"'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies have only one true fix:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/wildfire-climate-emissions-smoke-9.7274862
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Wildfires
"The science is clear: to avert the worst impacts of climate change and preserve a liveable planet, global warming needs to be limited as much as possible and as a matter of urgency."
"Every fraction of a degree of warming matters. With every additional increment of global warming, changes in extremes and risks become larger."
It is crucial we act to minimize the damage by "urgently and significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and phasing out fossil fuels."
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/degrees-matter
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli #ONPoli #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather #Drought #Flooding
Wildfire smoke attacks your lungs, heart and brain:
Harmful particulates in wildfire smoke travels deep into the lungs, slips into the bloodstream, and gets into the brain directly through the nose. When toxins reach the brain, they can cause inflammation, lack of focus, and headache; long-term exposure leads to brain damage and cognitive decline.
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/how-does-wildfire-smoke-affect-your-brain-today-and-down-the-road/article_44886cd9-7f31-5533-8ad2-48e912130f8c.html
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli #ONPoli #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather #Drought #Flooding
"The IPCC reports could not be clearer: if we want to hold global warming to 1.5C, launching new fossil fuel projects is completely off the table. It is all about damage control at this point(…). Governments are obliged to use every tool in their shed to stop major environmental harm."
(via @Snoro@mastodon.social)
https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/the-economy-or-the-planet-is-a-false-choice-without-a-healthy-earth-business-cannot-flourish
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli #NoPipelines #NoLNG #ExtremeWeather #Wildfires #Drought #Flooding
Harnessing solar power has saved Europe €20 billion between 1 March and 15 July by lowering demand for fossil fuel imports.
'Over the 137-day period, solar delivered average savings of €146 million per day. This is more than what France spends on defence each day.'
Meanwhile, #Canada burns, and Mark Carney is trying to drag us backwards and force more tarsands pipelines on us.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/europe-s-booming-solar-fleet-has-saved-20-billion-in-gas-imports-since-iran-war-finds-new-analysis/ar-AA1ZSFCv
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Wildfires #Renewables #Solar
'Residents of the town site of Boston Bar, B.C., have been ordered to evacuate due to a wildfire that flared overnight.'
'Evacuees were told to head south via Highway 1, away from the Brunswick complex of fires that has been threatening the community about 200 kilometres northeast of Vancouver':
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/town-site-of-boston-bar-b-c-ordered-to-evacuate-as-wildfire-flares/article_97c9e4e9-8399-57a5-b6a2-638320adc6b9.html
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Wildfires
'There are currently 858 fires actively burning in Canada, including 30 new fires on Thursday'.
'The vast majority of wildfires are burning out of control.'
"This is associated with some of the extreme climate warming that we've been seeing, and the atmospheric drying of the surface".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m7n427xd8o
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Wildfires #Smoke #ExtremeWeather
EcoJustice: 'Tell your MP to stop fuelling wildfires'
Science shows that climate change — fuelled by burning coal, oil, and gas — is making wildfires bigger, hotter, and more frequent, creating what experts call “supercharged” wildfire seasons.
We need to rein in the destruction while we still can.
Failing to address climate change is costing us, it’s costing you — from rebuilding after climate disasters to higher insurance premiums for our homes to rising grocery prices due to supply chain disruptions.
Enough is enough. Elected officials must put people and the planet first.
https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/tell-your-mp-to-stop-fuelling-wildfires/
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ONPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli #Wildfires #Pollution #Smoke #NoPipelines #NoLNG
Replying to
@atomicker@mstdn.ca
Smoke from more than 100 active wildfires in northern Ontario have made Toronto’s air quality the current worst in the world and caused yellow, smoky air in cities across the north-east US.
Environment Canada issued health warnings on Wednesday after the sky over country’s largest city turned a sickly yellow and was ranked the worst in the world according to IQAir, the Swiss technology company that racks global air quality.
The city is also suffering a heatwave that shattered a three-decade record after reaching 37.3C in the downtown core, with runways at its main international airport hitting 55C.
“Fires are part of a natural cycle, but the extreme temperatures we are experiencing across the county and the growing severity of weather events are indicators of climate change.”
#ClimateCrisis #CDNPoli #NoPipelines #ONPoli #Wildfires #Pollution #NoLNG #ExtremeWeather #Ontario #Toronto
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker/116920113591977974
Reminder: 'The overwhelming majority of the world’s people — between 80 and 89%, according to recent science — want governments to take stronger action. But that fact is not reflected in our news coverage, which helps explain why the 89% don’t know that they are the global majority.'
https://89percent.org/
#ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG #ExtremeWeather #Drought #Wildfires
Economists are warning that a “super” El Niño weather cycle, combined with price shocks from the #IranWar, could cause a severe shock to global food prices lasting into 2028:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/12/super-el-nino-severe-shock-global-food-prices-lasting-into-2028-economists-warn
#Canada #CDNPoli #NoPipelines #ClimateCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #ClimateFlation #PolyCrisis #NoLNG
'The UK is in the grip of a "firewave", as the summer’s extreme heat produces the ideal conditions for wildfires'
"This ongoing ‘firewave’ is the most widespread that the UK has seen. We’ve had lots of fires in certain regions before, but we’ve never seen fires burning right across the country like this."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/13/conwy-villagers-flee-homes-as-wildfires-burn-in-wales-and-england
#ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather #Drought #NoLNG
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: "I’ve said it many times before, but the climate emergency kills."
'Human-caused climate breakdown is supercharging extreme weather across the world, driving more frequent and more deadly disasters such as heatwaves and wildfires.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/13/france-fires-wildfires-fointaineblue-forest-paris
#ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather #Drought #NoLNG
Replying to
@atomicker@mstdn.ca
Now 136 of Japan’s news outlets have gone further, joining a public awareness project called “I am one of the 89% who want to stop global warming.”
Organized by the UN Information Center in Japan, the project aims “to make visible the voices of prominent figures and people from all walks of life who want to stop global warming, and to amplify them into a collective voice of society.”
https://89percent.org/
#ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Heatwaves #Drought #Flooding #Pollution #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Japan
Inspired by Covering Climate Now’s “89% Project,” every television network and station in Japan this spring began a two-year program of airing public service commercials pointing out that 89% of people in Japan support climate action, “so people shouldn’t be afraid to talk about it.”
And talking about climate change is an essential first step towards doing something about it.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/how-japans-media-ecosystem-is-fighting-climate-change/
#ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Heatwaves #Drought #Flooding #Pollution #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Japan
Reminder: Mark Carney is trying to give himself the power to greenlight industrial projects like pipelines even if those projects would push species to extinction.
The deadline for public feedback has been extended to July 22.
"Canadians fought hard for these laws to protect people, water, wildlife, and future generations. The Carney government is now proposing to gut them or introduce powers to bypass them without credible justification or adequate consultation."
https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/tell-your-mp-dont-gut-environmental-laws/
#ClimateCrisis #Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #BC #NoLNG #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #Ecocide
Pacific gray whales are facing a “catastrophic mortality event” as the climate crisis melts sea ice, depletes food sources and leaves the whales to starve -- on top of all the ship strikes, oil spills, microplastic pollution, algal blooms and Russian whaling already impacting populations.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/10/pacific-gray-whales-population-climate-change
#ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG #BCPoli #BC #Canada #CDNPoli
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