Dr. David Robinson

Professor, poet, climate warrior, and Sudbury champion, David Robinson was the Green Party of Canada 2022 candidate for the Sudbury Riding.

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

More and more countries achieve to decouple economic growth from CO₂ emissions.

Just made this new chart that shows the evidence for 25 countries. Growth is up, emissions down.

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

Kentucky and West Virginia coal did this:
https://t.co/Q2jg2Pnsvd

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

Betrayed! The Trudeau government is poised to give Canada’s oil and gas industry an extra two years to meet the already-weak 2030 emissions reduction target they set for the sector. https://t.co/0nI0cZdElR

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

Buzzwords and big lies
Will Canada cut oil sands emissions by 45% by 2030. they say they will as long as the government doesn't make them start in the next few years.
https://t.co/SE2C9ol36k

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

“We’re trapped on a bus, all we’ve got left is the swerve. We’ve got to plunge past the first-class passengers ... and we have to yank the wheel... Our happy ending isn’t averting the disas­ter. Our happy ending is surviving the disaster.” Cory Doctorow

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

A Unicef study of Canadian youth says it all: “It’s difficult to grow up in an apocalypse.” Even the Canadians are worried! https://t.co/GVI8gwcjiX

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

@TrackerK9 @merry123459 This is a pretty comical remark.

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

@AmitAryaMD That is the plan, Amit.

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

@PierrePoilievre Airlines face more traffic than they can handle and Pierre blames Trudeau! That is getting to the nub of the problem!

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

Does your town have a heat officer? Globally, deaths caused by high temperatures have risen 74% since 1980, according to a 2021 study published in the medical journal Lancet. https://t.co/5XUuw2kluV

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

Opinion: For all the talk about deficits, supply chains and other knock-on impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, oil and gas have applied the bulk of the inflationary pressure on both global economies and household budgets, writes columnist @maxfawcett. https://t.co/30vA1ptX0b

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

I hope every council member reads this. I argued from the beginning that the Area in the East would be an economic and planning disaster. I never foresaw the incompetent management or the deception that would accompany it. Can Council change course?
https://t.co/08UevPh8do

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

Global warming in the poorest countries: first, the animals die. — livestock that provides sustenance for people — they starve, drown or perish from disease.

Next, the babies. Children under five are most vulnerable to malnourishment,

Then, the elderly. https://t.co/ed9i6UXu3s

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

“This study shows that even the best possible models have been underestimating the rate of warming in the Barents Sea,” said Dr Ruth Mottram, climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute, https://t.co/LMJ54X6J18

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

According to the latest data from the India Meteorological Department, Delhi has recorded a maximum temperature of at least 42C on 25 days since summer began – the highest number since 2012. https://t.co/D7kmNO0gx4

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

“In every part of the country, including Alberta, the large majority of voters say that climate change is an important issue to them and they expect something to be done,” said Dan Robertson, Erin O’Toole’s chief strategist in the last election. https://t.co/D38HU0QGC5

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

Slow 2050 net-zero scenarios not worth the paper they’re written on, say economists. https://t.co/ygYqmirakB

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

The Greens had the Tories running scared in cottage country. Here’s how they did it. https://t.co/3bhMMnC6qr

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

Air Canada canceled about 360 flights at Pearson in the first seven days of June. The result is a massive temporary reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by Canadians. One company, one airport one week. The carbon tax is imposed only on airlines that operate within provinces.

[Dr. David Robinson @drobinsonATlu]

This is the kind of strength Laurentian and Sudbury should build on. https://t.co/IIWnwfL4cs