Halifax ExaminerBike lanes don’t cause congestion, cars do
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/bike-lanes-dont-cause-congestion-cars-do/
By @sflkirk
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Sara FL Kirk
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Professor of Health Promotion, Distinguished Research Professor and Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute at Dalhousie University, Kjipuktuk (Halifax). Settler from the UK, studying how we create supportive environments for chronic disease prevention. Passionate about #Health, #Wellbeing, #HealthEquity, #WeightBias, #Cycling, #Sustainability, #ClimateAction, #BikeTooter, #CarFree. She/her
Evelyne de LeeuwIn a time where nation-states seem to crumble and fail to stand together for global health, solidarity, and equity, we wrote three pieces on how cities will take ecosystems and humanity forward:
https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/series/infrastructure-city-diplomacy-and-health
Tim BousquetMore public money for EverWind: this time a $22.5 million federal grant for tugboats to move around green hydrogen that doesn’t exist https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/green-hydrogen/more-public-money-for-everwind-this-time-a-22-5-million-federal-grant-for-tugboats-to-move-around-green-hydrogen-that-doesnt-exist/ by @jbaxter
More public money for EverWind: this time a $22.5 million federal grant for tugboats to move around green hydrogen that doesn’t exist
EverWind Fuels continues to rake in the public dollars for its proposed green hydrogen facility in Point Tupper, despite the fact that there are growing doubts that there is any market for green hydrogen from Atlantic Canada. The most recent funding — $22.5 million — came last month from Transport Canada’s Green Shipping Corridor Program. […]
The War on Cars“We don't right now have any information about who put them up. We do know that they're very professionally designed signs. They're very large. They're very well done. So someone went to a lot of trouble to put these large signs up.”
https://www.cpr.org/2024/11/21/boulder-explicit-traffic-safety-signs/
Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhDJanessa is my dear friend, and her father was killed while biking less than two months ago. I think about them every day.
#OttBike
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe🔋 At COP29, six countries pledged to 6x their energy storage by 2030, while in the U.S., battery capacity has grown to the equivalent of 20 nuclear reactors in just four years.
😡 COP29 has at least 1,770 fossil fuel lobbyists in attendance, 123 with badges from the host country.
💡 Where you bank matters. $1000 in a fossil-fuel-investing bank can have the same carbon impact as a cross-country flight—every year.
Read more: https://www.talkingclimate.ca/p/put-your-money-where-your-values
Tern BicyclesWhile the cars crawl, the Tern GSD flies. No need for traffic updates when the only delay is another bike in the lane. School pickup just got a serious upgrade.
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#LeaveTheCarAtHome #GSD #TernBicycles #Tern #TernBikes #SchoolRun
Alleged ‘routine forgery’ case dismissed https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/subscribers-only/alleged-routine-forgery-case-dismissed/ by Jennifer Henderson
Is the sky bluer on the other side? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/is-the-sky-bluer-on-the-other-side/ Morning File by @philmoscovitch
Premier Tim Houston’s expense claims leave questions about his March 2024 New York trip unanswered https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/green-hydrogen/premier-tim-houstons-expense-claims-leave-questions-about-his-march-2024-new-york-trip-unanswered/ by @jbaxter
