Patricia Sandberg

West Coast abstract artist raised in Canada's North, inspired by nature and a desire to protect the environment. I also write. South Surrey Canada. she/her

[Patricia Sandberg @PSand100]

Very pleased to have 2 paintings in this @federationgallery exhibition, starting Sept 19. Details to follow. Hope you'll be able to check it out! https://t.co/lThJCBaOy0 #fedofcdnartists #federationgallery #canadiancontemporaryart
#westcoastpainter

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

“This is the new extinction & we are half way through it. We are in terrible, terrible trouble & the longer we wait to do something about it the worse it is going to get.” Sir #DavidAttenborough

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateCrisis #climate #crisis #renewables #nature

[John Vaillant @JohnVaillant]

"if you’re in the #fossilfuel business, you’re in the #fire business, which means you’re in the #CO2 business, which means you’re part of the problem, aiding and abetting global #climate disruption that is, right now, endangering millions of lives. #Oil https://t.co/UD8txwLOQV

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

July has already seen:

The hottest three-week period ever recorded.

The three hottest days on record.

The highest-ever ocean temperatures for this time of year.

It is still possible to avoid the very worst of climate change, but only with dramatic, immediate #ClimateAction.

[Tzeporah Berman @Tzeporah]

BC is ignoring upstream fracking pollution when assessing LNG projects. Current two approved projects would result in total oil and gas sector emissions in 2030 that are double the sectoral emissions target. Net zero? Not so much #bcpoli https://t.co/dUCEA17xRy

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

The fossil fuel industry gets 11 million dollars in subsidies every single minute: https://t.co/a9XupnWn2k

How many more disasters does it take before we stop funding the problem? #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal

[Peter Strachan @ProfStrachan]

Awesome work

Switching the world to 100% #RenewableEnergy will cost $62 trillion, but the payback would take just 6 years, writes Professor Mark Jacobson @mzjacobson

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

https://t.co/ypYvO7d5OD

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

An extraordinary marine heatwave has developed off the east coast of Canada, with hundreds of thousands of square miles of ocean experiencing sea surface temperatures more than 5°C (9°F) above normal and max anomalies approaching 10°C (18°F) above normal.

Thermal stress from this marine heatwave could have major impacts on marine life in the Northwest Atlantic.

[George Tsakraklides @99blackbaloons]

No government will ever admit “our country is now unliveable”. Power grids have already become as strategically important as food in uninhabitable countries. If the AC goes, it is instant death for millions #uninhabitable #ClimateBreakdown

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

The North Atlantic is in uncharted territory.

The entire ocean basin is a record-smashing 1.5°C above normal, as millions of square miles of ocean experience strong to severe marine heatwaves.

Off the coast of Canada, ocean temperatures are up to 9°C (16°F) above average!

These record-warm temperatures are already having devastating impacts on marine ecosystems. In Florida, water temperatures have soared as high as 98°F (36.7°C), with coral bleaching ongoing and expected to rapidly ramp up throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in the coming weeks.

Record-warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic will also fuel potentially stronger hurricanes and a more active hurricane season. More heat in the ocean equals more energy, increasing the upper limit of hurricane strength and thus exponentially increasing the damage potential of storms.

For example, a 110 mph Category 2 hurricane has over 2x the damage potential of a 100 mph Category 2 storm.

With over a month until water temperatures typically peak, the North Atlantic is just 0.1°C away from tying the all-time record for its highest ocean temperature (set last year), which it will inevitably break in the coming days.

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

The 7 hottest days on Earth in the last 100,000+ years all happened in the last week:

July 6 ~ 17.23°C / 63.01°F
July 7 ~ 17.20°C / 62.96°F
July 4 ~ 17.18°C / 62.93°F
July 5 ~ 17.18°C / 62.92°F
July 8 ~ 17.17°C / 62.90°F
July 10 ~ 17.12°C / 62.81°F
July 9 ~ 17.11°C / 62.79°F

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Every fraction of a degree counts.

Rising temperatures put marine life and coastal ecosystems at risk of irreversible loss.

Urgent #ClimateAction is needed to #SaveOurOcean.

[Patricia Sandberg @PSand100]

Your plan doesn’t stop glaciers from melting, rivers /lakes drying up. Or save agriculture from drought and extreme heat. Or forests burning and wild creatures dying. Or oceans warming to the point sea life die. STOP subsidizing oil&gas, stop building pipelines! @JustinTrudeau

[Steven Guilbeault @s_guilbeault]

🌍🔥🌪️🌊 As Canada faces extreme weather events, we're launching the first-ever #NationalAdaptationStrategy to protect our communities and build a resilient future in the face of climate change. https://t.co/k7iVOEXVqW

[Patricia Sandberg @PSand100]

I hope smoke reaching Ottawa, Toronto, Washington, New York etc causes governments to rethink new #pipelines, new #LNGplants, #offshoredrilling #coal. This is going to get worse. We’re not even at #1.5degrees. #AirQuality @JustinTrudeau @s_guilbeault

[POSTCARD ART EXHIBIT - Art for a Cause 🌏 🎨 @PAEartforacause]

Cinzia Hochstrasser @CinciaH - Switzerland, Gayle Faucette Wisbon @gaylewisbonart - UK, Patricia Sandberg @PSand100 - Canada, Phil Larkin - Ireland. Thank you for the lovely cards! #TAE23 fundraiser for @unyayouth. #vancouverbc #twitterartexhibit #indigenous #artforacause

[Tom Jackman @frozen]

It's more difficult to access Paxlovid in B.C. than almost anywhere else in N. America. In N.B., anyone over 18 can access it. In Ontario, those 18+ can access it if they haven't had a covid vaccination in the previous 6mo.

B.C. must stop gatekeeping this life-saving drug.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

To have any chance of keeping global termperature rise below 1.5 °C we must protect forests.

If they go, they're taking us with them. Protect the irreplaceable.

#ActOnClimate #climate #biodiversity #SDGs #IPCC

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Scotland blew-up its last coal fired power plant. The future is #renewable. Let's speed it up and get there.

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #climate #energy #renewables #cleanenergy #GreenNewDeal #SDGs

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Madrid is building 74km forest belt of half a million trees 🌳 around the city to fight extreme heat, air pollution & climate change.IPCC

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #renewables #biodiversity #IPCC