Greenspiration News & Events: shifting power

Mon Apr 10 23:56:36 EDT 2023

How Europe ditched Russian fossil fuels with spectacular speed

Europe’s effort to ditch Russian fossil fuels led to the beginnings of a remarkable clean energy transition. Solar installations across Europe last year increased by a record 35% over 2021. Batteries storage rose by 79%. Wind power increased but more slowly, while efficiency/conservation reduced demand dramatically. Heat pump sales increased 38%. 

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-europe-ditched-russian-fossil-fuels-with/id1621556928?i=1000601210212

Article: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/how-europe-ditched-russian-fossil-fuels-with-spectacular-speed-1.1886129

Iraq war leukemia rates worse than after Hiroshima bombing

Bombing of Falluja preceded 2,200% increase in leukemia rates, as well as 1,260% increase in childhood cancer

https://apple.news/AgJ_PyONVSlKg9QmyZCJM7Q 

Melting Antarctic Ice Predicted to Cause Rapid Slowdown of Deep Ocean Current by 2050

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/melting-antarctic-ice-predicted-to-cause-rapid-slowdown-of-deep-ocean-current-by-2050

Simple Math Could Be the Key to Solving Our Climate Crisis - by Bill McKibben

- If we are to meet the climate targets set by scientists, we must leave 90% of the fossil fuels we have discovered underground. And at current prices that means stranding about $100 trillion worth of assets in the soil. 

- $2.8 billion is how much profit the fossil-fuel industry has earned daily for the past 50 years.

- The price of renewable energy has dropped 90% in the last decade.

https://news.yahoo.com/simple-math-problem-could-key-140000619.html 

Vatican Rejects 'Doctrine of Discovery', Used to Justify Colonial Conquest and Land Theft

https://www.commondreams.org/news/doctrine-of-discovery

Ask your MP to pass Canada’s first law recognizing environmental rights

The Environmental Protection Act is supposed to guard against preventable exposures to toxics and air pollution, but it hasn’t been updated for more than two decades. Bill S-5, as amended, is a starting point for much-needed improvements to the act. Send a message to your MP to vote YES on Bill S-5.

https://davidsuzuki.org/action/strengthen-cepa/

Carbon Price Jumps to $65/Tonne But Rebates Will Also Rise for Millions of Households

Canada's national carbon price saw its largest hike yet today when it jumped from $50 per tonne of emissions to $65. But the rebates millions of households receive to compensate them for the surcharge are also set to rise.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carbon-pricing-tax-climate-change-1.6798272

Beyond Gas Power in Ontario 

Recording of workshop held April 5th - with Angela Bischoff and Cheryl McNamara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp0ZPfi9saY

Josh Matlow for Mayor of Toronto

https://www.votematlow.ca/ 

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EVENTS

The Issue with Tissue: A boreal love story - Toronto Premiere

Film runs Apr. 7 - 13

Special night with panelists: Wed. Apr. 12, 6:45 p.m. ET

Carlton Theatre, 20 Carlton St., Toronto

The film documents the destruction of Canada’s boreal forest for the sake of the toilet paper industry.

https://omniwebticketing6.com/imaginecinemas/carlton/?schdate=2023-04-12&perfix=100141

Trailer: https://www.filmoptioninternational.com/the-issue-with-tissue

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Reducing the Environmental Impact from Food 

Wed. April 12, 1 - 2 p.m. ET

Researcher Joseph Poore will share findings on how to reduce the negative environmental impact of global food production, with facts that can be used to lobby politicians and convince environmental NGOs to make the rapid phasing out of animal agriculture a focus of their environmental policies.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1384471495641954 

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Hey Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan - Stop Investing in Fossil Fuels!

Rally and Info Picket to protect teachers' pensions and students' futures

Thur. Apr. 13, 4 p.m.

Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge (N. of Bloor)

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) AGM is coming up on Thursday, April 13th. It's scheduled for 5:00pm at the Toronto Reference Library. Working and retired teachers and their allies are planning a rally and information picket before the OTPP AGM at 4:00 p.m. We'll be handing out apples, information about the OTPP's fossil fuel investments, and climate-related questions for the AGM. The OTPP claims to be a climate leader but invests at least $10 billion in fossil fuels and owns oil, gas and pipeline companies all over the world. We are calling on teachers, students, community groups and allies to join us.

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Threads - doc film about nuclear warfare

Thur. April 13, 6:30 pm ET

Paul Cadario Conference Centre, 15 King’s College Circle, U of Toronto

Time to have some fun and learn about nuclear warfare. Show begins at 6:45 with songs from Snake Oil Blues. The movie Threads follows, focusing on what happens in Sheffield, UK, following a strike by a nuclear missile. Q & A and discussion follows with Dr Arnd Jurgensen. Admission is free, though donations are welcome. Hosted by Science for Peace.

http://facebook.com/science4peace  

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Inside the Climate Disinformation Machine

Thur. April 13, 7 - 9 pm ET

Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Ave, Toronto

This event focuses on investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki’s latest novel, The Petroleum Papers, which explores how the fossil fuel industry uses misinformation to block climate action. The Petroleum Papers draws from confidential oil industry documents to uncover, for the first time, how companies like Exxon, Koch Industries, and Shell built a global right-wing echo chamber to protect oil sands profits and block climate action – a misinformation campaign that continues to this day.

https://www.universe.com/events/geoff-dembicki-investigative-journalist-author-tickets-HRYS5F

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Measuring What Matters: participatory data collection to drive climate action in Canada

Thur. April 13, 1 p.m. ET 

The NCL is an annual, volunteer-led data collection initiative by Climate Reality Project Canada that tracks the performance of municipalities based on 26 climate, sustainability and social justice indicators. Find out more about the 2022 results, learn about our participatory data collection process, and hear some inspirational stories from top performing municipalities. 

http://bit.ly/2022StandingsNCL

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Long-term Health Effects of Childhood Glyphosate (Roundup) Exposure

Thur. Apr. 13, 1 p.m. ET

Rates of youth liver disease and metabolic disorders have increased dramatically in recent decades. Dr. Brenda Eskenazi will present the results of a long-term study examining possible links between glyphosate exposure and liver disease and metabolic disorders. Glyphosate (Roundup, Monsanto) is the most widely-used broad-spectrum herbicide in the world.

https://www.healthandenvironment.org/webinars/96676

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River

April 14 - 24

Bloor Hot Docs (Bloor and Bathurst, Toronto)

River is a profound cinematic and musical reflection on how rivers have shaped both the planet’s elaborate landscapes and all human existence.

https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/river 

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Shifting Power: Modelling Zero Emissions Electricity Across Canada by 2035

Fri. Apr. 14, 12:30 p.m. ET

Energy systems modelling is emerging as a critical tool in identifying pathways to net zero for Canada’s energy and electricity systems.

Madeleine McPherson, Assistant Professor in the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Victoria, and a founding Executive Member of the Energy Modelling Hub will discuss stakeholder engaged modelling as a policy development tool. The “Shifting Power: Zero-Emissions Electricity Across Canada by 2035” study published in 2022 by the David Suzuki Foundation will be discussed as a case study in these approaches, along with a number of other initiatives.

https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsc-GsrT8uHNa8B61Ii6HsVqQcTljy7t-j 

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Vegan Climate Summit 2023

Sat. April 15, 2 - 5 p.m. ET

This hotly anticipated event will feature some of the brightest minds at the intersection of animal rights and environmental justice.

Covering everything from the sixth mass extinction of all life on Earth to the Worldwide Vegan Climate March, this summit will:

1. Enhance your knowledge of the profound environmental harm caused by animal ag

2. Connect you to a network of vegan climate activists from around the world

3. Inspire you to fight for a plant-based future

https://www.facebook.com/events/704427357656820 

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The People's Earth Week: Week of Climate Justice Art and Action

Apr. 15 - 23

This form is for people & groups who will commit to publicly displaying "Stop Funding Fossil Fuels" and "People Vs Fossil Fuels" street art made by movement artists for the Earth Week: Week of Climate Justice Arts and Actions.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwBh3_ofxAjdGf5Foboxg4enr6I2rJtk8Q0Zg4CdY64qURHQ/viewform 

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/people-s-earth-week-climate-art

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RCMP violence against the frontlines

Sun. Apr 16, 4 p.m. ET

Learn about the controversial RCMP "community-industry response group" and hear from frontline defenders and a journalist about their direct experiences with the C-IRG. With Molly Murphy on the C-IRG at the Fairy Creek watershed blockades; Louis Bockner on the blockade on the Salisbury Creek Forestry Road; a Gitxsan land defender; Shiri Pasternak or Tim Groves on ‘What is the C-IRG?’ 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1gzzfxC3To-Ht9kzCYeXRg  

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Beyond Gas Power: Ontario's Energy Future

Tues. Apr. 18, 7 p.m. ET

Join experts exploring renewable energy solutions for a thriving livable future as the alternative to gas-fired electricity in ON. With Stanford U energy researcher and author Dr Mark Z. Jacobson (No Miracles Needed) and local experts Jack Gibbons (Ontario Clean Air Alliance) and Gaby Kalapos (Climate Caucus and Ontario Clean Air Partnership)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-gas-ontarios-energy-future-tickets-592182743527  

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