Greenspiration News & Events: Highway to climate hell

[Angela Bischoff - OCAA]



 

Antonio Guterres’ Speech to COP27

“We are in the fight of our lives. We are on the highway to climate hell, with our foot still on the accelerator”. 

https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1miby0flu 

 

COP 27 Coverage from The Energy Mix 

As the world gathers for COP27, The Energy Mix has all the climate news.

https://www.theenergymix.com/cop-27-coverage/

 

'A Twisted Joke': 636 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm COP27 Climate Talks

"Tobacco lobbyists wouldn't be welcome at health conferences," said a corporate watchdog coalition. "Those perpetuating the world's fossil fuel addiction should not be allowed through the doors of a climate conference."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/10/twisted-joke-636-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-swarm-cop27-climate-talks

 

#KickBigPollutersOut of #COP27

There are over 600 fossil fuel reps in attendance — 25% more than attended last year at COP26. 

https://twitter.com/hashtag/KickBigPollutersOut

 

It's time for an Oil and Gas Windfall Profits Tax

Tell Trudeau and Guilbeault: Tax Big Oil to Fund a Just Transition

https://transitioncanada.ca/#video 

 

Pass on Gas

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is planning to build NEW gas-fired power plants and ramp up GHGs of the province’s existing gas plants by more than 600%. This is climate and economic lunacy since we have cleaner and lower cost options to keep our lights on. Send your letter here.

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/open-letters-to-prime-minister-trudeau-and-jagmeet-singh/

 

Pull the plug on Cdn. nuclear subsidies 

Nuclear subsidies for crown corporations and their private sector corporate allies are crowding out investments in energy conservation and renewable technologies, fuelling inflation, and making electricity less affordable. It’s time to pull the plug on corporate welfare for the nuclear industry.

https://rabble.ca/columnists/pull-the-plug-on-nuclear-subsidies/

 

Seven ways to end the climate crisis

Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: We need all hands on deck to solve humanity’s greatest crisis

https://www.corporateknights.com/category-climate/seven-solutions-to-climate-change/ 

 

Tell Your MP and Trudeau to Deliver a Youth Climate Corps that will kick off a decade of real climate action

https://www.climateemergencyunit.ca/youthclimatecorpsletter

 

A life — and death — in Fort Chipewyan, downstream from the tarsands - photo essay

A photographer spent years documenting communities downstream of Alberta’s oilsands. Then he was invited to join Warren Simpson, dying from a rare form of cancer he believed to be linked to the mines, for his last breaths

https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oilsands-cancer-fort-chipewyan/ 

 

Traffic Evaporation: Why planners need to understand climate impacts of reallocating road space

The B.C. government’s climate plan update calls for reducing vehicle travel by 25% by 2030, and other provinces may soon adoptnsimilar targets. This could be a transformative change, as governments have been planning to accommodate more and more cars for over a century.

https://www.cip-icu.ca/Files/Plan-Canada/plan-canada-issues/PlanCanada_Vol-62_No-3_Fall2022.aspx  

 

World’s biggest carmakers to build 400 M more vehicles than 1.5C climate target will allow

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/10/worlds-biggest-carmakers-to-build-400m-more-vehicles-than-15c-climate-target-will-allow

 

To those who sneer at activists blocking roads: what are you doing to save the planet?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/10/climate-activists-save-the-planet-tories-imprison-protesters 

 

Ontario’s Housing Bill is Actually a Trojan Horse for Environmentally Catastrophic Rural Sprawl

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2022/10/31/ontarios-housing-bill-is-actually-a-trojan-horse-for-environmentally-catastrophic-rural-sprawl/

 

Ford’s Bill 23 is ‘ecological insanity’, implodes sustainable urban planning in unhinged give over to sprawl developers

https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_433f4023-a8f8-5d41-95db-793476e111a1.html

 

In France, all large parking lots now have to be covered by solar panels

This could generate up to 11 gigawatts, which is the equivalent of 10 nuclear reactors.

https://electrek.co/2022/11/08/france-require-parking-lots-be-covered-in-solar-panels/

 

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The Reel Asian Film Festival

Nov 14 - 20 (free to view in Canada)  

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from Asia and the Asian diaspora. Free screenings (online and in person). Highlighted is the film Crossings about the women's movement for peace in Korea.

https://www.reelasian.com/festival-events/crossings/

 

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Protect the Greenbelt - Unpacking All the Implications

Tues. Nov. 15, 7 p.m. ET

Join Peter Tabuns, Interim Ontario NDP Leader, Phil Pothen from Environmental Defence, and others to discuss the implications of Doug Ford's latest attempt to carve up the Greenbelt. This is about making rich developers richer. Ford’s moves to tear up farmland and bulldoze wetlands have never been about housing. Mr. Ford has backed off his schemes to carve up the Greenbelt before after facing public outcry - we can do it again.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RAH-A_rdSySbgI7D5CBASA

 

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Communities Taking Climate Action - Putting Equity at the Centre

Tues. Wed. Nov. 15 - 16

Virtual Gathering With Local Meetups Across Canada

You’ll have a chance to hear from inspirational speakers and connect with peers around the themes of advancing a local climate transition through a whole-community approach that makes space for everyone, centering equity and justice in climate work, and leading with hope and care. Over the two days you will have an opportunity to take part in over 5 hours of specially curated workshops and masterclasses, meet other community climate movers and shakers, experience coaching opportunities, access learning resources and much more!

https://events.tamarackcommunity.ca/en-ca/communities-taking-climate-action-equity-2022 

 

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Don't Nuke the Climate - with Dr. Gordon Edwards

Wed. Nov. 16, 8 p.m. ET

Dr. Gordon Edwards is a prolific mathematician, physicist, nuclear consultant, and president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility. Hosted by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82213678771

 

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Climate Action

A Virtual Gathering of Climate Solution Explorers

Wed. Nov. 16, 7 - 9 p.m. ET

Join us for an entertaining evening filled with thought-provoking conversations from leaders, artists and change-makers who are steering the energy transition in Canada. Hear from experts in renewable energy, sustainable city planning, political economy, community organizing and more. Together, we will explore how cleaner solutions are already up and running in Canadian neighbourhoods, plus how we can make this happen across the country and what’s stopping us. By donation.

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/115766/event/1 

 

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Let's Talk Lake Ontario - Searching for What You Can't See, Chemicals in Lake Ontario

Wed. Nov. 16, noon ET

We’ll hear from expert Steve Corsi from the United States Geological Survey who will provide an overview of chemical contaminants in the Great Lakes, as well as Wayne Richter of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation who will explain how we monitor and measure toxic chemicals in Lake Ontario fish. We’ll also hear from Paul Helm from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks who will discuss current research on microplastics in Lake Ontario and Canadian regulations to manage the issue. We’ll also take questions from the audience and provide information on how people at home and in their communities can prevent harmful chemicals from ending up in Lake Ontario.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcOGhpzkrHtN5I_EIUGorfJyY4NsD9Lv1#/registration 

 

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Biking in All Kinds of Weather Conditions

Wed. Nov. 16, 8 - 9 p.m. ET

Make all-season cycling a breeze! Cycle Toronto will guide us through topics including: choosing clothing and gear for wet and cold weather, bicycle maintenance and storage tips, winter route-planning, and safe riding techniques for weather-related hazards. 

https://www.pocketchangeproject.ca/biking-weather

 

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Healthcare in Crisis: Causes and Solutions 

Thur. Nov. 17, 7 p.m. ET

A Socialist Action Canada webcast with Penny Oyama and Stephanie Langford in Vancouver, Chris Zapisocky in Alberta, Daniel Tarade in Toronto, Victor Morgan in Newfoundland and Labrador, and a special guest, the Cuban Consul in Toronto, Sabdiel Lafargue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYdvkfsfj20  

 

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Developing Relationships: Building Affordable Housing Into Mirvish Village

Thur. Nov. 17, noon ET

A behind-the-scenes conversation about the inner workings of including affordable housing in large-scale developments. Using Mirvish Village as a case study, join moderators and Kehilla Board Members, Naama Blonder of Smart Density and Lirad Kligman of The Yorkville Team as they dissect the process of stakeholder engagement and learn about some of the challenges of inclusion.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BelQB645Toa0Y9uSoge6Ig

 

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Extension Cord Protest

Sat. Nov. 19, 1 - 2:30 p.m. ET

Booth Street at the Trans Canada Trail (near the bridge), Ottawa

Join us as we run extension cords from Ontario to Quebec in a family-friendly protest of the Ontario government's decision to rip up its energy deal with Quebec. Let's show the government how we bring clean power to Ontario and fight for our kid's future.

https://www.joelhardenmpp.ca/extension_cord_protest

https://www.facebook.com/events/1096499761006546 

 

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Sultans of String: The Refuge Project - Visual Album

Sun. Nov 20, 7 pm ET

Tranzac Hall (Bloor and Brunswick, Toronto) 

Winner at Cannes World Film Festival, this music film is an ambitious, diverse, inclusive, passionately political film with NY Times & Billboard-charting world music supergroup Sultans of String. All admission proceeds after hall rental cost donated to the UN Refugee Agency for their life-saving programming. Sultans of String have raised more than $10,000 so far.

https://sultansofstringfilm.eventbrite.ca  

 

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