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Description automatically generated"><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'>World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>"Look what's happened this year with only 1.5C - we've seen floods, we've seen droughts, we've seen heatwaves and wildfires all over the world."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68110310">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68110310</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'>World temperatures go a full year above 1.5 C warming limit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Hottest January on record just passed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/copernicus-climate-report-january-1.7108644">https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/copernicus-climate-report-january-1.7108644</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'>Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry - by Bill McKibben<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Gas is essentially methane which is 80 times more powerful than CO2 at trapping heat and contributing to global warming. The Biden administration suspended new permits for gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/07/joe-biden-big-oil-lng-permits?CMP=share_btn_link">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/07/joe-biden-big-oil-lng-permits</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'>Parisians Vote for Higher Parking Fees for SUVs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Voters in Paris approved an increase in parking fees for SUVs in a referendum on February 4. Vehicles weighing over 1.6 metric tons will have hourly parking fees tripled as the city seeks to become a more bikeable and pedestrian-friendly. Non-residents parking in central Paris could pay 225 euros (about US $243) for parking for 6 hours; by comparison, cars under 1.6 metric tons pay about 6 euros per hour, totalling US $75 for a 6-hour park.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/paris-suv-parking-fee-vote.html">https://www.ecowatch.com/paris-suv-parking-fee-vote.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Fossil Fuel Advertising Gets Its Tobacco Moment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Canadian doctors seem to have touched a raw nerve this week with their support for a private member’s bill calling for a ban on fossil fuel advertising. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We should all be lining up to thank MP Charlie Angus (NDP, Timmins-James Bay) and the small but mighty Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) for what will likely be the most important public health intervention many of us will receive this year.<br><a href="https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/fossil-fuel-advertising-gets-its?r=84z07">https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/fossil-fuel-advertising-gets-its?r=84z07</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'>Poilievre’s ‘Burn, baby, burn’ climate plan is emboldening oil lobby<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Oil executives say they are waiting to see the election results before investing in pollution-cutting measures. Poilievre opposes everything the current federal government is doing on climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/poilievre-s-burn-baby-burn-climate-plan-is-emboldening-oil-lobby/article_51ef1000-34eb-530f-b8b0-08e0d45e4208.html">https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/poilievre-s-burn-baby-burn-climate-plan-is-emboldening-oil-lobby/article_51ef1000-34eb-530f-b8b0-08e0d45e4208.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Ontario Power Generations' Nuclear Power Play<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Plans for the #Pickering rebuild are part of a larger #nuclear expansion strategy pursued by #OPG and the province that will likely cost over $100 B! This could constitute the largest nuclear construction program in the Americas or Europe. None of these plans are subject to any external review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://marksw.blog.yorku.ca/2024/02/03/ontario-power-generations-nuclear-power-play/">https://marksw.blog.yorku.ca/2024/02/03/ontario-power-generations-nuclear-power-play/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>The Ford government’s decision on nuclear will set Ontario back 30 years<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Our politicians keep subsidizing old technologies and industries — and putting opportunity and ideology ahead of basic economics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/the-ford-governments-decision-on-nuclear-will-set-ontario-back-30-years">https://www.tvo.org/article/the-ford-governments-decision-on-nuclear-will-set-ontario-back-30-years</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'>Ten things Canadians need to know about the giant radioactive waste mound coming to the Ottawa River<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://concernedcitizens.net/2024/02/04/ten-things-canadians-need-to-know-about-the-giant-radioactive-waste-mound-coming-to-the-ottawa-river/?fbclid=IwAR2pcRO8dF4ARrbMRiH-aNFU3HZ7pm9b_aD432r6DtHgIkDbew_BgXLAmAs_aem_Aa6VjqnBhJUywUPfmoFo1zqEEPZINoClkzhiepEn4NzuSWkLdoG2QD3YLBnJVgZyokM&mibextid=Zxz2cZ">https://concernedcitizens.net/2024/02/04/ten-things-canadians-need-to-know-about-the-giant-radioactive-waste-mound-coming-to-the-ottawa-river/</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'>Nuclear Waste in Canada and what to do with it?!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>1 hour podcast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/73NxsQkmjM2cEuEEX07T5H">https://open.spotify.com/episode/73NxsQkmjM2cEuEEX07T5H</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'>Respect the moratorium: No mining on Indigenous land without consent</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/respect-the-moratorium-no-mining-on-indigenous-land-without-consent">https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/respect-the-moratorium-no-mining-on-indigenous-land-without-consent</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='color:red'>Gaza Strip in maps: How life has changed in three months<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20415675">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20415675</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>NATO-Russia war: Can it really happen?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Will Russia attack NATO in the coming years? This video addresses the recent warnings from military leaders and politicians, and explains why the risk is bigger than many people think.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY7GPBSyONU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY7GPBSyONU</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'>No journalist has covered the war in Ukraine with greater knowledge,</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'> </span><span lang=EN-US>compassion, and insight than Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign affairs correspondent of the Wall Street Journal. 50 min. video.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/2024/01/11/our-enemies-will-vanish-book-talk-with-yaroslav-trofimov-event-8213">https://carnegieendowment.org/2024/01/11/our-enemies-will-vanish-book-talk-with-yaroslav-trofimov-event-8213</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 Russian officials and their collaborators spirit away Ukraine’s children - a Reuters special report<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The removals of Ukraine’s children are supported by a vast machinery to deport, house and re-educate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-children/">https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-children/</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'>Poland’s Foreign Minister on the Ukraine Invasion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>“If a woman is being raped, it’s not the best time to tell her ‘don’t escalate, or negotiate’ – you have to come to her assistance. And so what happens in the occupied territories, what happens to Ukrainian citizens who are being forcibly Russified, who are being tortured, whose children are getting stolen – these are sacrifices Ukrainians are making, not us. And therefore it is only up to Ukraine to make those judgements.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://twitter.com/maria_drutska/status/1749507550972629116">https://twitter.com/maria_drutska/status/1749507550972629116</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 genocidal myth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The foolishness of fascism, revealed in the Carlson interview<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/putins-genocidal-myth">https://snyder.substack.com/p/putins-genocidal-myth</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'>Stop Subsidizing Gas!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Feb. 12, 7 - 8 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Ford government plans to overrule the Ontario Energy Board and continue subsidizing new gas connections to the tune of $4500/home. We know there’s a better way to meet our energy needs. Join SolarShare to learn how we can take action to stop subsidizing gas in Ontario.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUod-CsqTMpGtBHPtlhk3OLYH2lQeVAdahx#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUod-CsqTMpGtBHPtlhk3OLYH2lQeVAdahx#/registration</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Send a letter to gov't here: <a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/oeb/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/oeb/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>National Phone Zap: Public Pharmacare Now, End Privatization!</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Feb. 12, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Over three days, February 12-14, health care workers, labour and community activists and patient advocates will be on Parliament Hill for the Canadian Health Coalition's (CHC) lobby days to demand public pharmacare now and an end to privatization in health care. While the CHC is in Ottawa, we will be on the phones amplifying this message to our elected officials. Join us for this important phone zap, at this moment of crisis - but also, potentially, renewal - for Canada's health care system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqfuqpqj8qE9XOzDtCEiob-EGcsUGc5bG3?link_id=5&can_id=27de235c12edafb23635eabe58be6db8&source=email-a-special-request-join-the-fight-for-pharmacare-on-thursday&email_referrer=email_2195119&email_subject=bringing-the-fight-for-pharmacare-to-ottawas-doorstep#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqfuqpqj8qE9XOzDtCEiob-EGcsUGc5bG3</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>The ICJ case and the struggle for human rights in Palestine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Feb. 12, 6 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Panelists will discuss the legal implications of the International Court of Justice decision on January 26, 2024 in the case brought by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention; along with a discussion with former UN special rapporteur Michael Lynk about his time reporting on the situation of human rights in Palestine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l8AYzPk2QgmQKFYO1_9_9w#/registration?link_id=1&can_id=27de235c12edafb23635eabe58be6db8&source=email-event-invite-icj-case&email_referrer=email_2197334&email_subject=event-invite-icj-case">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l8AYzPk2QgmQKFYO1_9_9w#/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'>International Solidarity for Palestine: Lessons from Law and Labour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 13, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join Labour for Palestine & ACEP-CAPE for Palestine for a webinar featuring South Africa's High Commissioner to Canada Riaz Moe Shaik, former UN Special Rapporteur Professor Michael Lynk, and Dr. Katherine Nastovski on international solidarity, labor activism, and civil society resistance for the Palestinian liberation movement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_10r0QpUeTyyE80hzmaRFlg">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_10r0QpUeTyyE80hzmaRFlg</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'>Climate Crisis and Capitalism: Is System Change the Answer?</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 14, 5 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Online or at the U of T<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>With Speaker: Richard Sandbrook, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at U of T and Vice-President of Science for Peace. Sandbrook identifies the impasse in reformist and radical approaches to resolving the climate crisis. He proposes a radical-reformist paradigm that might dissolve the impasse by offering a just, viable and feasible pathway to climate stability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In person: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-crisis-and-capitalism-is-system-change-the-answer-tickets-789768327327?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-crisis-and-capitalism-is-system-change-the-answer-tickets-789768327327?aff=oddtdtcreator</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Online: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuf-qorjIuHdM7wZgNfYc91sGvbXooHSE-#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuf-qorjIuHdM7wZgNfYc91sGvbXooHSE-#/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'>Home Energy Loan Program <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 14, noon - 1 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join the City of Toronto to learn more about the Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) and incentives for low carbon home retrofits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://toronto.webex.com/webappng/sites/toronto/meeting/register/6aadd89739da429c86624a98af5cc623?ticket=4832534b00000007936d80a59ca0090fb51e2fab21840aacf053f4681d4216f134376038c3a4946c×tamp=1707256199493&RGID=r7860457a8e0a0dfeaa1c6e7020cfbac4">https://toronto.webex.com/webappng/sites/toronto/meeting/register/6aadd89739da429c86624a98af5cc623</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Post-Consumer Management of EV Batteries: Regulatory Regimes in Canada, the US and The European Union<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 14, 12:30-2 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The rapid electrification of transportation is an essential component of climate change mitigation strategies. However, the growing fleets of EV will eventually translate into large numbers of EV batteries that have reached their end of life. Questions are also being raised about the sustainability of EV battery supply chains, particularly the increased extraction of “critical” minerals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>SEI’s latest study examined the end-of-life EV battery management regimes in Ontario, Quebec, BC, California and the EU. It finds that regulatory frameworks for end-of-life EV batteries are non-existent in North America. In contrast end-of-life EV batteries have been managed under a European Union directive for nearly twenty years. A new, strengthened EU regulation was adopted in June 2023, based on the principle of extended producer responsibility, and materials recovery and recycling. Hosted by The Sustainable Energy Initiative at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York U.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0uduCprz0tGtejCz4s06hnhlAVKNnSUuI_#/registration">https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0uduCprz0tGtejCz4s06hnhlAVKNnSUuI_#/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:#ED7D31'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Fund Our City - Toronto Budget Rally<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 14, 9 - 10 a.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Nathan Phillips Square (Queen and Bay), City Hall. Front Doors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Show Council that we support the property tax increase as a necessary investment in housing, transit, community programs, and climate action. Hosted by the Social Planning Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/fund_our_city">https://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/fund_our_city</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'>19th Annual Strawberry Ceremony for Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans, and Two Spirit People<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 14, 12:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Toronto Police Headquarters, 40 College Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Strawberry Ceremony is an annual event held to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWGT2S). Come out and show your support in the wake of widespread violence against Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans, and Two-Spirit people across the country, and stand against settler colonial violence around the world. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1821207888312648">https://www.facebook.com/events/1821207888312648</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10168804776140596">https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10168804776140596</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'>Give it up for the Earth! Faith in action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Feb. 14 - 28<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Give it up for the Earth! is a national faith-in-action campaign that raises awareness about the climate crisis and mobilizes people across Canada to reduce personal and household greenhouse gas emissions, engage in acts of solidarity, and collect signatures as a demonstration of support for increased federal climate action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://cpj.ca/fortheearth">https://cpj.ca/fortheearth</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'>Ruby River & the Movement Against ISDS Attacks on Climate Action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 15, 3 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In 2023, the U.S. corporation Ruby River Capital launched a massive $20 billion trade challenge against Quebec’s decision to reject the company’s proposed liquified natural gas (LNG) plant and terminal near the mouth of the St. Lawerence River. The case is the latest of a string of so-called “investor-state dispute settlement” or “ISDS” trade attacks against landmark environmental victories. Meanwhile, the Canadian Canadian oil company TC Energy is suing the U.S. government for $15,000,000,000 (again, those are billions) following the White House's refusal to authorize construction of the highly unpopular Keystone XL pipeline. These legal cases could threaten some of the most monumental victories for climate and Indigenous rights in decades. And they are only made possible because of terrible, corporate-friendly policies embedded in our trade agreements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QD1QAkwaSf-7WSHAXC1jZA#/registration">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QD1QAkwaSf-7WSHAXC1jZA#/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:#70AD47'>Securing the Future: A Risk-Reduced Approach to Nuclear Fuel Waste Management<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 15, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Workshopping Northwatch’s response to recurring question the “if not a DGR then what?”, this session will walk through what is needed for the long-term secure management of nuclear fuel waste and what it might look like. This is a participatory session, engaging webinar participants in peer reviewing an alternative to nuclear waste burial. Advance registration is required and there will be homework!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1-0icDoeQba0jkK0QTsJdQ#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1-0icDoeQba0jkK0QTsJdQ#/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:#ED7D31'>How Insurers are Fueling the Climate Crisis - and how we can stop them<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 15, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about the role of the insurance industry in the climate crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Understand how the insurance industry can be part of a sustainable change.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about concrete actions you can take to hold these companies accountable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://sunriseproject-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItd--tqD0qGd3ux0DLswDDE0Ao6JfQItl9#/registration">https://sunriseproject-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItd--tqD0qGd3ux0DLswDDE0Ao6JfQItl9#/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'>Antisemitism in the Current Moment: Critical Views from the Jewish Faculty Network<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 15, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us to hear a panel of Jewish faculty in Canada consider antisemitism in the context of the recent moment in Israel and Palestine. We share a deep commitment to solidarity with Palestine and Palestinians, now and historically. Challenging false allegations of antisemitism, and opposing without compromise any manifestation of actual antisemitism, we follow a long tradition of Jewish ethics which encourages dissent and self-reflection.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YKNz7wTXTMqhoeGnv1LRBQ#/registration">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YKNz7wTXTMqhoeGnv1LRBQ#/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'>How can we accelerate BC's climate movement? Climate Action Provincial Assembly<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 15, 6:30 p.m. PT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Hear ten of BC’s most effective climate leaders with their five-minutes answers to this question: “What are the three most effective things climate action groups and organizations can do to accelerate progress in BC’s climate movement?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17n4sqbUtqhj0vQE5MJYbUQVDp7hK7p-SsDQG4g0GOx8/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/17n4sqbUtqhj0vQE5MJYbUQVDp7hK7p-SsDQG4g0GOx8/edit</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'>Turn your University Plant-Based </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 15, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In this webinar we will share our success stories and help you campaign for plant-based dining in university cafeterias. We will share the results of our training where advocates asked university cafeterias to go vegan for the month of January. Plus, we will introduce two new campaigns to help turn your university plant-based.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__BCA6Fz7Qiy9fkXi6gxhgg#/registration">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__BCA6Fz7Qiy9fkXi6gxhgg#/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:#70AD47'>World Social Forum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Feb. 15 - 19<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We, the people of the planet, are currently facing an unprecedented environmental crisis coupled with rising inequality, widespread food insecurities, majoritarian violence, after effects of the last pandemic and the threat of a future one, and escalating tensions between major powers. The World Social Forum (WSF), held this year in Nepal, invites people around the globe to take part in-person or online.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://join.wsforum.net/?q=node/11">https://join.wsforum.net/?q=node/11</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>ITHAKA - a film focused on Julian Assange</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Feb. 16 - 18<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Canadian Voice of Women for Peace is very proud to invite our members to attend an online, on-demand screening of ITHAKA, a film focused on Julian Assange and on the efforts of his father, wife and family to save him. Julian`s final opportunity to appeal his extradition to the US will take place in front of the High Court in London on February 20th and 21st. The film will be available to those of you who pre-register, for viewing anytime between Friday, February 16th and midnight on Sunday, February 18th. To view the film, please contact VOW board member, Charlotte Sheasby-Coleman at <a href="mailto:c.sheasby@hotmail.com">c.sheasby@hotmail.com</a>, and please include "ITHAKA" in the subject line.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Andon Mon. Feb. 19, watch the livestream 24 hours leading up to the court hearing:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdTG56Ubdc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdTG56Ubdc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Lastly, if you are in Toronto, you're invited to join others in showing support for Julian on Tues. and Wed. Feb. 20 and 21, 11 a.m. across from the US Consulate at 360 University Avenue.<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'>Collaborative Solutions for a Sustainable Future<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat.-Sun. Feb. 17-18, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>How is humanity to deal with climate change, plastic pollution, resource depletion, and conflict between nations? Most issues are correctly dealt with by local governments, but when many countries are affected, a forum is needed to work out solutions without coercion. The conference organizers, encourage youth advocacy on global climate policy. They have been instrumental in establishing the International Criminal Court, the Land Mine Ban Treaty, and the Law of the Sea. Presently they are promoting a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly where popularly elected representatives would work on issues, rather than just government appointees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0549/4380/9617/files/WFC2024_Program_Schedule_EST.pdf?v=1706552694">https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0549/4380/9617/files/WFC2024_Program_Schedule_EST.pdf?v=1706552694</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'>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:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>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>