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Signs can be picked up the CCH Office (223 12th Ave SW) on Mondays from 12-5pm. Alternatively, reach out to email admin@calgaryclimatehub.ca to arrange something that works for you! #yyc

"Deregulation of the industries is what allows #OilAndGas companies to do pretty much whatever they want, take the profits & leave a mess behind without any real consequences. Political parties often campaign on #TaxCuts but what they usually mean is tax cuts for very rich people."

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"Capitalism's defining feature is that most economic activity (meaning production, consumption & distribution) takes place in the private sector with the goal of accumulating private profit. The goal isn't to support human or planetary well-being. It's to accumulate private profit"

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Did you miss last Friday's meeting? Luckily, we recorded both talks and they are now available on our YouTube page!

Dr. Leslie Eliuk: Mammoth site, Hot Springs, South Dakota: A Photo Tour youtu.be/JCS1ve59glg
Dr. Francois Therrien - What really killed the dinosaurs: a look at the latest developments youtu.be/GG_QgRIkMQ8

Thanks to both presenters for their presentations!

"A lot of us are expressing shock and disbelief and questioning 'how on earth did we get here?' It's important to recognize that much of what we're seeing now is an entirely predictable outcome of our political/economic system of neoliberal capitalism. This was bound to happen and now here we are!"

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New open-access paper! A team including Dr. Darla Zelenitsky (UCalgary) describes Duonychus tsogtbaatari, a bizarre two-fingered therizinosaur from Cretaceous Mongolia. Its huge claws and reduced fingers provide new insight into theropod evolution and forelimb reduction. Exceptional fossil preservation even shows the keratin sheath on the claws! Read more: cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S25