larryneufeld

@larryneufeld@mstdn.ca

Organizer for change on #sustainability, #democracy, #renewables, #basicincome and fighting the #climatecrisis. Also at @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social

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larryneufeld, to random

“As world oil prices have come down, oil and gas profit margins have remained high, and Canadians still continue to pay more. Clearly, price gouging by big oil companies is a major factor in the high prices at the pumps.” https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/04/01/news/ndp-calls-inquiry-oil-and-gas-price-gouging

larryneufeld, to climate

World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds #fossilfuels #emissions #ClimateCrisis https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/28/oil-and-gas-fossil-fuels-report?CMP=share_btn_url

larryneufeld, to Canada

A new study has found Canada’s Big Banks gouge $7.7 billion out of Canadians every year in excessive fees that UK and Australian banks don’t charge! We need to end the gouging by banks in Canada! https://democracywatch.ca/campaigns/bank-accountability-campaign/

larryneufeld, to climate

Sask Party govt is putting more into crop insurance & fighting but no big investments to help reduce , move us off fossil fuels or create long term solutions to fight impacts on . Just acting reactively is not solving a problem
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/sask-budget-2024-25-climate-change-1.7154688

larryneufeld, to Hydrogen

This could be a game changer for hydrogen as a fuel source
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Plastic-Waste-Becomes-Clean-Hydrogen-Goldmine.html

larryneufeld, to Palestine

“Israeli forces carried out indiscriminate attacks, killing and injuring civilians, and in some cases that we documented, … entire families were wiped out,” says Amnesty International researcher Budour Hassan https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/25/palestine_amnesty_international

larryneufeld, to Palestine

The West's double standards are once again on display in Israel and Palestine https://theconversation.com/the-wests-double-standards-are-once-again-on-display-in-israel-and-palestine-215759?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

larryneufeld, to Netherlands

A lesson on how to kick the habit: The dash away from gas: how the Netherlands kicked a big fossil fuel habit https://rapidtransition.org/stories/the-dash-away-from-gas-how-the-netherlands-kicked-a-big-fossil-fuel-habit/

larryneufeld, to Canada

A lesson for #Canada. Ensure #energytransition costs are fair, equitable and well communicated otherwise the right wing will weaponize them to their advantage #heatpumps #Germany #ClimateAction https://www.politico.eu/article/robert-lambrou-alternative-for-germany-heat-pump-election-climate-change/

larryneufeld, to Canada

The CPC & Pierre Poilievre would like us to put the blame elsewhere and not on corps: High prices are caused by corporate greed, not taxes https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/10/04/opinion/high-prices-corporate-greed-not-taxes

larryneufeld, to Canada

Trans Mountain is a dumpster fire that the federal govt is still pushing along when it should be pulling out of it https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/09/18/trans-mountain-critics-say-regulatory-filings-confirm-earlier-fears-about-billions-in-unrecovered-costs/397574/

larryneufeld, to Canada

Wolves in sheep's clothing: Poilievre’s ‘anti-elite’ Tories stack top council with corporate lobbyists https://breachmedia.ca/pierre-poilievre-conservatives-stack-council-corporate-lobbyists/

larryneufeld, to Canada

A rebranding to help camouflage its bad record: SNC Lavalin rebrands to AtkinsRealis in effort to shed parts of past https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/snc-lavalin-rebrands-to-atkinsrealis-in-effort-to-shed-parts-of-past

larryneufeld, to climate

This is going to become increasingly more common with #ClimateChange with more diseases appearing that were once found only in more warmer climates #diseases #Mosquitos #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/why-insect-transmitted-illnesses-are-emerging-threats-in-canada-and-beyond-1.6959492

larryneufeld, to climate

Canada needs a dedicated agency that can deploy personnel rapidly to disasters. Current defense spending could be redirected into this rather than wasting on excursions overseas to project military power with the United States
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/former-general-says-canadian-army-needs-new-disaster-response-force-1.6955373

larryneufeld, to climate

Water & food supplies under threat with the . Govts need to treat this as an all hands on deck rather than just playing at while still supporting . https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/05/climate-crisis-could-contribute-to-a-global-food-shortage-by-2050-us-special-envoy-on-food-security-warns?CMP=share_btn_tw

larryneufeld, to random

This sounds like pushing the view that we will always need to be using some fossil fuels. That would be a failure on to do that: COP28 host UAE says fossil fuels needed in energy transition: envoy https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/COP28-host-UAE-says-fossil-fuels-needed-in-energy-transition-envoy

larryneufeld, to climate

Workers need to be protected by legislation that addresses heat stress & heat-related illnesses. are not going to be disappearing with & workers lives & health are on the line
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/temperatures-heat-workers-risk-1.6936851

larryneufeld, to climate

Economic models have ignored tipping points, rainfall changes and indoor work, leading them to under-estimate climate change’s economic damage https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/08/08/economics-climate-threat-models/

larryneufeld, to Health

Cooling needs to be a basic health requirement for a landlord to provide in addition to heating. Govt legislation needs to be brought up to date to reflect this https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/21/Renters-Air-Conditioner-Wars/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=240723

larryneufeld, to Canada

The Saskatchewan is blowing away the country in methane emissions: Without action, unreported methane pollution from Saskatchewan could threaten Canada’s climate goals and create more fallout from climate change https://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2023/07/13/without-action-unreported-methane-pollution-from-saskatchewan-could-threaten-canadas-climate-goals-and-create-more-fallout-from-climate-change/?utm_source=CK+Weekly+Roundup&utm_campaign=0dcc051b13-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_25_08_45_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d1cdc778b8-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

larryneufeld, to BasicIncome

This is a mess the federal govt could have avoided by just turning CERB into a national program.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadians-cra-court-cerb-1.6904293

larryneufeld,

@cazabon UBI Works actually did some great work on answering those questions. Can find their information here: https://www.ubiworks.ca/groweconomy#:~:text=Basic%20Income%20could%20grow%20our,900%2C000%20jobs%20in%2025%20years.

Basic Income Canada also did their own report on Basic Income: https://basicincomecanada.org/policy_options/

There are a few different ways to go on Basic Income but it's certainly doable and would be beneficial to have such a national income support program.

larryneufeld,

@cazabon As for the argument against it hurting the work ethic there are good arguments to be found that counter that: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/20/15821560/basic-income-critiques-cost-work-negative-income-tax

larryneufeld,

@cazabon Real world example seen in Alaska (where they have their own program that's like basic income) that it hasn't caused a massive downshift in people working. Part time work actually increased by 17 percent: https://futurism.com/basic-income-part-time-work

Stockton, California a similar impact with an increased number of people working with their basic income experiment: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/973653719/california-program-giving-500-no-strings-attached-stipends-pays-off-study-finds

Two examples but similarly elsewhere having basic income style programs also hasn't caused massive unemployment.

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