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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><img width=309 height=179 style='width:3.2187in;height:1.8645in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DAB5A8.5312DFD0" alt="A close-up of a logo
Description automatically generated"></span><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'>The Climate Crisis Is Directly Related to Inequality<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Science historian Naomi Oreskes says climate change is not just about fossil fuel profits, but also the political ideology supporting capitalism. Oreskes is author of the new book: The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market, showing that the climate crisis is not a scientific problem, but a political, economic, and social issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.desmog.com/2024/05/28/naomi-oreskes-climate-crisis-inequality-capitalism-disinformation-planet-critical/">https://www.desmog.com/2024/05/28/naomi-oreskes-climate-crisis-inequality-capitalism-disinformation-planet-critical/</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'>Mexico is so hot that monkeys, birds and bats are falling dead from trees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/28/mexico-is-so-hot-that-monkeys-birds-and-bats-are-falling-dead-from-trees?insEmail=1&insNltCmpId=257&insNltSldt=10080&insPnName=euronewsfr&isIns=1&isInsNltCmp=1">https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/28/mexico-is-so-hot-that-monkeys-birds-and-bats-are-falling-dead-from-trees</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’s all we have’: young climate activists on the state of politics around the world<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>With elections affecting half the world’s population this year, campaigners offer their views on the chances of real change<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/02/its-all-we-have-young-climate-activists-on-the-state-of-politics-around-the-world">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/02/its-all-we-have-young-climate-activists-on-the-state-of-politics-around-the-world</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'>We are seeing a heatwave of truly monstrous proportion across Asia—</span></b><span lang=EN-US>the temperature in New Delhi these past days has topped 120 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time in its recorded history. By Bill McKibbon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/intensity">https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/intensity</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 can learn from the American experience with nuclear power </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>- by Amory Lovins<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-can-learn-from-the-american-experience-with-nuclear-power">https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-can-learn-from-the-american-experience-with-nuclear-power</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'>Small Modular Reactors: Still too expensive, too slow and too risky<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://ieefa.org/resources/small-modular-reactors-still-too-expensive-too-slow-and-too-risky">https://ieefa.org/resources/small-modular-reactors-still-too-expensive-too-slow-and-too-risky</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'>How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act changed the world<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The US Inflation Reduction Act is the largest investment in clean energy – wind, solar, batteries – in the history of the world. 27 min. video doc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfaubxeS5HU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfaubxeS5HU</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'>Offshore renewables could ‘definitely’ power a $220B Canadian ocean economy by 2035<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/29/news/Canada-renewables-offshore-wind-blue-economy">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/29/news/Canada-renewables-offshore-wind-blue-economy</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'>Now is the time for offshore wind power in the Great Lakes - send a message here<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/offshore-wind/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/offshore-wind/</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'>‘Game-changing’: Vermont becomes first state to require big oil to pay for climate damages<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Climate Superfund Act compels oil companies to pay potentially billions of dollars for climate impacts caused by their emissions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/vermont-oil-companies-climate-superfund-act">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/vermont-oil-companies-climate-superfund-act</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'>God. Guns. Gas stoves?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The long-term exposure to NO2 in American households with gas stoves is high enough to cause thousands of deaths each year and 200,000 childhood asthma cases with women and children who are suffering the most.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://lloydalter.substack.com/p/new-research-shows-that-gas-stoves">https://lloydalter.substack.com/p/new-research-shows-that-gas-stoves</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'>Why the far right is surging in Europe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>23 min. video doc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fxcGpsK0-g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fxcGpsK0-g</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'>Carbon Pricing, Federalism and the State of Canadian Climate Policy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Catch the recording of this 90 min. webinar that covers climate progress across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ys8K-M-ocU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ys8K-M-ocU</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'>Sulphur dioxide levels off the charts in Ontario's Chemical Valley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sarnia, in SW Ontario, is home to 67 petrochemical plants that regularly exceed federal air quality standards, which are significantly weaker than US standards. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/31/news/Chemical-Valley-sulphur-dioxide-Ontario">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/31/news/Chemical-Valley-sulphur-dioxide-Ontario</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'>Ads Claiming LNG Exports Reduce Emissions Are Misleading, Says Regulator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Canada’s advertising regulator has determined that ads claiming liquified natural gas (LNG) will lower emissions are inaccurate, misleading, and distort scientific data. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.desmog.com/2024/05/31/ads-claiming-lng-exports-reduce-emissions-are-misleading-says-regulator/">https://www.desmog.com/2024/05/31/ads-claiming-lng-exports-reduce-emissions-are-misleading-says-regulator/</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'>More Canadian cities are warming up to the car-free street<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>"It's the way of the future." In dense, urban places, large streets and street parking are a "very inefficient use" of space. Montreal leads the way with dozens of long streets closed to motorized traffic in the summer months. Businesses along the routes have thrived.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/car-free-streets-montreal-vancouver-toronto-seasonal-permanent-1.7193687">https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/car-free-streets-montreal-vancouver-toronto-seasonal-permanent-1.7193687</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'>Behind the Berms: The Hidden Impacts of Gravel and Rock Mining in Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/publications/behind-the-berms">https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/publications/behind-the-berms</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'>Help Kebaowek First Nation protect the sacred Kichi Sibi (Ottawa River) from a nuclear waste dump <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Donate for Kebaowek to access justice to say NO to nuclear waste on their unceded territory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://raventrust.com/campaigns/kebaowek/">https://raventrust.com/campaigns/kebaowek/</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'>Make Big Oil pay for the wildfire crisis - Tell Trudeau<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://act.350.org/sign/tax-big-oil-ads-2">https://act.350.org/sign/tax-big-oil-ads-2</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:#A02B93'>EVENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>June is Indigenous History Month<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1466616436543/1534874922512">https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1466616436543/1534874922512</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Take the first steps on your educational journey:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about Inuit across Canada <a href="https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1649783692681/1649783745625">https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1649783692681/1649783745625</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about Métis across Canada <a href="https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1649784022699/1649784047259">https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1649784022699/1649784047259</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about First Nations across Canada <a href="https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1649778441162/1649778487400">https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1649778441162/1649778487400</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Find an event near you: <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/list-events.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/list-events.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:#4EA72E'>Bike Month - GTA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>June 1 - 30<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dozens of group rides, webinars, and engagement stations throughout the month.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.bikemonth.ca/">https://www.bikemonth.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Find an event near you: <a href="https://www.bikemonth.ca/events?month=2024-06">https://www.bikemonth.ca/events?month=2024-06</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'>Ending the Canada-Israel Arms Trade<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. June 3, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join Palestinian leaders, a renowned doctor who recently returned from Gaza, labour reps, antiwar and student encampment organizers from across the country to share updates and next steps to collectively win the demand for a full and immediate arms embargo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://armsembargonow.ca/webinar/">https://armsembargonow.ca/webinar/</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:#E97132'>No More Noise TO: Unpacking the new Noise Bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. June 4, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In this special session we are joined by the City of Toronto's Municipal Licensing and Standards Division to take a deeper dive into the Noise Bylaws. Learn more about the new bylaw changes, how a noise report is handled on the back end, what they can and can't enforce and also answer your questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MWfnWFWGRWSz6zn2tM4EcQ#/registration">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MWfnWFWGRWSz6zn2tM4EcQ#/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 style='color:#DA29E4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#DA29E4'>The Walrus Talks Canada's Creative Power<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. June 5, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In-person at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa AND Online<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Canada is bursting with talent and making waves on the world stage. Leaders of seven of Canada’s key national cultural institutions explore how cultural institutions strengthen Canada and the impact our creative communities on the world stage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-talks-canadas-creative-power-la-force-creatrice-du-canada-tickets-887808548267">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-talks-canadas-creative-power-la-force-creatrice-du-canada-tickets-887808548267</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'>Living Downstream: Manitoba Watersheds are at Risk from Nuclear Waste Burial in Northwestern Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. June 5, 7 pm CT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Riverview Community Centre, 90 Ashland Avenue, Winnipeg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The nuclear industry wants to bury 100,000 tonnes of high-level radioactive waste upstream from Lake of the Woods, the Winnipeg River and Lake Winnipeg. For the last decade, an organization of nuclear power companies called the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has been conducting a siting process to identify a location for a “deep geological repository” (DGR) in which they intend eventually to abandon all of Canada’s stockpiles of high-level radioactive fuel wastes. There is no approved and operating deep geological repository for high-level wastes anywhere in the world. Early in 2020 the NWMO announced that it would focus on two candidate sites, one in Bruce County in Southwestern Ontario, and one in the heart of Treaty 3 territory near Revell Lake in Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario. Join Concerned Citizens of Manitoba and the Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition in welcoming Dr. Gordon Edwards from the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility and Brennain Lloyd from We the Nuclear Free North for a discussion of the nuclear risks Manitobans face from the proposal to bury nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario and from ongoing nuclear activities in Manitoba.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://wethenuclearfreenorth.ca/">https://wethenuclearfreenorth.ca/</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:#4EA72E'>Suffering Earth: The Hidden Cost Of Global Resource Extraction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. June 5, 6:30 - 9 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dive into the harrowing realities of Global Resource Extraction and Global Environmental-Humanitarian Crises, with a stark focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uncover the tragic narratives behind the extraction of minerals such as cobalt and lithium, and the profound devastation inflicted upon the communities of DRC. As the insatiable demand for these minerals surges due to manufacturing demands, we’ll unravel the heart-wrenching consequences faced by the people and ecology of DRC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://terraelysium.ca/suffering-earth-part-1/">https://terraelysium.ca/suffering-earth-part-1/</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'>Creative, Kid-Friendly Climate Actions <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. June 5, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join For Our Kids for a conversation about making your climate actions fun, creative and family-friendly with international parent climate groups, Climate Families NYC and Mothers Rise Up (UK). Both groups host playful, visual in-person actions that not only pressure decision-makers, but also capture media attention and create welcoming environments for kids and new organizers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.forourkids.ca/creative_actions">https://www.forourkids.ca/creative_actions</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:#DA29E4'>Hey Trudeau! Cancel the TMX Pipeline Now! Banner Drop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. June 5, 4 pm PT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Brunette Highway 1 Overpass, (Near Braid Sky Train Station), New Westminster/Coquitlam</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Trudeau government bought the existing Trans Mountain pipeline and the expansion project in 2018 for $4.5 billion. The final price tag for TMX, which is being funded by taxpayers in Canada, has ballooned to $34 billion. This is huge and unjust burden on tax-payers in Canada, and any potential future Indigenous owners, and an environmental travesty that will triple the amount of bitumen in the pipeline from the tarsands, harming the planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/308883188940700">https://www.facebook.com/events/308883188940700</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://the-peak.ca/2024/05/local-banner-drop-critiques-tmx-pipeline/">https://the-peak.ca/2024/05/local-banner-drop-critiques-tmx-pipeline/</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:#E97132'>Lobbying 201: Understanding the What, Where, How and Why of Government <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>June 5-6-7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This series of workshops is for those who have at least some experience with government relations, and want to learn more. The format will be somewhat interactive, with opportunities for Q&A and discussion of specific examples. The focus will be on the federal government, although the principles apply at the provincial level, and to some degree, the municipal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://socialinnovation.org/event_auto/lobbying-201-understanding-the-what-where-how-and-why-of-government-2/">https://socialinnovation.org/event_auto/lobbying-201-understanding-the-what-where-how-and-why-of-government-2/</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'>Toronto: Bike to Work Day Group Commute<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. June 6, 7 - 10 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Bike to Work Day group commute is an annual tradition that brings people from across Toronto together for the largest FREE group bike ride in the city. There are four starting locations across the city that all lead to Nathan Phillips Square at City Hall for a community celebration and free pancake breakfast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.bikemonth.ca/toronto_bike_to_work_day_2024">https://www.bikemonth.ca/toronto_bike_to_work_day_2024</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'>FORWARD! for a Frack Free Future<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>June 7-9 in Vancouver, BC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>A weekend of connection, training, scheming, and dreaming of a Fossil Free Future. We’ll level up our practical skills through workshops and trainings, deepen our understanding of the issues that matter, and strengthen connections across the diverse campaigns, communities and perspectives that make up our movement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://frackfreebc.ca/">https://frackfreebc.ca/</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:#A02B93'>Garbageland Cycling Tour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. June 8, 2 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Starts at Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This tour is trash! Bike the Lower Don River with us and discover how Toronto was shaped by what we throw away. We will talk trash about our manmade waterways, the hidden treasures unearthed from our mountain of filth, and the nocturnal critters that rely on our discards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.nowplayingtoronto.com/event/garbageland-cycling-tour/">https://www.nowplayingtoronto.com/event/garbageland-cycling-tour/</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'>Socialism 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>A Socialist Action cross-country Spring Education Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Saturday, June 8, on-line. Everyone is welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>1 p.m. Eastern Time – What Future for Youth?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>4 p.m. Eastern Time – What Socialists do in Unions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>7 p.m. Eastern Time – Eco-Catastrophe or Eco-Socialism? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://socialistaction.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SA-spring-ed-2024-online-conference.jpg">https://socialistaction.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SA-spring-ed-2024-online-conference.jpg</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:#4EA72E'>SOS – The San Onofre Syndrome: Nuclear Power's Legacy <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>SOS is an empowering story of successful community action to shut down leaking reactors. But then they discover horrific amounts of high-level radioactive waste lethal for millions of years are being placed in thin canisters only 108 ft. from the rising sea. Criminal mismanagement of radioactive waste is a syndrome at all 93 reactors in the U.S. and beyond. Will safer alternatives be taken in time? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Featuring Canada's Dr. Gordon Edwards.<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:#4EA72E'>Watch the film free June 3 - 10 here:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/scnuclearfree/play/65df95a376a72b002f4c49af">https://watch.eventive.org/scnuclearfree/play/65df95a376a72b002f4c49af</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:#4EA72E'>Then join the webinar discussion with Gordon and others:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. June 10, 8 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Hosted by SIERRA CLUB's Nuclear Free Grassroots Network Team<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://sierraclub.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nlzk54JWTHyKg8cFlKP5Hw#/registration">https://sierraclub.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nlzk54JWTHyKg8cFlKP5Hw#/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:#E97132'>Full Spectrum Resistance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. June 22 - 23, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Two days of Radical Imagination: A teach-in exploring solutions from across the activist spectrum – with author Aric McBay and others. For activists of all kinds – social and environmental – to deepen their knowledge and refine their skills. We aim to build a strong culture of resistance and equip campaigns with effective strategies for success.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/full-spectrum-resistance-tickets-884378940217">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/full-spectrum-resistance-tickets-884378940217</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'>Work That Reconnects Workshop <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>August 20 - 23, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wasan Island, Lake Rosseau, Muskoka, Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This three-day residential workshop is designed for change makers engaged with the growing environmental, social and political challenges of our times, those who choose to turn toward the feelings of overwhelm at the scope of these challenges, and who seek sources of hope and inspiration for the work ahead. As we move through this important work, we will be nurtured by the stunning Wasan Island, with space to reconnect with nature, swim in the lake, and nourish ourselves with local food and good company. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://socialinnovation.secure.retreat.guru/program/work-that-reconnects-workshop-at-wasan-island/">https://socialinnovation.secure.retreat.guru/program/work-that-reconnects-workshop-at-wasan-island/</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:#DA29E4'>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:#DA29E4'>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: <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.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>Share this newsletter on social media using this link: <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></div></body></html>