Greenspiration News & Events: Energy Disruption

Mon Dec 9 16:37:15 UTC 2024

INTERNATIONAL

Welcome to the Era of Energy Disruption

Brilliant 13 min. TEDx video about the transformative impact of solar, batteries, and energy intelligence driving change in the energy sector globally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXwGvLj4rak

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870

UN Plastics Treaty Hits Stalemate as Petrostates Russia, Saudi Arabia Block Deal

Over 100 nations, including Canada, called for a cap on plastic production, while oil-producing countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia advocated focusing on plastic waste management rather than production limits. The plastics talks drew 220 lobbyists for fossil fuel and chemical industries—a larger number than any national delegation. 

https://www.theenergymix.com/un-plastics-treaty-hit-stalemate-as-petrostates-russia-saudi-arabia-block-deal/ 

UN human rights expert raises concerns about US charges against climate protesters

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/un-human-rights-expert-cellist-climate-protester

Jailed anti-whaler Paul Watson defiant in face of extradition threat

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/01/sea-shepherd-paul-watson-whaling-activist-prison

Petition to Free Paul Watson

https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/freepaulwatson/

Detained, deported and brainwashed: How Moscow ‘Russifies’ Ukrainian children

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/05/detained-deported-and-brainwashed-how-moscow-russifies-ukrainian-children

Feminist Anti-War Resistance in Russia

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oDnPFLpjTSGNIwIiQAlZ4ISXydiBaG1o/view

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

https://amnesty.ca/gazagenocide

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/6/amnesty_genocide

Authoritarianism Expert on Powerful Ways to Confront Trump and Other Fascists like Poilievre | PoliticsGirl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLhJgOeR9N0

CANADA 

Listening to Indigenous Views on Nuclear Projects in Canada

New study highlights Indigenous nations’ opposition to nuclear projects

https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2024/12/01/listening-to-indigenous-views/

Nuclear industry selects site in northwestern Ontario for waste disposal amidst regional opposition

Assembly of First Nations calls for new approach to Indigenous consultation and consent

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/nuclear-industry-selects-site-in-northwestern-ontario-for-nuclear-waste-disposal-amidst-regional-opposition

Cooperate for Canada

Canadians urgently need a unified, progressive choice in the next federal election. To make this happen, the progressive parties must adopt a cooperative approach — rather than competing with each other.

https://cooperateforcanada.ca/

Impact of US Election on Canadian Climate Policy and Action - 84 min. recording

https://delphi.ca/impact-of-us-election-on-canadian-climate-policy-and-action/

Guilbeault: deliver the Clean Energy Regulations Canadians deserve 

Premiers Doug Ford and Daniel Smith are trying to delay and weaken them. Send your message here.

https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/cer-ett/

TORONTO

The scathing auditor’s report raises a lot of questions about Doug Ford’s government

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-scathing-auditor-s-report-raises-a-lot-of-questions-about-doug-ford-s-government/article_9041c966-b3e5-11ef-ac66-4b6b38a35659.html

Bye Bye Bike Lanes in Toronto

The premier of Canada’s most populous province has doubled down on his anti-cycling rhetoric, promising to remove existing bike lanes on primary roads. He singled out three important routes that had been major wins for cycling in Toronto: Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FZDEehlaC4

In Sydney Australia, a dumb politician had a popular bike lane removed - he subsequently lost the next election and the bike lanes were put back in

https://bsky.app/profile/brenttoderian.bsky.social/post/3lamusl7m5223

Toronto’s pedal powered bicycle mechanic workers co-op - The bike mechanics who come to you

https://torontobikecoop.com/

Survey for TransformTO Net Zero Strategy Action Plan (2026-2030) and Pop-Ups

Complete a survey to have your say on climate action and shape the Net Zero Action Plan. Survey ends January 31, 2025. Also see list of pop-up events around the city in the coming month.

https://cotsurvey.chkmkt.com/?e=423055&d=l&h=6FCD797B5D5BAC5&l=en

Pledge to unite your vote behind a single "Unity Candidate", identified by Not One Seat as best positioned to defeat Ford's PCs in your Toronto riding.

https://www.notoneseat.ca/unitethevote

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EVENTS

Sound Advice: Noise Monitoring and Noise Cameras

Mon. Dec. 9, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. ET

Toronto City Hall, Cttee Room 3

What good are Noise Bylaws or the Highway Traffic Act if they aren’t enforced? So many of us are disturbed day and night by loud vehicles producing unnecessary vanity noise. This is a result of illegal modifications to or the anti-social driving of vehicles. Technology is key to solving the noise problem in our cities. The UK company Intelligent Instruments which has pioneered “noise cameras” systems currently being used across four continents.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/nomorenoisetoronto/1483990  

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Informed and Unwilling: What's Next with Nuclear Waste Burial in Northern Ontario

Tues. Dec. 10, 7 p.m. ET

This informal session hosted by We the Nuclear Free North will debrief on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's November 18th announcement that they had selected the Revell site in the heat of Treaty 3 Territory in  northwestern Ontario as their target for the transportation, processing, burial and abandonment of all of Canada's high-level nuclear waste.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdemgpjwqE9fU1obc0kG07eU01Yx7zpoT#/registration

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Noise Cameras: New Tech to Solve an Old Problem

Tues. Dec. 10, 7 - 9 p.m. ET

Online or in person (Toronto)

Sound monitoring technology can be used to improve health and equity, create better communities, help businesses thrive, streamline operations, and save resources by reducing noise pollution.

https://guild.host/events/civic-hacknight-473-qhn9ue  

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Wheeling through Toronto, A History of the Bicycle and Its Riders

Tues. Dec. 10, 6 p.m. ET

Toronto Reference Library, third floor, 789 Yonge St., Toronto

With author Albert Koehl. Wheeling through Toronto is a fascinating, fun, and thorough history of more than 100 years of biking in Toronto, revealing that a lot of the political battles around bike infrastructure we’re navigating today aren’t new at all.

https://utorontopress.com/9781487549572/wheeling-through-toronto/

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Rhythms of Change: Reflections on the Regent Park Revitalization • Guest: Mitchell Cohen

Tues. Dec. 10, 11 a.m. ET

In the early 2000s, a remarkable renewal of Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood began. Designed as a garden city" in the 1940s, the area gained a reputation over the decades as a "no go" zone. In 2005, Toronto's City Council approved a revitalization that would effectively turn Regent Park into one of the city's "go to" neighbourhoods. The Regent Park revitalization is now the gold standard for reimagining and transforming stigmatized neighbourhoods. Cohen's firsthand account unveils key elements underlying an extraordinary metamorphosis into a healthy, resilient, and inclusive community.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N6W9k4i3S7C5ck3z3XSODw#/registration  

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Species at Risk on Farms

Wed. Dec. 11, noon ET

Farms can be incredible habitats for many species, including those at risk. Join OFT, and Meagan Morey from Blazing Star Environmental for an in-depth exploration of some of the key species at risk you might encounter on Ontario farms. In this webinar, we’ll review the habitats where these species thrive, how to identify them, and actions you can take to help protect them. Whether you're a farmer, landowner, or simply passionate about protecting Ontario's natural heritage, this session will provide valuable insights into fostering biodiversity on working farmlands.

https://form-can.keela.co/oft-webinar-registration-dec-species-at-risk-on-farms  

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Should a Public Telecom be an Election Issue?

Sun. Dec. 15, 7 p.m. ET

Cory Doctorow, a trailblazer in the fight to expose the digital oligopolies' predatory machinations and to democratize the internet, will make a social, tehnological, and political case for New Democrats to embrace the demand for a public telecom in the upcoming elections next year. Cory, a journalist, activist and the author of 30 books, describes what the corporate telecoms have done to the digital realm with the most popular new word introduced in 2023: "enshittification".

https://www.davenportndp.ca/public_telecom_town_hall 

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