Greenspiration News & Events: Women in the Storm

Mon May 25 18:35:03 UTC 2026

"Come all you stumblers who believe love rules, stand up and let it shine." Bruce Cockburn, Mystery

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

INTERNATIONAL

For the first time, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas worldwide in April 2026

Rapid wind and solar growth is weakening the case for imported gas even during the latest energy crisis

https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/for-the-first-time-wind-and-solar-generated-more-electricity-than-gas-worldwide-in-april-2026/

In a rare show of global unity, countries adopt landmark climate ruling

Despite U.S. opposition, an overwhelming majority of nations agreed that failing to address climate change could be grounds to seek reparations.

https://grist.org/international/in-a-rare-show-of-global-unity-countries-adopt-landmark-climate-ruling/

Golden Dome or Golden Scam?

Physicians for Social Responsibility, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. and Back From The Brink, released a new report on the proposed Golden Dome defense system - the $3.6 trillion missile defense system which Carney is considering signing onto. 

https://psr.org/golden-dome-or-golden-scam/

Nuclear power plants are a liability in war zones

https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2026/05/24/deadly-drone-dangers/

Nuclear winter: Why study it now?

https://thebulletin.org/2026/05/nuclear-winter-why-study-it-now/ 

No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War

90 min. recording of a book launch with author Linda Pentz Gunter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leasrH6d6bw&t=3s

Does Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants Increase Cancer Risk?

https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/does-proximity-nuclear-power-plants-increase-cancer-risk

Pairing unlikely bedfellows — agriculture and solar panels = agrivoltaics

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/20/news/solar-panel-agrivoltaics-nova-scotia

CANADA

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought

While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels and nuclear, much of the world is moving on to embrace renewables. By Seth Klein.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/21/mark-carney-climate-canada

No Excuse: Gutting Industrial Carbon Pricing & Clean Electricity Regulations Betrays Green Jobs - 20 min. podcast with Sierra Club

https://www.sierraclub.ca/industrial-carbon-pricing-green-jobs/

Why is Canada Weakening Nuclear Oversight?

Carney’s government is proposing major changes to how nuclear projects are reviewed. Under the proposal, responsibility for reviewing nuclear projects would largely shift to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). Send your letter.

https://win.newmode.net/wethenuclearfreenorth/nuclearprojectsneedcomprehensiveandindependentimpactassessments

Stand in solidarity with Kebaowek First Nation against the proposed nuclear waste dump 

...on their land at Chalk River, Ontario, as it poses a risk to the water, forests, animals and people. Petition.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-7247

https://www.desmog.com/2026/05/20/the-pathways-alliance-carbon-capture-project-was-always-a-boondoggle/

The Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture Project Was Always a Boondoggle 

Instead of delivering on its promised CCS project, the Oil Sands Alliance is turning up the heat on Ottawa to rollback environmental regulations, and government is capitulating.

https://www.desmog.com/2026/05/20/the-pathways-alliance-carbon-capture-project-was-always-a-boondoggle/

Stop deep sea mining before it starts

Trump’s administration opened up the possibility of deep sea mining in the international seabed. A Canadian company is first in line. We need the new Carney government to reassert Canada's leadership on ocean protection and hold the line against the industry.

https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/stop-deep-sea-mining

Stop PM Carney from gutting Canada’s environmental laws

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/take-action/stop-pm-carney-gutting-canadas-environmental-laws 

Alberta Separatism Fuelled by Russian Networks and US Influencers

A sweeping new report traces how online campaigns are amplifying division inside Canada

https://thewalrus.ca/alberta-separatism-fuelled-by-russian-networks-and-us-influencers/

Alberta Separatist Group’s Controversial Voter ID App Has Links to US Ambassador, MAGA Influencers and Wealthy Michigan Republicans

https://pressprogress.ca/alberta-separatist-groups-controversial-voter-id-app-has-links-to-us-ambassador-maga-influencers-and-wealthy-michigan-republicans/

Danielle Smith Offers a Delusional TV Defence of Her Referendum

The ballot question is ‘wordy, ambiguous and possibly intentionally confusing.’

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/05/22/Smith-Offers-Delusional-Defence-Referendum/

ONTARIO

AI Data Centres Coming to Ontario

Data centres take away our water and clean electricity and hike up our utility bills in Ontario. They create few jobs and mostly benefit American companies (like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, OpenAI, etc.) and tech billionaires. There are currently over 6,500+ mega-watts of electricity connections being requested for data centres in Ontario, most of which are for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres. It's time to get organized. Check out this helpful document on how to fight back against data centres: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/143tA8XVh7de9MD2GBiKQ3BcMFqeonlqx7EsoIy_olfQ/edit?usp=sharing

Nothing About Us Without

Anti-Darlington nuclear petition initiated by First Nations. 

https://www.change.org/p/nothing-about-us-without-us-e61f5268-0090-47aa-8370-c348b8e5f475

We all have one thing to say about Doug Ford’s ban on automated speed cameras: We told you so

The data is definitive, showing a significant increase in the number of speeding cars in the months following the removal of the speed cameras. Published data shows that the number of cars going 20 km/h or faster over the speed limit had increased by 235%. 

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/we-all-have-one-thing-to-say-about-fords-ban-on-automated-speed-cameras-we-told-you-so/article_e3c62062-82ab-42cd-ab3e-7bc619263f84.html

Ontario’s Massive Energy Mistake? Renewables vs. Nuclear 

8.8 cents for renewables vs. 31 cents for nuclear? 1-minute video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMIvqliUT2A

Ontario's Secret Energy Goldmine: Why Are We Ignoring It?

The Great Lakes are a "goldmine" of raw wind energy, equivalent in size to the United Kingdom, and could provide massive potential. 2-min. video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJGURXBguSc&t=1s

TORONTO

Stop Ford's Takeover of Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport

https://www.chrisglover.ca/billybishop

Let's turn TTC parking lots into solar power plants

1 minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhS-oyPnyQU

Add your voice: https://www.cleanairalliance.org/ttc/ 

Hidden Powerhouse: The Massive Solar Roof at Canadian Tire (Lake Shore & Leslie) - 1 min. video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn0o2FJhNrM

Tooker Detained - his presentation read by Mez at the Smog Summit, 2000, Toronto - 3 min. video, part of Tooker Tapes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CykUbfoWdYE&list=PL3IwhNn-WrINTQz2fBNayDoBWLW0y59le&index=8

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EVENTS

Bees: A Story of Survival at ROM

May 16 - Oct. 18

ROM (Royal ON Museum), Avenue Road south of Bloor

Journey into the world of bees in a stunning new immersive experience that brings together the beauty of art with the power of science. Based on science and full of imagination, the experiential exhibition presents a fusion of nature, art, music, and architecture that transports visitors into the world of bees – from the tiny, fascinating anatomy of a single bee and the magical wonder of honey bee colonies to the important roles bees play in our lives and the everyday threats they face.

https://nowtoronto.com/event/bees-a-story-of-survival/

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Healthy Air at Home

Tues. May 26, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. ET

Wildfire smoke has made a lot of Torontonians think differently about air quality. What's actually floating around - and what can you do about it? This webinar covers how to monitor and improve your home’s air quality, so you can make a healthier home for you and your family.

https://www.thenetwork.to/event-details/healthy-air-at-home-what-you-can-monitor-filter-and-fix 

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No to Nuclear: Virtual Book Event with Linda Pentz Gunter

Tues. May 26, 2 p.m. ET

Join us for a transatlantic conversation with Author Linda Pentz Gunter (Beyond Nuclear) to discuss her powerful new book, “No to Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War.”

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XpfRIOh5RLCQMP31LDhwsw#/registration  

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Accessibility in action: ideas, innovations, and the work ahead

Tues. May 26, 7 p.m. ET

Livestreamed and in-person at the Toronto Reference Library, Bloor and Yonge

According to the Canadian Survey on Disability, 27% of Canadians over the age of fifteen identify as living with a disability—around eight million people. In the age of the Accessible Canada Act, the Canada Disability Benefit, and Accessibility Standards Canada, why is there a gap between policy and people’s lived experience? Featuring talks by five speakers from the disability community on policy frameworks, leadership, and innovation, the importance of technology, corporate rollbacks on DEI, and the persistence of ableism, the talks will be followed by a panel discussion.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-talks-accessability-tickets-1986095112947 

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Taking on the triple threat: Jobs, affordability and the climate crisis

Wed. May 27, 7 p.m. ET

With NDP MPP Peter Tabuns and Dr. Samatha Green. We are facing job losses, the climate crisis and the out of control, continually rising, cost of living. The earth is heating up – every fall we hear that the past summer was the hottest on record. And the wars, the wars that we have no control over are making all of us vulnerable to volatile and rising energy costs. We can feel helpless with so much chaos surrounding us. But we cannot allow that helplessness to consume us, rather we need to take action now. One part of the solution is to move away rapidly from coal, oil and gas and move towards renewable energy and electrification of home heating. Those two actions can cut our daily living expenses, put people to work and cut the carbon pollution heating up our lives.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cs2sTZ5VQNKHAV867mglwQ#/registration 

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FilmSocial: Finally Got the News

Wed. May 27, 7 p.m. ET 

Eyesore Cinema, 1176 Bloor W (near Dufferin), Toronto

Finally Got The News is a documentary that shows the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories of Detroit. Through interviews with the members of the movement, footage shot in the auto plants, and footage of leafleting and picketing actions, the film documents their efforts to build an independent black labor organization that will respond to worker's problems, such as the assembly line speed-up and inadequate wages faced by both black and white workers in the industry. Hosted by The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/panitchschool/2204749 

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Fight Ford Protest - Ontario Deserves Better

Sat. May 30, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Queens Park 111 Wellesley St, Toronto

Stop cuts. Hands off services. Our future matters.

60 Ontario cities will host Fight Ford Protests on this same day. See if your city is listed, join it, or organize your own event.

https://protestdougford.com/may-30th-protest-locations/

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Emergence: Women in the Storm - by Velcrow Ripper

Toronto Premiere

Sun. May 31, 7 p.m. ET

Friends House, 60 Lowther, Toronto

Acclaimed directors Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper will be present for a Q&A. Moderated by feminist activist Judy Rebick. As climate emergencies continue to redefine how communities live, respond, and rebuild, this film offers a vital perspective - one rooted in lived experience, compassion, and possibility. It invites audiences not only to witness the storm, but to imagine what can emerge from it. Presented by Climate Film Festival and Climate Fast.

Tix: https://cool.world/event/emergence-toronto-premiere/      

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ytX_0KiQnM&t=1s

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2636111213442325/

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Indigenous Climate Leadership for Our Collective Future

Mon. June 1, 3 p.m. ET

Indigenous Climate Action is holding the predatory fossil fuel industry to account for the massive environmental disaster that is the tar-sands, its lies to the Canadian people and the world about “green oil”,  and its distortion of the economy.

https://indigenousclimateaction.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EM8iQsvvQ3-YFwNZ-oKEPg

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The High Cost of Nuclear Power

Mon. June 1, 7 p.m. ET

Nuclear power has significant economic, health, and environmental costs and poses safety hazards that far exceed those of any other type of energy. We'll discuss why "new nuclear" is a poor investment for Massachusetts and for our country. Hosted by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

https://psr-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4LaIUzeEQQeIZAbdD9f5vQ 

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Toronto Climate Week

June 1 - 7, Toronto

Hundreds of climate events happening all around the city. Scan the schedule here.

https://www.tocw.ca/events 

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What’s with Ontario’s nuclear and gas obsession?

Tues. June 2, 3 - 4 p.m.

CSI, 192 Spadina Ave, #501, Toronto

Learn about Ontario’s history and future of energy: nuclear, coal, gas, storage, water, wind and solar. Co-hosted by the CSI and Ontario Clean Air Alliance. 

https://luma.com/shfke9ok 

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Tooker Tapes Archive Project - Youtube Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3IwhNn-WrINTQz2fBNayDoBWLW0y59le 

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