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How long until Eby is on the board of a fossil fuel company? #bcpoli

One of my big frustrations with David Eby is he cancelled a highly effective, partially revenue neutral carbon tax just because the feds did so (Québec didn’t), leaving a big hole in our provincial finances, only to be annihilated in an unnecessary election 1.5 years later. Excellent legacy.

Will anyone—anyone at all—ask Trump about the rape allegations published in an official report by the House Judiciary Democrats? Or will he continue to escape accountability for his violence?

"We are at a historical crossroads: Battleground B.C. or reconciliation through the principles and road map of the Declaration Act." Grand Chief Stewart Phillip www.ubcic.bc.ca/fnlc_calls_f...

One Chart That Explains The 2026 B.C. Election

Shachi Kurl just made a great Freudian slip in her CBC commentary on the BC Conservatives "as they focused on the chemtrail...i mean campaign trail" #bcpoli

MIND-BLOWING STATS: A record two-thirds of new cars in China are now electric (NEVs*), while combustion-car sales have fallen by two-thirds since they peaked in 2017 – In 2020, ~95% of sales were combustion-engine cars – By Sep 2026, they crashed to 33% – On the flip side, NEVs hit a record 67% 🧵

What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

My sister-in-law was in a road rage incident this morning, two angry giant guys got mad at her and drove her to the side of the road, cut her off and started screaming at her and my niece. My brother came to get her out, and then the RCMP showed up and accused her of being drunk (because Native)...

1,000 Individual Days over 1.5°C of Global Warming! #ClimateChange #GlobalBoiling Disclaimer: Trends are solid, but exact numbers are sensitive to assumptions.

It’s taking a long time for people to wake up to the fact that these platforms are not public forums but privately owned companies with terrible agendas and total control. If you lay down with these dogs…

Go see Musk Documentary. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

Police: "This work includes examining the movements of the involved vehicle on the Tsawwassen Mills property before the pedestrians were struck, including an earlier collision." 👀 There's no mainstream media account of this earlier collision, yet they all went with the "medical emergency" narrative

These numbers are pretty stunning. "LNG demand across South Asia, which had been projected to grow by 2.7 million tonnes (Mt), or 7%, in 2026.... is now expected to decline by around 6 Mt and the outlook beyond 2026 has been materially downgraded"

🇩🇰 Denmark (Private) - September 26 - BEV Trajectory 97.3% BEV 0.1% PHEV 2.6% ICE Trailing 12 months are: 94.4% BEV 0.7% PHEV 4.8% ICE Graphs are available in the Gallery: https://leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gallery/

#bcpoli

Be one with the monkey. Let that horse play.

I know the main headline here is PQ back in power and possibly a referendum to follow, but the 1a headline is absolutely that first past the post is not a great fit for politics in Quebec (and other provinces) at the moment.

🇬🇧 UK - September 26 - BEV Trajectory 28.3% BEV 17.0% PHEV 54.7% ICE (of which 13.1%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 26.5% BEV 13.6% PHEV 59.8% ICE (of which 13.6%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: https://leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gallery/

Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...

The less nice looking downloadable GIF. It's really more ideal the web.

My favourite overview of who transitions how fast to battery electric vehicles. Observations: 1. The slower transitioning countries are those that start to transition later. 2. The fast transitioning countries are generally from Asia or South America, while North America is abysmally slow

🇮🇪 Ireland - September 26 - BEV Trajectory 49.3% BEV 16.8% PHEV 33.9% ICE (of which 15.4%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 27.7% BEV 15.3% PHEV 57.0% ICE (of which 25.1%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...

🇵🇹 Portugal - September 26 - BEV Trajectory 47.7% BEV 15.4% PHEV 36.9% ICE (of which 17.6%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 29.0% BEV 15.5% PHEV 55.5% ICE (of which 24.5%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: https://leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gallery/

This is the third incident of a car driving through a residential school march in the last 5 years. Oddly high number of coincidences. When they drove through the one I was at, the police minimized and excused that one at first too. So I'd be curious what this investigation will actually show.

Carney continues to repeat this incorrect and misleading line that projects weren’t being built under the previous government to justify the sweeping environmental deregulation agenda he is pursuing. But as I reported a year ago, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of projects were happening.

Unlike so many others, the @financialtimes.com nails the "OMG, 1.5℃ is gone" message: "Temperature overshoot requires urgent action" Yep. And every 0.01℃ matters. Reminds me of my NYT oped with @costasamaras.com: "The widely recited '12-year deadline' is wrong — and right." gwagner.com/12years

Seems like we should be preparing our coastal infrastructure for this in BC, too. Could get pretty bad if it coincides with a storm surge. #bcpoli #vanpoli

☀️ Firm solar plus batteries already beat LNG on price in three quarters of Asian markets planning new gas capacity. By 2030, they will outcompete LNG across the entire region. 2/4

Climate pals, what are your favorite examples of actions that simultaneously reduce climate pollution and help us adapt to climate changes that we can no longer avoid? Joint Adaptation and Mitigation (JAM), if you will.

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Thomson Reuters is a Canadian company, controlled by the Thomson family. I presume this is what Mark Carney meant when he said, "Canada Strong will help make America great again."

We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea

🇩🇰 Denmark (Industry) - June 26 - BEV Trajectory 54.2% BEV 0.5% PHEV 45.3% ICE Trailing 12 months are: 48.6% BEV 1.6% PHEV 49.8% ICE Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...

🇸🇬 Singapore - May 26 - BEV Trajectory 65.4% BEV 2.7% PHEV 31.9% ICE (of which 27.5%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 52.8% BEV 2.2% PHEV 44.9% ICE (of which 34.6%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...

🇮🇪 Ireland - June 26 - BEV Trajectory 51.0% BEV 13.3% PHEV 35.7% ICE (of which 17.7%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 23.5% BEV 15.1% PHEV 61.5% ICE (of which 25.9%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...

🇺🇾 Uruguay - June 26 - BEV Trajectory 48.8% BEV 6.5% PHEV 44.7% ICE (of which 5.9%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 38.3% BEV 3.2% PHEV 58.5% ICE (of which 8.8%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...

By @davidfickling.bsky.social "If you combine the value of public investment and public subsidies, about 59% of all money spent on the fossil fuel system came from taxpayers in 2015. By 2025, that had climbed to 68% and spiked as high as 78% in 2022." Good chart. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Solar's sharp rise continues. As of April 2026, global solar capacity now exceeds 3 terawatt. 1 gigawatt → 1 terawatt: 20+ years 1 terawatt → 2 terawatt: 33 months 2 terawatt → 3 terawatt: 19 months

In 2018, the IEA’s main scenario reckoned gas generation in Asia would grow by a third by 2025, and still be almost twice as big as solar in 2040. In fact, it has barely grown at all since 2018, and solar overtook last year.

📣LIT Pass Update 📣 We’re so close, y’all! Let’s keep the pressure on. It’s time for the province to expand the BC Bus Program to include all low-income people. Transit affordability isn’t something we can shove under the rug again. win.newmode.net/movementyvr-...

A milestone achieved on Australia's main electricity grid, the NEM. Energy discharged from utility batteries over the last 12 months now exceeds generation from peaking (OCGT) gas turbines. Those who thought batteries would only provide ancillary services now looking foolish.

"Third Way" liberal politics involves *saying* things that working people love, but *doing* things that sociopathic plutocrats love. It works ...right up until voters notice that you're not *doing* the things. That realisation breeds cynicism and fury and paves the way for fascist strongmen. 2/

"Countries are already starting to get to grips with this reality. [...] China’s state-owned oil and gas company Sinopec has already cancelled a planned expansion of an LNG import terminal. Vietnam’s Vingroup has cancelled 4.8GW of LNG-fuelled power generation."

If solar panels or heat pumps blew up entire apartment buildings as often as natural gas systems do, they would be banned tomorrow.

You can get to a high-warming world without high emissions . That's the part of this week's "RCP 8.5 is implausible" discussion that's getting missed. A short thread on why the relief is premature 🧵

Brazil’s solar generation surpassed fossil fuels in 2025, catching up with wind which outpaced fossil power three years earlier ☀️🇧🇷 🧵 1/2