Greenspiration News & Events: Elbows Up

Mon Apr 7 16:25:57 UTC 2025

INTERNATIONAL

Charlie Chaplin's final speech in the film The Great Dictator (1940) - 3 min. video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wcglEW4eDaA 

The World Will Move On from Trump Tariffs. How Should a New Trading Bloc Show Up on Energy and Climate?

https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/the-world-will-move-on-from-trump

The world is going renewable!

Chart showing 60 Countries/Territories Whose Electricity Generation in 2023 was 50-100% Wind-Water-Solar (WWS) - by Dr. Mark Jacobson

https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/WWSBook/Countries100Pct.pdf  

How to collapse America from the inside out

If Putin wanted to kill America, how would he best do it? Exactly like this. By Thom Hartmann

https://www.alternet.org/amp/how-to-collapse-america-from-the-inside-out-2671642962 

Thirteen myths about Russia’s war against Ukraine exposed

https://euvsdisinfo.eu/thirteen-myths-about-russias-war-against-ukraine-exposed/  

Will a ceasefire in Ukraine lead to peace? 

8 min. video with Anders Puck Nielsen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXthHXEpEP8  

Tariffs destroyed the American Economy in just weeks 100 years ago

Tariffs. Breadlines. Trade wars. Nearly a century ago, protectionism shook the world. Could it happen again? 21 min. video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7i-ievZZiQ  

"American Empire Is in Decline": Economist Richard Wolff on Trump's Trade War & Tariffs

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

Trump & Putin: Exposing the Truth About Their Corrupt Ties

https://www.donaldlovesvladimir.com/

CANADA

Tariff Impact Tracker - by Main Street Canada

Here, you’ll find key economic indicators on employment, business activity, consumer spending, and investment. These metrics provide insights into how recent trade policies and market conditions influence local economies. 

https://canadian-urban-institute.shinyapps.io/tariff-dashboard/ 

The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.

Political tensions are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth.

https://grist.org/politics/us-canada-great-lakes-water-sharing-political-tensions/   

How Trump’s War on Science will Affect Canadian Research

https://evidencefordemocracy.ca/trumps-war-on-science-how-his-policies-affect-canadian-research/  

Poilievre Mapped: His Inner Circle of Lobbyists and Right-wing Activists

New DeSmog map shows how the leader of Canada’s Conservative Party is linked to Koch Industries, Elon Musk, and former prime minister Stephen Harper.

https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/poilievre-mapped-his-inner-circle-of-lobbyists-and-right-wing-activists/  

Why the Parties Have It Wrong with Tax-Cut Promises

It’s time to reduce debt and improve services, not help the well off, say analysts.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/01/Why-Parties-Wrong-Tax-Cut-Promises/  

350’s Don’t Get Played by Pierre https://dontgetplayed.ca/get-involved/  

My Climate Plan Impact Voters https://myclimateplan.typeform.com/to/cWqAEtV6  

Leadnow Election Squads https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/squads/  

Council of Canadians movement unity campaign https://canadians.org/unite-for-the-canada-we-want/  

Cooperate for Canada https://cooperateforcanada.ca/federal-unity-candidates/  

Seniors for Climate Action Now - Mobilizing for the Canada We Want

https://seniorsforclimateactionnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mobilizing-for-the-Canada-We-Want.pdf  

An east-west oil pipeline is a trap—Canada needs an east-west electricity grid

https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/an-east-west-oil-pipeline-is-a-trap-canada-needs-an-east-west-electricity-grid/  

Industrial carbon pricing is critical to Canada’s economic health and climate action

Calls to repeal carbon pricing are not about affordability or competitiveness; they’re about protecting polluter profits at the expense of our future. 

https://davidsuzuki.org/expert-article/industrial-carbon-pricing-is-critical-to-canadas-economic-health-and-climate-action/  

Feds supported fossil fuel sector to the tune of nearly $30 billion last year

The 2024 tally is about $11 billion higher than 2023.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/03/news/feds-support-fossil-fuel-report  

Canada supplied uranium for atomic bombs in WWII — 80 years later, the cleanup continues

Atomic Reaction dives into Canada’s significant role in the Manhattan Project and the fallout 80 years later. 90 min. doc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jC1DPOYoQ0 

Protect biodiversity in Canada

Call on all federal parties to include a STRONG nature law in their platforms—one that respects Indigenous rights, sets real nature protection targets, and holds polluters accountable.

https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/protect-biodiversity 

ONTARIO

Doug Ford’s Policies Increased Ontario’s Energy Dependency on U.S., Say Experts

Importing fracked gas during a trade war undermines Canada’s energy security, environmentalists warn premier.

https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/01/doug-fords-policies-increased-ontarios-energy-dependency-on-u-s-say-experts/  

US Tariffs + Ontario’s Nuclear Blind Spot (4 New US Nukes!) = Irreversible Canadian Vulnerability!  

Podcast interviewing Dr. Gordon Edwards

https://nuclearhotseat.com/podcast/ontario-nuclear-blind-spot/ 

My video message to Premier Ford: Cancel US Energy Contracts!

https://bsky.app/profile/oncleanair.bsky.social/post/3lm3t2rks7s2y 

https://www.facebook.com/CleanAirAlliance/videos/1367987397772129 

Send your own message here:

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/CANCEL-GE/

TORONTO

Toronto should Toll the Gardiner and Don Valley Parkway

An analysis of the most obvious transportation intervention in Canada's largest city

https://nexttoronto.substack.com/p/toronto-should-toll-the-gardiner  

53 Community Environment Days Apr 5-Sep 28 across Toronto

https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/community-environment-days/  

Give Transit the Green Light

New Toronto LRT lines (ie. Eglinton) need priority at traffic intersections. Thousands of transit riders shouldn't get stuck waiting for a few cars to turn left at red lights. Send your message to T.O. City Co

https://www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight 

Toronto's new climate plan - looking for concerned residents

We are looking for environmentally minded volunteers from various wards in the city to learn more about Toronto's new climate plan, and then meet with your local councillor to show support for the plan. There will be pushback, that's why we are forming ward groups. Please send a note to wardsproject at climatefast.ca if you are interested.

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EVENTS

Elbows Up T.O. - with Naomi Klein

Mon. April 7, 7 pm ET

Metropolitan United Church, Queen and Church St, Toronto

Join us for an evening of solidarity, discussing actions we can take to help protect Canada. Non-partisan, all welcome. 

https://elbowsuptoronto.ca/ 

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Gardening for the Planet! An Afternoon with Lorraine Johnson

Mon. April 7, 2 p.m. ET

Climate change threatens ecosystem health and is already negatively impacting plants and animals in Ontario and globally. Existing challenges such as the spread of ticks and invasive species are increasing. And certain gardening practices, such as using pesticides or fertilizer, can actually contribute to climate change. If you’re wondering how to make your garden more resilient to our changing climate, and a space that supports local biodiversity, we hope you will join us.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RT-XDCYBQxm_pGZ1NR40Uw#/registration  

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Breakaway Femmes - The Forgotten Women of the Tour de France

Mon. Apr. 7, 7 p.m. 

In cities across Canada at Cineplex theatres

The untold story of the halcyon era of women’s professional cycling. For six glorious years during the 1980s, the Tour de France held a women’s race alongside the men’s race.

https://ca.demand.film/breakaway-femmes/  

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Talk Climate to Me

Mon. Apr. 7, 14, 21, 8 p.m. ET

Talk Climate to Me is a fun, free, unscary, online, team-based, LIVE climate education experience for women in Canada. TCTM will take you on a journey through climate impacts and, most importantly, climate actions. This three part course is fun, informative and highly interactive. It's designed for anyone curious to learn more about climate change (and those who might need a boost of optimism/motivation).

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/talk-climate-to-me-monday-evening-tickets-1250036445659  

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The Return of Metal Mining and the political persecution of human rights defenders in el Salvador

Mon. Apr. 7, 3 p.m. ET

The new mining laws open the door for the government to partner with multinational corporations to operate once again in El Salvador with minimal environmental safeguards, and protected by a president internationally recognized for persecuting political opponents and violating the human rights of thousands of people as part of his draconian security policies. As a response, a national antimining movement composed of a wide spectrum of civil society organizations has emerged once again to remind politicians that the mining industry would exacerbate the multiple environmental challenges the country already faces, such as water scarcity, contamination, deforestation and the impacts of climate change. Join us for an update on the current situation of the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador and the fight to have the Santa Marta Five water defenders exonerated from all charges. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYX5-HCUoPMAlzSpwjm2a2iryR2Lg87PMBCtv334YBnmIkgg/viewform  

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Polluting Education: The Influence of Fossil Fuels on Children’s Education in Canada

Tues. Apr. 8, 7:30 p.m. ET

Did you know fossil fuel companies are shaping what kids learn about climate change in schools? A new report from CAPE and For Our Kids, “Polluting Education: The Influence of Fossil Fuels on Children’s Education in Canada,” reveals that at least 39 oil and gas companies are funding or developing K-12 environmental and climate-related materials in our schools. These resources downplay the fossil fuel industry's role in climate change, exaggerate oil and gas' pro-environmental actions, emphasize individual responsibility over systemic solutions, and shift responsibility away from fossil fuel polluters. A panel will unpack the report’s findings, explore how fossil fuel influence is undermining climate education, and discuss how we can take action and demand fossil fuel free education for our kids.

https://www.forourkids.ca/polluting_education_webinar  

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Improving Watershed Security Across Simcoe County

Tues. Apr. 8, 6:30 p.m. ET

Please join us to discuss how we can mobilize and strengthen watershed security across Simcoe County including Greenbelt expansion and strengthening as well as the proposed Municipal Charter for Watershed Security, from

the Ontario Headwaters Institute, that recommends that land use and watershed planning

be integrated at the municipal level.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z2pasfQpT0mFgN90RnjLRg#/registration  

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Trump's Hammer, Our Hope: An Emergency Town Hall

Tues. Apr. 8, 6:30 p.m. ET

Join Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Astra Taylor, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for an emergency town hall on the continuing attacks on both marginalized communities and on free speech at the hands of the current administration.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1636715  

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Tell BMO to clean up its act and drop CAPP!

Wed. Apr. 9, noon - 1 p.m. ET

Why is BMO supporting dirty polluters instead of a clean energy future? Join us to air BMO's dirty laundry and demand a clean, green future now! Co-hosted by Greenpeace and For Our Kids. 

https://www.forourkids.ca/bmo_action_toronto 

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Social Media Training for Elections 

Wed. Apr. 9, 8 p.m. ET

Speaker Tim Ellis will address how to use social media effectively. Become a "keyboard warrior" to counter negative messages and get our positive messages out to the wider public. Hosted by ClimateFast. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Qu_OaFToS7u_nIe1n4zzsw#/registration 

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Growing Our Movements: Panel & Fundraiser For Groundswell Fund

Wed. Apr. 9, 7 p.m. ET

How can we fund the grassroots movements that we need to build a society in which everyone is secure and can thrive? Why are these critical movements often shut out from the resources of philanthropy? Join us in conversation with panelists Kimalee Phillip, Deena Ladd and Elene Lam to discuss the issues and vision the ways in which funding will play a key part in building people power for transformative change.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9317429158773/WN_zZuQ2PYMTNCWtMrGGFbdPA#/registration  

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Criminalization at the Core of Authoritarianism, Fascism, and Resistance

Wed. Apr. 9, 8 p.m. ET

Criminalization is not only a primary tool to suppress dissent, silence opposition, and enforce policies that consolidate and enforce power - it is at the core of how Right wing, authoritarian and fascist agendas, movements, and regimes are enacted, legitimized, and entrenched.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1643343  

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Environmental Advocacy: How to Hit the Ground Running Post-Election

Thursday, April 10, 1 - 2 p.m. ET

This session will provide an update on the political landscape as the federal election draws near. It will focus on the critical 60-day period that follows an election. $25

https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/environmental-advocacy-how-to-hit-the-ground-running-post-election  

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What The Climate? Exploring Problems & Solutions

Thur. Apr. 10, 6 - 8 p.m. ET

Free - Online - Public. Join us for an insightful session that unravels unanswered questions behind the climate crisis. Together, we can explore solutions to mitigate its impact and ensure a safer future.

🌍 Why are some regions facing extreme floods, while others suffer from severe droughts?

💧 What is happening to our oceans? What solutions do we have?

🔥 Why are climate catastrophes intensifying, and what are the challenges we’ll face in the near future? How to be ready.

🌡 What’s causing the oceans to heat rapidly, and why is this significant for the entire planet?

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-the-climate-free-online-public-event-exploring-problems-solutions-tickets-1297591614449 

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Taking Action for Safe Streets

Sat. Apr. 12, 2 p.m.

Toronto Public Library - North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto

Join cycling and street safety advocates for a panel about their experiences advocating for safer streets in Toronto.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/taking-action-for-safe-streets-tickets-1275438834889  

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http://theenergymix.com/ 

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https://www.democracynow.org/ 

CBC World Report

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-10-cbc-news-world-report 

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