Snowshadow

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

Protections that could cool workers on a warming planet

"If we're going to fight climate change, we obviously need to address the [impact of] climate change on the most vulnerable populations. And that is service workers and outdoor workers and immigrant workers: they're going to be the first to be impacted,”

#News #ClimateChange #HumanRights #Health

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/22/news/heat-dome-labour-CUPE

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Are you travelling to the US with a dog???🐶 🐕

Then you need to know this new border crossing rule from the CDC

New U.S. border rules for dog owners...
"As of Aug. 1, all dogs entering the U.S. will need a form signed by a vet within 30 days of travel time"

#News #Travel #USA #Canada #Dogs #Pets
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/cdc-border-dogs-rabies-veterinarians-1.7208074?cmp=rss

DocAtCDI, 18 days ago to random

You’ve really gotta hand it to short people...

Because they usually can’t reach it anyway.

( Send hatemail to @OldWhiteCISJackass )

TonyStark, 18 days ago to random

Saying “I support the right of Jewish people to exist” is already a little weird to me since I don’t see that as questionable (guess it is for some) but it definitely sounds bad if you add a “but” on the end. That’s not as supportive as you think it is, people who keep saying it.

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

Cumberland House, Sask., has limited access to food, supplies, while Highway 123 is a 'muddy road,'
"Community is running low on groceries with poor road conditions cutting them off from the rest of Sask."
"Despite being the oldest community in Saskatchewan, Laura said they can't "get the services that other communities get".

"Where is Premier Scott Moe driving up and down our highway? This should not be happening in 2024. It's absolutely horrible,"

#News #Indigenous
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/highway-123-to-cumberland-house-just-a-muddy-road-1.7209393

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

Small island states hail ocean court victory on greenhouse gases

"Ruling says countries' targets for cutting greenhouse emissions must be set based on best available science"
"Small island nations with scant economic power but vulnerable to climate change have long felt neglected by successive global summits where pledges to cut carbon emissions have fallen far short of the minimum for limiting the worst effects of global warming."
#News ClimateCrisis #HumanRights
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/maritime-court-climate-change-1.7210270

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

🚨 ⚠️ 🚨 ⚠️ 🚨 ⚠️
Here is yet another example as a reminder:
If your bank "contacts you" DO NOTHING until you have phoned your bank to check on the validity of the contact.

"$100K sent to wrong bank account in EMAIL SCAM"

Please Boost-thanks.

#News #Internet #Scam #Email #Banking #Crime #Security

https://globalnews.ca/news/10515102/bc-100k-email-scam-shuswap/

TonyStark, 18 days ago to random

The PACT Act has provided more than 1 million veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and toxic substances the healthcare benefits needed to live a life of dignity.

I also remember watching Republican lawmakers high-fiving one another for voting down this bill. #BothPartiesAreNotTheSame

Biden set to travel to New Hampshire to announce milestone in PACT Act:
https://www.msnbc.com/way-too-early/watch/biden-set-to-travel-to-new-hampshire-to-announce-milestone-in-pact-act-211295813938

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

Canada’s Big Five banks are still infiltrated by fossil fuel directors

🧵 1/?

"Canada’s largest banks are deeply entrenched in fossil fuels, having pumped at least $1.2 trillion into the sector since the Paris Agreement was signed in late 2015. But it’s not just their investments and lending that are increasingly under scrutiny –– it’s their leadership, too."
(continued below)

#News #Finance #FossilFuel #ClimateCrisis

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/21/investigations/canadas-big-banks-are-still-infiltrated-fossil-fuel-directors

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

An excellent article about the TMP:

"The Trans Mountain Pipeline is open and it's costing me sleep"

"While Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued an uncharacteristically gracious news release “to thank the federal government for seeing this project through,” P.M. Justin Trudeau was nowhere around to bask in that gratitude. Nor were any Liberal ministers. It’s almost like they’re not proud of what they have done."

#News #FossilFuels #Politics #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/21/opinion/trans-mountain-pipeline-open-and-its-costing-me-sleep

shoq, 18 days ago to random

In bygone eras, a single book or article could create firestorms of public attention on some issue or event. Now, sensational notice is such an everyday thing, and the public is so numb to it, I’m not sure any matters of fact can ever be surfaced or trusted widely enough to change the course of anything, except thru random serendipity. That worries me. Often.

GottaLaff, 18 days ago to Russia

⚠️AFP-

#Russia announces start of tactical nuclear weapons drills near #Ukraine

Snowshadow, 19 days ago to news

🚒 Fire-proofing an entire city: How Yukon is working to protect its capital

Work began in 2020 on a fuel break intended to be a permanent line of defence against wildfire from the south

#News #ClimteCrisis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/whitehorse-firebreak-construction-wildfire-risk-1.7206428

Snowshadow, 19 days ago to news

📢 🚨 An important announcement from the federal 🇨🇦 government about how to track and keep informed about air quality in your area.

This article has details; please take the time to read it.

🔥 💨 🔥 Wildfires: Changes are coming to better inform people about smoke hazards

Environment Canada hopes several changes being made this year will improve how air quality-related health risks are communicated

Please boost: thanks.

#News #Wildfire #ClimateCrisis
https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/wildfires-changes-are-coming-to-better-inform-people-about-smoke-hazards

shoq, 20 days ago to random

We need to face facts: society has always had haves and have nots. It applies not just to wealth and opportunity, but critical thinking and inclinations toward civility and decency, too. The whole goal of “progressive government” was to aspire to level the playing field for everyone. We’ve now raised 2.5 generations who feel entitled to that outcome, but the far-right has proven how easily that aspiration can be gutted, leaving only grievance for being denied, and a precise recipe for fascism.

GottaLaff, 20 days ago to random

Via Lisa Rubin:

What is supposed to be a holding room for a former president’s security has, at their own admission, become a de facto campaign HQ . . . in a government building.

Olivia Nuzzi:

The #Trump campaign has moved its operational headquarters from West Palm Beach to a holding room inside Manhattan criminal court.

susankayequinn, 20 days ago to climate

Summer is almost upon us, and Canada is already on fire, so I guess it's time to share this again: my guide to the dangers of smoke, why you really don't want to breathe it, and how to get your air purifier situation set up before the smoke comes.

#ClimateCrisis #wildfire #smoke
https://susankayequinn.com/2023/07/a-note-on-wildfire-smoke-from-an-aerosol-scientist.html

Snowshadow, 20 days ago to random

🤔 🤔 Excuses Trump will have for avoiding the debate with Biden....

Any ideas??
Feel free to add your thoughts, please...

1. Gag order

2. I need a nap

3. Media is unfair

4. Biden won't allow my friend and supporter Mike Johnson and his friends set up a cheering section in the front row

5. Biden won't let me use cue cards

#Trump #Biden #Debate

shoq, 21 days ago to random

It doesn’t matter how bad a person you are (or how many bad people you enable). You’ll always be accepted by the cable news industry if they can monetize you properly.

Snowshadow, 21 days ago to random

@TonyStark

Am I misunderstanding something? Since when are non-citizens allowed to vote in US elections? Is this theatrics?

H.R. 192: To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr192