Past Team Lead, Climate Emergency Unit; author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency"; columnist w/ Canada's National Observer; former social justice think tank director https://www.sethklein.ca https://sethdklein.substack.com
Kudos to @onecityvan.bsky.social councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social for having the courage of her convictions. The others were weather-vanes on this one. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Real estate: Vancouver council rejects controversial 'villages' plan, citing public backlashVancouver council's ABC-majority council rejected the villages plan Tuesday, a controversial proposal from the city's planning departmentvancouversun.comSharing my latest newsletter: Where is the Carney government's promised Youth Climate Corps? open.substack.com/pub/sethdkle...
Where is the Carney government's promised Youth Climate Corps?Update on federal budget's YCC pledge.open.substack.comLast November's federal budget said a YCC would commence with the 2026 fiscal year (which started April 1). It was the only climate bright spot in an otherwise dismal budget. We are now more than a quarter into that fiscal year with no YCC program launch and no details have been forthcoming.
Where is Carney’s promised Youth Climate Corps?The budget said it would commence with the 2026 fiscal year (which started April 1). We are now more than a quarter into that fiscal year with no YCC program launch and no details have been forthcomin...www.nationalobserver.comWhere is Carney’s promised Youth Climate Corps? My latest column out today in Canada’s National Observer www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/28/o...
Where is Carney’s promised Youth Climate Corps?The budget said it would commence with the 2026 fiscal year (which started April 1). We are now more than a quarter into that fiscal year with no YCC program launch and no details have been forthcomin...www.nationalobserver.com“Frontlines of a Burning World”: Climate Change-Fueled “Megafires” Sweep Europe & North America www.democracynow.org/2026/7/27/fi...
“Frontlines of a Burning World”: Climate Change-Fueled “Megafires” Sweep Europe & North AmericaFrance and Spain are battling catastrophic wildfires that have forced more than 350,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fires began in the southwest of France on Wednesday before spreading to Spai...www.democracynow.orgCanadians Want Surveillance Pricing Banned via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Canadians Want Surveillance Pricing Banned | The TyeeAnd governments can act fast, before it reaches your local grocery store.thetyee.caDon't Call It a Condo Bailout. It's Rent-to-Own and It Can Work via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Don’t Call It a Condo Bailout. It’s Rent-to-Own and It Can Work | The TyeeIf it’s done right, BC’s government can play a key role in helping working people afford a home.thetyee.caDULF Founders' Drug Law Charter Challenge Ends via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
DULF Founders’ Drug Law Charter Challenge Ends | The TyeeCompassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will wait months to learn if they face prison.thetyee.caCanada’s EV sales stuck in the ditch one year after policy breakdown www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/27/a...
Canada’s EV sales stuck in the ditch one year after policy breakdownAs Canada falls behind on battery-electric vehicles, comparisons with several of our successful international peers show what’s possible and highlight some of the strategies they are using to race ahe...www.nationalobserver.com“'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies have only one true fix.” The headline that shouldn't have shocked me. @chrishatch.bsky.social on the radical idea of headlines that simply told a basic truth. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/27/o...
The headline that shouldn't have shocked meIt is remarkably rare that a news story about climate impacts actually mentions climate change. Rarer still are the stories that pinpoint fossil fuels as its primary cause. To do so in a headline is v...www.nationalobserver.comHello Bluesky followers. It's 6 months since I launched my Substack newsletter. If you aren't yet a subscriber, I invite you to sign up for free. And if you enjoy the posts, please consider becoming a paid subscriber: open.substack.com/pub/sethdkle...
Six months in, how’s it going?Newsletter update, stats, and a couple pitchesopen.substack.comPowerful new climate emergency song by Orchid Orchestra 👇 music.apple.com/ca/album/the...
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Seth Klein / Emergency Measures | SubstackSeth Klein is a writer, policy researcher & climate campaigner. In this newsletter, you can expect regular columns and posts about the crises we face and solutions that aim to confront these emergenci...sethdklein.substack.comCool to see that @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, the former ED of the UK's New Economics Foundation (which led early work on the Green New Deal), is the new Minister of Energy in the UK govt: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Who is Miatta Fahnbulleh, the radical-thinking new UK energy secretary?Selection of economist formerly at helm of green thinktank marks continuation of decarbonising Miliband erawww.theguardian.comLive reports from France and Spain as these countries confront unprecedented wildfires. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated – liveMeanwhile, in the UK, a blaze in the Cairngorms national park has been described as ‘very serious’ by Scotland’s first ministerwww.theguardian.comAn important warning from economist Marjorie Griffin Cohen: How Powell River Became Ground Zero for Canada’s Electricity Future. Mark Carney’s old company wants an unprecedented right to sell power to the US. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
How Powell River Became Ground Zero for Canada’s Electricity Future | The TyeeMark Carney’s old company wants an unprecedented right to sell power to the US.thetyee.caSharing my newsletter for this week: Oil and gas have a special place in Trump's miserable heart. Time to hit him back where it hurts. Have a read👇 sethdklein.substack.com/p/time-to-hi...
My latest newsletter out today: Oil and gas have a special place in Trump's miserable heart. Time to hit him back where it hurts. Have a read👇 sethdklein.substack.com/p/time-to-hi...
While major emitting countries say they can’t be held accountable for climate harm that predates their awareness of the risks, a new report from the US Center for International Environmental Law shows governments knew decades earlier than they’re now claiming. www.theenergymix.com/governmentsk...
#GovernmentsKnew About Climate Risks Decades Earlier Than They Now AdmitWhile major emitting countries say they can't be held accountable for climate harm that predates their awareness of the risks, a new report from the U.S. Center for International Environmental Law sho...www.theenergymix.com