Greenspiration News & Events: weather whiplash

[Angela Bischoff - OCAA]

Weather whiplash - weekly round-up of Canadian climate news and politics

https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/rk7lrmzn64?e=02591b0337

 

Just Transition Guide – Indigenous-led Pathways Toward Equitable Climate Solutions and Resiliency in the Climate Crisis

https://sacredearth.solar/just-transition-guide

 

Don’t be fooled: Debunking some of the most tempting greenwashing terms

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS); Emissions abatement, Carbon Neutrality and Carbon Credits; Nuclear energy; What can get us where we need to be in time?

https://350.org/debunking-some-of-the-most-tempting-greenwashing-terms/

 

Stop the Spread of Hate and Lies Online

Social media companies undermine human rights by enabling hate and lies. We stop the spread of online hate and disinformation through research, public campaigns and policy advocacy.

https://counterhate.com/

 

The climate cost of Israel’s war on Gaza - 4 min. video

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/1/31/the-climate-cost-of-israels-war-on-gaza

 

China’s MASSIVE Desert Solar Project Is About To Change The World - 13 min. video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX_PeNzz-Lw

 

Behind-the-Meter Solar Could Create 80,000 Jobs by 2050

Behind-the-meter solar could meet up to 3.7% of Canada’s electricity demand, save money for power utilities, reduce home energy use, and create more than 80,000 jobs in 2050, but only with better financing and supportive policies

https://www.theenergymix.com/behind-the-meter-solar-could-create-80000-jobs-by-2050/

 

What latest polling says about the mood in Ukraine – and the desire to remain optimistic amidst the suffering

Most remain optimistic. Most are opposed to trading peace for territory.

https://theconversation.com/what-latest-polling-says-about-the-mood-in-ukraine-and-the-desire-to-remain-optimistic-amid-the-suffering-221559 

 

Eyes turn to B.C. as U.S. pauses approval of LNG projects

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/01/30/news/eyes-turn-bc-us-pauses-approval-lng-projects

 

Cold climate heat pumps can keep your home warm even when it is very cold outside

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Heat-Pump-Fact-Sheet-ONLINE-jan-24-v_01.pdf

 

Pledge to expand nuclear capacity is out of touch with reality

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/01/30/cop28-pledge-to-expand-nuclear-capacity-is-out-of-touch-with-reality/

 

The collapse of NuScale’s project should spell the end for small modular nuclear reactors

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nuscale-uamps-project-small-modular-reactor-ramanasmr-/705717/

 

Another backroom bonanza for nuclear interests

In yet another backroom deal bonanza, the Ford government has signed off on a plan to rebuild four 40-year-old nuclear reactors at North America's third-oldest nuclear plant – the Pickering Nuclear Station in the eastern GTA.

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/pickering-bonanza/

Send your message calling for cost transparency here

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/pickering-rebuild/

 

AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Urges Consultation with First Nations on Chalk River Radioactive Waste Facility

“The CNSC decision to approve the proposed Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) at the CNL is a step back in the progress that has been made towards reconciliation” 

https://afn.ca/all-news/press-releases/afn-national-chief-cindy-woodhouse-nepinak-urges-consultation-with-first-nations-on-chalk-river-radioactive-waste-facility/

 

#GenClimateAction: Mathur et. al. v. His Majesty in Right of Ontario

The highest court in Ontario will now decide whether Ontario violated the rights of youth and future generations with their inadequate and dangerous climate target.

https://ecojustice.ca/file/genclimateaction-mathur-et-al-v-her-majesty-in-right-of-ontario/ 

 

Canada's Greener Homes program is ending. Thousands of layoffs could follow

Energy assessors worry business will halt after popular federal home efficiency program ends

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-canada-greener-homes-grant-retrofit-application-layoffs-1.7100748

 

Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone

A new study finds steep, long-term losses across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada

https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bring-birds-back

 

RBC - the biggest fossil fuel financing bank in Canada

As the world transitions off fossil fuels, the Royal Bank of Canada is becoming the fossil fuel lender of last resort, funding companies and fossil fuels that other banks are moving away from, like the tar sands.

https://fossilfreerbc.org/

https://act.stand.earth/page/27742/petition/1

 

Toronto is losing its fight against climate change amid budget squeeze

Toronto has fallen off the track to becoming carbon neutral by 2040, an ambitious goal set by city council in 2021, city staff revealed in documents prepared for 2024 budget deliberations.

https://www.thestar.com/toronto-is-losing-its-fight-against-climate-change-amid-budget-squeeze/article_d1b04920-bf6e-11ee-9c36-4320ce9e57b6.html

 

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Ijeoma Oluo on Be a Revolution

Mon. Feb. 5, 7 p.m. ET

Bloor Hot Docs (Bloor and Bathurst), Toronto

In this exclusive Canadian debut, Oluo takes the Hot Docs stage to discuss her eagerly anticipated new book, Be A Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too. An eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism, the book offers fascinating examples of people across society working to create real positive change in our structures, forging the conditions for intersectional racial equity in powerful systems like education, media, labor, health, housing, policing and more.

https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/Ijeoma-oluo

 

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Bloor West Complete Street Info Session

Mon. Feb. 5, 7 - 8 p.m. ET

Join Councillor Morley and the project team as they answer your questions about the Bloor West Complete Street Project in an online webinar format

https://shorturl.at/ixIR2 

https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/bloor-street-west-complete-street-extension/  

 

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Building a Strong Town

Tues. Feb. 6, 11 a.m. ET

Guest: Charles Marohn, Strong Towns Founder & president. Marohn is the author of Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity (Wiley, 2019), And of Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town (Wiley, 2021). He hosts the Strong Towns Podcast and is a primary writer for Strong Towns’ web content. He has presented Strong Towns concepts in hundreds of cities and towns across

North America. Planetizen named him one of the 10 Most Influential Urbanists of all time.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hVcMf1jtRYGdHPHtphi_qA#/registration

 

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COP28: What Happened? What Now?

Wed. Feb. 7, 10 a.m.

With Aliénor Rougeot, Program Manager on Climate and Energy issues at Environmental Defence. She will discuss COP28 (which she attended) as well as her perspective as a young climate activist with a commitment to climate justice and to a broad collective mobilization. Aliénor co-founded and coordinated Fridays for Future Toronto while taking her degree in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtf-6urTkjGddUgtu0xqdPyrbOYJUA5yBs#/registration 

 

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The Frontiers of Green Capitalism 

Wed. Feb. 7, noon - 2 p.m. ET

Will green capitalism save us from the climate crisis? "Clean" technologies and renewable energy are certainly growing sites of capitalist investment, with government policies playing a key role in making these sectors profitable. But the supply chains that produce the technologies pose vexing dilemmas for the energy transition. These dilemmas are most dramatic at the extractive frontiers where the natural resources needed to manufacture electric vehicles and build windmills are extracted. We will explore the possibility of a less mining-intensive pathway to zero carbon transportation. With Thea Riofrancos

https://www.environment.utoronto.ca/events/environment-seminar-series-extraction-frontiers-green-capitalism-thea-riofrancos  

 

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Degrowth: Healthier Food Grown Locally

Wed. Feb. 7, 8:30 p.m. ET

We use enormous amounts of energy and labor while causing ecological destruction in order to manufacture food that is awful. The worst example is “factory farms” (Confined Animal Feeding Operations) that are spreading like a disease. But alternatives are growing. A connection to nature can help heal relationships within and between localities. Eating locally and seasonally means travel time for food goes down as do preservatives and additives. Coordinated farmers’ markets can help fight food insecurity with lower costs and bring fresh, local food to those with limited mobility. 

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SbVCF9MeTPGlY9SIWAPbnA#/registration

 

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Nuclear Waste in Canada

Thur. Feb. 8, 7 p.m. ET

An overview and update on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's (NWMO) efforts to site a deep geological repository for all of Canada’s high level nuclear fuel waste. In addition to hearing from grassroots groups in each of the regions under investigation, the webinar will provide an update on the NWMO program and activities as the company zeros in on the two municipalities that remain engaged in the NWMO campaign to site a deep geological repository, including conceptual plans for transportation, nuclear fuel waste transfers, and the deep geological repository itself.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dGZrHQjpRpGMwCC667YWUw#/registration 

 

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Canada is Burning: Here's What We Can Do About It 

Thursdays Feb. 8, 15, 20 or 27, 7 p.m. ET

The first step to getting involved with Last Generation Canada is to attend an online intro talk. These talks delve into the unfiltered reality of the climate crisis, the efficacy of nonviolent civil resistance, and Last Generation Canada's plans for action and how you can get involved. See the schedule here to find a talk online. 

https://www.lastgenerationcanada.ca/getinvolved

 

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The Fascist Threat and What it Means for Working Class Politics

Fri. Feb. 9, 6:30 - 10 p.m. ET

Centre for Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst St, Toronto

Amidst unfolding environmental disaster, ongoing genocide, and a lack of faith in public institutions, fascist and anti-democratic movements 

continue to gain political ground, both at home and abroad. How can working class movements respond to these fundamental threats? How 

can we build a real alternative that can challenge the dominant politics of division and distrust? With speaker Adolph Reed Jr.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theleopanitchschoolforsocialisteducation/1088466   

 

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Non-Violent Direct Action Training with Last Generation Canada

Sat. Feb. 10, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Quaker Meeting House, 91a Fourth Ave, Ottawa

Canada is Burning: Here's What We Can Do About It. In response to the climate crisis, we're planning non-violent direct action as a form of civil resistance. Join Last Generation Canada's plans for action.

Questions: outreach at lastgenerationcanada.ca

More info: attend a talk https://www.lastgenerationcanada.ca/getinvolved

Register for the training: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdK1HyWrtVRSBahNw3Jx1yoB6XK1KW4V7DelMXd5HGRER0CBw/viewform

 

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