Greenspiration News & Events: mind-boggling

Mon Apr 8 09:43:58 EDT 2024

‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe

An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/06/simply-mind-boggling-world-record-temperature-jump-in-antarctic-raises-fears-of-catastrophe 

80% of Ukraine’s coal, gas power plants hit by Russian attacks, and Operators say another drone downed at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/08/russia-ukraine-war-live-russian-strikes-zaporizhzhia-region

Hot and Toxic - the Toxic Reality of "Natural" Gas

Comedy, video, cards by the Gas Leaks Project.

https://hotandtoxic.com/#

Canada’s ‘Immense’ Hydropower Offers Sufficient Grid Backup

Canada needs neither batteries nor hydrogen fuel cells for grid electricity storage because of the country’s “immense hydropower output and abundant wind resources as well” - Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford U

https://www.theenergymix.com/canadas-immense-hydropower-offers-sufficient-grid-backup-u-s-researcher-suggests/

It’s time to #TripleWindAndSolar – send a letter here

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/triple/

Making sense of the carbon tax - 20 min. interview

The federal carbon tax and its rebates went up Monday, after weeks of intensifying political debate and protest. We look beyond the politics to break down what the tax is meant to do — and whether it's hitting that mark yet.

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/16053060-making-sense-carbon-tax

Carbon Tax Impact Canada - compiled by Sierra Club Canada

https://www.sierraclub.ca/carbon-tax-impact-canada/

Don't Nuke the Climate - 38 min. video recording with Dr. Gordon Edwards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MGNyApZ5AE

Banks reject nuclear funding, stocks nosedive and the industry says it should, believe it or not, slow down

Representatives from the European and Latin American banking worlds said that “their lending priorities lean toward renewables and transmission grids” and that “nuclear comes last”.

https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2024/03/31/nuclear-comes-last/

Ban Fossil Fuel Advertising - petition

Big Oil’s Lies Cost Lives – Support Bill C-372

https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/big-oil-s-lies-cost-lives-support-bill-c-372

Democracy Is Under Siege Globally. Canada Is Being Tested

How the well-honed playbook for whipping up authoritarian populism is being employed here and around the world - led by our own Stephen Harper.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/05/Democracy-Under-Siege-Globally/

More on Harper here

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/08/10/Harper-Abuses-of-Power-Final/

The Cloud: On the Environmental Impacts of Computation and Data Storage

"The Cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry." AI and crypto are obvious culprits, but so are the millions of pages, videos, and "reels" we all spend hours pulling up.

https://mit-serc.pubpub.org/pub/the-cloud-is-material/release/2

Stopping Waste to Energy in Canada - Is Your Community About To Get Burned?

https://www.no-burn.org/stopping-waste-to-energy-in-canada/ 

Webinar recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/VxnG-_vksxZSpfmVEAtBD_Xl_g7VhVgzWeGiVsdybAtwk1SnZCeOBVCw_VR7uSsP3HVVK2pl0_LfVUAW.XvtapTbXZGS7wFRv

Climate Round-up Newsletter - Zero Carbon

https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/6o4mw7fe1x-1967538?e=02591b0337

Youth Climate Activists & Canadian Politicians Meet to Discuss a Youth Climate Corps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7UmiImG0-8

A Drop In The Bucket – Guitarist Donna Grantis – featuring Tzeporah Berman - 10 min. music video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PInKIFUPWDs&t=618s

Canada: Commit to taking the lead at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations April 23-29 in Ottawa

Send a letter to Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and the Environment Critics from major political parties, to let them know you support a limit to plastic production and ban on exports of plastic waste - and that you have their back if they stand up to plastic pollution.

https://www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/their-plastic-or-your-life-commit-to-taking-the-lead-at-the-global-plastics-treaty-negotiations/

Ontario Provincial Budget Breakdown

Recording of townhall with NDP MPP Jessica Bell, Randy Robinson from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Ontario, and Natalie Mehra from the Ontario Health Coalition. Tune in to learn about the 2024/2025 budget - what's in it, what's missing, and what we can do to advocate for a fairer Ontario.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1378153579551333&ref=sharing

The Future of Toronto's Island Airport - Survey

A decision will soon be made to extend (or not) the lease and the Tripartite Agreement between the Toronto, provincial and federal governments for another 50 years beyond its current end in 2033. The runways will have to be extended into the lake by 2027 costing upwards of $130 million. What do you think about maintaining the Island Airport for the next 60 years rather than other potential uses for this very valuable land (ie. parkland)? Please take the survey.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwvXZJ89lRIWhjTKqxpT-uq3HPeCQ0fwJN-P2BGoIDswWejw/viewform

Toronto Environment Days 

1/year in each Ward throughout the spring and summer. 

Pick up free compost. Get rid of your household hazardous waste and e-waste. Also make donations to the Salvation Army. Items accepted include: musical instruments, old clothes, books, cameras, household items, glasses, sporting goods, non-perishable foods. 

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

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival

Apr. 25 - May 5

Theatres: Hot Docs on Bloor, TIFF, Scotia Theatre

Free for students and 60+ for films that start before 5 p.m.

https://hotdocs.ca/festivals/hot-docs-festival

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EVENTS 

Science for Peace Celebration for Peace Activism

Mon. April 8, 5 - 6:30 p.m. ET

15 King's College Circle- Paul Cadario Conference Centre, U of T

Music, videos, panel.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/science-for-peace-celebration-for-peace-activism-tickets-873322500107 

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It's Electric

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

Online and in-person at Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto

When we think of electrification in the modern age, our minds immediately go to electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, and even centralized heating. But electricity has the potential to impact many more corners of society, some that we may not have even considered. The discussion will explore the progress and potential of advanced energy storage, smart grids, the electrification of transportation, and the industrial and social implications of an equitable transition to a decarbonized future.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-talks-its-electric-tickets-814452067057 

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Energy for People Not Profit - Stop Bill 165

Wed. April 10, 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET

Enbridge customers can expect to pay an additional $120 per year on their energy bill. This is because the Ford Government has sided with Enbridge Gas, subjecting ratepayers to foot the bill for new pipelines to new homes. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB), an independent authority that works to keep energy costs down, decided it is the developers who should pay for new pipelines to new homes - not Ontarians. This decision panicked Enbridge and they complained to the Ontario government. Premier Ford, instead of prioritizing affordability for Ontarians, has once again sided with big business and sprawl developers by presenting Bill 165 which aims to overrule the OEB’s attempt to protect Ontarians from subsidizing Enbridge’s projects. Join Environmental Defence, Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign, Seniors for Climate Action Now, Hamilton 350, and Climate Fast to discuss the details and impacts of Bill 165 and how you can join the movement trying to keep energy bills from rising.

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/146476/event/1

Stop Bill 165 - Energy for People, Not Profit

Actions in Hamilton, Beamsville, Toronto (Queens Park), 

https://environmentaldefence.ca/ontario-government-is-teaming-up-with-enbridge-to-keep-us-hooked-on-gas/

Send a message to Ontario Opposition Leaders and your MPP asking them to fight Doug Ford’s plan to increase the profits of Enbridge Gas and land developers at the expense of our climate and our pocketbooks. 

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/gas-profits/

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Nuclear exploitation: how uranium mining harms communities

Thur. Apr. 11, 1:30 p.m. ET

To produce nuclear power, uranium has to be mined. But this activity proves devastating for the communities – very often of Indigenous people – working in and living near the mines. As well as immediate and ongoing harms, contamination from uranium mining activity persists for tens of thousands of years, leaving a dangerous legacy for current and future generations. Join CND and Beyond Nuclear for this webinar to discuss how uranium mining for nuclear power production affects communities far away from where the power is consumed.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iThP7xYKRVy6XxQ46hOwpA#/registration 

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Protest RBC's AGM

Thur. Apr. 11, 10 a.m. ET

Etobicoke, ON

Stand in solidarity with Indigenous Land Defenders resisting projects funded by RBC. We will be rallying outside RBC's Annual General Meeting in Etobicoke - specific location and event details will be shared soon! RBC is complicit in human rights abuses and genocide at home and around the world. This includes the Coastal GasLink pipeline violating Wet’suwet’en rights, tar sands extraction causing devastating health impacts, and weapons and surveillance technology used in the genocide in Palestine. They profit from land theft and war, ecocide and genocide.

https://you.leadnow.ca/events/agm-rally

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Sue Big Oil 101

Thur. Apr. 11, 7 p.m. PT

Join us for a 1-hour webinar to learn more about the Sue Big Oil campaign and how holding fossil fuel companies accountable for the harm they cause BC communities is one of the most powerful things we can do to fight climate change. Find out how you can make a difference and support the campaign in your own community.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdeChqDwiHNKMRBprHCbc2t4MjgBmRQqb#/registration 

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How to Pre-bunk Climate Disinformation and Help Inoculate the Public

Thur. Apr. 11, 11 a.m. ET

In this webinar, panelists look at how journalists — who are usually tasked with covering things that are happening currently or have just happened — can get ahead of climate disinformation and “pre-bunk” it in a way that doesn't amplify the disinfo or cause unnecessary alarm. In this one-hour press briefing by Covering Climate Now and Climate Action Against Disinformation, a panelist of experts will discuss how to help the public feel prepared and capable of handling what most experts predict will be an onslaught of climate disinformation in this historic election year.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4817121637601/WN_GBZ8ETLgTRuFA7tBfXdx8g#/registration

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Agroecology: Scaling up Sustainable Farming in a Planet in Polycrisis

Thursday, April 11, 11:30 a.m. ET

Agroecology seeks to emulate nature in agro-ecosystems.  It works in concert with natural flows and cycles and embraces diversity. It has been shown to enhance food production in small scale farming systems with low inputs and in the midst of climatic variability. But what does agroecology look like when scaled up to encompass diversified large crop fields and pastures?  What does it look like when practiced in drier places?  Does it imply or require larger social and economic shifts?  Join us as we delve into how to think of agroecology on a larger scale.

https://www.nfu.ca/nfuniversity/?mc_cid=2f29c708a5&mc_eid=d397eec8db

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Zero Carbon Step Code: Energy efficiency in buildings

Fri. April 12, 11 a.m. ET

Join us to learn about the Zero Carbon Step Code and proven, cost-effective strategies to improve energy efficiency and save costs.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/zero-carbon-step-code-energy-efficiency-in-part-9-buildings-tickets-852552416227 

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Voices of People in Fukushima who Coexist with the Ocean

Fri. Apr. 12, 9 p.m. ET

Don't contaminate the oceans with radioactivity! KOREUMI, a Fukushima group that oppose the ongoing dumping of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site into the Pacific, will hold a bilingual webinar (Japanese with English interpretation). Speakers include Japanese folklorist, a plaintiff and lawyer of injunction lawsuits that are pending at the Fukushima District Court. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8OSUhyNQQLSY-X2FCXTZOQ#/registration

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Future for Our Forests: Preserving BC's Primary Forests Today to Protect Water and Wildlife Tomorrow  

Sat. April 13, 1 - 5:30 pm PT 

are a coalition of more than twenty NGOs, community organizations, and professionals, initiated in 2023. We advocate for the legal protection and preservation of water, primary and natural forests, wildlife and critical habitats in the BC interior.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/future-of-our-forests-tickets-865717864437 

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https://www.democracynow.org/ 

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