Les Misch

🌎🌐 Ecologist & Naturalist | Advocating for Greentech, Environmental Stewardship, and Ecological Economics. 🌿 Outdoor & Health Enthusiast.

[Les Misch @LesMisch]

Here is an excellent resource if you want to see a track record of every single piece of legislation that weakened legal protections for nature and biodiversity in Ontario from the first term of the current provincial government to today.

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The US-Canada trade war forces both countries to over-exploit natural resources to compensate for loss in export revenue. Canada is better positioned in this regard due to it's higher resource per capita.

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@elonmusk Fair enough.
My guess is that AI data centres quadruple global energy consumption by 2040 and forces nations into an energy and natural resources deficit to support AI.

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@MarkJCarney Canadian values and principles better align with the EU than with the USA. Deepening Canada's alliance with the EU is a wise and strategic move to strengthen Canada's economic diversity and resilience.

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@funtomvids Is this the Jimmy Kimmel Live show?!
Typical PC Party / Poilievre tactics - weak and beaten, and nothing better to offer, so let's criticize and make everyone else look bad.

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The sustainable advancement of humanity is inhibited by individual and corporate self-preservation. Only catastrophe brings about rapid change

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@cjtvcjshed9090 Stupid.
AI deepfakes will create generations of uncertainty and distrust because fact is indistinguishable from fiction.

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@MarkJCarney Short-term and short-sighted decisions are ignoring the long-term impacts and costs from using fossil fuels that's contributing to global warming - e.g., the health and economic costs of the wildfires and smoke currently across N. America (check out my post today)

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Number and location of forest fires across N. America on left; smoke plume across parts of Ontario, Canada and the northeastern USA on right as of today (PM - Particulate Matter; 0 to 12 = Good air quality; 250+ = Hazardous air quality). Global warming is not a joke!

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Happy Earth Day!
Earth Day isn't just about the planet - it's about the incredible people fighting for it, and doing their part to protect it. Today, I'm honoring everyone working toward a greener more sustainable future. Let’s keep going! 💚#EarthDay2026 #OurPowerOurPlanet

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Bird losses are accelerating across North America, particularly in farming regions.
https://t.co/XwltwQpizF

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@elonmusk Capitalism is not sustainable. Capitalism is based on the premise of mass consumption and depletion of natural resources and results in degradation of the natural environment. It may provide more for everyone in the present, but in the long run, it is a path to failure.

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Cargo, fishing, military, and ocean exploration boats are all having devasting impacts on whales and other cetaceans as well as their marine habitats. These boats cause injury and death from boat collisions and health and behaviour effects from sonar and seismic surveys.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

The tiny blue dot shows a whale desperately trying to survive as cargo vessels and fishing boats move through the busy waters of the Gulf of Chile.

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@FurkanGozukara With deforestation caused by expanding agriculture, this illegal gold mining, and other human activities, the Amazon will be a fragment of what it once was within decades - a circumstance that will have devasting repercussion on global ecosystems and societies the world over.

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The wars in Ukraine and Iran have caused massive environmental catastrophes, with combined damages involving toxic air pollution, soil contamination from heavy metals, and destruction of water infrastructure.

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

Doug Ford's message to the people of Ontario: tough luck.

My thoughts on a budget that prioritizes the wealthy and well-connected over everyday people across Ontario:

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Humans created the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; now we're creating another issue - the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt. The image shows sargassum belt growth from 2011–2018. Nutrient-rich agricultural runoff and wastewater discharge is causing an explosive growth of sargassum.

[Conservation Intl @ConservationOrg]

“If humans want to exist in nature with me... and off of me...I suggest they listen close. I’m only going to say this once. If nature isn't kept healthy, humans won't survive.”

Harrison Ford is The Ocean. #NatureIsSpeaking

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