John Vaillant
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The Golden Spruce - The Tiger - The Jaguar's Children - FIRE WEATHER 2023 Winner: @BGPrize. Finalist: @nationalbook. Ten Best Books: @nytimes
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This is Africa's first Hyperscale Data Center powered 100% by renewable geothermal energy in Kenya: buff.ly/45Qiet4
We have so many solutions. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
Is this a first? #Oilandgas and 'sunset industry' appear in the same sentence in the The Wall Street Journal:
wsj.com/business/energ… #energytransition
🔥 'The Earth has a fever and we're all feeling it in different ways,' said John Vaillant to last night's sold out RRU Changemakers Speakers Series crowd. Stay tuned for a recording of the event on the hot topic that affects us all. #Fireweather #Climate
An ode to independent Canadian bookstores. 📚 Forget Amazon. Go wander the aisles and browse the offerings at your favourite independent bookstore, by Marsha Lederman via Globe Books theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
Here's Hanif Abdurraqib (@nifmuhammad), a 2024 #WindhamCampbellPrizes recipient for nonfiction, reading from his @NYTimes bestseller, 'There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension', a lyrical, historical, & emotionally rich exploration of his lifelong love of basketball.
A good day!
(The house has been fully electric for about a year — it just took forever for Fortis to disconnect. They don’t leave without a fight!)
#electrifyeverything
The planet-killing imperative of #oilandgas : “We have created tremendous value” in Guyana, said ExxonMobil’s CEO. “We believe it is critical to defend these rights and fully preserve the value we've created.” nytimes.com/2024/04/26/bus…
Katherine Rundell, who won the @BGprize in 2022 (and donated the proceeds to charity), is a seriously brilliant writer - in several genres. The prospect of sitting opposite her is exhilarating, and not a little daunting. Hay Festival Sceptre Books #BooksWorthReading