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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=178 style='width:3.2187in;height:1.8541in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DB189C.CC4A5570"></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'>Federal Liberals are running out of time to enact three emissions-slashing regulations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/03/news/liberals-last-three-climate-policies">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/03/news/liberals-last-three-climate-policies</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'>Ontario is no model for energy and climate policy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>After successive nuclear projects bankrupted the old ON Hydro int the 90's, the ON gov't is once again on a $100-billion nuclear binge, using polluting gas as back-up, while sidelining cleaner, lower-cost and lower-risk renewables and efficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2024/ontario-energy/">https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2024/ontario-energy/</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'>'Petrobromance,' Nuclear Priesthood, and Police Repression: Feminist Confrontations of Violent Industries, and Movements to Abolish Them<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This report investigates the nexus between the nuclear and fossil fuel industries, and state repression of activism against these industries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/publications-and-research/publications/17206-petrobromance-nuclear-priesthood-and-police-repression-feminist-confrontations-of-violent-industries-and-movements-to-abolish-them">https://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/publications-and-research/publications/17206-petrobromance-nuclear-priesthood-and-police-repression-feminist-confrontations-of-violent-industries-and-movements-to-abolish-them</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'>Plutonium vs Democracy: A Necessary Debate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>by Gordon Edwards and Susan O’Donnell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.ccnr.org/CCNR_CNSC_Plutonium_Paper_Sept_30_2024.pdf">www.ccnr.org/CCNR_CNSC_Plutonium_Paper_Sept_30_2024.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'>LNG Worse for Climate Than Coal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>LNG is not a bridge fuel to clean energy. It's a highway to climate hell.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/lng-climate-change">https://www.commondreams.org/news/lng-climate-change</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'>4 innovative Indigenous-led clean energy projects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Clean energy projects are booming in Indigenous communities across Canada, with big gains in the number of solar, bioenergy, wind, hydro and battery storage projects. 200 major projects and 2,000 smaller-scale projects are in operation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-indigenous-clean-energy-1.7334505">https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-indigenous-clean-energy-1.7334505</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'>‘Everything is dead’: Ukraine rushes to stem ecocide after river poisoning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Russia is suspected of deliberately leaking chemical waste into a river, with deadly consequences for wildlife<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/01/ukraine-seim-river-poisoning-chernihiv-ecocide-">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/01/ukraine-seim-river-poisoning-chernihiv-ecocide-</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'>[Zero] Carbon with Chris Hatch <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Brilliant weekly Canadian climate newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/violent-volumes-from-the-sky-onto-a-climate-haven-zi7hzklgxl?e=02591b0337">https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/violent-volumes-from-the-sky-onto-a-climate-haven-zi7hzklgxl?e=02591b0337</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'>Who Pays For Helene?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>At the moment, in the US, it’s taxpayers, mostly. That could change, however, if new “Make Polluters Pay” bills in the US Congress and states including New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland become law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://mailchi.mp/coveringclimatenow/who-pays-for-helene?e=ed8ced7c95">https://mailchi.mp/coveringclimatenow/who-pays-for-helene</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'>Chinese-made EVs are now subject to a 100% tariff. What does this mean for Canadians?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/china-electric-vehicles-tariff-trade-canada-1.7338087?cmp=rss">https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/china-electric-vehicles-tariff-trade-canada-1.7338087</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'>Global Nonviolent Film Festival<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>24 free docs available to watch until Oct. 13th <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://globalcinema.online/programs/global-nonviolent-film-festival-full-program-2024">https://globalcinema.online/programs/global-nonviolent-film-festival-full-program-2024</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'>Proportional Representation 101<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>2 min. video<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S0Pjhh2A9g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S0Pjhh2A9g</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'>Cities Thrive With Fewer Cars, Multiple Studies Reveal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theenergymix.com/cities-thrive-with-fewer-cars-multiple-studies-reveal/">https://www.theenergymix.com/cities-thrive-with-fewer-cars-multiple-studies-reveal/</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'>BC Election Debate: Climate & Environment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Oct. 7, 7 pm PT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BnV6eEwxRsy_OWsjuG33OQ#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BnV6eEwxRsy_OWsjuG33OQ#/registration</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'>Climate-Related Questions for BC Election Candidates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fJkaOy49tdAjAzZ7t4ez_Yp49fau3-Jr/edit#heading=h.tjnysbo7erdd">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fJkaOy49tdAjAzZ7t4ez_Yp49fau3-Jr/edit#heading=h.tjnysbo7erdd</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'>Overcoming Challenges in Local Climate Action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Four-Part Webinar Series<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>October 7 | November 4 | December 2 | January 13<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This webinar is the first of a four-part series on how cities and communities can overcome the hurdles of moving from climate plans into action and measurable results. It is co-hosted by Climate Reality Project Canada, Climate Caucus, Clean Air Partnership, David Suzuki Foundation, and the Tamarack Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://events.tamarackcommunity.ca/webinar-series-overcoming-challenges-in-local-climate-action?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_gSVabEgLUeYKTiETQRa2wN1muaZE-y43OiJcbSb5FZ2SfSHSaqQFzr4FPa_dJYFTXzUBO6ZjBr-bkMrSFdY6WbJpIsUPTpSeBDv1NMjFn9kPMey8&_hsmi=318975660">https://events.tamarackcommunity.ca/webinar-series-overcoming-challenges-in-local-climate-action</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'>Climate Finance Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Oct. 9, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This is the third of a four-part webinar series on International Climate Finance by CAN-Rac to demystify and unpack the jargon of Climate Finance as we lead up to COP29 in November. Set to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the COP29 Presidency identified negotiating a fair and ambitious climate finance target will be the centrepiece and the most fundamental and pressing issue at COP29. Learn more about international climate finance, Canada's fair share, the upcoming Climate Finance goal negotiations, and what Canada can do to pay up and work towards a more equitable, just, and climate-resilient future for all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkcemoqDwjHdBagUauAn-hfYfiIFVHafPb#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkcemoqDwjHdBagUauAn-hfYfiIFVHafPb#/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:#00B0F0'>Bridging The Power Gap - How Bidirectional Clean Energy Benefits the US Northeast and Eastern Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Oct. 9, noon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>As offshore wind takes a bigger role in decarbonizing the US Northeast, and Canadian provinces and utilities eye growing electricity demand, leaders on both sides of the border must think holistically about the benefits of greater two-way electricity trade. In this webinar, experts will explore how bidirectional flows and interregional transmission capacity can unlock synergies between Canada’s clean energy sources, both existing and new, and emerging clean energy resources in the Northeast – all in an effort to support fossil fuel phaseout, address regional climate goals, and ensure an affordable, reliable power grid.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uMbzbOciShSRN5APetZYDg#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uMbzbOciShSRN5APetZYDg#/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'>An Island & One Night (Une île et une nuit) - Liberating Land from Ecocide <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Oct. 9, 6-8 pm ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Free T.O. premier film screening sponsored by: New One and Upping the Anti<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Presented by: Killian Jorg, Futurama.Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/liberating-land-from-ecocide-an-island-and-one-night-une-ile-et-une-nuit-tickets-1025507018097">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/liberating-land-from-ecocide-an-island-and-one-night-une-ile-et-une-nuit-tickets-1025507018097</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'>Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Oct. 10, 10:30 a.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Featuring M.V. Ramana, University of British Columbia discussing his new book Nuclear is Not the Solution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMldeCrqT8pHNSsneGKJQJTAmDLcJOCNHiB">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMldeCrqT8pHNSsneGKJQJTAmDLcJOCNHiB</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'>More Nuclear in Canada’s Energy Future?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thursday Oct. 10, 7 ET <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Government of Canada and the provinces of Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Alberta see nuclear power as central to their ‘clean’ electricity strategies. The renewed interest in nuclear energy raises economic, environmental, justice, security, legacy and weapons proliferation issues. Does more nuclear energy make sense to decarbonize Canada’s electricity systems? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwudu6gqD0vHd3tumK4ntmHrxSFW81yVzvq">https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwudu6gqD0vHd3tumK4ntmHrxSFW81yVzvq</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'>The Walrus Talks at Home: Teens and Screens<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Oct. 10, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Addicted by design? 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