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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'>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'>Democracy by Margaret Atwood - 6 min. video<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFkxJSCzjcw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFkxJSCzjcw</a></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'>Are We Sleepwalking into Autocracy? Trump Embraces Authoritarian Playbook of Hungary’s Orbán<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/12/kim_scheppele_autocracy_trump_musk">https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/12/kim_scheppele_autocracy_trump_musk</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'>100% Renewable (and without miracles)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>According to Mark Jacobson, from Stanford University, we already have 97% of the necessary technologies. And we don’t need gas, nuclear, CCS, or other false solutions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.rinnovabili.net/business/energy/100-renewable-mark-jacobson-explains-the-transition-without-miracles/">https://www.rinnovabili.net/business/energy/100-renewable-mark-jacobson-explains-the-transition-without-miracles/</a></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'>Texas Moves on Renewables While Alberta’s Oil Ties Hold Firm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Energy storage and renewables are expanding rapidly in Texas’s free-market system, building resilience, lowering costs, and drawing comparisons with Alberta<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theenergymix.com/texas-moves-on-renewables-while-albertas-oil-ties-hold-firm/">https://www.theenergymix.com/texas-moves-on-renewables-while-albertas-oil-ties-hold-firm/</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 'body blow' for climate research: Trump pauses NOAA collaboration with 'foreign nationals' <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/07/news/body-blow-climate-research-trump-noaa-collaboration-foreign-nationals">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/07/news/body-blow-climate-research-trump-noaa-collaboration-foreign-nationals</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'>Putin’s Drone Hit on Chernobyl Today Sends Us All an Atomic Message</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This terrifying strike sends the world a clear message: in the age of drone warfare, any “Peaceful Atom” plant can be turned into a radioactive apocalypse at any time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://freepress.org/article/putin%E2%80%99s-drone-hit-chernobyl-today-sends-us-all-atomic-message?link_id=5&can_id=b185343a12ba7e544141b5ae39b912e2&source=email-heres-the-bush-era-root-of-trumpmusks-racist-woman-hating-attacks-on-dei&email_referrer=email_2620315&email_subject=putins-drone-hit-on-chernobyl-today-sends-us-all-an-atomic-message">https://freepress.org/article/putin%E2%80%99s-drone-hit-chernobyl-today-sends-us-all-atomic-message</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 Nuclear Future is Not Inevitable<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The marriage between Big Tech and nuclear power endangers us all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/nuclear-power-amazon-microsoft-trump-biden-slattery-ai">https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/nuclear-power-amazon-microsoft-trump-biden-slattery-ai</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 slew of mad nuclear plans<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Israel intends to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities (again). Japan will "maximize" its use of nuclear power and plans to have 30 reactors back running by 2040. A mad scientist thinks we should detonate an 81 gigaton nuclear bomb in the seabed to shatter basalt to enhance carbon sequestration. The US could resume atmospheric atomic testing. And an armed drone hit the destroyed Chornobyl Unit 4 reactor. Could things get any worse? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/02/16/no-comedic-caper/">https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/02/16/no-comedic-caper/</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'>Nuclear Risks: A Conversation with Dr. Gordon Edwards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGPOaRalFZA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGPOaRalFZA</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'>Bowing to the Butcher: Trump Grovels to Putin and Promises to Abandon Ukraine - by Thom Hartmann</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-157035559">https://substack.com/home/post/p-157035559</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'>Jake Broe - analyst and video blogger on Russia's imperialist war on Ukraine <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JakeBroe">https://www.youtube.com/@JakeBroe</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:#A02B93'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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'>Pierre Poilievre’s Lead Was Supposed to Be Unshakable. It Isn’t<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Polls suggest Mark Carney is reshaping the electoral landscape</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/pierre-poilievres-lead-was-supposed-to-be-unshakable-it-isnt/?vgo_ee=4A%2BXa0EAKgIKHRhd79y8uYdXSX1Oh3qWuUNw4xj2hod9fc4ECrZeqzY9FQ%3D%3D%3A5zBgMsq%2Fg97a7V2pi9xze7Vx3kgxGB5K">https://thewalrus.ca/pierre-poilievres-lead-was-supposed-to-be-unshakable-it-isnt/</a> </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'>Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney on how he'd change Canada's carbon tax<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Interviewed by CBC's Rosemary Barto (16 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6651113">https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6651113</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:#A02B93'>The Online Warriors Calling for a Violent Invasion of Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>As Canadian sovereignty is undermined and an election approaches, politicians are calling for an investigation of X.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/12/Online-Warriors-Violent-Invasion-Canada/">https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/12/Online-Warriors-Violent-Invasion-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:#A02B93'>Why Canada’s Oil Sands Aren’t Coming Back<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>I used to be an oil executive. Here’s how market forces, not politics, killed the oil boom—and why new pipelines won’t save the country.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://macleans.ca/economy/why-canadas-oil-sands-arent-coming-back/">https://macleans.ca/economy/why-canadas-oil-sands-arent-coming-back/</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'>More pipelines won’t make Canada more secure. Renewable energy will</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canada-renewables-trump-tariffs/">https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canada-renewables-trump-tariffs/</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'>Keep our power in Canada – expand the east-west grid with renewables, not the north-south grid with more gas and nuclear<o:p></o:p></span></b></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:#A02B93'>Canada's Home Electrification Toolkit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Your guide to a cleaner, smarter, more affordable home<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tKfafxknkwkJ_DuLhMc2zyD9Q4TURDcD/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tKfafxknkwkJ_DuLhMc2zyD9Q4TURDcD/view</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'>Fight Pierre Poilievre’s corporate power grab</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>An appeal to organizations and individuals to build solidarity, stop the scapegoating and unite for a liveable future</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://stoppoilievre.couragecoalition.ca/">https://stoppoilievre.couragecoalition.ca/</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:#A02B93'>Sign the Pledge for Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://engagement-canada-pledge.ca/">https://engagement-canada-pledge.ca/</a></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'>Cooperate for Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://cooperateforcanada.ca">https://cooperateforcanada.ca</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><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>ONTARIO<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'>Ask 4 Questions for Ontario's Political Leaders/Candidates on Energy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/election-questions/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/election-questions/</a></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'>Vote For Our Future TownHall: The Ontario Election & You<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Recording of webinar hosted by Ontario Climate Emergency Coalition</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBcggkrT1Q&t=12s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBcggkrT1Q&t=12s</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:#4EA72E'>Ontario’s Election Debate with 4 party leaders - Feb. 17 recording</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlOIHDPnrY4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlOIHDPnrY4</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:#4EA72E'>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>In Toronto: 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>In Ontario: 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>Unity Candidates for Ontario: <a href="https://cooperateforcanada.ca/heres-how-you-can-help-ontario/">https://cooperateforcanada.ca/heres-how-you-can-help-ontario/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Vote Well: <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><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'>Green Prosperity - Provincial election survey about the environment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>See the responses from the Ontario NDP, Liberals and Greens. No response from the PCs.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://greenprosperity.ca/provincial-election-survey-2025/">https://greenprosperity.ca/provincial-election-survey-2025/</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:#4EA72E'>NDP, Liberals and Greens support phasing-out of Ontario’s polluting gas power <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>No response from the PC's to our election questionnaire</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/ndp-liberals-greens/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/ndp-liberals-greens/</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'>Vote Ontario on Food and Farming <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://sustainontario.com/vote2025/">https://sustainontario.com/vote2025/</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'>Toronto Adds $2B to Climate Programs Through First-Ever Carbon Budget Process<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theenergymix.com/toronto-adds-2b-to-climate-programs-through-first-ever-carbon-budget-process/">https://www.theenergymix.com/toronto-adds-2b-to-climate-programs-through-first-ever-carbon-budget-process/</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'>International Update: Nuclear Waste Burial Programs in the UK, US and EU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 18, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The nuclear industry in Canada purports that nuclear waste burial is part of international best practice, but the reality is that there is no operating DGR for high-level radioactive wastes anywhere in the world. Join this session to hear from organizations tracking nuclear waste burial schemes in other jurisdictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oFKh_nVJRkGjpkoMDAzlCA#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oFKh_nVJRkGjpkoMDAzlCA#/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:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Health Impacts of the Portlands Gas Plant (on Toronto’s waterfront)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 18, 7 - 8 p.m. ET</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about the health impacts of Toronto's Portlands gas plant and the current context of energy generation in Ontario. TERRE is a coalition of East End residents and local climate justice groups working together to oppose the expansion of the polluting Portlands gas plant in our neighbourhood and to ensure its phase out by 2030. We are committed to supporting a rapid, just transition to renewable energy in Toronto and across Ontario.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Gr3IdaxxTXyFYSgnsdRQqA">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Gr3IdaxxTXyFYSgnsdRQqA</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'>Climate-Proofing Your Personal Finances<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 18, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We already know that climate change will bring about massive shifts globally. Have you considered how this will affect your personal finances? As our planet shifts, your wallet might feel the ripple effects in ways you never imagined! Join Tim Nash from Good Investing as he teams up with Amy Castator from Project Neutral and Adam Lynes-Ford from My Climate Plan to educate you on the powerful connection between your money and the climate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EXtVz3ePSB-czt-O9Tpvnw#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EXtVz3ePSB-czt-O9Tpvnw#/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:#A02B93'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>Covering Trump’s Climate Blitzkrieg - with Bill McKibben<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 18, 12 pm ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>US president Donald Trump and unelected billionaire Elon Musk are openly violating the law, trying to defund key agencies, installing climate deniers throughout government, and attacking international climate action. Relentlessly “flooding the zone” with outlandish proposals has long been Trump’s media strategy. How can journalists in the US and around the world stay focused on informing the public and holding power to account? Join this working conversation with Heatmap senior reporter Jael Holzman, Asia-Pacific Guardian contributor Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, and author and New Yorker contributor Bill McKibben. </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8117394756033/WN_WQrb0U3HRs2dbhW7-GwGzw#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8117394756033/WN_WQrb0U3HRs2dbhW7-GwGzw#/registration</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><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>How long can Russia sustain its aggression in Ukraine?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 18, 11:30 am ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Eurasia Center discusses how the confluence of Russia’s war of attrition, economic decline, and energy damage impact the Russian Federation and its global standing.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/how-long-can-russia-sustain-its-aggression-in-ukraine/">https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/how-long-can-russia-sustain-its-aggression-in-ukraine/</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><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'>School Streets: Enhancing Neighborhoods In Paris & Barcelona<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 18, 11 a.m. - noon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Barcelona’s school streets program, Protegim les Escoles has transformed over 200 schools environments to make them greener, safer and healthier places for children, families and neighbours, through an investment of over €16 million. School streets programs aim to improve the quality of these public spaces through street re-designs, traffic calming measures, the removal of car parking and the addition of street furniture and vegetation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Paris’ Rues aux Enfants initiative, launched in 2020, has been especially impactful. It has transformed over 200 streets into low-traffic areas, with 70 of them redesigned to better accommodate pedestrians and children. This innovative approach has garnered international attention, with cities from around the world seeking insights from the Mairie de Paris on how to replicate this model of urban development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Guests: Priscilla Benedetti, and Jordi Honey-Rosés<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fPrSL-cpTx2JiTOzdPrKlQ#/registration">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fPrSL-cpTx2JiTOzdPrKlQ#/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:#E97132'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 18, 3 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Ray Acheson will share valuable insights from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and its journey to achieving the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in 2017 and entering into force in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tQ2FdPQgR1WqbmbZVlXRsw#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tQ2FdPQgR1WqbmbZVlXRsw#/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'>Geneva Summit – Raising Voices on Freedom<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 18 – Watch live now</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy is a major conference that shines a spotlight on urgent human rights situations that require global attention. It provides human rights heroes, activists and former political prisoners with a unique platform to testify about their personal struggles for democracy and freedom, while building an international community to take on dictatorships.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://genevasummit.org/">https://genevasummit.org/</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:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Invasive Species Forum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Feb. 18 - 20<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The virtual Invasive Species Forum is an annual event that brings attention to invasive species issues, research, and advances in prevention and management occurring across Canada, and in neighbouring U.S. States.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/events/invasive-species-forum/">https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/events/invasive-species-forum/</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'>Climate, Carbon and Technocracy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 19, 2 p.m. ET</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Camila Moreno, Climate analyst and climate COP expert, will share unparalleled knowledge about global climate governance and its link to digitalisation. She delves into why climate has been reduced to a narrow focus on carbon dioxide and explains how this reductionist approach has derailed a broad environmental movement and led to a focus on corporate-friendly market-based schemes, and the financialization of nature. Camila´s x-ray analysis helps us to understand what is happening behind the curtains of a largely invisible global technocratic system, and gets us closer to understanding the institutionalized obstacles to human-scale living-economies and feminine futures.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/femininefutures/1525465">https://www.tickettailor.com/events/femininefutures/1525465</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:#4EA72E'>What Scientists Are Telling Us About Radiation that Nuclear Boosters Won't<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 20, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join in on the webinar sponsored by the NGO Gender + Radiation Impact Project, with leading experts on the impacts of radiation, to answer your questions about new research concerning harmful impacts of the nuclear energy and weapons industries. A growing body of evidence reveals ionizing radiation disproportionately impacts women and young children. Those arguing for expanding nuclear power and weapons production pointedly ignore and contradict evidence of their harms -- part of a pattern of suppression that goes back to the dawn of the nuclear age a century ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I6Urz_iGSR2Zvb43N08_GQ#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I6Urz_iGSR2Zvb43N08_GQ#/registration</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:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>War and peace: The state of the battlefield and Trump’s diplomacy in Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri, Feb. 21, 11 am ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Eurasia Center discusses the state of the war and the prospects for Trump’s diplomacy to achieve a sustainable peace deal.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/war-and-peace-the-state-of-the-battlefield-and-trumps-diplomacy-in-ukraine/">https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/war-and-peace-the-state-of-the-battlefield-and-trumps-diplomacy-in-ukraine/</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'>Music Votes Ontario Canvass <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Feb. 22, 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:#E97132'>Rally to Save Ontario Science Centre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Feb. 22, 2 - 4 p.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thorncliffe Park Public School, Toronto</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us to call on provincial candidates to commit to reopen, renew, and reinvest in Ontario's Science Centre. Speakers will include advocates, community members, teachers, and students.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.savesciencecentre.com/thorncliffeparkrally">https://www.savesciencecentre.com/thorncliffeparkrally</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:#A02B93'>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:#A02B93'>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><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>