Bob Payne

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Husband, father, brother, uncle, geographer, environmentalist, consultant, qualitative analyst, cyclist, professor emeritus: Goderich, Ontario; born at 310.4 ppm: he/him 🇨🇦
Bob PayneJun 5
Show threadParis MarxJun 5

A sober take from @ShachiKurl of Angus Reid Institute of how Canadians are not on side with Mark Carney’s enthusiastic approach to AI or data centres.

They aren’t uninformed or illiterate; they simply experience the sides of AI the government prefers not to focus on.

#tech #ai #generativeai #politics #canada #cdnpoli

Bob PayneMay 27
atomickerMay 27

"The oil and gas industry has played the Fed. Gov. like a fiddle,” says Gretchen Fitzgerald. “Weakening industrial carbon pricing should never have been on the table in this negotiation – the only winners here are oil and gas corporations.”

(via @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social‬ on BlueSky)

https://www.sierraclub.ca/polling-industrial-carbon-pricing/

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateChange #NoPipelines

Bob PayneMay 27
Show threadKevin RussellMay 27

We demand action, loudly.

Half a million marched in Montreal with Greta for real, effective, climate action. Largest demonstration in history in Canada.

#climate #cdnpoli #ndp #lpc #environment #challenge

Bob PayneMay 22
High Country NewsMay 22

Treat water like family, not profit
https://www.hcn.org/articles/treat-water-like-family-not-profit/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into High Country News @high-country-news-HighCountryNew

Treat water like family, not profit

Federal and state approaches to managing the Colorado River – as well as land and wildlife – reflect a lack of experience.

High Country News
Bob PayneMay 21

Who really profits from Canada’s oil resources?

https://cascadianjoe.substack.com/p/foreign-goliath-who-really-profits

Foreign Goliath: Who Really Profits from Canada’s Oil Sands

The business case for Canada’s oil sands doesn’t survive contact with a spreadsheet. Here’s the math they don’t want you to run.

CascadianJoe
Bob PayneMay 11
Ron DyckMay 10

Mark Carney runs roughshod over the environment
https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/mark-carney-runs-roughshod-over-the-environment-its-worse-than-what-harper-did/article_1fa59928-a8d5-481a-896b-405c86a466d1.html

https://archive.is/lAQyN

Althia Raj: Mark Carney runs roughshod over the environment: ‘It’s worse than what Harper did’

The prime minister plans to make it easier to kill off endangered species and pollute waterways in the name of fast-tracking private-sector development projects, Althia Raj writes.

Toronto Star
Bob PayneMay 3
MongabayMay 3

The future of conservation is "listening." In Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve, a groundbreaking project is deploying advanced bioacoustics and AI to detect illegal deforestation and hunting in near-real time.

By training machine-learning models to distinguish the sound of a chainsaw or a gunshot from the dense "chatter" of one of the world's most biodiverse regions, rangers can now respond to threats with unprecedented speed.

Learn more!
👉️ https://mongabay.cc/5I26Vk 🎧️

#Mongabay

Bob PayneMar 27
MongabayMar 27

[Founder's Briefs] More data doesn’t always mean better understanding. The future of conservation lies in "precision" approaches that use diverse evidence, including Indigenous knowledge, to distinguish real impacts from environmental trends. It’s time to turn information into outcomes.

By Rhett Ayers Butler. https://mongabay.cc/LNQzf5

#News #Convservation

Plenty of biodiversity data, but too few conservation answers

  For decades, conservation has depended on a deceptively simple act: counting. Scientists tally birds along migration routes, measure forest cover from satellites, or track wildlife populations through camera traps. These numbers underpin the decisions that shape environmental policy, from protected-area planning to international biodiversity targets. Yet the system that produces them is changing quickly, […]

Conservation news
Bob PayneMar 22
Independent Media Australia.Mar 22
Environment: If people like Grace Tame can’t be ‘difficult’, who can? – speaking up as ecosystems reach breaking point https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/environment-if-people-like-grace-tame-cant-be-difficult-who-can-speaking-up-as-ecosystems-reach-breaking-point #Auspol
Environment: If people like Grace Tame can’t be ‘difficult’, who can? – speaking up as ecosystems reach breaking point

Human demand is pushing ecosystems beyond safe limits – while weak policy, unrealistic emissions targets and the silencing of dissenting voices make the crisis harder to confront.

Pearls and Irritations
Bob PayneMar 5
Ocean Playground NewsMar 5

Source: CBC #news #newfoundlandandlabrador

Ottawa agrees to cover Bay du Nord oil project's UN fees, which could hit $1B
The federal government has agreed to cover fees for a proposed deepwater oil project that could come due under a United Nations convention, drawing the ire of environmental groups who say taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing oil companies.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ottawa-bay-du-nord-9.7115558?cmp=rss

Ottawa agrees to cover Bay du Nord oil project's UN fees, which could hit $1B | CBC News

The federal government has agreed to cover fees for a proposed deepwater oil project that could come due under a United Nations convention, drawing the ire of environmental groups who say taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing oil companies.

CBC