atomicker.bsky.social

atomicker.bsky.social

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Interests include shin-hanga ( 新版画 ) + sosaku-hanga ( 創作版画 ), popular art prints during the Taisho + Showa eras of 20th century Japan. Sustainability 🌱 + Canadian 🍁 topics too.

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Once reliant on expensive fossil fuel imports, Uruguay has gone from blackouts & power cuts to energy sovereignty in under 10 years - with a stable mix of wind, solar, hydroelectric, & bioenergy. www.thenation.com/article/worl... #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #Canada #NoPipelines

thenation.comGoing for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy RevolutionWith no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying to keep the lights on. Here’s how they did it.

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Starting Monday, October 26, La Rose v. Canada will be heard by the Federal Court. It has the potential to force politicians to recognize that our weak climate policies are contributing to the destruction we're experiencing. Its implications on Canadian climate policy could be stunning. Read on 👇

wcel.orgWhat could a youth climate lawsuit mean for Canada’s future?Starting October 26th, a precedent-setting lawsuit will be heard by the Federal Court, seven years after it was launched by fifteen Canadian youth, determined to get their government to treat climate ...

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"Carney is trying to rush ahead with legislation that would gut environmental protections and undermine labour laws so that mega-corporations can profit while our communities and the planet suffer the consequences." Tell the Legislative Committee to scrap #BillC39: 350.org/canada/c39/ #CDNPoli

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Tomorrow, BC heads to the polls, but the Green Wave is already sweeping the province! 🌊💚 More than 30 Greens have already been elected to municipal office across BC. The momentum is building, and tomorrow, YOU can make the Green Wave even bigger. Get out and #VoteGreen!

'The climate and affordability crises are deeply intertwined. We need to advocate for ambitious solutions that address both issues simultaneously.' #BCPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #ClimateCrisis #PolyCrisis #BCElection2026 #CDNPoli #VoteGreen #BCGreenParty #BC

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'Failure to act at scale to confront the climate crisis will have serious and negative impacts on people’s cost of living, public infrastructure and services.' bcclimateemergency.ca/climate-affo... #BCPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #ClimateCrisis #BCElection2026 #CDNPoli #VoteGreen #BCGreenParty

Carney's #BillC39 would create new powers to exempt industrial projects from environmental laws, lower our environmental standards, create sacrifice zones for industry and more. Send an email to your MP and tell them to scrap this bill: www.wcel.org/blog/scrap-b... #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis

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More than 50 of Canada’s top scientists & scholars are warning that Mark Carney’s #BillC39 risks "costly and potentially irreversible harm" to species at risk, ecosystems, natural resources and human well-being: #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BillC39 #NoPipelines

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This Saturday, October 24th - Vote for the party with a plan 22 billion times better than the competition (yes conservatives that's you too). #bcvotes #bcgreens #bcpoli #wealthtax

The average temperatures for this time of year were 7.3°C above normal; researchers did not hesitate to point out that "climate change is responsible for an increasingly larger proportion of deaths": #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BillC39 #NoPipelines #ExtremeWeather #Heatwave

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"Extreme heat sets historic record in Europe with over 50,300 deaths in a single summer" "Behind these statistics are real people who have lost their lives and real families who mourn them": www.msn.com/en-us/weathe... #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BillC39 #NoPipelines #ExtremeWeather

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Canada’s dangerous C-22 surveillance bill is now before the Senate. It will force tech companies to build surveillance into their products, threatening everyone’s security and privacy. There’s still time to speak out.

eff.orgCanadians Are Running Out Of Time To Oppose The Dangerous C-22 Surveillance BillCanada’s Parliament is debating a massive expansion of surveillance powers that will threaten the privacy and security of millions of people. Bill C-22, also called the Lawful Access Act, has already ...

#BillC39 "countermands the environmental protections currently in place in Canadian law, laws written to avoid irreparable harms to species, ecosystems, natural resources, and human wellbeing and health." Read the letter here: www.zoology.ubc.ca/%7Eotto/FRSC... #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis

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More than 50 of Canada’s top scientists & scholars are warning that Mark Carney’s #BillC39 risks "costly and potentially irreversible harm" to species at risk, ecosystems, natural resources and human well-being: #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BillC39 #NoPipelines

More than 50 of Canada’s top scientists & scholars are warning that Mark Carney’s #BillC39 risks "costly and potentially irreversible harm" to species at risk, ecosystems, natural resources and human well-being: #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BillC39 #NoPipelines

bnnbloomberg.ca‘Potentially irreversible harm’: Scientists sound alarm on PM Carney’s Bill C-39More than 50 of Canada’s top scientists and scholars warn that Bill C-39 must be amended, or the federal government is risking ‘potentially irreversible harm’ to the environment.

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The Conservatives want you to believe they can cut your taxes, add no new taxes AND balance the budget, all without touching your health care. The BC Greens have a costed plan that makes life affordable and asks the ultrawealthy to pay their fair share. Vote Green on Saturday, Oct. 24.

"Canada is heading for chaos — and the federal government is to blame. The cause of the bedlam is a new bill, C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act." "The coming struggle over the bill will get ugly and fast. As it should." #Canada #CDNPoli #BillC39 #RightToStrike #FirstNations #ClimateCrisis

thewalrus.caCarney Wants the Power to Break Strikes. Unions Vow to Defy Him | The WalrusOttawa’s push to keep the economy moving is setting up a showdown with organized labour

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The #GreenWave2026 is only getting stronger! 🌊💚 After last weekend’s historic municipal election results, the momentum is building, and B.C.’s election is just days away. B.C., this is your chance to be part of something BIG. Vote Green, and #JoinTheGreenWave!

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Wanna know what else is WAY more popular in Alberta than #Separatism? A national cap on #OilAndGas #Emission & you want to know why? Because a HUGE majority of Albertans are concerned about #ClimateChange & concerned about #Wildfires impacting our health. True Alberta story cape.ca/press_releas...

cape.caMultiple Polls Show Majority of Albertans Want A National Cap on Oil And Gas Emissions; Support Strongest Among Alberta Youth - CAPECalgary, September 13, 2023 – The majority of Albertans, around six out of ten (62% Research Co.; 57% Leger), want a nation-wide cap on oil and gas emissions, with support strongest among Alberta’s yo...

UN: "The world needs to cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth in the next four years, and by close to half within a decade, to avoid overshooting climate targets by a disastrous margin." Mark Carney's pipeline is incompatible with the realities of the #ClimateCrisis. #Canada #CDNPoli #NoPipelines

theguardian.comWorld must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN saysAction needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body

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Less than a year after rejecting an all-party recommendation for an electoral reform citizen's assembly, David Eby is begging BC Greens to bail out the NDP, while keeping electoral reform off the table. See our write-up on this political cynicism: www.fairvote.ca/19/10/2026/d...

fairvote.caDavid Eby's last minute plea not to vote Green shows the voting system is broken. He could commit to fixing it.It’s not too late for David Eby and the BC NDP to commit to act on the recommendations of BC’s all-party committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform.

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It’s what you’ve all been waiting for! Let’s talk Climate action! #bcpoli #BCPolitics #climatechange #ClimateAction #climatecrisis #BelieveinBetter

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“I have never seen a bill drafted to be as deceitful as this one,” Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said of Bill C-39. Bill C-22 is in the Senate right now and it is as bad, if not worse but not well understood. The referendum has distracted everyone, as intended. apple.news/AVkvOo6FqSgK...

apple.newsOpinion | A closer look at six controversial powers inside Mark Carney's Building Canada Strong Act — Toronto StarThe Star's Althia Raj breaks down aspects of Bill C-39, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act.

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Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying a probe bound for Mars' moons Tuesday, kicking off a five-year mission to retrieve samples that could shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.

ebx.shJapan launches probe in historic bid to collect sample from Mars moonThe five-year mission — the first to attempt to land on a Martian moon — could shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.

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EVERYONE GET IN HERE!!⚡ Elect enough BC Greens, and in a minority we’ll have the leverage to get things done. With the ultrawealthy paying their fair share, we’ll deliver: Believe in better! #votegreen

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⚡WAKE UP VANCOUVER, NEW (and first) GREEN MAYOR JUST DROPPED! 💚💚 🌿Congratulations to the Vancouver Greens (and progressive candidates), on a historic campaign! Vancouver voted for affordable homes, renters’ protections, and a city that works for the people who live in it.

"Unlike the Western-style architecture of Tokyo and Mojiko stations, Taisha Station was the only one of the three built in a modern Japanese style. It is regarded as a masterpiece of Japanese-style station architecture." #Japan #Taisho #TaishaStation #Izumo #Shimane

mainichi.jpRetro Japan: Former Taisha Station in Izumo boasts finest Japanese-style architecture - The MainichiIZUMO, Shimane -- Three train station buildings in Japan are designated as important cultural properties by the national government: the Marunouchi bu

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Bill C-39 is a direct attack on our democratic process and our constitutionally protected rights. Bill C-39 will not build Canada strong. It will build a pipeline to the courts. #C39 #StopC39 #killbillc39 (2/2)

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The Liberals, with the Conservatives' support, are fast-tracking Bill C-39, giving only 16 hours to study an omnibus bill that is 240 pages long. I'd like to remind them that the Constitution and the rule of law are not optional. (1/2)

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THIS IS A CLIMATE ELECTION, but you wouldn't think it is when you listen to the mainstream media, the BC NDP and BC Conservatives. It is October 16, and today it was 21 degrees Celsius. The normal is 11 degrees for this day. We are in bad territory. #BCElections academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

academic.oup.comThe 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territoryLife on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory. For several decades, scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by e
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