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Description automatically generated"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>McMaster Fails the Climate Test - Students Turn to Hunger Strike - 1 weeks already<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Master U is building a new 4-turbine gas peaker plant right on campus, despite lower cost, cleaner, smarter options. Hamilton students from MacDivest are hunger striking in protest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/mcmaster-fails-the-climate-test/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/mcmaster-fails-the-climate-test/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>MacDivest twitter feed: <a href="https://twitter.com/macdivest">https://twitter.com/macdivest</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>MacDivest petition: <a href="https://campaigns.gofossilfree.org/petitions/mcmaster-university-divest-from-fossil-fuels">https://campaigns.gofossilfree.org/petitions/mcmaster-university-divest-from-fossil-fuels</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Send a letter to the President and Board of Directors here: <a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/mcmaster-earns-a-failing-grade-with-gas-plan/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/mcmaster-earns-a-failing-grade-with-gas-plan/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>‘It can be done. It must be done’: IPCC delivers definitive report on climate change, and where to now<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The world is up the proverbial creek - but we still have a paddle. Climate change is worsening, but we have the means to act.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://theconversation.com/it-can-be-done-it-must-be-done-ipcc-delivers-definitive-report-on-climate-change-and-where-to-now-201763">https://theconversation.com/it-can-be-done-it-must-be-done-ipcc-delivers-definitive-report-on-climate-change-and-where-to-now-201763</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Climate change fear can be paralyzing. But you can spur action through hope<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>UN warning is dire, but 'solutions are at hand': Katharine Hayhoe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/climate-report-katharine-hayhoe-1.6785778">https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/climate-report-katharine-hayhoe-1.6785778</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Groups oppose funding for small modular nuclear reactors in federal budget<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The federal government needs to invest urgently in renewables, energy conservation and climate action, not slow, expensive, speculative nuclear technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.ccnr.org/Release_March_27_2023.pdf">www.ccnr.org/Release_March_27_2023.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>The Climate Crisis and Why Nuclear Power is not the Solution - with Elizabeth May<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koeb5gSAjiE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koeb5gSAjiE</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Alberta Tarsands<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Massive tailings leak highlights another vexing tarsands problem<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/20/news/massive-tailings-leak-highlights-another-vexing-oilsands-problem">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/20/news/massive-tailings-leak-highlights-another-vexing-oilsands-problem</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Demand a just cleanup of the tar sands and tailings ponds<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://canadians.org/action/waterways-not-waste-just-transition/">https://canadians.org/action/waterways-not-waste-just-transition/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tell the federal government to stop toxic tailings pollution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>For over ten months, Imperial Oil’s tailing ponds have been leaking millions of litres of toxic sludge into the surrounding area in Northern Alberta – polluting the lands and poisoning the drinking water of local Indigenous communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://act.stand.earth/page/49844/petition/">https://act.stand.earth/page/49844/petition/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Shameless spin can’t excuse the burgeoning boondoggle and ‘global warming machine’ called TMX<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The transfer of billions of dollars from ordinary Canadians to wealthy oil companies continues unabated. The cost of the obscenely over-budget Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which started at $7.4 B, has increased to $30.9 billion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/20/Trudeau-Pipeline-Scandal/">https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/20/Trudeau-Pipeline-Scandal/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Greenlighting fracking while protecting treaty rights?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.policynote.ca/greenlighting-fracking/">https://www.policynote.ca/greenlighting-fracking/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Email Chrystia Freeland for a windfall tax on big oil<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://act.leadnow.ca/email-Chrystia-Freeland-windfall-tax-big-oil/">https://act.leadnow.ca/email-Chrystia-Freeland-windfall-tax-big-oil/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Community Energy Democracy Webinar - Recording, Slides, Links<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://beyondclimatepromises.ca/community-energy-democracy/">https://beyondclimatepromises.ca/community-energy-democracy/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>NDP Disability Rights Activist wins seat in Legislature<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://breachmedia.ca/sarah-jama-peter-wiesner-hamilton-byelection-police/">https://breachmedia.ca/sarah-jama-peter-wiesner-hamilton-byelection-police/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Let’s expand the ban on single-use plastics!</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Canada’s single-use plastic ban tackles only about 3% of the plastic waste generated nationwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/expand-plastics-ban">https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/expand-plastics-ban</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Free Office Furniture - Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace is closing its office and has on offer: desk, 2 filing cabinets, large comfy swivel chair, bookshelf, safe, office doodads etc. Email lyn.adamson9@gmail.com for photos or (416-731-6605)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>UKRAINE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Since the Russian invasion last year, 37% of Ukrainians have a family member who was killed or wounded in the war and occupation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#00B0F0'>🎹🎶</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'> Music through the Ukraine ruins<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://twitter.com/ukraine_ua/status/1639208192813985794">https://twitter.com/ukraine_ua/status/1639208192813985794</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Child abductions reveal the genocidal intent behind Putin’s Ukraine invasion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/child-abductions-reveal-the-genocidal-intent-behind-putins-ukraine-invasion/">https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/child-abductions-reveal-the-genocidal-intent-behind-putins-ukraine-invasion/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Russia’s Black Sea blockade is part of Putin’s war on international law<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-black-sea-blockade-is-part-of-putins-war-on-international-law/">https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-black-sea-blockade-is-part-of-putins-war-on-international-law/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant's situation 'perilous,' says UN agency head<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-united-nations-1.6788089">https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-united-nations-1.6788089</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>EVENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Stop Toronto Transit Service Cuts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. March 27 Day of Action<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Can you join a team of TTCriders volunteers to hand out flyers at a TTC stop to help transit users to take action? We will bring the flyers, you just need to show up!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10SjStZAfs_A5_IMTtGcwQYYW7J42-8PCmMFcf-5Klqk/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10SjStZAfs_A5_IMTtGcwQYYW7J42-8PCmMFcf-5Klqk/viewform</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Tell your elected officials to reverse TTC service cuts and increase TTC service! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>On March 26, transit service across Toronto was cut and riders on 20% of routes will be left waiting longer for the bus, streetcar and subway. See what service cuts are planned, and send a letter to politicians here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.ttcriders.ca/servicecuts">https://www.ttcriders.ca/servicecuts</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Atomic Accomplice: How Canada Deals in Deadly Deceit <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Mar. 29, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join author Paul McKay, with Angela Bischoff, Gordon Edwards and Susan O’Donnell for a conversation about the 2023 edition of Atomic Accomplice. This edition, with five new chapters and an expanded roster of expert authors, details how attempts to replace fossil fuel use with atomic energy will fractionally cut carbon emissions – but inevitably magnify by many orders of magnitude the creation of the most coveted nuclear bomb component, plutonium.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mws7pkhoRNufItDZx-SHuA">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mws7pkhoRNufItDZx-SHuA</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Download the book or chapters here: <a href="https://atomic-accomplice.weebly.com/">https://atomic-accomplice.weebly.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Moving Ontario to a Zero-Carbon Electricity Grid by 2030 and Lower Electric<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. March 29, 7:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Hear from Jack Gibbons, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, about Ontario's electricity grid, reaching carbon zero and lowering our bills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://ow.ly/6lc950NqMhM">http://ow.ly/6lc950NqMhM</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Net-Zero Options<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Mar. 29, 12:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Last fall the The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) released a study examining options for a net-zero electricity system for Ontario by 2035. The three pathways examined in the TAF report would confine gas-fired generators to a very limited role, and emphasize the need for investments energy efficiency, wind, solar, storage, and transmission. Join us for a discussion with the authors of this important study on Ontario’s electricity future:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkf-yrqj0tG9GAZy9rKzKf3mo75pa7QLc4">https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkf-yrqj0tG9GAZy9rKzKf3mo75pa7QLc4</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B050'>Canada’s 2030 Greenhouse Gas Emission Target is Unachievable: what should civil society do about it?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Mar. 29, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This talk will present an update on and an action-oriented breakdown of Canadian greenhouse gas emissions, the Canadian 2030 Climate Action Plan and the prospects for achieving our targets, the global outlook, and what concerned citizens can do about it. Central to the discussion will be the need to avoid actions that make other problems worse and which do not represent sustainable, long-term solutions to the global warming problem. With Dr. Danny Harvey, Professor, Department of Geography, U of Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qima9kFiYLQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qima9kFiYLQ</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#D824CF'>Interfaith Ramadan Event & Iftar: Anishinaabe, Jewish and Muslim Perspectives on Human Relationships with Other-Than-Humans<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Mar. 29, 6:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>An Anishinaabe-Jewish-Muslim conversation on human relationships with other-than-humans – what does it mean to be human? how do we understand/re-conceptualize the human-nonhuman divide from the perspective of our traditions? what are human obligations of justice and love towards other-than-humans?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://noorculturalcentre.ca/interfaith-ramadan-event-ecology-panel-iftar/">https://noorculturalcentre.ca/interfaith-ramadan-event-ecology-panel-iftar/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#C00000'>Sustainable Investing 101<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. March 30, 1 p.m. ET <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Do you have questions about ethical and green investing? Wondering where to start? We'll cover topics like divestment, environmental social & governance (ESG) analysis, and impact investing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.forourkids.ca/sustainable_investing_101">https://www.forourkids.ca/sustainable_investing_101</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Deep Dive seminar: Geothermal – an underutilized energy solution<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thursday March 30, 7 pm PT <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Geothermal systems use the earth's thermal to provide unmatched heating and cooling efficiency. Systems are uniquely dependable, with units lasting up to 25 years. Why is this climate-friendly technology not used more widely in commercial and residential developments?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkcu6grzIvGNcV0vzaI16NcwD6qRgo7sl-">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkcu6grzIvGNcV0vzaI16NcwD6qRgo7sl-</a> </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Advocating for Palestine in Canada | Free book launch webinar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. March 30, 8 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This webinar will feature contributing authors from the book to share their unique views and wide experiences advocating for Palestine in Canada, revealing a solid civil society movement in the face of strong institutional opposition. Our panelists share how they came to Palestine activism, why they continue and where they see the movement going.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cv_kfC2FQ26Bly-UMKbnig">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cv_kfC2FQ26Bly-UMKbnig</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Butt Blitz Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. April 1, 10 am - 2 pm ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Are you ready to take part in the world’s largest cigarette butt cleanup? Every single day approximately 1 million cigarette butts are dropped on the ground in the City of Toronto. They contaminate our drinking water, dirty up our parks, and can harm wildlife. They don’t belong in the environment. As the snow melts away and all the butts are released from their snowbanks, we would love to have you join us for a world record-breaking event. The Goal = 1 Million Butts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.agreenerfuture.ca/butt-blitz-2023-toronto">https://www.agreenerfuture.ca/butt-blitz-2023-toronto</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#C00000'>Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Rally - a morning of community performances<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Apr 1, 11 am ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>200 Bay St (Bay and Wellington), Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join the day of action against RBC's investments in climate-destroying fossil fuels and the ongoing violation of Indigenous sovereignty. As part of a massive wave of actions across the country, we will help shine a light on RBC's toxic investments and ensure their customers know where the money is going. Through funding pipelines that go through Wet’suwet’en land without free, prior, and informed consent, RBC has shown a complete disregard for the rights of Indigenous Peoples.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://act.leadnow.ca/FossilFoolsDay/toronto/">https://act.leadnow.ca/FossilFoolsDay/toronto/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B050'>Winning 100% Renewable Power for All<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. April 3, 7 pm. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>“Our world needs climate action on all fronts: everything, everywhere, all at once.” These are the words of UN secretary general António Guterres on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which makes abundantly clear that wealthy countries like Canada have a responsibility to fast-track climate solutions. We couldn’t agree more. That’s why we’re hosting a virtual rally.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9116795231017/WN_kjK7hyxLRUqwofXPVZv9xA">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9116795231017/WN_kjK7hyxLRUqwofXPVZv9xA</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#D824CF'>Training and Prep for Beyond Gas Power Advocacy Days</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. April 5, 7 - 8 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign, the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, and Citizens' Climate Lobby Ontario invite you to be part of a non-partisan advocacy effort aimed at stopping construction of new gas plants and expansion of existing gas plants in Ontario. All climate-concerned citizens from across the province are invited to join this lobby effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/training-and-prep-for-beyond-gas-power-advocacy-days-tickets-598029631727">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/training-and-prep-for-beyond-gas-power-advocacy-days-tickets-598029631727</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>For the best Canadian climate and energy news, visit and subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://theenergymix.com/">http://theenergymix.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Democracy Now Daily Show - global peace, justice and enviro news<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/">https://www.democracynow.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Submissions, subscribes, unsubscribes, and comments: mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Share this newsletter on social media using this link: http://greenspiration.org/news-events/ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>