Are we really prepared for the effects of climate change in Canada, from fires to drought? @zerocarbon covers climate for the National Observer and brings his perspective today on The Bridge.
Listen at noon EST on @CanadaTalks167, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Off to a Sizzling Start @zerocarbon on how we have just experienced a 12-month period of more than 1.5 C, five of the deadliest wildfires in the planet have occurred this year, the most recent took over a hundred lives in Chile last week with hundreds still missing. 70 per cent of Canada is currently classified as “Abnormally Dry” or in “Moderate to Exceptional Drought,” including 81 per cent of agricultural lands. In a ray of hope, Europe got more electricity from wind than from gas last year. https://t.co/rYgmqI6ETj
Climate deniers are going to have an increasingly hard time reconciling our shared reality…
Weather whiplash.
Latest climate news roundup from @zerocarbon https://t.co/gpukKFG06S
Prairie premiers weaponizing winter.
Excellent weekly climate news roundup from @zerocarbon, with a feature on how the rhetoric of “new denial” seeks to “undermine confidence in solutions to climate change” and the credibility of experts. https://t.co/mQG2ta2puW
In the face of accelerating natural disasters and the slow state of climate negotiations, new diplomatic efforts to rein in fossil fuels are being developed.
Latest piece unpacks the role and potential of @fossiltreaty https://t.co/PWSarsAlGp
Fantastic column as always from @zerocarbon. Today he's unpacking (among other things) what we've seen play out at COP28 so far. https://t.co/R3avSFlH6W
As always, great Sunday column with the week's climate news from @zerocarbon:
"The Earth flicked briefly into the terrible twos this month."
2 days above 2 degrees. Some highlights... https://t.co/MIrIunY8Et via @NatObserver
This week's climate round-up from @zerocarbon: Includes a look at why & how EVs are taking off, and a shout-out to our national poll on the Youth Climate Corps.
One green glimmer https://t.co/dxhbUdbBG7 via @NatObserver
There is a ton of misinformation in my replies so here is a primer on permafrost carbon. Permafrost stores a HUGE amount of carbon because ancient life took up CO2, built biomass, then died. That organic matter (~50% C) slowly accrued in Earth's best freezer for 1000s of yrs. 1/
Heat pumps are "as close to magic as things get in the climate world"
and
"they’re outlandishly, even perplexingly, efficient".
Well said @zerocarbon @NatObserver!
And honoured to be called "one of Europe’s heat pump gurus" 😄
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“The transition to clean energy is happening worldwide and it’s unstoppable,” says IEA chief Fatih Birol.
Read @zerocarbon 's Featured Story "Golden Age of Gas. C'est Fini.", here:
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#climatenews#climateupdate#renewableenergy
Big news out of Montreal - a ban on new gas hookups for most new buildings.
Cities can be leaders in the fight against #climatechange, and they're right to target #fossil gas for its impacts on our health and our climate.
@aqme_qc@CAPE_ACME
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Golden age of gas. C’est fini. @zerocarbon on Montreals new gas ban, the @IEA heralding the end of gas, the multimillion dollar PR effort by the gas industry (and Alberta government) to fear monger & slow progress & more. #cdnpoli https://t.co/ha88DSvbzA