Montana youth are making climate history TODAY! Trial in Held v. State of Montana begins at 9:00am MT in Helena. Details about this first-of-its-kind climate trial can be found at: bit.ly/MTClimateTrial #YouthvGovMT

🧵New PBO-DPB analysis reveals that despite promises to #StopFundingFossils, Canada continues to pour fuel on the fire by subsidizing oil and gas companies In 2022, in just one year, the federal govt provided over $22 billion to oil and gas companies #cdnpoli

Currently, over 869 k ha have burned in BC thus far in 2023 and most of the fire season is ahead of us. ciffc.net/situation/ This means 2023 is already the 3rd highest seasonal total since 1950.

#suebigoil

If you fly over British Columbia, the most acute problem affecting our forests becomes clear; it’s not just Fairy Creek, old growth logging or clearcutting, it’s the astonishing rate of logging that is happening due to the provincially set Annual Allowable Cut. A 🧵 #bcpoli

Alarm bells should be ringing everywhere. We seem to have underestimated the chance of climate breakdown causing simultaneous harvest failure in the world's major breadbaskets. It's an issue I discuss in Regenesis, but it appears much worse than we thought nature.com/articles/s4146…

It's D-Day for fossil fuel companies. Decarbonisation will happen with or without them - whether that's in time for humanity to get through the challenges we know are coming remains to be seen. My piece in Al Jazeera English today. aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/…

I mean it's almost like they have every financial incentive to delay, lobby against climate action and propose false solutions, believing that they won't be held accounted for the results. #SueBigOil

We need a majority of people to know 5 things, which they largely do not:   1. Pollution from oil, coal and gas is heating the earth and causing dangerous weather. 2. All the climate scientists agree. 3. We must move quickly if we are to save a livable climate. 4. There are

1/ Here's a🧵on why the record shattering extremes in Europe are so unsettling for climate scientists. It's increasingly looking that we've underestimated the impacts of #ClimateBreakdown... x.com/WxNB_/status/1…

Fossil fuel lobbyists have spent billions to convince us that serious #ClimateAction is too expensive or too inconvenient. But the droughts, floods & fires are all around us. And they are massively expensive, inconvenient, heartbreakingly fatal. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice

Across BC, groups are organizing to get their local govs to #SueBigOil – and the campaign is gaining steam. Check out this great feature profiling local climate champions & volunteers raising this issue in their communities: breachmedia.ca/sue-big-oil-cl… via The Breach #bcpoli

Canada has turned down a request from its own environment minister calling for an emergency order to protect 2,500 hectares of critical habitat in B.C.’s Fraser Canyon. It is home to the last wild-born northern spotted owl in the country. nsnews.com/highlights/can…

Rich Kruger CEO of Suncor will testify in Parliament on Monday morning. In a summer where 200,000 Canadians were dislocated by catastrophic wildfire he boasted of the "sense of urgency" for Big Oil to make as much profit as possible.

Wildfire smoke in February? This is not normal and we have #fossilfuel pollution and #climatechange to thank for it. #SueBigOil #Cdnpoli #bcpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

🚨BREAKING: Chicago is suing Big Oil companies for climate deception! “The fossil fuel industry should be able to pay for the damage they’ve caused. We have to see accountability for the climate crisis.” chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024…

After their #PresidentialDebate tomorrow, what would you like to see Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump compete in next? (or suggest another event) #USElection2024 #election #trump #harris

Premier Eby said that BC NDP would drop the #CarbonPrice if federal gov drops it. Think the #CarbonTax is costly? Wait until you see #ClimateChange. We respond to calls to rollback #ClimateAction without proposing realistic alternatives: wcel.org/media-release/… #bcpoli

Where is Canada's 2035 climate target? The deadline established in Canadian law to set the country's next climate milestone passed yesterday, without a word from government. #climate #cdnpoli linkedin.com/pulse/where-ca…