Scott Forbes🇨🇦
@theecologyprof.bsky.social
U of Winnipeg ecologist; behavioural ecology; wildlife biology; fisheries; families; birds; climate change; surf-fishing; wood-working; lifelong student of natural history.
The headline should be the moment of truth for Ford, Stellantis & GM: they're being coddled by governments in Ottawa & DC, sheltered from global competition by a tariff wall. Time to drop the tariffs and for North American car manufacturers to get in the game.
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Opinion: The moment of truth has dawned for the electric-vehicle industry
It’s time the sector stood on its own, without the mollycoddling of government incentives
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December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The headline should be the moment of truth for Ford, Stellantis & GM: they're being coddled by governments in Ottawa & DC, sheltered from global competition by a tariff wall. Time to drop the tariffs and for North American car manufacturers to get in the game.
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I'm thrilled to share the news that the original Tiktaalik fossils, including the Type Specimen itself, will be on display in Ottawa starting December 19! Check them out.
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Life onto Land: The Devonian - Canadian Museum of Nature
Special exhibition: visit Tiktaalik and other Devonian fossils of fishes from the Canadian Arctic, at the Canadian Museum of Nature, in Ottawa.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I'm thrilled to share the news that the original Tiktaalik fossils, including the Type Specimen itself, will be on display in Ottawa starting December 19! Check them out.
nature.ca/en/visit-us/...
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nature.ca/en/visit-us/...
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Poll numbers that are the product of a saturation bombing ad campaign from the Pathways Alliance, the mouthpiece of Big Oil. When Canadians realize they're subsidizing the building of stranded assets, those positive numbers will turn to outrage. #BanPipelines
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More than half of Canadians support new pipeline from Alberta to B.C., Nanos poll finds
Survey also shows 57% of British Columbians back the proposed project
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December 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Poll numbers that are the product of a saturation bombing ad campaign from the Pathways Alliance, the mouthpiece of Big Oil. When Canadians realize they're subsidizing the building of stranded assets, those positive numbers will turn to outrage. #BanPipelines
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NestBuilders birds with nest materials. Here's an early spring robin. #Birds 🪶
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NestBuilders birds with nest materials. Here's an early spring robin. #Birds 🪶
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A question that remains relevant.
In 1969, Ivan Illich predicted that the environmental movement would not stall habitat destruction - but instead would spawn policies based on “how far nature can safely be pushed”, leading us to the concept of 'sustainability'. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2019...
In 1969, Ivan Illich predicted that the environmental movement would not stall habitat destruction - but instead would spawn policies based on “how far nature can safely be pushed”, leading us to the concept of 'sustainability'. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2019...
Who, or What, Will Stop the Battle against Biodiversity? | The Tyee
Environmentalism has failed to halt the relentless ‘furnace’ of humanity.
thetyee.ca
December 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A question that remains relevant.
In 1969, Ivan Illich predicted that the environmental movement would not stall habitat destruction - but instead would spawn policies based on “how far nature can safely be pushed”, leading us to the concept of 'sustainability'. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2019...
In 1969, Ivan Illich predicted that the environmental movement would not stall habitat destruction - but instead would spawn policies based on “how far nature can safely be pushed”, leading us to the concept of 'sustainability'. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2019...
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The wild thing to me is the climate catastrophe is accelerating and as a species we’re not asking what needs to be done to mitigate it but how much longer can Porsche build W18’s for the 1% and GM/Ford 16 MPG full-size trucks.
It’s, literally, insane.
It’s, literally, insane.
The great slowdown: Germany at a standstill as ‘China shock’ hits
As Europe’s biggest economy is pummelled by structural problems and external threats, rocky China ties are compounding the dreary picture
My report from a rather depressing week in Berlin
As Europe’s biggest economy is pummelled by structural problems and external threats, rocky China ties are compounding the dreary picture
My report from a rather depressing week in Berlin
The great slowdown: Germany at a standstill as ‘China shock’ hits
As Europe’s biggest economy is pummelled by structural problems and external threats, rocky China ties are compounding the dreary picture.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The wild thing to me is the climate catastrophe is accelerating and as a species we’re not asking what needs to be done to mitigate it but how much longer can Porsche build W18’s for the 1% and GM/Ford 16 MPG full-size trucks.
It’s, literally, insane.
It’s, literally, insane.
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Spoiler Alert: Canada is not one of them. At all. Quite the contrary #cdnpoli #MarkCarney www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
The surprising countries pulling off stunningly fast clean energy transitions | CNN
Fossil fuel production is still increasing and the United States is in climate denial mode. But, globally, the use of renewable energy is on the rise — and several countries are shifting to solar fast...
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December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Spoiler Alert: Canada is not one of them. At all. Quite the contrary #cdnpoli #MarkCarney www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
#Birdoftheday theme #DucksOutOfWater- taken at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island, BC.
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
#Birdoftheday theme #DucksOutOfWater- taken at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island, BC.
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Norway used their North Sea oil to build a sovereign wealth fund thats now worth c.$2 trillion, & it owns around 1.5% of all the worlds listed companies
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Norway used their North Sea oil to build a sovereign wealth fund thats now worth c.$2 trillion, & it owns around 1.5% of all the worlds listed companies
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsOnTwigs, any bird on a thin branch. Here is a pensive #TreeSwallow. #Birds🪶
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsOnTwigs, any bird on a thin branch. Here is a pensive #TreeSwallow. #Birds🪶
Winnipeg to backtrack on rules protecting birds in new construction. Window strikes kill 40 million birds in Canada annually, a billion+ across North America. The price of preventing this? Basically rounding errors on construction costs. But hey. Affordability. 😡 #Birds 🪶
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Researcher 'shocked' Winnipeg considering scrapping bird-friendly window bylaw after less than a year | CBC News
Conservation groups are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers changing a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Winnipeg to backtrack on rules protecting birds in new construction. Window strikes kill 40 million birds in Canada annually, a billion+ across North America. The price of preventing this? Basically rounding errors on construction costs. But hey. Affordability. 😡 #Birds 🪶
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Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
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Quick! Walk back climate policy and further tie our economic future to this dying industry! 4D chess!
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Drilling activity plunges, job losses climb in Western Canada as oil prices sink | CBC News
Low oil and natural gas prices are taking a toll on the industry as drilling activity is falling in Western Canada and job losses are mounting.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Quick! Walk back climate policy and further tie our economic future to this dying industry! 4D chess!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Should probably have posted these for the #Birdoftheday theme of #movement.
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Should probably have posted these for the #Birdoftheday theme of #movement.
Seems like I've seen this story before. The price of VCRs & VHS tapes also plunged before their demise. But by all means, let's squander tens of billions of tax dollars on pipelines & carbon capture doomed to be stranded assets for another sunset industry. #EndFossilFuels
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Drilling activity plunges, job losses climb in Western Canada as oil prices sink | CBC News
Low oil and natural gas prices are taking a toll on the industry as drilling activity is falling in Western Canada and job losses are mounting.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Seems like I've seen this story before. The price of VCRs & VHS tapes also plunged before their demise. But by all means, let's squander tens of billions of tax dollars on pipelines & carbon capture doomed to be stranded assets for another sunset industry. #EndFossilFuels
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As the Alberta Energy Regulator puts the cost of cleaning up abandoned wells, mines and pipelines in Alberta at north of a quarter TRILLION dollars, I'm sure $10,000 will cover it. If not, Premier Smith will happily let Canadian taxpayers cover the tab. #EndFossilFuels
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A $10,000 deposit to drill an oil well? Alberta premier floats idea as 250,000 old wells need cleanup | CBC News
Alberta’s premier is floating the idea of making oil and gas companies pay a deposit before they can drill a new well, as the provincial government tries to tackle the large number of old oil and gas ...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
As the Alberta Energy Regulator puts the cost of cleaning up abandoned wells, mines and pipelines in Alberta at north of a quarter TRILLION dollars, I'm sure $10,000 will cover it. If not, Premier Smith will happily let Canadian taxpayers cover the tab. #EndFossilFuels
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The MB NDP bragging about a permanent gas tax cut is not a great look.
I thought that a lot of these folks were environmentalists before power was dangled in front of them? Kids try to find Elf on the Shelf this season. I’m trying to find the old NDP that used to be environmentally friendly.
I thought that a lot of these folks were environmentalists before power was dangled in front of them? Kids try to find Elf on the Shelf this season. I’m trying to find the old NDP that used to be environmentally friendly.
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The MB NDP bragging about a permanent gas tax cut is not a great look.
I thought that a lot of these folks were environmentalists before power was dangled in front of them? Kids try to find Elf on the Shelf this season. I’m trying to find the old NDP that used to be environmentally friendly.
I thought that a lot of these folks were environmentalists before power was dangled in front of them? Kids try to find Elf on the Shelf this season. I’m trying to find the old NDP that used to be environmentally friendly.
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The alternate #birdoftheday theme is #black birds. As a professional wildlife biologist who has worked on icterid blackbirds for 30-odd years, that would be too easy. So instead, one of a gang of crows we befriended in Port Alberni this year.
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The alternate #birdoftheday theme is #black birds. As a professional wildlife biologist who has worked on icterid blackbirds for 30-odd years, that would be too easy. So instead, one of a gang of crows we befriended in Port Alberni this year.
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Ignored since the federal election, an arms-length expert body set up to advise the federal government on the energy transition is collapsing, with the latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal
Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ignored since the federal election, an arms-length expert body set up to advise the federal government on the energy transition is collapsing, with the latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...