Notices by Bentley (bentley@canada.masto.host)

World way off target in tackling
#ClimateChange - UN https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8yyle2eq2o
#COP29

"Yes, we can still stop the worst effects of climate change. Here's why"
by #MichaelEMann
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/yes-we-can-still-stop-the-worst-effects-of-climate-change-heres-why

"Welcome to the American #petrostate" by #MichaelEMann #Climate #COP29 https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/welcome-to-the-american-petrostate/

Your regular reminder that unless we bill the folks that lied about #ClimateChange for half a century while profiting mightily from it then it falls upon taxpayers to pay more & more for the increasingly expensive #ClimateDisasters #BigOil ALWAYS KNEW were coming.

#Climate #Spain

Yeah so today would be a GREAT day to donate to the Calgary Climate Hub #yyc #Climate

https://www.rawstory.com/serious-risk-of-vital-ocean-current-collapse-by-2100-warn-scientists/

"Recent polling shows that 70% of US voters support making oil and gas companies pay their fair share for these fossil fuel-driven catastrophes. What are we waiting for?" #SueBigOil #BigOil #Helene #Milton #Climate https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/make-polluters-pay

Planting trees in cities sounds simple. Here's why the Forest Service is spending $1.5 billion on it. #Trees #Climate https://grist.org/cities/secret-solution-biden-climate-law-urban-trees/?ref=fixthenews.com

*I* know where the money'll come from. Same place every climate disaster dollar comes from: taxpayers & the victims. So shall it always be until we hold the industry that lied about #ClimateChange for ~1/2 a century & profited mightily from it #SueBigOil https://grist.org/extreme-weather/hurricane-helene-flood-damage-cost-insurance/

#Helene and other storms dumped 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South
#Climate https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/helene-and-other-storms-dumped-40-trillion-gallons-of-rain-on-the-south

#BigOil companies sold the public on a fake #climate solution — and swindled taxpayers out of billions #CarbonCapture #CCS https://www.vox.com/climate/363076/climate-change-solution-shell-exxon-mobil-carbon-capture

E-bike incentives prove to be worth the investment - A rebate program for e-bikes significantly reduced car travel and carbon emissions, according to a new UBC study. https://news.ubc.ca/2024/04/e-bike-incentives-prove-to-be-worth-the-investment/

And who will pay for it all? Because up to now it's fallen entirely upon ther world's taxpayers and NOT the people that lied about it and profited enormously from it #SueBigOil

#BigOil's comeuppance is an inevitable thing. How many more #Jasper*s it will take I couldn't tell you but it IS inevitable. If any car company KNOWINGLY sells killer cars with non-functional seatbelts or that leak carbon monoxide into its passengers then THEY. GOTTA. PAY.

https://theconversation.com/as-wildfires-become-more-frequent-and-intense-how-will-persistent-smoke-exposure-affect-long-term-health-233631

Simple: we made the world hotter. Turned our forests into increasingly effective wildfire fuel which means more towns & cities are in increasingly grave danger. Means we breathe more (and more toxic) smoke because of it. Longer we avoid addressing it, worse it gets. /13
#Jasper #Climate

The fix to this, the wickedest of problems we've ever faced, is simple too: #TaxTheBillionaires & #SueBigOil. Every cent we'll ever need is right there for the taking. No, really. They lied to us about it, they made gobs of $ on it, we're on fire so now they gotta pay. Easy /14 https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/suing-fossil-fuel-companies/

Canada (yes even Alberta) has a strong majority supporting #ClimateAction but we don't act like a majority. We'll have to if we want our leaders to work for our interests rather than their already very rich friends. How many more #Jaspers do YOU want to see, let alone pay for? /16
#Jasper

Beware of politicians cynically co-opting things like #JasperStrong, especially if their only climate "policy" is #AxeTheTax. It's like #ThoughtsAndPrayers from NRA-funded US politicians after mass-shootings. Ask instead how they'll turn the heat down. /17

Always known/preventable but there was just too much $ to be made by our richest people, industries & their gov lackeys. That's who needs to pay for it all if, like me, you don't think it should be the taxpayer, who's paid the ENTIRE bill thus far. /18
#Jasper #SueBigOil #abpoli #cdnpoli #Wildfire

Speaking of #Jasper's #TeachableMoments quite a lot of Canada's national media are #climate disasters all on their own. This is an actual #GlobeAndMail headline 🙃

The Climate equivalent of one of Canada's supposed top newspapers advising lung cancer victims to not quit smoking, just get more exercise. Disastrously bad stuff. The best that can be said about it is it's behind a paywall so at least nobody will read it /19
#abpoli #cdnpoli #wildfire

Speaking of walking #Climate disasters you really have to perform #Olympic-level somersaults not to mention Climate at all in this article but David Staples is indeed a man who can perform somersaults in his longterm role of NOT covering the greatest challenge of our time /20

#abpoli #Jasper #wildfire

With nary a #ThoughtsAndPrayers for the victims of #Jasper & a hearty wink/nod to the Great #CarbonCapture Boondoggle, it's abundantly clear Canada's largely foreign-owned #BigOil companies don't care how much of Canada burns. We'll have to stop them. You get that right? /22