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Two-panel campaign card of Peter Tabuns endorsing Avi Lewis for NDP leader. Quote: "Avi is the leader who can take on global heating and the billionaires that fuel it. That is why I am voting for him. I urge all New Democrats to do the same."

@petertabuns.bsky.social is a climate leader, a tireless fighter & a pillar of the Ontario NDP.

Re-elected six times, he’s spent decades fighting for families & environmental justice. His principled advocacy & commitment to his constituents embody the best of the NDP.

I'm grateful for his support!

Oil industry pushes Ottawa to use Alberta's methane math — and hide true emissions The quiet push by the Canadian industry would see federal policy rely on provincial measurements — self-reported figures that miss millions of megatonnes of the planet-warming gas as it leaks into the...

Oil industry pushes Ottawa to use Alberta's methane math — and hide true emissions.

The oil & gas corporations are unrelenting. Now they want methane regs based on their own self-reporting. God help us. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/10/n...

Up to 16 Liberals considering support for NDP's arms-control legislation | CBC News When the NDP's arms-control bill that seeks to end largely permit-free Canadian military exports to the U.S. is put to a vote on Wednesday, it could garner the support of more than a dozen Liberal MPs...

Up to 16 Liberals considering support for NDP's arms-control legislation.

Vote would mark first time some in caucus split from government line under Carney.
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Canadians are being crushed by the cost of living while those at the top hoard obscene wealth. 

We need a government with the courage to tax that wealth and invest it in what we actually need.

That’s how we build a strong, independent economy that can stand up to Trump and work for all of us.

It’s time for a reclamation boom YouTube video by Avi Lewis

Workers can’t transition to a promise or an idea — the jobs need to be waiting. Fortunately, across Alberta, tens of thousands of jobs *are* waiting if only we force oil and gas companies to clean up the mess they’ve made.

It's time for a reclamation boom.

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Voting has begun and I was excited to cast my ballot.

Avi Lewis and his team have built something powerful. They have raised a record amount in donations, brought hundreds of people together at events, and put forward a bold progressive vision that leaves no one behind and brings everyone along.

Something is shifting in Canada YouTube video by Avi Lewis

Hope is a rare and fragile thing — but it’s here. The NDP is roaring back to life with the organizing and ideas to meet this historic moment. 

Voting is now open. Cast your ballot today and join us in going all in on hope.

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For those who are members of the NDP, *voting is now open for the federal leadership!*
ICYMI 👇

1/ A desalination plant supplying drinking water to 30 villages.

A flour and starch factory.

Oil depots blanketing Tehran in thick black smoke and contaminated rain.

65 schools. 13 hospitals.

Centuries-old heritage sites.

These are the latest targets in the illegal US-Israeli assault on Iran.

Alberta, Ottawa agree on deal that would see province front its own major project reviews | CBC News Ottawa and Alberta have reached an agreement that will see the province take control of regulatory approvals for major projects, something they say will deliver those projects more expeditiously.

This agreement is AWFUL. For energy projects (of national interest), Canada will defer its responsibility for impact assessments to Alberta’s captive energy regulator (the AER), despite its legacy of putting industry profits over the public interest www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #CDNPoli #ABLeg #ABPoli

A dark and killing cloud over Tehran And over a shamed America

"This is chemical warfare," writes @billmckibben.bsky.social

A dark and killing cloud over Tehran
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1/ I was in Toronto last night to surprise my incredible mother, Michele Landsberg, as she received the Ursula Franklin award from Canadian Voice of Women for Peace.

Orange sign reading "Vote now! / Votez maintenant!" with "Lewis for leader / pour chef" campaign logo.

Voting is now open to choose the next leader of the federal NDP!

Members can cast their ballot online, by phone, or by mail.

This campaign has inspired people across the country. Now it's time to take action. Vote now and rank Avi Lewis #1!

Don't wait! Vote now: https://act.lewisforleader.ca/vote

Military miseries and bloody oil wars As the world’s biggest petrostate bombs the runner-up in fossil gas reserves (and number 3 in oil reserves), the rest of the world is looking for an alternative to carbon-fueled power as a matter of s...

"The world is caught again in the bloody tangle of war, fossil fuels and climate change. There are so many layers that we can only begin to tease them apart."

Recommended read from @chrishatch.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/09/o...

For those who are members of the NDP, *voting is now open for the federal leadership!*
ICYMI 👇

a picture of a huge, low, heavy cloud of black oil over Tehran

This is the cloud of oil currently hovering over Tehran, released when the US bombed the city's oil depots. A stew of particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, heavy metals & volatile organic compounds is raining down into the city right now. 1/2

The intensity of the Israeli bombardments in Beirut’s southern suburbs....
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

For those who are members of the NDP, voting opens tomorrow (Monday) for the federal leadership.
ICYMI 👇

For those who are members of the NDP, voting opens tomorrow (Monday) for the federal leadership.
ICYMI 👇

US +Israel now in full blown war against Iran's civilian population.
"Expect a deliberately created humanitarian catastrophe with food, water & energy shortages, hospitals destroyed...massive internal & external displacement"

Also expect Iran to retaliate likewise on Gulf
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It feels like another tipping point is being crossed rn… back-&-forth refinery strikes, Tehran in flames. Trump demanding unconditional surrender, de facto boasting of bombing Iranian desal. US & Israel are pushing Iran to fire everything it has at the region’s weakest links. Unimaginably dangerous.

Now think about an EV instead. The sun produces energy by fusing hydrogen atoms into helium. It travels 93 million miles in about eight minutes and 20 seconds (seven seconds more when our orbit takes us furthest away). Those photons then strike the silicon atoms in a photovoltaic panel, knocking loose electrons that produce a stream of direct current electricity; an inverter, now usually contained in the panel, converts that to AC power, which can be pumped directly into the battery of an EV where the motor uses electromagnetism to create a rotating magnetic field in a stator, which spins the inner rotor to propel the car. There are about 20 moving parts in the engine, and it is 80 to 90 percent efficient. There is no exhaust and almost no noise. That’s it. And if you poured those electrons into an e-bike instead of an EV, it’s even better: a penny’s worth of power is good for three miles or so. The same principles apply to electric buses, electric ferries, and so on.

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth
None of them through the Strait of Hormuz"

Top @billmckibben.bsky.social post here

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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

California’s solar and batteries can now produce almost twice the constant output, day and night, as its nuclear plant, at the same reliability as the nuclear plant

- but faster, cheaper, cleaner, and safer than the nuclear plant

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Not only is it illegal, destructive, deadly & destabilizing, it is costing $1 billion per day. Imagine the peace, justice, equality & genuine security that could be forged with just one day’s worth of war.

Sharing my latest newsletter out today. This one includes some fun political history. Explains why I’m off to the federal NDP convention at the end of the month (my first political convention in 31 years!) & why I believe Avi is the leader the NDP needs 🧵...

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Seven US Regime Change Wars, Ranked by Disastrousness Trump has killed Iran's supreme leader and is demanding 'unconditional surrender.' But history tells us that US-led regime change efforts abroad almost never bring positive results.

Seven US Regime Change Wars, Ranked by Disastrousness
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Here's is Avi's visionary plan for party renewal. Check it out 👇

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth None of them through the Strait of Hormuz

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth, none of them through the Straight of Hormuz.

Great new piece by @billmckibben.bsky.social comparing fossil fuel inefficiency to solar efficiency.
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‘If they don’t stop, Tehran will turn into Gaza’: Iranians describe night of terror People tell of scenes of panic during airstrikes on Iran’s capital, with several saying they feared they would die

“We are trapped between the regime that is killing us with machine guns, and a foreign power has likely decided that we are collateral damage.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...