Accepting, Avoiding, and Talking About Collapse

Our best hope for survival is ‘too drastic‘. “The climate system is not stopping you [hitting the Paris talks target], global society is stopping you.”

That’s why the Alberta Premier gets away with saying the right thing here, but does the exact opposite in practice. $23M spent badmouthing BC environmentalists and scientists who want an end to new pipelines.

Sure she can, remember #FromTheInbox, and the ongoing multi million dollars of propaganda currently running ads against BC?

— John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) January 16, 2019

“The message of this new study is loud and clear: act now or see the last chance for a safer climate future ebb away.” https://t.co/hXp5C7bPsO #ClimateEmergency #Ecosocialism #GreenNewDeal #cdnpoli

— Derrick O'Keefe (@derrickokeefe) January 16, 2019

We’re undergoing a collapse of insects and life support systems of our planet. There’s one good newspaper in Canada talking about this news, and drawing the connections.

“When insects disappear, so do other animals. The population of one dazzling green bird that eats almost nothing but insects, the Puerto Rican tody, dropped by 90%.”

'“I am releasing this paper immediately, directly, because I can’t wait any longer in exploring how to learn the implications of the social collapse we now face,” explained the author Dr Bendell'#1o5C #ClimateBreakdown #FoodSecurity #MentalHealth #IPCC
https://t.co/dDhsZxpJrz

— Rebecca Burnell (@Beccabluesky) December 19, 2018

The most difficult "The Talk" with kids these days has gone from discussion of puberty and sexuality, to now discussing if they'll have an ecosystem to live in when they grow up.#climatechange https://t.co/GT6j7Jldcb

— John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) January 16, 2019

"Burnout and Despair: Studying the Climate" | Full segment from tonight's edition of @TheAgenda with Steve Paikin (@SPaikin) on @TVO: https://t.co/4XsibMSJ8f

— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) January 16, 2019

Hi @ThangamMP I just wanted to say that I have no aspiration for my future after my Geography degree because life on Earth is collapsing faster than my dreams of helping fix this. Please can you tell the government this is how many young people feel. https://t.co/HUCUodchFq

— alice brown (@alicebrown94) January 15, 2019

12 Years Left and Over $200B to Fund

We have less than 12 years left to kick the oil bums out.

The oil bums have left us with hundreds of billions of dollars in liabilities, while claiming our economy would fall apart without their borrowing of money to destroy our climate and air quality.

 

Banff Is For The Birds

While the family was picking out candy in the shop behind me, I was watching the birds, and the people go by. Then the birds started going, on the people. Bye!

 

Magpie 1, Man’s jacket 0.

Your Alberta Propaganda

WARNING: The following blog post contains government propaganda (literally). Reading it may cause a warped sense of reality, and loss of your bearings.

It’s repulsive that @YourAlberta Government is paying for this propaganda promoted tweet https://twitter.com/KeepCanWorking/status/996165558822465545 … They sound like a Trudeau Liberal, ‘The money from destroying the earth from selling oil and gas will pay for renewable energy transitions on the dead Earth…’

There, I fixed it for you! #stopKM #bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/P6R3L4EHE0

— andyJH (@ajhtweeting) May 27, 2018

ADDED:

The Liberals have one thing to say about Kinder Morgan. And they say it over and over again.

Elizabeth May explains why it's simply not true.

Join our campaign to stop this pipeline: https://t.co/2zrOlWVZ9f pic.twitter.com/kHr1k67D74

— Green Party Canada (@CanadianGreens) May 28, 2018

"If Kinder Morgan pulls out, there are PLENTY OF OTHER INVESTORS ready to take this project forward!" – Bill Morneau https://t.co/JcFvMspgni

— Kai Nagata 🇨🇦 (@kainagata) May 28, 2018

Layin’ Pipe

Wanda's having relationship troubles…because she's just not that into #pipelines:https://t.co/V8ppUMFnTd

RT if you can identify with Wanda. #StopKM #NotPipelines#cdnpoli #bcpoli #WaterIsLife #NoMeansNo pic.twitter.com/1zCvBAA1Sf

— Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) February 15, 2018

From reality:
Are you sure this wasn't speaking to the #WaterProtectors, and a CC to your email?
A pipeline is expedient, and not correct if we hope to survive #climatechange.

— Saskboy (@saskboy) February 14, 2018

Nathan Cullen’s Electoral Reform tour stop in Regina

@gtlem @pau1234la @Erin_Weir @nathancullen Here's the good one he took, and got @Carla4Lakeview in the background. pic.twitter.com/o9q29JLDA4

— Saskboy (@saskboy) May 26, 2017

Room filling up at Knox-Met for @nathancullen #ERRE #KeepYourPromise tour#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/tM3a5IWgBa

— Saskboy (@saskboy) May 26, 2017

Sustainable Fossil Fuel Myths

I think the Fossil Fuel industry isn’t going to manage to sustain their myths. They say things that a kid with a 5th grade education should figure out are not true.

Burning natural gas is not sustainable. It’s a fossil fuel. It will run out, and it produces waste gas that contributes to climate change. Yet their project engineer Keith says it produces, “sustainable electricity that is reliable and also good for the environment.”

I looked this place up, and it looks like it would be a terrifically efficient natural gas power plant. Unfortunately it still isn’t sustainable, and does not produce renewable energy. I flew over the site west of Edmonton in February and looked it up to figure out if it was coal or natural gas they were burning. It’s not really clear to me what’s causing that smoke.

Saskatchewan is familiar with Premier Wall pushing the incorrect idea that burning fossil fuels is “sustainable”.

@DavidPatersonca Yes, the Premier went on last month to call coal "renewable" and "safe". No one in daily media has called him out for it.

— Saskboy (@saskboy) March 19, 2017

@PremierBradWall it's beyond absurd for you to claim coal/oil as sustainable.@ctvregina @CBCSask @leaderpost, did any of you cover this?

— John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) February 24, 2017