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Bruce Lourie, PhD

@brucelourie

Author, speaker, low carbon economy expert, foundation president, toxic chemical and coal eliminator.

 Toronto
Joined March 2010
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Looks like it's time to abandon the sewer known as X and formerly Twitter. Crypto trolls seem to have taken over my account. See you on LinkedIn
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🚀 Launch Alert! Introducing #NewEconomyCanada, an initiative that unites business, labour and Indigenous leaders. Our mission? Speed up Canada's pace in the global decarbonized economy & maintain our competitive edge. 🌍🇨🇦 Read our press release: shorturl.at/gyLRT
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Not sure how any self-respecting climate or youth activist can attend #COP28. A complete travesty.
Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) profile pictureGuardian Environment
@guardianeco15 Nov 2023
Cop28 host UAE has world’s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicates theguardian.com/environment/…
Cop28 host UAE has world’s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicates

Cop28 host UAE has world’s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicates

State oil company’s huge expansion plans make its CEO’s role as president of UN climate summit ‘ridiculous’, say researchers

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I knew there was some use for X
World Bollard Association™ (@WorldBollard) profile pictureWorld Bollard Association™@WorldBollard8 Mar 2023
Always best to have one final check before proceeding. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Always best to have one final check before proceeding. #WorldBollardAssociation
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The wrong answer and the wrong question. It's about accelerating clean energy, not eliminating 100%
Esa Vakkilainen (@EsaVakkilainen) profile pictureEsa Vakkilainen@EsaVakkilainen11 Sep 2023
"While getting to 90% clean power should be affordable, the last 10% could cost as much again as the first 90%." quotes @MLiebreich in his blog about.bnef.com/blog/liebreic…
Liebreich: Net Zero Will Be Harder Than You Think – And Easier. Part I: Harder | BloombergNEF

Liebreich: Net Zero Will Be Harder Than You Think – And Easier. Part I: Harder | BloombergNEF

When considering the transition to a net-zero carbon economy, it is easy to swing between extremes of optimism and pessimism.

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Thank goodness! We need another planet to destroy...
NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) profile pictureNASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb11 Sep 2023
The Webb telescope has detected carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b, a potentially habitable world over 8 times bigger than Earth. Webb’s data suggests the planet might be covered in ocean, with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere: go.nasa.gov/3sGKNLe
A graphic titled “Exoplanet K2-18 b: Atmosphere Composition.” The graphic shows the spectra of the exoplanet K2-18 b from NIRISS and NIRSpec in the form of a graph, with the vertical y-axis labeled as Amount of Light Blocked and the horizontal axis labeled as Wavelength of Light (microns). The data is plotted as dots with vertical error bars. A jagged blue line running through the plot represents the best-fit model. There are semi-transparent magenta, red and green vertical columns also scattered across the plot, indicating where variations in the line represent the presence of methane, carbon dioxide, and dimethyl sulfide (combined with other molecules), respectively. Behind the graph is an illustration of the planet and star. The planet is a large fuzzy blue-ish sphere off to the right, taking up half of the background. The red star is smaller at the bottom left of the entire graphic.

ALT A graphic titled “Exoplanet K2-18 b: Atmosphere Composition.” The graphic shows the spectra of the exoplanet K2-18 b from NIRISS and NIRSpec in the form of a graph, with the vertical y-axis labeled as Amount of Light Blocked and the horizontal axis labeled as Wavelength of Light (microns). The data is plotted as dots with vertical error bars. A jagged blue line running through the plot represents the best-fit model. There are semi-transparent magenta, red and green vertical columns also scattered across the plot, indicating where variations in the line represent the presence of methane, carbon dioxide, and dimethyl sulfide (combined with other molecules), respectively. Behind the graph is an illustration of the planet and star. The planet is a large fuzzy blue-ish sphere off to the right, taking up half of the background. The red star is smaller at the bottom left of the entire graphic.

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Another day on @AirCanada, another 2 hour delay...
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Such a pain.
Hugh Raven 🇺🇦 (@HughRaven) profile pictureHugh Raven 🇺🇦@HughRaven12 Aug 2023
Latest on the #CorranFerryCrisis: ferry’s off yet again, another technical fault & further ⁦@HighlandCouncil⁩ incompetence in failing to repair our main vessel. Today it’s the Strontian Show - the top day for the local farming community. But no ferry = far fewer visitors 😡
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Arno Kopecky@arno_kopecky11 Aug 2023
The audacity, it is something. My latest for the Globe. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Opinion: Alberta’s pause on renewable energy projects is so brazen, it’s almost impressive

Opinion: Alberta’s pause on renewable energy projects is so brazen, it’s almost impressive

The UCP government’s bullheaded moratorium is profoundly short-sighted, and it has even co-opted environmentalist language for its preposterous justifications

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Mike Schreiner
@MikeSchreiner11 Aug 2023
Wow. “83 per cent of Ontarians believe there is no need to build housing on the Greenbelt and farmland to solve Ontario’s housing challenges.” #onpoli thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
Ford’s secret Greenbelt sell off was never about affordable housing

Ford’s secret Greenbelt sell off was never about affordable housing

As a leader on the Ontario Greenbelt for almost 20 years, I realize we didn’t make the Greenbelt Act strong enough. It’s not tool late to fight back.

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And that would mean Danielle Smith is totally wrong and has no understanding of the benefits of renewable power. Surely she isn't trying to mislead Albertans, who have the highest electricity rates, to support her friends in the gas industry by halting renewable power?
Bruce Lourie, PhD (@brucelourie) profile pictureBruce Lourie, PhD@brucelourie12 Aug 2023
Wait, you're not saying that natural gas based private power costs 4 times as much as public monopoly renewable power? Free market brains are going to explode....
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Wait, you're not saying that natural gas based private power costs 4 times as much as public monopoly renewable power? Free market brains are going to explode....
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So good!
Leon Simons 🌍 (@LeonSimons8) profile pictureLeon Simons 🌍
@LeonSimons89 Aug 2023
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Nice chanterelles!
Hugh Raven 🇺🇦 (@HughRaven) profile pictureHugh Raven 🇺🇦@HughRaven9 Aug 2023
August isn’t my favourite month, but with foraged food like this I might just change my mind. #Boletus #Chantarelle
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Excellent piece. When the Greenbelt Act was passed in 2005 there was as much developable land between the northern GTA boundary and southern Greenbelt boundary as in ALL existing GTA housing lands. Destroying the Greenbelt is unnecessary and the premise is a lie.
Alex Bozikovic (@alexbozikovic) profile pictureAlex Bozikovic@alexbozikovic10 Aug 2023
My take on the Greenbelt scandal: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… #onpoli #Greenbelt
More housing is no explanation for Ford’s attack on the Greenbelt

More housing is no explanation for Ford’s attack on the Greenbelt

It’s the kind of indefensible scandal that ought to bring down a government

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Wow is this ever good @garymasonglobe theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Opinion: Alberta’s freeze on renewable energy projects belongs in the hall of fame of dumb ideas

Opinion: Alberta’s freeze on renewable energy projects belongs in the hall of fame of dumb ideas

Danielle Smith continues to blame the federal Liberals for her own government’s short-sighted plans

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I keep thinking it is a lost episode of "The Twilight Zone"
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Yum!
Hugh Raven 🇺🇦 (@HughRaven) profile pictureHugh Raven 🇺🇦@HughRaven8 Aug 2023
There’s still one secret location in N Argyll from which the dedicated searcher can get a bucket of cockles - including, at two inches across, some whoppers. Spaghetti Vongole it was. Believe you me, it was good.
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"82 percent of dealerships [in Canada] have no ZEVs in stock", that doesn't sound like an EV glut to me... dunsky.com/zero-emission-veh…
Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Availability in Canada: Dunsky Updates its Cross-Country Inventory...

Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Availability in Canada: Dunsky Updates its Cross-Country Inventory...

The latest version of Dunsky’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Availability report produced for Transport Canada is now available. This report summarizes data collected in March 2022 to...

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