Cowichan Climate Hub

..fostering community awareness about the climate emergency & collaborative conversations to get to solutions-focused climate action in the Cowichan Valley.

[Julia Levin @lev_jf]

Gorgon is the world's largest #CCS project, attached to an LNG facility approved based on Chevron's promise to capture 80% of emissions

Not only has Gorgon never achieved that, it's performance has decreased year over year - capturing just 30% last year

https://t.co/CvvfWvncb8

[Cowichan Climate Hub @CowicClimateHub]

Sign the petition: C-421: A National Food Cooperative Strategy https://t.co/bXQAEcmrmX

[Cowichan Climate Hub @CowicClimateHub]

Big Oil & billionaires are profiting while the rest of us pay the price. It's time for bold action. Join @350Canada's campaign to tax their billions and build a better future for #AllofUs. Take action now: https://t.co/ZzaxhGK35R

[Seth Klein @SethDKlein]

The Canada Pension Plan is undermining its own net-zero pledge by committing over $3 billion so far this year to new coal, oil, gas and pipeline projects. https://t.co/z4Q4j04aIK

[Fair Vote Canada 🗳 🇨🇦 @FairVoteCanada]

Proportional representation.

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.

They provide 4x more heat for the same energy input.

That’s because they use the energy input to compress and transport pre-existing renewable heat rather than burn a fossil fuel.

[Andrew Van Gameren @southcoastwx]

Normally I do not make dramatic, hypothetical posts, but truly, this is astonishing.
It’s a small low that races west over the pacific early next week, and seems to fuel off another low over the gulf of Alaska. It grows rapidly as it near BC, becoming ridiculously strong.
According to ICON atmospheric pressures would plummet a staggering 59mb from just Monday morning to Tuesday morning, not only reaching bomb cyclone criteria, but blowing far past it.

As it near Vancouver island it will slow down and move very slowly northeast to the central coast.

Although uncertainty remains, if this storm comes too close to western Vancouver island Tuesday night, I fear some communities of the BC south coast may face hurricane force winds.

Stats at peak strength off the coast of western Vancouver island Tuesday night, by ICON.

• Pressure: 948 mb
• Peak wind gusts: 195km/h

#BCStormWatch #BCWind #BCRain #Storm #BombCyclone

[For Our Kids @ForOurKidsCAN]

We need strong #methane pollution regulations to keep the air clean for our kids.

Over 440 parents, educators, & supporters with @ForOurKidsCAN shared this message with @s_guilbeault at #COP29 this week.

Huge thanks to @jvipondmd and @latemper for presenting our letter!

[Seth Klein @SethDKlein]

Happy to share that over 150 organizations across 🇨🇦 have join the call for a Youth Climate Corps.

It's time to mobilize thousands of workers to strengthen our communities and respond to the climate crisis. That starts with a YCC.

Read the letter at https://t.co/GEVS4aavtE

[Climate Reality @ClimateReality]

At #COP29, multilateral development banks like @WorldBank committed to raise $120B for climate by 2030, but there’s a catch—they still need wealthy country shareholders to fund it. #climateaction. https://t.co/o8YiegNcfd

[ClimateChange Steves @Harold_Steves]

There IS only one issue, #ClimateChange. We've reached 1.5C, heading for 2C by 2035- 2050. (1) Enact PR immediatley, preferably STV already approved by 50% of voters. (2) Ban #Fracking & #LNG, & end use of Fossil Fuels

[@CAPE-ACME @CAPE_ACME]

At least 32 Canadian representatives linked to fossil fuels are at #COP29.
CAPE's @jvipondmd in @NatObserver: “It exemplifies the greenwashing that’s happening at COP, that organizations such as OPEC are here trying to influence the negotiations."

[peter vranjkovic @petervranj]

People burning fossil fuels has caused this negative change plus more and worse droughts, forest fires, and flooding in different places.
The poor people are the ones who suffer the most from #globalwarming.

[Pembina Institute @Pembina]

For many conventional oil and gas producers, meeting the #EmissionsCap will mean building on their recent success reducing #methane emissions, using proven, cost-effective methods and technologies. Read more from our Senior Analyst, Amanda Bryant ➡️ https://t.co/Be8gMFTVdp

[John Vaillant @JohnVaillant]

Wow - this looks bad. -Very- unusual to see this behavior in this region - in -November-?! #nyfire #njfire

[Seth Klein @SethDKlein]

Premier Danielle Smith’s #ScrapTheCap is fossil fuel propaganda. #CapTheCrap is https://t.co/fov9MjkYB0's campaign to call out industry lies & fight for a strong emissions cap on the oil and gas sector, writes @amarapossian @350Canada #Alberta #abpoli https://t.co/sWXOrWtYbN

[Canadian Climate Institute @ClimateInstit]

The costs of insured damages from climate-related disasters in 🇨🇦 this year are by far the highest on record at close to $8 billion. The latest numbers from @InsuranceBureau add $110 million in damages from October’s atmospheric river in B.C. #cdnpoli
https://t.co/p58i8qJ9jI

[Seth Klein @SethDKlein]

Greenhouse gas emissions from the fossil fuels that Canada exports to other countries now far surpassed our country's total domestic emissions.

Data reveals a significant gap between domestic and international climate action. https://t.co/K7z1YNO2KB via @NatObserver

[Canadian Climate Institute @ClimateInstit]

Climate change is making wildfires, floods and droughts more frequent and severe—which now costs people and governments billions of dollars a year. See how the costs of these events are piling up on our interactive tool.
https://t.co/5SALAqpiQg

[Cowichan Climate Hub @CowicClimateHub]

Brilliant new report on the health of Earth's 9 Planetary Boundaries from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research - much needed context re: complex systems in time for COP29. Planned to be released annually.. https://t.co/a8Pl3CQ9tl