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Description automatically generated"></span><span lang=EN-US><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'>INTERNATIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></b></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'>It’s over for fossil fuels: IPCC spells out what’s needed to avert climate disaster<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>What we must do immediately: 1) End the use of fossil fuels 2) Build massive amounts of solar & wind 3) Electrify everything 4) Localize 5) Conserve 5) Find solutions for the last hard stuff (planes, cement) 6) Stop cutting down forests<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/04/its-over-for-fossil-fuels-ipcc-spells-out-whats-needed-to-avert-climate-disaster">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/04/its-over-for-fossil-fuels-ipcc-spells-out-whats-needed-to-avert-climate-disaster</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'>Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>EU monitor says global temperatures were 1.75C above preindustrial levels, extending run of unprecedented highs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/hottest-january-on-record-climate-scientists-global-temperatures-high?CMP=share_btn_url">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/hottest-january-on-record-climate-scientists-global-temperatures-high</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'>Trump's Gaza plan will be seen as flying in face of international law<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9w5q8qn59yo">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9w5q8qn59yo</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'>On “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza” & Trump’s Call for Ethnic Cleansing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/peter_beinart_being_jewish_gaza_book">https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/peter_beinart_being_jewish_gaza_book</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'>Risk: Donald Trump Edition! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>- 90 second video, humour<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=617L8UW45qg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=617L8UW45qg</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 Do We Need USAID? with Samantha Power<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIHJub72vuM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIHJub72vuM</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'>A million cars have disappeared: What NYC is like after one month of congestion pricing</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>One month in, traffic is down, public buses are faster, and transit ridership is up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91272434/a-million-cars-have-disappeared-what-nyc-is-like-after-one-month-of-congestion-pricing">https://www.fastcompany.com/91272434/a-million-cars-have-disappeared-what-nyc-is-like-after-one-month-of-congestion-pricing</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'>Honest Government Ad | Nuclear -</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'> satire<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The farce of nuclear power is laid bare in this 4 min. video. The same pro-nuke arguments are used in every country by parties looking to cash in and continue burning fossil fuels.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqVVBUdW84">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqVVBUdW84</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'>They won’t tell you these truths about nuclear energy <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Despite reams of peer-reviewed studies and books showing radiation’s harmful effects, there is persistent denialism that seems impervious to fact-checking. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5118792-nuclear-power-industry-radiation-debunk/">https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5118792-nuclear-power-industry-radiation-debunk/</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:#A02B93'>CANADA<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'>Mark Carney was made for this moment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>His career has been defined by moments of high-profile leadership during major economic and political flashpoints in both Canada and Great Britain. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/07/opinion/mark-carney-tariffs-Trump-Trudeau-election">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/07/opinion/mark-carney-tariffs-Trump-Trudeau-election</a><o:p></o:p></span></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'>Health Care Corruption Allegations Rock Danielle Smith's Alberta Government<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/07/Health-Care-Corruption-Allegations-Rock-Smith-Government/">https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/07/Health-Care-Corruption-Allegations-Rock-Smith-Government/</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:#A02B93'>SMR - Spending Money Recklessly (a.k.a. Small Modular Nuclear Reactor)</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'> - video presentation by Dr. Gordon Edwards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://youtu.be/jucVRbZ6FDA">https://youtu.be/jucVRbZ6FDA</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:#A02B93'>The resurgence (not) of nuclear power: a conversation with M. V. Ramana<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://energycentral.com/c/gn/resurgence-nuclear-power-conversation-m-v-ramana">https://energycentral.com/c/gn/resurgence-nuclear-power-conversation-m-v-ramana</a><o:p></o:p></span></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'>Tell federal leaders you’re counting on them to include climate-aligned finance in their election platforms<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://ecojustice.ca/tell-party-leaders-to-include-climate-aligned-finance-principles-in-their-electoral-platforms-now/">https://ecojustice.ca/tell-party-leaders-to-include-climate-aligned-finance-principles-in-their-electoral-platforms-now/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>ONTARIO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Keep our power in Canada – expand the east-west grid<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Now is not the time to increase our economic dependency on the U.S. as ON's premier is calling for. Instead, we should be investing in renewable energy and expanding our east-west electricity grid to create jobs, keep our power in Canada, and lower our electricity bills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/east-west/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/east-west/</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:#0070C0'>Four questions for Ontario’s political leaders on energy issues<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/four-questions-leaders/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/four-questions-leaders/</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:#0070C0'>Ontario is the only place in the world to tear out wind turbines and embrace nuclear power. Australia’s conservatives have been taking notes. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://drilled.media/news/aus-nuclear">https://drilled.media/news/aus-nuclear</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:#0070C0'>Fed up with Doug Ford? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>There's no time to waste! Find a riding where a PC is vulnerable, then get to work or donate $. To find a riding in your area, check out: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>In Toronto: </span><span lang=EN-US>Not One Seat: <a href="https://www.notoneseat.ca/candidates">https://www.notoneseat.ca/candidates</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>In Ontario: </span><span lang=EN-US>Common Ground: <a href="https://commongroundon.blogspot.com">https://commongroundon.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>In Canada: </span><span lang=EN-US>Cooperate for Canada: <a href="https://cooperateforcanada.ca">https://cooperateforcanada.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Vote Well: </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://votewell.ca">https://votewell.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>On Feb 27, don't split the vote. Figure out where your vote matters most. See our newsletter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://shorturl.at/AYKaC">https://shorturl.at/AYKaC</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:#0070C0'>Ontario election 2025: Doug Ford’s plan to deliver us from gridlock won’t end congestion, experts say</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Since first elected Ontario premier seven years ago, Ford has made drivers a priority with projects including widening parts of Hwy 401, building Hwy 413, promising to eliminate tolls on Hwy 407, a new highway tunnelled under the 401, and ripping up bike lanes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ontario-election-2025-doug-fords-plan-to-deliver-us-from-gridlock-wont-end-congestion-experts/article_f263c8ba-e26b-11ef-9489-87cc8e33991d.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ontario-election-2025-doug-fords-plan-to-deliver-us-from-gridlock-wont-end-congestion-experts/article_f263c8ba-e26b-11ef-9489-87cc8e33991d.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:#0070C0'>Ontario patients can't take another 4 years of health care cuts, closures, shortages & privatization<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Ontario funds our public health care at the lowest rate in Canada. Every service that has been cut has been privatized. It’s not a coincidence, it is the plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.stopforprofithealthcare.ca/">https://www.stopforprofithealthcare.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:#4EA72E'>MISC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>What else is new? Video podcaster Kelly Green goes through a Greenspiration newsletter with his viewers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiPAomBJK3k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiPAomBJK3k</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>I especially appreciated his True Confessions of a Gen-Xctivist </span><span lang=EN-US>- 10-part true crime stories of his activist exploits from 1990 to today<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYTpfren8mU&list=PL3IwhNn-WrIPHPfkYN6F8HVbqUdK25-n2&index=10">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYTpfren8mU&list=PL3IwhNn-WrIPHPfkYN6F8HVbqUdK25-n2&index=10</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'>Vibrant eco-conscious foodie, ageless elder seeks shared home in Toronto's downtown core<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PeiCzech/posts/pfbid082kVCgDakgBQ4TB8wGsmaheoowHJCMoUcvCCEgFskxs2KUWoPCgzHzs2xs8SaaLol">https://www.facebook.com/PeiCzech/posts/pfbid082kVCgDakgBQ4TB8wGsmaheoowHJCMoUcvCCEgFskxs2KUWoPCgzHzs2xs8SaaLol</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:#E97132'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>EVENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>Our Environmental Legacy in Ontario: Your Role in the Snap Election<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Feb. 10, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Environmental advocates Tony Morris of Ontario Nature, Franz Hartman of the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario and Gerry Jenkinson of the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists will speak to key nature election issues and how to connect them to affordability and other voter concerns. They will also share resources and actions that concerned Ontarians can do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hGtSbAVeTnGu35nvg3n9Lg#/registration">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hGtSbAVeTnGu35nvg3n9Lg#/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:red'>Nuclear Waste Unleashed: NWMO’s Integrated Strategy for Radioactive Waste<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 11, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In 2020 the Minister of Natural Resources asked the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to develop a strategy for the management of low and intermediate level waste for his “review and consideration”. Two years later, the NWMO delivered its strategy which places the nuclear industry fully in charge, with the NWMO leading the charge for an additional deep geological repository and all other players positioned to create an unspecified number of “near surface disposal facilities”. Action will gear up in March with the NWMO delivers its siting plan for another DGR, this one for intermediate and high-level wastes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8IJ2-p1mRgqZlUq201K_cQ#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8IJ2-p1mRgqZlUq201K_cQ#/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><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'>Why Nuclear Power Isn’t a Solution<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 11, 6 - 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The evidence is clear: Nuclear power is not a climate solution. It's expensive, dangerous, slow to build, and generates radioactive waste. Join NY's Food and Water Watch to learn about New York Governor Hochul's scheme to build new nuclear plants – and how to get involved in stopping it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/749526/?link_id=1&can_id=b185343a12ba7e544141b5ae39b912e2&source=email-lets-be-clear-about-nuclear&email_referrer=email_2611279&email_subject=lets-be-clear-about-nuclear">https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/749526/</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'>Fund Our City: Toronto Budget Rally<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 11, noon - 1 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square, Queen and Bay, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>On Feb. 11, Toronto City Council will be voting on the 2025 City Budget. Social Planning Toronto and partners are organizing a community rally outside City Hall to let Council know this is no time for cuts. This year's proposed budget includes increased investments into vital community services such as affordable housing, transit, and a student nutrition program, but this funding won’t be guaranteed unless City Council votes to support it. It’s time to send a strong message: we need to fund a city where everyone can thrive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/fund_our_city_toronto_budget_rally">https://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/fund_our_city_toronto_budget_rally</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:#E97132'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>Apathy is Boring on Youth Friendly ENGOs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 11, 1 - 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The first of 4 workshops on reaching out to youth. $60 for the series.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/youth-friendly-engos-and-you">https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/youth-friendly-engos-and-you</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:#0070C0'>Beyond the Shock Doctrine: Conversation on Tariffs, Climate and Solidarity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb 12, 7 pm ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Climate crisis. Eroding social safety net. Colonialism. The rise of xenophobia and the far right. Just when we thought things couldn’t get worse, US broligarchs unleashed the threat of tariffs on the Canadian economy, leading to economic anxiety and corporate profiteering. Corporate-aligned governments of all stripes are profiting off this moment to promote further resource extraction, deregulation and deportations. What does a people-first response to this moment look like, and how can it cut through all the noise? Featuring Naomi Klein, Co-Director of the Centre for Climate Justice, Syed Hussan, Executive Director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, and Lubicon Cree advocate Melina Laboucan-Massimo, founder and Executive Director of Sacred Earth Solar. Hosted by Climate Action Network Canada and the UBC Centre for Climate Justice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7117389449124/WN_nxpZEEs3SHetQnIh1N1vdw#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7117389449124/WN_nxpZEEs3SHetQnIh1N1vdw#/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:#A02B93'>Reusable Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 12, 6 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Location varies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Reusable Toronto is a community gathering place for people interested in building a waste free world. Together, we’re working to eliminate harmful disposables and champion a culture of reuse in Toronto. The meetup group's primary focus is building real, in-person, human connection between group members. We gather 2x a month, bringing our own reusable containers from home. We meet at a range of different restaurants, dining halls, cafeterias, etc. bringing our patronage to these places all with our reusable containers. Join us!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.meetup.com/reusabletoronto/">https://www.meetup.com/reusabletoronto/</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'>Vote to Secure Our Future: the Ontario Election and You<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 13, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>With an Ontario election looming, we all need to understand the critical election issues that affect us most! How will your vote affect your cost of living, health, housing and insurance, access to food, and more? Find out by joining this special pre-election OCEC non-partisan webinar. You will hear about important platform policies of each party, and an expert panelists’ discussion of the real-life impacts of these policies on you and your loved ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FWNbdlwCRfiKzzB8Tscwuw#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FWNbdlwCRfiKzzB8Tscwuw#/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'>How We Fight Back — Federal Election Campaign Launch to join the fight against Poilievre's Conservatives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 13, 6 - 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>LeadNow is launching an election campaign to fight back against Poilievre’s Conservatives and elect leaders who will fight for us—not for corporate interests.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://you.leadnow.ca/events/how-we-fight-back-federal-election-campaign-launch?source=email-R1widesendfeb4&link_id=0&can_id=075b8001ffa64b2082bf4f618f293096&email_referrer=email_2606885&email_subject=how-we-fight-back-federal-election-campaign-launch">https://you.leadnow.ca/events/how-we-fight-back-federal-election-campaign-launch</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:#0F9ED5'>Rise Up Rooted: An evening of local films on forests<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 13, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Patagonia Store, 500 King St. West, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Hosted by Wilderness Committee & Ontario Old Growth Conservation Volunteers. Free.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/events/rise-rooted-evening-local-documentaries-about-forests<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:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Greenbelt at 20: Celebrating our Past, Protecting our Future <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 13, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In this webinar, we'll explore the history of the Greenbelt, from its creation through public advocacy and key legislation, to its current successes in preserving farmland, protecting water, and promoting biodiversity. The session will include a call to action and share resources to support the Greenbelt’s ongoing growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P4Jh1e8CTfyKYrSDom6J8A#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P4Jh1e8CTfyKYrSDom6J8A#/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:#A02B93'>Germany’s Upcoming Election and the Future of Climate and Energy Policy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thurs. Feb. 13, 12:15 - 1:45 pm ES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join Sascha Mueller-Kraenner from the Deutsche Umwelthilfe for a discussion of the status of Germany’s Energiewende project and Climate Policy to date, and what's at stake in the German federal election in February.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>https://www.brandeis.edu/cges/news-events/spring-2025/250213_saschamueller-kraenner.html<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Valentine's Day Rally: Stop the Incinerator Expansion: Let's Clear The Air! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Feb. 14, 12:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Doug Ford's constituency office: 823 Albion Rd. just east of Islington Ave in Etobicoke North<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Brampton’s Emerald Incinerator Expansion will become the largest Energy-From-Waste (EFW) Incinerator in Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>if approved by Ontario’s Minister of the Environment. The prevailing wind out of the west will blow the toxins into the most populated part of Ontario, bringing its toxic plume of furans, dioxins, nitrogen oxide and the pollutants that cause asthma in children and increase rates of cancer, heart disease and asthma in adults..<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'>Climate Justice and Equitable Futures: What’s missing in IPCC AR6 Scenarios and How to go Beyond<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Feb. 14, 10 am ET <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In the context of accelerating climate breakdown, we need the IPCC to reassess its approach for the 7th Assessment cycle (AR7), particularly with regard to equity, modelling, and mitigation pathways.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://boell.zoom.us/meeting/register/yjSXf7VPSK2at9yIAuK2IA">https://boell.zoom.us/meeting/register/yjSXf7VPSK2at9yIAuK2IA</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'>20th Annual Strawberry Ceremony for MMIWGT2S<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Feb. 14, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>40 College Street, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us to mark the 20th year that we hold ceremony at Toronto Police Headquarters for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans and Two-Spirit people (MMIWGT2S)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1627811931191318/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1627811931191318/</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'>Music Votes Ontario Canvass <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Feb. 15, Meet 12:30-1, Canvass 1-3:30, Music 3:30-5/5:30<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Musicians, Music Industry Workers and Music Fans are Invited to join together with Teachers, Climate activists and other Torontonians to Stop Ford. We are organizing Music infused Mass Canvasses in Ridings where the Conservatives can be defeated. The afternoons will involve a couple of hours of canvassing followed by a free concert with some of Toronto's best musicians including some very special surprise guests.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdk0mXxCEJhLhLe8Bw_maeeY5ZP0prRn0qs75bsdNmODezIEQ/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdk0mXxCEJhLhLe8Bw_maeeY5ZP0prRn0qs75bsdNmODezIEQ/viewform</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:#0070C0'>DeepSeek and the Challenge to US Technological Hegemony<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. Feb. 16, 11 a.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Is the release of DeepSeek's R1 model a "Sputnik moment"? Are we witnessing the decline of US technological hegemony?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deepseek-and-the-challenge-to-us-technological-hegemony-tickets-1236045197459?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deepseek-and-the-challenge-to-us-technological-hegemony-tickets-1236045197459?aff=oddtdtcreator</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'>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><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>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></div></body></html>