Access
“No matter what they said, no matter what they did, they couldn’t touch us because we’re standing on what our ancestors fought and died for.” -Sleydo’ “Since the beginning I feel like we’ve always...
www.yintahaccess.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
For those who've followed the story of Wet'suwet'en land defenders—criminalized for peacefully fighting the CGL pipeline through their lands—read this statement on the final judgement in their case. The power and wisdom of this struggle are incredibly moving.
www.yintahaccess.com/news/sentenc...
www.yintahaccess.com/news/sentenc...
Reposted by Seth Klein
BC's living wage far outstrips the minimum wage.
Even though inflation has eased, there's a $10 gap between living & minimum wage facing nearly a third of Metro Vancouver's workforce. @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social, explains 👇
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
Even though inflation has eased, there's a $10 gap between living & minimum wage facing nearly a third of Metro Vancouver's workforce. @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social, explains 👇
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
The edge of poverty: B.C.'s living wage far outstrips the minimum wage
Even though inflation has eased from its record highs, there is a $10 gap between living and minimum wage in Metro Vancouver
vancouversun.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BC's living wage far outstrips the minimum wage.
Even though inflation has eased, there's a $10 gap between living & minimum wage facing nearly a third of Metro Vancouver's workforce. @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social, explains 👇
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
Even though inflation has eased, there's a $10 gap between living & minimum wage facing nearly a third of Metro Vancouver's workforce. @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social, explains 👇
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
Reposted by Seth Klein
The scale of the renewables revolution in China is almost too vast for the human mind to grasp, says The Economist. “By the end of last year the country had installed 887 gigawatts of solar-power capacity—close to double Europe’s & America’s combined total.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...
The rise of the electric dragon
For so many years, “China” has been brandished in the West as the ultimate whataboutism. China’s carbon pollution is so big, its coal plants so numerous, so why even bother cutting the carbon spew any...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The scale of the renewables revolution in China is almost too vast for the human mind to grasp, says The Economist. “By the end of last year the country had installed 887 gigawatts of solar-power capacity—close to double Europe’s & America’s combined total.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...
The scale of the renewables revolution in China is almost too vast for the human mind to grasp, says The Economist. “By the end of last year the country had installed 887 gigawatts of solar-power capacity—close to double Europe’s & America’s combined total.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...
The rise of the electric dragon
For so many years, “China” has been brandished in the West as the ultimate whataboutism. China’s carbon pollution is so big, its coal plants so numerous, so why even bother cutting the carbon spew any...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The scale of the renewables revolution in China is almost too vast for the human mind to grasp, says The Economist. “By the end of last year the country had installed 887 gigawatts of solar-power capacity—close to double Europe’s & America’s combined total.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...
BC's living wage far outstrips the minimum wage.
Even though inflation has eased, there's a $10 gap between living & minimum wage facing nearly a third of Metro Vancouver's workforce. @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social, explains 👇
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
Even though inflation has eased, there's a $10 gap between living & minimum wage facing nearly a third of Metro Vancouver's workforce. @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social, explains 👇
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
The edge of poverty: B.C.'s living wage far outstrips the minimum wage
Even though inflation has eased from its record highs, there is a $10 gap between living and minimum wage in Metro Vancouver
vancouversun.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BC's living wage far outstrips the minimum wage.
Even though inflation has eased, there's a $10 gap between living & minimum wage facing nearly a third of Metro Vancouver's workforce. @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social, explains 👇
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
Even though inflation has eased, there's a $10 gap between living & minimum wage facing nearly a third of Metro Vancouver's workforce. @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social, explains 👇
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
Reposted by Seth Klein
TONIGHT! Join us 👇
Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
Carney just tabled a budget that’s firmly on the side of fossil fuel CEOs, not working people. On Nov 17th, join @avilewis.ca and @sethdklein.bsky.social to talk about what real climate leadership would look like and how we can build it together.
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
TONIGHT! Join us 👇
TONIGHT! Join us 👇
Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
Carney just tabled a budget that’s firmly on the side of fossil fuel CEOs, not working people. On Nov 17th, join @avilewis.ca and @sethdklein.bsky.social to talk about what real climate leadership would look like and how we can build it together.
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
TONIGHT! Join us 👇
China is now “a new type of superpower,” according to The Economist, which has been tracking such matters since 1843. “One which deploys clean electricity on a planetary scale.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...
The rise of the electric dragon
For so many years, “China” has been brandished in the West as the ultimate whataboutism. China’s carbon pollution is so big, its coal plants so numerous, so why even bother cutting the carbon spew any...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
China is now “a new type of superpower,” according to The Economist, which has been tracking such matters since 1843. “One which deploys clean electricity on a planetary scale.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...
Great coverage of the latest BC living wage report from @bcpolicy.bsky.social
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
The edge of poverty: B.C.'s living wage far outstrips the minimum wage
Even though inflation has eased from its record highs, there is a $10 gap between living and minimum wage in Metro Vancouver
vancouversun.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Great coverage of the latest BC living wage report from @bcpolicy.bsky.social
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
vancouversun.com/news/bc-livi...
Reposted by Seth Klein
Days like these leave me energized. Meeting passionate people, hearing their stories, and feeling their dedication to their communities. I can't wait to carry this momentum into our next tour stop — this Tuesday evening in Vancouver.
Join us there: act.lewisforleader.ca/van-november
Join us there: act.lewisforleader.ca/van-november
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Days like these leave me energized. Meeting passionate people, hearing their stories, and feeling their dedication to their communities. I can't wait to carry this momentum into our next tour stop — this Tuesday evening in Vancouver.
Join us there: act.lewisforleader.ca/van-november
Join us there: act.lewisforleader.ca/van-november
Reposted by Seth Klein
Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
Carney just tabled a budget that’s firmly on the side of fossil fuel CEOs, not working people. On Nov 17th, join @avilewis.ca and @sethdklein.bsky.social to talk about what real climate leadership would look like and how we can build it together.
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
Carney just tabled a budget that’s firmly on the side of fossil fuel CEOs, not working people. On Nov 17th, join @avilewis.ca and @sethdklein.bsky.social to talk about what real climate leadership would look like and how we can build it together.
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
This week's B.C. climate news round up from @tiffycrawford.bsky.social: LNG expansion could bring 200 more tankers a year to B.C.’s West Coast, report says | The scientists who popularized carbon capture have a warning about it 👇
vancouversun.com/news/climate...
vancouversun.com/news/climate...
B.C. climate news: LNG expansion could bring 200 more tankers a year to B.C.’s West Coast, report says | The scientists who popularized carbon capture have a warning about it
Here's all the latest local and international news concerning climate change for the week of Nov. 10 to Nov. 16, 2025.
vancouversun.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This week's B.C. climate news round up from @tiffycrawford.bsky.social: LNG expansion could bring 200 more tankers a year to B.C.’s West Coast, report says | The scientists who popularized carbon capture have a warning about it 👇
vancouversun.com/news/climate...
vancouversun.com/news/climate...
Reposted by Seth Klein
Looking forward to this. Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
Carney just tabled a budget that’s firmly on the side of fossil fuel CEOs, not working people. On Nov 17th, join @avilewis.ca and @sethdklein.bsky.social to talk about what real climate leadership would look like and how we can build it together.
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Looking forward to this. Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
Looking forward to this. Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
Carney just tabled a budget that’s firmly on the side of fossil fuel CEOs, not working people. On Nov 17th, join @avilewis.ca and @sethdklein.bsky.social to talk about what real climate leadership would look like and how we can build it together.
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Looking forward to this. Monday evening, I'll be joining @avilewis.ca (who happens to be both my political champ & my brother-in-law) to talk federal climate policy. Join us! 👇
Reposted by Seth Klein
Re-upping this 🧵 from when Ksi Lisims LNG was given enviro approval.
NOTE: Downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson.
Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇
NOTE: Downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson.
Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇
This Ksi Lisims LNG approval is terrible news.
"It's hard to believe that we're moving ahead in B.C. with climate-destroying LNG projects in the midst of a climate crisis," said Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs.
Yup.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"It's hard to believe that we're moving ahead in B.C. with climate-destroying LNG projects in the midst of a climate crisis," said Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs.
Yup.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
$10B LNG project in northwest B.C. gets environmental certificate despite opposition | CBC News
The Ksi Lisims LNG terminal project, about 80 kilometres north of Prince Rupert, B.C., has received a provincial environmental assessment certificat — a critical step for the megaproject despite conce...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Re-upping this 🧵 from when Ksi Lisims LNG was given enviro approval.
NOTE: Downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson.
Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇
NOTE: Downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson.
Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇
Re-upping this 🧵 from when Ksi Lisims LNG was given enviro approval.
NOTE: Downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson.
Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇
NOTE: Downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson.
Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇
This Ksi Lisims LNG approval is terrible news.
"It's hard to believe that we're moving ahead in B.C. with climate-destroying LNG projects in the midst of a climate crisis," said Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs.
Yup.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"It's hard to believe that we're moving ahead in B.C. with climate-destroying LNG projects in the midst of a climate crisis," said Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs.
Yup.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
$10B LNG project in northwest B.C. gets environmental certificate despite opposition | CBC News
The Ksi Lisims LNG terminal project, about 80 kilometres north of Prince Rupert, B.C., has received a provincial environmental assessment certificat — a critical step for the megaproject despite conce...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Re-upping this 🧵 from when Ksi Lisims LNG was given enviro approval.
NOTE: Downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson.
Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇
NOTE: Downstream emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to 5% of Canada's TOTAL domestic GHG emissions. This is a carbon bomb - a willful act of arson.
Mark Carney simply does not get the climate emergency... 👇
Reposted by Seth Klein
Huge solidarity to @unifor.org local 88.
1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
1/
1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
1/
Union threatens to seize Cami auto plant if GM removes machinery
Mike Van Boekel, chairperson of Unifor Local 88, said they are also prepared to fight the company in court.
lfpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Huge solidarity to @unifor.org local 88.
1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
1/
1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
1/
Reposted by Seth Klein
See you there!
Carney just tabled a budget that’s firmly on the side of fossil fuel CEOs, not working people. On Nov 17th, join @avilewis.ca and @sethdklein.bsky.social to talk about what real climate leadership would look like and how we can build it together.
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
RSVP 👉 lewisforleader.ca/solidarity-session #cdnpoli
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
See you there!
Reposted by Seth Klein
While Carney caters to the corporate elite, our movement knows that it’s time to tax the rich and invest in the 99% who keep this country going.
Thanks @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the shout out in the @thestar.com!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Thanks @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the shout out in the @thestar.com!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
!["The closest we have to [Mamdani] in Canada is NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis, also an articulate, left-wing populist who, like Mamdani, openly advocates for taxing the rich in order to provide benefits for ordinary people. Now there's a wild idea. But it might just catch on." - Linda McQuaig in the Toronto Star](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:idsofvph6jyjtkumhhla6n5e/bafkreidastyznqnyv3bj5zstod4mbkyo3o33zu447qwbfly2zmvgx426jq@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
While Carney caters to the corporate elite, our movement knows that it’s time to tax the rich and invest in the 99% who keep this country going.
Thanks @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the shout out in the @thestar.com!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Thanks @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for the shout out in the @thestar.com!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Ksi Lisims LNG is on Carney’s nation-building list. Here’s what you need to know: thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-f...
Ksi Lisims LNG: Carney’s new ‘nation-building’ project, explained | The Narwhal | The Narwhal
Mark Carney added Ksi Lisims LNG, backed by Nisg̱a’a Nation, to his list of nation-building projects to be referred for federal review
thenarwhal.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Ksi Lisims LNG is on Carney’s nation-building list. Here’s what you need to know: thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-f...
Reposted by Seth Klein
🙌 The Youth Climate Corps has been shortlisted for the 2025 Good Fight Prize. Honoured to see this campaign recognized alongside others fighting for decent jobs, economic justice, and a livable future!
See the other finalists & learn more about the Atkinson Foundation's Good Fight Prize:
See the other finalists & learn more about the Atkinson Foundation's Good Fight Prize:
The Prize – Good Fight Prize for Decent Work
Campaigns for decent work invite us to move in a hopeful direction.
They support the daily work of standing up for what we value, even when it’s difficult to see a finish line. They create a spotlig...
goodfightprize.ca
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🙌 The Youth Climate Corps has been shortlisted for the 2025 Good Fight Prize. Honoured to see this campaign recognized alongside others fighting for decent jobs, economic justice, and a livable future!
See the other finalists & learn more about the Atkinson Foundation's Good Fight Prize:
See the other finalists & learn more about the Atkinson Foundation's Good Fight Prize:
Reposted by Seth Klein
And if you're looking for a great explainer on Ksi Lisims LNG, this breakdown from the political-comedy team at The Juice Media has it all (apologies for the swearing):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada (Ksi Lisims LNG)
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
And if you're looking for a great explainer on Ksi Lisims LNG, this breakdown from the political-comedy team at The Juice Media has it all (apologies for the swearing):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Check out our latest podcast breaking down last week's federal budget...
🎙️ In our new podcast episode, Seth Klein explains why the budget’s bet on carbon pricing, tax credits, and “decarbonized oil” won’t meet the moment.
For more on #Budget2025 & what it means for climate, housing, and tax policy, listen here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
For more on #Budget2025 & what it means for climate, housing, and tax policy, listen here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Check out our latest podcast breaking down last week's federal budget...