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
Premier Eby: the message is undeniable. While BC burns, your government is being asked to lead. Our open letter signed by former BC NDP MLAs, MPs, Indigenous leaders, and experts demands a recommitment to climate action. Read our press release & the open letter bcclimateemergency.ca/press-releas...
Really terrific #wildfire analysis from @aljazeera.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbSx...
What's causing the unprecedented wildfires in Europe? | Inside StoryYouTube video by Al Jazeera Englishwww.youtube.comThe signatories to our open letter are growing! We're grateful to the following individuals for adding their names: -Lisa Marie Barron, former BC NDP MP -Corky Evans, former BC NDP MLA -Leah Main, Councillor, Village of Silverton -Tom Perry, former BC NDP MLA -Wayne Stetski, former BC NDP MP
BC Climate Emergency CampaignWe just sent an open letter to Premier Eby & the BC NDP signed by more than a dozen former BC-based NDP MLAs, MPs, Indigenous leaders, labour & community leaders. The letter expresses serious concerns about governmental backsliding on climate action. Read the letter: bit.ly/4vvJHfZ #bcpoli
"The delayed roll-out means we are going through another summer without YCC placements, despite brutally high youth unemployment, an urgent need to deploy renewable power & to retrofit buildings, and yet another summer of climate-induced extreme weather events."
Sharing 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.comKudos 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.comMy latest column in out in @nationalobserver.com, asking "Where is Carney's promised Youth Climate Corps?" 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.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.com
“Every day this pilot is delayed is another day young people are denied meaningful work, communities lose desperately needed climate resilience, & public trust is eroded. It’s a stark reminder that this govt has chosen to leave young Canadians behind when they should be investing in our future”
Seth KleinLast 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? 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.org
Thoughtful piece on how a Rent to Own program could benefit hard working families in BC, in @thetyee.ca today. More below! 👇
Canadians 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.caHello Bluesky followers. It's 6 months since I launched my Substack newsletter. Have a look at what I've written & shared in that time. 👇 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 sethdklein.substack.com
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.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.com
Worth a watch for all the Canadians. #Canada youtube.com/watch?v=9DEk...
CBC fails to link wildfires to climate changeYouTube video by The Breachyoutube.com
France is on fire. Spain is on fire. Norway is on fire. Sicily is on fire. Ontario is on fire. Scotland is on fire. Bolivia is on fire. Algeria is on fire. England is on fire. Greta wasn't wrong when she said our house was on fire. We are in a climate emergency. - Greenpeace UK
Carney, Alberta and BC: appeasement, acquiescence and subsidies, says Klein open.substack.com/pub/stevenst...
Carney, Alberta and BC: appeasement, acquiescence and subsidies, says KleinSummer is here I have enjoyed getting outside to meet many of our regular PeaceQuest readers.open.substack.com
“We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.”
Another stolen summer dayWhat are we still waiting to learn?buff.ly