Janine Vangool
@j-9.bsky.social
COVID graphics & resources (uppercasemag on X)
https://uppercasemagazine.com/health
publisher / editor / designer at UPPERCASE magazine
https://uppercasemagazine.com
https://uppercasemagazine.com/health
publisher / editor / designer at UPPERCASE magazine
https://uppercasemagazine.com
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The new LNG tax break announced at Carney's investment summit includes a break from pollution controls:
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
September 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
The new LNG tax break announced at Carney's investment summit includes a break from pollution controls:
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
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JOHNSTON: Protect children from wildfire smoke
Second in a two-part series
www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
Second in a two-part series
www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
JOHNSTON: Protect children from wildfire smoke
Second in a two-part series
www.thewhig.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
JOHNSTON: Protect children from wildfire smoke
Second in a two-part series
www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
Second in a two-part series
www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
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There is a lot of societal pressure to treat this specific problem like it's a mystery.
September 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
There is a lot of societal pressure to treat this specific problem like it's a mystery.
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We need legally-binding protections, real public control, and an AI policy that puts people first - including a pause on new AI data centres until regulations are in place.
September 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
We need legally-binding protections, real public control, and an AI policy that puts people first - including a pause on new AI data centres until regulations are in place.
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There will be NO environmental assessments for olearys AI data centre .
That will use 3x the power of all of Alberta.
Not “one” assessment. NONE required *
*Unless the feds decide to voluntarily designate. Which they very likely won’t. They’re too busy appeasing Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
That will use 3x the power of all of Alberta.
Not “one” assessment. NONE required *
*Unless the feds decide to voluntarily designate. Which they very likely won’t. They’re too busy appeasing Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
No provincial environmental impact assessment required for Kevin O'Leary's proposed Wonder Valley data centre | CBC News
Kevin O’Leary's proposed Wonder Valley project in northwestern Alberta will not need to undergo an environmental impact assessment from the province due to existing water and power systems. However, t...
www.cbc.ca
September 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM
There will be NO environmental assessments for olearys AI data centre .
That will use 3x the power of all of Alberta.
Not “one” assessment. NONE required *
*Unless the feds decide to voluntarily designate. Which they very likely won’t. They’re too busy appeasing Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
That will use 3x the power of all of Alberta.
Not “one” assessment. NONE required *
*Unless the feds decide to voluntarily designate. Which they very likely won’t. They’re too busy appeasing Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Bek MacIntosh wants Albertans to know this: it is possible for a community to stop a $10-billion hyperscale data centre dead in its tracks.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
The Making of an AI Data Centre Warrior | The Tyee
Bek MacIntosh helped rally her Alberta town to kill a megaproject. The wider fight, she vows, is ‘just getting started.’
thetyee.ca
September 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Bek MacIntosh wants Albertans to know this: it is possible for a community to stop a $10-billion hyperscale data centre dead in its tracks.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Today's essential read for all humans:
"The headlines this summer make it easy to feel as if nothing can be done: record heat and wildfires continue, while fossil fuel companies rake in billions. But feeling powerless is exactly the trap."
"The headlines this summer make it easy to feel as if nothing can be done: record heat and wildfires continue, while fossil fuel companies rake in billions. But feeling powerless is exactly the trap."
A Stirring Call to Apathy
The science of climate change is dire. Same as it’s ever been, just more so. When the going gets tough, understanding what to do next becomes even more important.
energymixweekender.substack.com
September 7, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Today's essential read for all humans:
"The headlines this summer make it easy to feel as if nothing can be done: record heat and wildfires continue, while fossil fuel companies rake in billions. But feeling powerless is exactly the trap."
"The headlines this summer make it easy to feel as if nothing can be done: record heat and wildfires continue, while fossil fuel companies rake in billions. But feeling powerless is exactly the trap."
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Full Article: www.ft.com/content/bd13...
Rerun or sequel? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on end times fascism
How nationalists, religious fundamentalists and tech titans turned their backs on a shared future
www.ft.com
September 5, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Full Article: www.ft.com/content/bd13...
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In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders.
September 5, 2026 at 4:14 AM
In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders.
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Carney and Cabinet tried to bury it. It's Cabinet which is supporting him and his incineration of our children's futures.
Canada's Latest Climate Report Should Be Call to Action, Instead Gov't Tried to Bury It - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin
environmentaldefence.ca
September 4, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Carney and Cabinet tried to bury it. It's Cabinet which is supporting him and his incineration of our children's futures.
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Every tenth of a degree of global warming matters.
Every fraction of temperature rise we avoid saves lives, reduces disease, food and water shortages, disasters.
Every fraction of temperature rise we avoid saves lives, reduces disease, food and water shortages, disasters.
September 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Every tenth of a degree of global warming matters.
Every fraction of temperature rise we avoid saves lives, reduces disease, food and water shortages, disasters.
Every fraction of temperature rise we avoid saves lives, reduces disease, food and water shortages, disasters.
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(...) what the data could mean heading into fall: youtu.be/rHOIldqOtdM
#COVID19 #COVIDIsntOver #PublicHealth #WastewaterData #InfectionPrevention #COVID #LongCOVID #COVIDConscious
#COVID19 #COVIDIsntOver #PublicHealth #WastewaterData #InfectionPrevention #COVID #LongCOVID #COVIDConscious
COVID-19 Summer Surge '26: Wastewater Data, Variants & More | Dr. Michael Hoerger & Dr. Joe Eastman
YouTube video by World Health Network
youtu.be
August 18, 2026 at 5:32 PM
(...) what the data could mean heading into fall: youtu.be/rHOIldqOtdM
#COVID19 #COVIDIsntOver #PublicHealth #WastewaterData #InfectionPrevention #COVID #LongCOVID #COVIDConscious
#COVID19 #COVIDIsntOver #PublicHealth #WastewaterData #InfectionPrevention #COVID #LongCOVID #COVIDConscious
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Prevention is easier than recovery.
Small steps taken before illness spreads can make a big difference: improve indoor air, stay home when sick, mask in higher-risk settings, test when appropriate, and protect the people around you.
Public health works best when we act early.
#CleanAir
Small steps taken before illness spreads can make a big difference: improve indoor air, stay home when sick, mask in higher-risk settings, test when appropriate, and protect the people around you.
Public health works best when we act early.
#CleanAir
August 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Prevention is easier than recovery.
Small steps taken before illness spreads can make a big difference: improve indoor air, stay home when sick, mask in higher-risk settings, test when appropriate, and protect the people around you.
Public health works best when we act early.
#CleanAir
Small steps taken before illness spreads can make a big difference: improve indoor air, stay home when sick, mask in higher-risk settings, test when appropriate, and protect the people around you.
Public health works best when we act early.
#CleanAir
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(...) testing, and staying home when sick, we can help slow a summer surge before it builds.
Join WHN’s Don’t Make Waves campaign and help spread the message: take precautions now to protect your community later.
whn.global/dont-make-wa...
#COVID #PublicHealth
Join WHN’s Don’t Make Waves campaign and help spread the message: take precautions now to protect your community later.
whn.global/dont-make-wa...
#COVID #PublicHealth
Don’t Make Waves: Why Now is an Important Time to Take Precautions - WHN
You might have heard that daily COVID infection rates are currently lower than during other parts of the year. Did you know that wastewater data tells us that we typically experience two large waves o...
whn.global
August 14, 2026 at 1:54 PM
(...) testing, and staying home when sick, we can help slow a summer surge before it builds.
Join WHN’s Don’t Make Waves campaign and help spread the message: take precautions now to protect your community later.
whn.global/dont-make-wa...
#COVID #PublicHealth
Join WHN’s Don’t Make Waves campaign and help spread the message: take precautions now to protect your community later.
whn.global/dont-make-wa...
#COVID #PublicHealth
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COVID levels may be lower right now, but this is exactly when prevention can make the biggest difference.
Wastewater data shows that COVID often follows a pattern of major seasonal waves. By layering protections early, wearing N95s, improving indoor air, (...)
Wastewater data shows that COVID often follows a pattern of major seasonal waves. By layering protections early, wearing N95s, improving indoor air, (...)
August 14, 2026 at 1:54 PM
COVID levels may be lower right now, but this is exactly when prevention can make the biggest difference.
Wastewater data shows that COVID often follows a pattern of major seasonal waves. By layering protections early, wearing N95s, improving indoor air, (...)
Wastewater data shows that COVID often follows a pattern of major seasonal waves. By layering protections early, wearing N95s, improving indoor air, (...)
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Heartbroken at all the wildfires & smoke this summer? So are we but there's something we can do about it, we can work on NOT MAKING IT WORSE with more world burning #pipelines or other #BigOil infrastructure ESPECIALLY ON OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS
Sign. Share. Join. FIGHT: win.newmode.net/350org/wcp
Sign. Share. Join. FIGHT: win.newmode.net/350org/wcp
August 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Heartbroken at all the wildfires & smoke this summer? So are we but there's something we can do about it, we can work on NOT MAKING IT WORSE with more world burning #pipelines or other #BigOil infrastructure ESPECIALLY ON OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS
Sign. Share. Join. FIGHT: win.newmode.net/350org/wcp
Sign. Share. Join. FIGHT: win.newmode.net/350org/wcp
As wildfires burn across Canada, the Carney government is plowing ahead with plans to list a West Coast tar sands pipeline as a "project of national interest." Use 350 Canada's online tool to flood the public consultation before September 18! share.nwmd.social/s/0Ll7Vcqf
No Pipelines on a Burning Planet
share.nwmd.social
August 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
As wildfires burn across Canada, the Carney government is plowing ahead with plans to list a West Coast tar sands pipeline as a "project of national interest." Use 350 Canada's online tool to flood the public consultation before September 18! share.nwmd.social/s/0Ll7Vcqf
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(...) testing, and staying home when sick, we can help slow a summer surge before it builds.
Join WHN’s Don’t Make Waves campaign and help spread the message: take precautions now to protect your community later.
whn.global/dont-make-wa...
#COVID #PublicHealth #Wastewater
Join WHN’s Don’t Make Waves campaign and help spread the message: take precautions now to protect your community later.
whn.global/dont-make-wa...
#COVID #PublicHealth #Wastewater
Don’t Make Waves: Why Now is an Important Time to Take Precautions - WHN
You might have heard that daily COVID infection rates are currently lower than during other parts of the year. Did you know that wastewater data tells us that we typically experience two large waves o...
whn.global
July 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
(...) testing, and staying home when sick, we can help slow a summer surge before it builds.
Join WHN’s Don’t Make Waves campaign and help spread the message: take precautions now to protect your community later.
whn.global/dont-make-wa...
#COVID #PublicHealth #Wastewater
Join WHN’s Don’t Make Waves campaign and help spread the message: take precautions now to protect your community later.
whn.global/dont-make-wa...
#COVID #PublicHealth #Wastewater
Reposted by Janine Vangool
COVID levels may be lower right now, but this is exactly when prevention can make the biggest difference.
Wastewater data shows that COVID often follows a pattern of major seasonal waves. By layering protections early, wearing N95s, improving indoor air, (...)
Wastewater data shows that COVID often follows a pattern of major seasonal waves. By layering protections early, wearing N95s, improving indoor air, (...)
July 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
COVID levels may be lower right now, but this is exactly when prevention can make the biggest difference.
Wastewater data shows that COVID often follows a pattern of major seasonal waves. By layering protections early, wearing N95s, improving indoor air, (...)
Wastewater data shows that COVID often follows a pattern of major seasonal waves. By layering protections early, wearing N95s, improving indoor air, (...)
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NEW: Export Development Canada provided between $100 million and $200 million in project financing for the gas-fired plant that will power Meta's data centre in Sturgeon County, Alta., Canada's National Observer has discovered.
Crown corp lends up to $200M for Meta data centre gas plant in Alberta
The gas plant, known as Greenlight, is classified as a project that is “likely to have significant adverse environmental and social effects.”
www.nationalobserver.com
July 24, 2026 at 11:09 PM
NEW: Export Development Canada provided between $100 million and $200 million in project financing for the gas-fired plant that will power Meta's data centre in Sturgeon County, Alta., Canada's National Observer has discovered.
“What is your AI readiness policy?”
Me: “I am completely ready not to use AI.”
Me: “I am completely ready not to use AI.”
July 25, 2026 at 2:09 AM
“What is your AI readiness policy?”
Me: “I am completely ready not to use AI.”
Me: “I am completely ready not to use AI.”
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This is a critical moment to take action. Help us fight Carney’s plan to fast-track destruction. Take action now: email, call, flood the consultations, you can check all the ways to act here 350.org/canada/destr... 🔥
We also have a call later tonight to take action together, will we see you there? 👀
We also have a call later tonight to take action together, will we see you there? 👀
July 21, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is a critical moment to take action. Help us fight Carney’s plan to fast-track destruction. Take action now: email, call, flood the consultations, you can check all the ways to act here 350.org/canada/destr... 🔥
We also have a call later tonight to take action together, will we see you there? 👀
We also have a call later tonight to take action together, will we see you there? 👀
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2/ The federal government must recognize Namaygoosisagagun’s status, reimburse them for the services they should have provided and give them the resources they need to recover from this disaster.
July 18, 2026 at 1:29 AM
2/ The federal government must recognize Namaygoosisagagun’s status, reimburse them for the services they should have provided and give them the resources they need to recover from this disaster.
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(1/3) The Anishinabek Nation stands in solidarity with Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, which has experienced devastation from the recent wildfires.
We are accepting donations on their behalf to help them navigate this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: [email protected]
We are accepting donations on their behalf to help them navigate this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: [email protected]
July 17, 2026 at 4:27 PM
(1/3) The Anishinabek Nation stands in solidarity with Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, which has experienced devastation from the recent wildfires.
We are accepting donations on their behalf to help them navigate this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: [email protected]
We are accepting donations on their behalf to help them navigate this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: [email protected]
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NO PIPELINES ON A BURNING PLANET. This is a critical moment to hold the federal government accountable for their dangerous decisions.
We’re inviting you to join us on Tuesday for an Emergency Action Call. We will announce the next stage in our fight and take action together.
We’re inviting you to join us on Tuesday for an Emergency Action Call. We will announce the next stage in our fight and take action together.
July 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM
NO PIPELINES ON A BURNING PLANET. This is a critical moment to hold the federal government accountable for their dangerous decisions.
We’re inviting you to join us on Tuesday for an Emergency Action Call. We will announce the next stage in our fight and take action together.
We’re inviting you to join us on Tuesday for an Emergency Action Call. We will announce the next stage in our fight and take action together.