Greenspiration News & Events: Decolonizing energy

Mon Feb 21 23:42:23 EST 2022

‘Out of Control’ Trans Mountain Pipeline Will Cost $21.4B, Still Need Taxpayers to Back Private Investors

https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/02/20/out-of-control-trans-mountain-pipeline-will-cost-21-4b-still-need-taxpayers-to-back-private-investors/

Open Letter: Reconsider the Trans Mountain Pipeline

On February 18th, the cost of Trans Mountain was announced to have risen to more than $21 billion. The Government of Canada responded to this by ending public funding of the project. Now is the time to stop construction, reconsider and cancel this pipeline.

https://act.350.org/letter/reconsider-tmx/ 

Tell Trudeau: Make the Just Transition Act Your #1 Priority

https://act.350.org/sign/jta-top-priority/ 

Nuclear power, climate protection and a reliable, renewable power grid 

9 min. recording of Amory B Lovins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIVnIibwet4

Decolonizing energy and the nuclear narrative of small modular reactors

Kebaowek First Nation is calling for an alternative to a planned SMR project, one that won’t undermine proper consultation and leave a toxic legacy. Decision-makers have become fixated on carbon emissions as a metric for “clean and green,” ignoring the radioactive impacts and the risks of accidents with the technology.

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/february-2022/decolonizing-energy-and-the-nuclear-narrative-of-small-modular-reactors/ 

The urgent need to cap oil and gas sector emissions

Seth Klein’s testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/02/16/opinion/urgent-need-cap-oil-gas-sector-emissions-seth-kleins-testimony-house-commons 

Steven Guilbeault, Cabinet, Reject Bay du Nord off-shore oil project

It's this govt.'s first real test as to whether they are taking climate change seriously & this project contradicts our #ClimateTargets.

https://www.sierraclub.ca/en/node/3978

Toronto: Help Stop Renovictions and Save Affordable Housing

There’s a powerful program in Toronto that can help stop renovictions and permanently hold onto the affordable housing we have left in this city before it’s gone forever. Tell the Mayor and Councillors to step up with more support to save even more homes.

https://www.progresstoronto.ca/help-save-affordable-housing 

RIP Bicycle Bob - Robert Silverman 1933 - Feb. 20, 2022

Granddaddy of the bicycle movement in Canada, velorutionary, poet. Viva la velorution!

https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/robert-silverman-quand-la-cyclofrustration-mene-laction

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Building a stronger democracy

Tues. Feb. 22, 7 p.m. ET

The Council of Canadians invites you to a public panel discussion to reflect on and make sense of the moment we’re in vis-à-vis the government's response to the pandemic, current threats to public services, and what concrete steps need to be taken to ensure our democracy is stronger in the face of division, polarization, and hate? With Linda McQuaig, Jackie Walker and Alex Silas. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u9NzYkLOSQ6Pz0Eo3ig-hw 

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“Freedom” movements and white supremacy: challenges ahead

Tues. Feb. 22, 6 p.m. ET

A conversation with: Gabrielle Fayant , Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G); and Sam Tecle , Jane Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP); Assistant Professor, X University

https://janefinchcentre.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdemqqzIpEtIURpwIAYHQOC-5mjOLSBvF

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Food Systems and Climate Change

Tues. Feb. 22, 7 p.m. ET

This is a timely presentation on how changes in weather patterns across the country are affecting growing conditions and how to adapt to these changes as they occur.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/food-systems-and-climate-change-tickets-266477510407 

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Let's Talk Uranium with Isaac Murdoch

Wed. Feb. 23, noon ET

With so much uranium being mined, refined, and used for power generation in Anishinaabek territory, our teachings and understandings need to be at the forefront of decision making regarding nuclear energy and the use of uranium. Join us for a talk with Isaac Murdoch (Serpent River First Nation) where Isaac will share his knowledge and teachings about uranium.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-talk-uranium-with-isaac-murdoch-tickets-265502835127  

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Hot Potatoes: Repackaging Radioactive Wastes

Wed. Feb 23, 7 p.m. ET

The NWMO’s (Nuclear Waste Management Organization, industry body) plan to bury all of Canada’s high level radioactive waste in a central location will require that the wastes be transferred at least twice: once at the reactor station and then again when it reaches the (still hypothetical) location of the deep geological repository. The NWMO has released only very limited descriptions for the repackaging plant and other “surface facilities”, including ventilation shafts, but their scant descriptions and international experience indicate that these will be sources of radioactive releases and new radioactive wastes.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l6kVkqRMQmGkfgGUFHzhSQ 

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Blackness in the Environmental Movement

Wed. Feb. 23, 6:30 - 8 p.m. ET

Environmental justice cannot be achieved without racial justice. At the intersection of these two movements, Black people continue to take charge in spaces and places without needing an invitation, while mainstream environmental justice continues to ignore and exclude the work, expertise, and treatment of Black environmentalists.

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT450892&R=EVT450892 

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International Cooperation to Align Fossil Fuel Production with Paris Goals: A Bold New Idea - with Tzeporah Berman

Wed. Feb. 23, 1:30 - 2:30 pm ET

While the world has known for decades that emissions from fossil fuels must decline, the Paris Agreement and most domestic policy focuses on reducing demand for fossil fuels and not supply. The United Nations Production Gap Report shows clearly that we are now on track to produce over 100% more oil, gas and coal than the world can burn and stay under 1.5C.  What needs to happen to align fossil fuel supply with Paris goals? How can we fast track progress while ensuring equity and addressing energy poverty?

https://group78.org/event/cacor-event-international-cooperation-to-align-fossil-fuel-production-with-paris-goals-a-bold-new-idea/  

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Shaping the Future on Haida Gwaii: Life Beyond Settler Colonialism

Wed. Feb. 23, 3 - 4 pm PT

Through the experiences of the residents of the Haida First Nation community of Old Massett on the islands of Haida Gwaii, Joseph Weiss explores these possible futures, demonstrating how Haida ways of thinking about time, mobility, and political leadership are at the heart of contemporary strategies for addressing the dilemmas that come with life under settler colonialism. 

https://trc57speakerseries.ca/speakers/joseph-weiss/ 

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Online Debate: Can War Every Be Justified? 

Wed. Feb. 23, 3:30 p.m. ET 

Organized by World Beyond War with speakers:

- Dr. Mark Welton is Professor Emeritus at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is an expert in International and Comparative (U.S., European, and Islamic) Law, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, and Constitutional Law. 

- David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of World BEYOND War and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include Leaving WWII Behind, Twenty Dictators Currently Supported by the U.S., War Is A Lie and When the World Outlawed War. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org.

https://actionnetwork.org/events/online-debate-can-war-ever-be-justified-mark-welton-vs-david-swanson?clear_id=true 

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Implementing a Just Transition

Wed. - Thur. Feb. 23 - 24

In Canada, the federal government is consulting on what should be included in its promised Just Transition Act. The science is clear — and Canadians know the need to transition to a cleaner economy is urgent. This virtual conference will provide an opportunity to learn how other countries are implementing their just transition strategies and hear from community leaders, researchers, and advocates from Alberta and across Canada about the challenges and opportunities for various sectors on the vanguard of this transition. We welcome all concerned Canadians who want to become engaged in the implementation of a just transition.

https://www.parklandconference.ca 

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Black Canadians Leading Change: Sharing, Bridging, and Celebrating Black History Month

Wed. Feb 23, 7 p.m. ET

Join Amnesty International Canada's Secretary General Ketty Nivyabandi in conversation with three prominent Black Canadian activists.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hSyW5fftSQemHm62_krCWg 

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Plutonium: How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare

Thur. Feb. 24, 8 pm ET

With Frank von Hippel.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83055280771?pwd=MC80OG5EdTFKQVdjREZBdzFMbVpqdz09 

Read Gordon Edwards book review of Frank von Hippel's book called: Plutonium – How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare

http://www.ccnr.org/Plutonium_Book_Review_2020.pdf

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Youth Organizing for Climate Justice: In It for the Long Haul - Climate Grief and Sustainable Organizing

Thur. Feb. 24, 10 p.m. ET

In this workshop, youth organizers will share their own perspectives on climate grief, structural challenges (racism, sexism, ageism), and imposter syndrome – as well as the hope, connection & purpose they’ve gained from being part of organizing communities. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VOf4KsBNTP2eqynfKS1IOQ 

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Working Towards an Abolitionist Future Webinar

Thur. Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m. ET

Learn more about the movement to defund the police. Hear from El Jones, Desmond Cole, Butterfly Sabrina GoPaul, Salem Aaron and Sam Tecle from Jane and Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) about working towards an abolitionist future. Hosted by Join Showing Up for Racial Justice Toronto (SURJ Toronto) and community advocates.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4XatasiqREO-IQPoJKZ0Jw

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Ring of Fire: context and concerns

Fri. Feb. 25, 6 - 7:15 p.m. ET

We invite you to learn about the historic context and current concerns related to the proposed Ring of Fire mining project in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Territory. Joseph Duncan, an Indigenous member from the NAN Territory and former chair of the Sierra Club's Ontario chapter, will discuss the club’s work on a report for the government’s Regional Assessment of the Ring of Fire. Our report focuses on the social, environmental, and economic impacts of the proposed development including a survey of some local residents. The $60 billion chromite mining proposal, referred to as the Ring of Fire, impacts 5,100 square kilometers of Northwestern Ontario. The area is rich in mineral deposits, peat moss, caribou, and many other species essential to Indigenous nations’ economy and culture. The region is home to the Indigenous people of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, with a population of 45,000.

https://www.sierraclub.ca/en/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=54

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Home Care Fault Lines: Understanding Tensions and Creating Alliances

Fri. Feb. 25, 11 a.m. ET

Join Dr. Cynthia Cranford for an exploration of her latest book, Home Care Fault Lines: Understanding Tensions and Creating Alliances. At this free event, Dr. Cranford will discuss policy options for combining flexible care for elderly and disabled people with secure employment for home care workers. Sponsored by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives NS and the Dalhousie Feminist Seminar Series.

https://www.arnm.ca/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=59c9d59e-e62a-4f68-b635-c39277222f9a&Home=%2Fnews%2Fupcoming-events

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Remembrance of Frank Showler 

Sat. Feb. 26, noon ET

Frank Showler, long time peace, social justice, and climate advocate, left us on Feb. 10 at 102 years of age. To register for the online memorial, 

contact June Pollard at <jpollard at ryerson.ca>.  For more about Frank's life check the tribute on PBI's website:

https://pbicanada.org/2022/02/16/pbi-canada-remembers-frank-showler/

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Seedy Saturday

Feb. 26 - Sat. March 12

Toronto Virtual Seedy Saturday 2022 will consist of two weeks of opportunities to learn about seeds, seed saving and gardening from webinars, gardening gurus, growers and more. Hosted by Virtual Seedy Saturday ( TVSS) and Seeds of Diversity. Check out the webinars, panels, seed exchanges, kids activities, FAQs and more here.

http://seedysaturday.ca/toronto/ 

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