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Bentley

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Host of @ClimateHubYYC's A Climate of Change zoomcast and The Climate Lens podcast, AB Regional Organizer for @Reality_Canada. Tweets are my own. #yyc

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These days it seems like everybody's trying to TURN DOWN the conversation on .

WE'RE TURNING IT UP. We could use your help to do it

Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.

You'll be glad you did!

CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser

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Support in Calgary! needs an informed, engaged, well-organized & mobilized grassroots movement like the one we're building at the Hub. We work hard moving the ball on . We're asking for your help.

DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser

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Every day's a good day to stop making it worse.

What, you haven't breathed enough smoke yet? Still pretending it's always been this bad? You're not even fooling yourself any more...

A political cartoon shows a stone bridge labeled with words like “FREEDOM,” “HEALTH,” “SAFETY,” “FOOD,” “AFFORDABILITY,” “HOMES,” and “JOBS.” The keystone in the center is labeled “CLIMATE,” and a construction machine is shown removing it, causing the bridge to crack and collapse.
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"Cities in North America all caught the same mania of city building where you just try to stuff as many cars through a downtown as you can rather than making places people wanted to actually spend time in. Cities are better when you're not just racing through them in your own enclosed metal box."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/383543/link/

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"I left a doctor's office inspired to work on the diet & get more exercise in my life but what I was going to do that wasn't going to be a drag? I was literally walking by the on 12th that were still new at that time & I thought, 'oh, hey, why don't you just get a bike?' So I got a bike!"

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/383543/link/

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"Most surveys show there's around 20% of cyclists that are 'hardcore' & going to ride no matter what. Which means there's a huge %age, say 50 to to 70% who basically say, 'look, if it was more comfortable, safer & convenient I would definitely do it & do it more.'"

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/383543/link/

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@failedLyndonLaRouchite Ah too bad. I'm a big tall fella and got tired of being hunched over to ride so I ordered these thingers online that bring the handles up a good 6 inches or so, makes all the difference

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The data on are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with 's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: https://www.podcastics.com/episode/383543/link/

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I live in an apartment downtown & couldn't tell you the last time I mowed a lawn, shovelled a driveway, paid for parking or got stuck in traffic. I walk a block to the grocery store & never need a shopping cart. It's the best I've ever lived

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@failedLyndonLaRouchite Agreed. For me, amogst other things, I bike to outdoor stairs that go up the sides of hills overlooking my city of Calgary, atop of which I'm rewarded with a consistently stunning views of the city and usually doggos!

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@failedLyndonLaRouchite I bike year-round in this city and what you're saying holds as true here anywhere. Typically by the time I finish my ride my coat is open because I've worked up a sweat

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🧵 Dear Republican lawmakers,

Canada has the largest intact boreal forest on the planet.

An increasingly hotter world due to makes longer dry seasons, far larger wildfires & yes, more smoke. No amount of "raking" fixes it. The scientists warned of exactly this for a very long time /1
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/06/news/more-republican-lawmakers-demand-legal-action-over-canadian-wildfire-smoke

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The Republican Party in America nd their ideological twins, Canada's "Conservatives" marched in lockstep with the world's oil companies in denying the science of human-caused & slow-walking if not outright outlawing the solutions, profiting mightily the whole time.

You lit the match /2

Illustration showing the climate feedback loop caused by fires. It begins with increased carbon emissions fueling climate change, leading to hotter, drier conditions. These conditions dry out forests, making them more prone to fires. As fires become more frequent and intense, larger areas burn, releasing more carbon emissions, which further fuels climate change.

Illustration showing the climate feedback loop caused by fires. It begins with increased carbon emissions fueling climate change, leading to hotter, drier conditions. These conditions dry out forests, making them more prone to fires. As fires become more frequent and intense, larger areas burn, releasing more carbon emissions, which further fuels climate change.
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    • Bentley OP ,
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    The fires (that remember, YOU lit) are everywhere, most certainly including under governments/presidents from both parties. The climate disasters themselves might be the only truly bipartisan thing left in your country.

    The were only 6 months ago.

    You lit those too.

    /3

    https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-24/estimated-cost-of-fire-damage-balloons-to-more-than-250-billion

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    And if it isn't Canada or America's west coast again it's Australia. Or Russia. Japan. You-name-it.

    There's always been wildfires but it's never been this bad. Again, this was all predicted and every single chance we've had to fix it has been stopped in its tracks by a "leader" exactly like you /4

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6y803pjkwo

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    Wherever you go, show me a political leader calling themselves a "conservative" & I'll show you a denier of who now has to resort to increasingly sillier reasons for the world we all see burning around us.

    And political stunts like letters to Canada

    /5

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-push-bills-stop-government-weather-modification-chemtrails-rcna220045

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    But yes the smoke sucks. In Calgary we breathe 100s of more smoke hours now than we did just 8 years ago. I assure you literally NOTHING has changed about how we manage forests in that time. What's changed, irrefutably, you total imbecile, is the temperature of the planet /6

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    As a Canadian I'll NEVER apologize for that smoke you're breathing because not only did you (& America's Republicans & Canada's "Conservatives") light the match but you're STILL pouring gas on the fire & lining your pockets with oil bucks while you do it /7 https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/01/the-fossil-fuel-industry-spent-219-million-to-elect-the-new-u-s-government/

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    But one thing I do understand is wanting somebody to blame for all this. I'll do you one better: I know not only who's to blame but who should pay every one of your constituents for that smoke they're breathing. The best thing about it? They've got all the money in the world /8 https://www.podcastics.com/episode/377291/link/

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    /end

    If you liked this 🧵 I have the privilege of fighting every single day with the . We can use every bit of support we can get. It's not getting any easier but we'll NEVER stop.

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    An extremely obvious thing that absolutely needs saying anyways

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    doesn't care about you. Big Oil will burn you right to the ground. They're doing it already https://www.eenews.net/articles/heat-is-killing-oil-workers-the-industry-is-trying-to-kill-a-rule-for-that/

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    The science of : how to shape public opinion and swing votes - Demonstrations are on the rise, and scientists are revealing which types work best. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02082-5

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    2024’s violent tornado season has been one of the most active on record − a meteorologist explains the weather behind the outbreaks https://theconversation.com/2024s-violent-tornado-season-has-been-one-of-the-most-active-on-record-a-meteorologist-explains-the-weather-behind-the-outbreaks-232564

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    "Alberta & Saskatchewan got the lowest grades in the country, in fact the lowest grades possible, making it official: is now holding all of Canada back on the global energy transition that will define ALL economies during this era, a disaster entirely of our own making."

    https://www.podcastics.com/episode/303342/link/

    Climate

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    Lessons from one month of national TV news coverage of Trump’s $1 billion Big Oil scandal - Corporate broadcast networks barely covered the story, while Fox News defended Trump and fossil fuels https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/lessons-one-month-national-tv-news-coverage-trumps-1-billion-big-oil-scandal

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    Why just scrubbed its website and social feeds - The coalition of oil and gas companies is reacting to new federal greenwashing rules, which come as the Competition Bureau investigates allegations of false or misleading claims https://thenarwhal.ca/pathways-alliance-scrubs-website/

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    "In 2024 a strong majority of 100s of scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change agreed that the 1.5 target is now officially toast and we're likely headed for a full degree beyond to 2.5."

    https://www.podcastics.com/episode/303342/link/

    Climate

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    Alberta government loses battle to keep thousands of policy documents secret
    A group of ranchers are seeking to learn why the government chose in 2020 to end a longtime policy blocking open-pit coal mining in the southern foothills and Rockies https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/alberta-government-loses-battle-to-keep-thousands-of-coal-policy-documents-secret

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    "Organize and fight for what's right, for as the famous cultural anthropologist once said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

    https://www.podcastics.com/episode/299438/link/

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    "Our already heavy lift just got heavier which is why none of us can do it alone. I don't know exactly how to counter a wildly careening power ravenous during a emergency, I only know that we must. The best of us are stepping up to it. You can too."

    https://www.podcastics.com/episode/299438/link/

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    "A majority of Albertans don't want a pension grab, they don't want a provincial police force, we don't want municipal political parties, we don't want mayoral city council control, we don't want more money in politics. Nobody wants that except for politicians."

    https://www.podcastics.com/episode/299438/link/

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    "A large number of Albertans are frustrated with this government's policies. It's our right & esponsibility to push back. I really encourage Albertans to raise their voices & push back against decisions being made that don't represent the best interests of Albertans"

    https://www.podcastics.com/episode/299438/link/

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    "Overstepping into municipal politics, while at the same time criticizing the federal government and claiming that the federal government is overstepping into provincial politics, just isn't representing the people like you and me and the places that we love."

    https://www.podcastics.com/episode/299438/link/

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    "To change everything, we need everyone."

    Most importantly, that means YOU. Join us today by becoming a Member of the Calgary Climate Hub

    https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership

    Hub members holding up inflated globes in the winter time, quote reads "it was a fantastic opportunity to go beyond talking about climate change and actually DO something tangible."
    Reads: become a member today. Support local, informed, mobilized, grassroots climate action

    image from a protest, sign reads "to change everything we need everyone." Banner reads "sustain local climate action"
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    Oakland is now first in the US to have a 100% electric school bus fleet – and it’s V2G https://electrek.co/2024/05/15/oakland-is-now-first-in-the-us-to-have-a-100-electric-school-bus-fleet-and-its-v2g/

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    Big news! After 2 weeks of public engagement, approved blanket rezoning in Calgary! This is a real win for climate in & we're proud to have done our part in rallying support for through our training and organizing activities! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/rezoning_success_why_your_hub_membership_matters?utm_campaign=rezoning_and_membership_2024&utm_medium=email&utm_source=calgaryclimatehub

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    Rent getting raised. AGAIN. Goddamned bloodsuckers.

    $155 increase from an already very high rent. I've only been here one year after being out of my last place. Goddamned bloodsuckers enabled by a provincial government that scaremongers over

    Just one more thing this Alberta government is forking over to their rich pals.

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    I'm sure someday somebody will explain to me why ANY should be publicly funded given 's own executives admit it's a boondoggle. https://www.desmog.com/2024/05/21/despite-advertising-carbon-capture-exxonmobil-saw-marginal-role-for-it-in-fighting-climate-change-shell/

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    "Alberta is throttling municipalities like Calgary and Edmonton, seeking a greater hand in local elections, killing policy & removing elected leaders it doesn't like, while making it tougher for us to vote and controlling what our universities can research."

    PODCAST https://www.podcastics.com/episode/299438/link/

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