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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'><img width=294 height=169 style='width:3.0625in;height:1.7604in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D9871A.4D160B10" alt="A close-up of a logo
Description automatically generated with medium confidence"></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'><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'>Cyclone Exxon: Massive Storm Hits Refugee Camps in Myanmar, Bangladesh <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>“It’s called Cyclone Mocha, but it might as well be called Cyclone Exxon or Cyclone Chevron—they were among the companies that ignored the clear evidence of pending climate crisis and kept pushing their product till the Bay of Bengal was a hot tub,” Bill McKibben </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/05/14/cyclone-exxon-massive-storm-hits-refugee-areas-in-mynamar/">https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/05/14/cyclone-exxon-massive-storm-hits-refugee-areas-in-mynamar/</a></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 Far North Is Burning—and Turning Up the Heat on the Planet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wildfires and human meddling are transforming the Arctic and its surroundings from a carbon sink into a carbon emitter, exacerbating the climate crisis.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-far-north-is-burning-and-turning-up-the-heat-on-the-planet/">https://www.wired.com/story/the-far-north-is-burning-and-turning-up-the-heat-on-the-planet/</a></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'>Extreme heat increases health threat, new wildfire sparks in Alberta<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This year’s fires have collectively consumed nearly half a million hectares of land through May 11, which is more than seven-and-a-half times the total land burned by wildfires through this point in the year over the past five seasons combined. 12 degrees above normal temp. 1% of Alberta's boreal forests lost in recent weeks to 400 forest fires. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/extreme-heat-increases-health-threat-new-wildfire-sparks-in-alberta/ar-AA1b8EeV">https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/extreme-heat-increases-health-threat-new-wildfire-sparks-in-alberta/ar-AA1b8EeV</a> </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'>There’s Still Time to Avoid Climate Catastrophe - by David Suzuki<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We’re constantly told that quickly transitioning from coal, oil and gas is not realistic and that renewables aren’t ready to replace them, and that we need expensive, unproven or dangerous methods like nuclear and carbon capture and storage. But those claims ignore the rapid pace at which renewable energy and storage technologies have been advancing — and dropping in price.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/theres-still-time-to-avoid-climate-catastrophe">https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/theres-still-time-to-avoid-climate-catastrophe</a></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'>Sweden’s Shift to Heat Pumps Holds Lessons for Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>While Sweden's switch to heat pumps reduced their emissions from the building sector 95%, in 2021 heat pumps supplied only 6% of the Canada's residential heating. Sweden's ace was a carbon tax that raised the price of heating oil. </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/05/07/95-lower-emissions-swedens-shift-from-oil-to-heat-pumps-holds-lessons-for-canada/">https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/05/07/95-lower-emissions-swedens-shift-from-oil-to-heat-pumps-holds-lessons-for-canada/</a></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'>Nuclear Waste: The Questions Multiply <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Recording of presentation by Dr. Gordon Edwards</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEG3pS0bUvk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEG3pS0bUvk</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'>Canada’s radioactive waste and decommissioning policy is a failure<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Canada’s new radioactive waste and decommissioning policy ignores Indigenous rights, public input and international safety standards.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://rabble.ca/columnists/canadas-radioactive-waste-and-decommissioning-policy-is-a-failure/">https://rabble.ca/columnists/canadas-radioactive-waste-and-decommissioning-policy-is-a-failure/</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'>No, nuclear power isn’t the ‘big bazooka’ climate fix you might think<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Germany’s exit from nuclear power on April 15 situates Germany firmly within the global mainstream: ever more countries are abandoning or scaling back their nuclear power programs, including the US. Germany, and all of Europe, is building out renewable energy, smart grids, electric vehicles, and energy storage facilities at breakneck pace to eliminate fossil fuels and nuclear from its energy supply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/opinions/germany-nuclear-power-climate-hockenos/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/opinions/germany-nuclear-power-climate-hockenos/index.html</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'>Atomic Bamboozle: An Industry of Lies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Nuclear power is not an answer to climate change. It is just another way for those with money and power to expand what they already have while leaving the toxic waste for future generations to deal with.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/12/atomic-bamboozle-an-industry-of-lies/">https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/12/atomic-bamboozle-an-industry-of-lies/</a></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'>Resolution Affirms Links between Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In order to fully abolish nuclear weapons, we also must stop the parallel process of nuclear power. </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.ippnwcanada.ca/archive/breaking-news-new-ippnw-resolution-affirmingnbsplinks-between-nuclear-weapons-and-nuclear-power">https://www.ippnwcanada.ca/archive/breaking-news-new-ippnw-resolution-affirmingnbsplinks-between-nuclear-weapons-and-nuclear-power</a> </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'>We Need a Cap on Pollution<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Now is the time for our government to stand up to industry pressure and deliver what Canadians want: a strong, fair emissions cap that makes fossil fuel companies take responsibility for their pollution. Send a letter here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://cappollution.ca/">https://cappollution.ca/</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 Emergency Unit: Strategies for Effective Climate Action - recording with Seth Klein<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVJgij2RpSENew">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVJgij2RpSENew</a> </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'>Gas Plants Are Coming to Ontario! How We Can Stop Them, and Build a Clean Energy Future - recording<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvCjvbsy7mw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvCjvbsy7mw</a></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'>Surviving Antidepressants <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Please support my friend's Antidepressant Safety Tour by donating to his GoFundMe campaign</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://gofund.me/c3ed4b75">https://gofund.me/c3ed4b75</a></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'>How to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine - 36 sec. video<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://twitter.com/MargoGontar/status/1656709111365484546">https://twitter.com/MargoGontar/status/1656709111365484546</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><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'>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'>Public Pharmacare Now! A town hall hosted by Avi Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Monday, May 15, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Community Health Centre, 1900 Davenport Rd, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us for this town hall to consider how we can turn the dream of a public, universal drug plan that gives access to prescription drugs for all into a reality. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://canadians.org/event/toronto-pharmacare-town-hall-with-avi-lewis/">https://canadians.org/event/toronto-pharmacare-town-hall-with-avi-lewis/</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'>Local Resiliency: What Does it Mean for You?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. May 15, 2 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Local governments are grappling with how to respond to the impacts of climate change and plan for future risks. Increases in the frequency and severity of natural hazard events, such as floods and wildfires, are upending how municipalities do land use planning, infrastructure projects and emergency preparedness. Resilience and adaptation are terms often used in this context - but what do they mean, especially at the local level?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/local-resiliency-what-does-it-mean-for-you-climate-caucus-tickets-611199573377">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/local-resiliency-what-does-it-mean-for-you-climate-caucus-tickets-611199573377</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'>Toronto Mayoral Debate: Tackling the Affordability Crisis <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. May 15, 7 - 9 p.m. ET</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Livestreamed and in person at the Daily Bread Food Bank</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>How do Toronto mayoral candidates plan to tackle the city’s key issues of affordability, food insecurity, poverty, and more?</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>debate on Toronto's Affordability Crisis hosted by The Daily Bread Food Bank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.dailybread.ca/events/toronto-mayoral-debate-at-daily-bread-food-bank/">https://www.dailybread.ca/events/toronto-mayoral-debate-at-daily-bread-food-bank/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://webcast.guru/event/230515-010/">https://webcast.guru/event/230515-010/</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>_______________________</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'>Ring of Fire: A threat to Climate Change?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. May 16, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>More than 1,000 kms north of Toronto lies a massive potential mining area known as the Ring of Fire. Situated in the James and Hudson Bay lowlands, it stores five times more carbon per hectare than the Amazon rainforest. It also contains the second largest peatland and third largest wetland in the world. For thousands of years it has provided nourishment, culture, home and a livelihood to Indigenous communities. And over that same time, it has become one of the world’s largest climate change fighting stores of carbon. At what cost will we mine the Ring of Fire?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ring-of-fire-a-threat-to-climate-change-tickets-628590139027">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ring-of-fire-a-threat-to-climate-change-tickets-628590139027</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:#00B0F0'>Tritium and Nuclear Power: Don't Dump It!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. May 16, 10 a.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>What is tritium? Why is it harmful? What damage can it do in our environment and how does it get into the food chain and into our bodies? And are there alternatives to releasing it? Outrage has been voiced from around the world at Japan’s plan to dump more than one million tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, contaminated mainly with tritium. But in the US, water contaminated with tritium could soon be dumped into Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts from the closed Pilgrim nuclear power plant, and into New York’s Hudson River from the decommissioning Indian Point nuclear power plant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldsSiP8hRUm3vm_QYFr58g#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldsSiP8hRUm3vm_QYFr58g#/registration</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'>Safe Streets. Saving Lives and Advancing Equity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. May 16, 11 a.m. - noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Ryan Sharp of Hoboken, NJ; Allison Schwartz and/or Bradley Topol, Seattle, Washington, USA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://bit.ly/41yaUQW">https://bit.ly/41yaUQW</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'>Let This Radicalize You <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. May 16, 6:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Longtime organizers and movement educators Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes examine some of the political lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the convergence of mass protest and mass formations of mutual aid, and consider what this confluence of power can teach us about a future that will require mass acts of care, rescue and defense, in the face of both state violence and environmental disaster. Virtual Book Launch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-this-radicalize-you-virtual-book-launch-tickets-618290051187">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-this-radicalize-you-virtual-book-launch-tickets-618290051187</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:#70AD47'>The role of the journalist in critical public discourse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. May 16, 6 p.m. ET</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Charbonnel Lounge, St. Michael's College, 81 St Mary St, Elmsley Hall, U of Toronto</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>A special talk with Philippine ABS-CBN broadcast journalist and McLuhan Award for Investigative Journalism Karmina Constantino. Revisiting the basics: The role of the journalist in critical public discourse and in seeking accountability in a post-truth era.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-role-of-the-journalist-in-critical-public-discourse-tickets-633719069797">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-role-of-the-journalist-in-critical-public-discourse-tickets-633719069797</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>_______________________</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'>All Hands on Deck: Working Together to Protect Habitat and Species in Lake Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. May 17, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about the successes and challenges in protecting habitat and species in Lake Ontario as well as restoration efforts to protect Lake Sturgeon—Lake Ontario’s oldest and largest native fish species.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsd-msqDojEtY7FfGiOqt3rdO3s1EGVL9p#/registration">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsd-msqDojEtY7FfGiOqt3rdO3s1EGVL9p#/registration</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'>Birder Brain: Birding and Mental Health<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed May 17, 7 - 8 pm ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Location: Downsview Public Library </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Kelly-Sue found birding as a way to practice self-care, grounding, meditation and mindfulness. Diagnosed with an auto-immune, C-PTSD (Complex Post Traumatic Syndrome), ADHD (attention deficit disorder) Anxiety, Depression, and other health issues experienced by many, she was inspired to share her love of birding and its healing benefits with others. As the Director of Birder Brain she aims to share tips on how to use birding to improve your own mental and physical health, as well as share the stories and experiences of others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT482546&R=EVT482546">https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT482546&R=EVT482546</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'>Impacts of Proposed Provincial Planning Statement: Lunch, Learn & Take Action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. May 17, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Please join Ontario Farmland Trust to learn about the impacts of the new Proposed Provincial Planning Statement: Lot Creation Policies and how you can take action for agriculture and the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-learn-takeactionimpacts-of-proposed-provincial-planning-statement-tickets-625704678537">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-learn-takeactionimpacts-of-proposed-provincial-planning-statement-tickets-625704678537</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'>Tune-In for a Better Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. May 18, 7:30 pm ET - Late<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us for a night of finding joy in music, art, and community focused on the Toronto we could become. We are coming up to a once in a decade opportunity to reshape Toronto’s future. Imagine a city where music and arts thrive, where we care for our most vulnerable, and where real action on climate change is taken. Green Majority Radio, in partnership with CIUT 89.5FM, The Grind, and The Green Line are bringing together incredible musical talent, artists, and community organizations to put together a night of joy in envisioning a Toronto we can all be proud to call home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tune-in-for-a-better-toronto-tickets-594156968487">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tune-in-for-a-better-toronto-tickets-594156968487</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'>Climate Tic Talk Circle <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. May 18, 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Are you experiencing societal grief, anxiety, trauma about global climate change and covid 19? We offer emotional support for people working in service to climate safety. No prep, no advice, come as you are. We look forward to welcoming you into our circle for the first time or the tenth time! Free, peer-to-peer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.kadycowan.com/climatetictalk.html">https://www.kadycowan.com/climatetictalk.html</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:#00B0F0'>Transnational Dialogue on Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants: New England (USA) and NW Russia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. May 19, 10 a.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Civil society organizations from the US and Russia are co-hosting a US-Russian People-to-People mini-conference to explore the environmental hazards and opportunities of decommissioning nuclear power plants. Our transnational dialogue also aims to show that, when civil society and concerned citizens work together across borders and geopolitical strife, our safety and our environment can only benefit along with the planet we all share.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P35RJZuJSgiUVasJqpu6jQ#/registration">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P35RJZuJSgiUVasJqpu6jQ#/registration</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>_______________________</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'>Ontario Place Rally<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. May 22, 1 - 4 p.m. ET</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Trillium Park</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Ontario Place must be for ALL and kept publicly accessible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/3403858776496009/">https://www.facebook.com/events/3403858776496009/</a></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'>What Does The Future Hold For Ontario Place? | The Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXEONeRvnrM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXEONeRvnrM</a></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'>12 reasons for not removing the Ontario Science Centre from Don Mills<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://twitter.com/KGreenbergTO/status/1652304788174909444?s=20">https://twitter.com/KGreenbergTO/status/1652304788174909444?s=20</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:#7030A0'>Climate Crisis: Voices of Protection<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. May 22, 2 p.m. ET</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>On the U.S. Gulf Coast, communities are fighting planned fossil fuel mega-projects that threaten to destroy their local environment – while pushing the world closer to climate breakdown. By sensing into specific struggles in Louisiana and Texas, we explore how developing a greater awareness of our interconnectedness in the face of the climate crisis can empower meaningful action.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://pocketproject.org/event/climate-crisis-voices-of-protection/">https://pocketproject.org/event/climate-crisis-voices-of-protection/</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:#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><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Submissions, subscribes, unsubscribes, and comments</span><span lang=EN-US>: <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org</a> </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Share this newsletter on social media using this link</span><span lang=EN-US>: <a href="http://greenspiration.org/news-events/">http://greenspiration.org/news-events/</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></div></body></html>