Christopher Hatch

@whateverblues @RobGMacfarlane That’s a great book. I think shifting baselines is a moment for images. Fish for example:

@RobGMacfarlane You should definitely devote a few paragraphs to it; very important concept. I was only introduced to the idea last year in J.B. MacKinnon's "The Once and Future World", and though I had never heard of it before, it IMMEDIATELY had a profound impact on how I view ecology.

Grateful to @zerocarbon for this review of Climate Capitalism. nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

Are we really prepared for the effects of climate change in Canada, from fires to drought? @zerocarbon covers climate for the National Observer and brings his perspective today on The Bridge. Listen at noon EST on @CanadaTalks167, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Off to a Sizzling Start @zerocarbon on how we have just experienced a 12-month period of more than 1.5 C, five of the deadliest wildfires in the planet have occurred this year, the most recent took over a hundred lives in Chile last week with hundreds still missing. 70 per cent of Canada is currently classified as “Abnormally Dry” or in “Moderate to Exceptional Drought,” including 81 per cent of agricultural lands. In a ray of hope, Europe got more electricity from wind than from gas last year. nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

Climate deniers are going to have an increasingly hard time reconciling our shared reality… Weather whiplash. Latest climate news roundup from ⁦@zerocarbon⁩ nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

A freeze for LNG. ⁦@zerocarbon⁩ digs into this week’s announcement by Biden administration that it is suspending LNG approvals nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

Prairie premiers weaponizing winter. Excellent weekly climate news roundup from ⁦@zerocarbon⁩, with a feature on how the rhetoric of “new denial” seeks to “undermine confidence in solutions to climate change” and the credibility of experts. nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

@Tzeporah And a powerful pivot supplied by @JohnVaillant

“How the light gets in” @zerocarbon digs in to make sense of #cop28 with a little help from Leonard Cohen. nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

In the face of accelerating natural disasters and the slow state of climate negotiations, new diplomatic efforts to rein in fossil fuels are being developed. Latest piece unpacks the role and potential of @fossiltreaty nationalobserver.com/2023/12/14/new…

Fantastic column as always from @zerocarbon. Today he's unpacking (among other things) what we've seen play out at COP28 so far. mailchi.mp/nationalobserv…

@blr_vs @CJusticeVic Who you callin a meat-eater? 🤪

@CJusticeVic @zerocarbon These meat-eaters keep saying "wake-up call" but are loth to give up their obscene fondness for #meat, which is the single most effective personal step to decrease emissions, with no conceivable incidental harm or loss. They deceive themselves and others. #Climateemergency #CH4

2 days above 2 degrees "this first breach should be a real wake-up call, especially in a year tracking so wildly beyond previous records" @zerocarbon mailchi.mp/nationalobserv… #ClimateEmergency #cdnpoli

As always, great Sunday column with the week's climate news from @zerocarbon: "The Earth flicked briefly into the terrible twos this month." 2 days above 2 degrees. Some highlights... nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze… via @NatObserver

This week's climate round-up from @zerocarbon: Includes a look at why & how EVs are taking off, and a shout-out to our national poll on the Youth Climate Corps. One green glimmer nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze… via @NatObserver

There is a ton of misinformation in my replies so here is a primer on permafrost carbon. Permafrost stores a HUGE amount of carbon because ancient life took up CO2, built biomass, then died. That organic matter (~50% C) slowly accrued in Earth's best freezer for 1000s of yrs. 1/

Heat pumps are "as close to magic as things get in the climate world" and "they’re outlandishly, even perplexingly, efficient". Well said @zerocarbon @NatObserver! And honoured to be called "one of Europe’s heat pump gurus" 😄 nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

“The transition to clean energy is happening worldwide and it’s unstoppable,” says IEA chief Fatih Birol. Read @zerocarbon 's Featured Story "Golden Age of Gas. C'est Fini.", here: nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze… #climatenews #climateupdate #renewableenergy

Big news out of Montreal - a ban on new gas hookups for most new buildings. Cities can be leaders in the fight against #climatechange, and they're right to target #fossil gas for its impacts on our health and our climate. @aqme_qc @CAPE_ACME nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

Golden age of gas. C’est fini. ⁦@zerocarbon⁩ on Montreals new gas ban, the ⁦@IEA⁩ heralding the end of gas, the multimillion dollar PR effort by the gas industry (and Alberta government) to fear monger & slow progress & more. #cdnpoli nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…