Greenspiration News & Events: Draw the Line - For People. For Peace. For the Planet.

Mon Sep 15 14:54:52 UTC 2025

Hope you had a good summer – here we go!

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GLOBAL

Enough with the 'new normal' nonsense

This fire season has been Canada’s second-worst. The past three years have been the three worst, now releasing four times more carbon than in the 1990s. Europe is having its worst ever year for wildfires. More than 1.5 million people have been displaced in Pakistan and India where the monsoon has been intensified by climate change. 

https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/ytfrbk5d2c?e=02591b0337

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time - and they could have to pay compensation

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/10/link-oil-giants-heatwaves-research-legal-liability

Bill McKibben on Renewable Energy - 16 min. video - must watch

As the Trump administration, and Cdn Premiers Doug Ford, Danielle Smith and Scott Moe grow increasingly hostile to renewable energy, Democracy Now speaks with acclaimed environmentalist and author Bill McKibben about his new book, "Here Comes the Sun," where he lays out a hopeful vision for the future that includes avoiding climate catastrophe, reshaping the economy and saving democracy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb2_28t0RSg

Nuclear outpaced fourteen to one by wind and solar in Europe

Aging infrastructure, unrealized plans, and high costs continue to limit nuclear’s role in swift decarbonization, while solar and wind power are expanding rapidly and outpacing nuclear in new capacity and generation.

https://globalenergymonitor.org/report/nuclear-outpaced-fourteen-to-one-by-wind-and-solar-in-europe/

Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

https://uwecworkgroup.info/ 

Cities Beyond Growth

A free online 6-week course covering: democracy, mobility, digital, housing, energy, food

https://www.commonsnetwork.org/2025/06/30/cities-beyond-growth-a-six-week-online-course/

CANADA

Canada’s National Projects: Betting on Nuclear & LNG While the Future Waits

By designating U.S. nuclear and LNG as projects of national interest, Carney has chosen the riskiest energy pathways rather than the most reliable, lowest cost and cleanest options available – wind, solar, storage.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/09/11/canadas-national-projects-betting-on-nuclear-lng-while-the-future-waits/

Charlie Angus - Canadian progressive exposing authoritarians and fascists 

https://www.youtube.com/@MeidasCanada/videos

Tell Prime Minister Carney and Housing Minister Robertson: Heat pumps are a must for Build Canada Homes.

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/canada-homes/

ONTARIO

Will Ontario’s NDP support Ford’s high-cost US nuclear and gas plan? My Op Ed

Renewable energy like solar and wind is lower-cost, quicker to build and safer than nuclear energy, so why is the Ontario NDP not coming out against Doug Ford’s nuclear + gas plan? 

https://rabble.ca/environment/will-ontarios-ndp-support-fords-high-cost-us-nuclear-and-gas-plan/

TORONTO

Toronto’s Electricity Future Is at Stake

Doug Ford is planning to meet Toronto’s electricity needs by building four new first-of-their-kind U.S. (GE-Hitachi) nuclear reactors near Oshawa and a new transmission line to bring this power to downtown Toronto. But wind and solar + storage would be lower cost and cleaner. Ask Liberal and NDP MPPs in Toronto where they stand – with Ford's nuclear + gas plan, or with a renewable future?

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/torontos-electricity-future-is-at-stake/

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EVENTS

Housing and the Climate Connection

Tues. Sept. 16, 3 p.m. ET

What does housing have to do with climate change? Everything. From Heiltsuk Nation’s vision for resilient housing to efforts to retrofit aging apartment blocks in Vancouver, communities across British Columbia are rethinking what’s working when it comes to housing, and what still needs a renovation for the future of our warming world.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4217570165625/WN_7SbDzp3BQCyf-fsrNyYQOQ

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Crossroads of Nuclear/Gas vs. Wind/Solar

Tues. Sept 16, 7:30 p.m. ET

Premier Ford wants to tie us into an expensive, environmentally damaging and very long term nuclear/fossil fuel future. Building new nuclear and gas plants will take many years and many billions of dollars. We don't have that kind of time or money! Climate change is already happening, and much more could be accomplished to combat it - quickly and economically - by moving to sustainable energy sources. This is the critical moment to opt for a path to clean and renewable energy. Join Cinema Politica Danforth, Etobicoke-Lakeshore NDP and Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy (TERRE) in a webinar to explore how wind, solar and hydro can meet our future energy needs. Speakers include Angela Bischoff, Peter Tabuns, Michael Thunderbird, Mark Winfield, and Paula Fletcher.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/i6T2an7ITJSe6hZRoRWm6w#/registration 

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Off the Hill: Parliament's back in Session

Tues. Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m. ET

Parliament is back in session, the NDP searches for a new leader, and labour leads the fight for economic justice in uncertain times. Hosted by Rabble.ca

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dKsuQsmqQ2-_W4sWytBUqA#/registration

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Lambton’s Electricity Future: More American Gas? or Wind, Solar & Storage?

Wed. Sep 17, 7 p.m. ET

What’s at stake in Lambton County, and Ontario? 

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) – our publicly owned utility – wants to build a large new gas-fired power plant on the site of the former Lambton coal station near Sarnia (and two other gas plants are also proposed for the area), polluting our lungs and adding more climate damaging gasses to our skies. More than 70% of the fossil gas used in Ontario is imported from the U.S., much of it fracked. Instead of locking us into more expensive, American-sourced fossil fuels, we can invest in made-in-Ontario clean energy that’s better for our economy, our health, and our planet such as: demand management, battery storage, a solar farm, and a Lake St. Clair offshore wind farm. What kind of energy future do we want for Lambton – and for Ontario?

With speakers:

Allan McKeown, Climate Action Sarnia-Lambton

Dr. Mili Roy, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment

Mike Marcolongo, Environmental Defence

Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0FzHRbP4Trej30BuB2Typg#/registration

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Toxic chemicals in drinking water

Wed. Sept. 17, 2 p.m. ET

Join Ecojustice as they talk about their report on Canada's pesticide crisis and the implications of pesticides and PFAS (forever chemicals) regulations in Canada. Also joining us is Sébastien Sauvé, a professor at University of Montreal who will present his fascinating research on testing water in public spaces for PFAS.

https://ecojustice-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zXcmQdCeTUS8nAranynUSw 

Read Ecojustice's new report: Canada's Pesticide Crisis 

https://ecojustice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Ecojustice_Toxic-Harvest_Report.pdf

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Park(ing) Day Toronto

Fri. Sept. 19, 6 a.m. - Sun. Sept. 21, 9 p.m.

Many Locations around Toronto

Park(ing) Day is a global, public, participatory art project that takes place annually on the third weekend of September. Around the world, people temporarily repurpose on-street, boulevard or lot parking spaces and convert them into tiny parks and places for art, play, and activism. The ethos of Park(ing) Day is to celebrate the use of urban public space for people, and challenge the dominance of the automobile in cities.

https://www.parkingdaytoronto.ca/

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Climate Mis/Disinformation Summit 

Sept. 19-20

U-Ottawa

Climate mis/disinformation is evolving — and so must our responses. The Climate Mis/Disinformation Summit, hosted by the Information Integrity Lab at the University of Ottawa, brings together researchers, policymakers, technologists, journalists, civil society, and private sector actors to take stock of the current landscape and chart a path forward.

https://climatedisinformationsummit.zohobackstage.ca/InfoLabSummit

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Draw the Line - For People. For Peace. For the Planet.

Sat. Sept. 20 

Draw the Line is a cross-country Day of Action taking place in communities across Canada to resist the Prime Minister's anti-migrant, anti-Indigenous, and fossil fuel-driven policies. The Day of Action coincides with a global week of action calling for climate and economic justice worldwide. From rallies to strikes, marches to gatherings, communities will mobilize and demand that our federal and provincial government:

- Put people over corporate profit. Fund our families and communities.

- Refuse ongoing colonialism. Uphold Indigenous Sovereignty.

- Stop blaming migrants. Demand full immigration status for all now!

- End the war machine. Stand for justice and peace.

- End the era of fossil fuels. Protect Mother Earth.

Find an event in your community: 

https://drawtheline.world/canada?r=CA&d=QC&lang=en

In Toronto: 2 p.m., Sankofa Square, Yonge and Dundas

https://www.toronto350.org/sept20

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Community Clean Energy Day

Sat. Sept. 20, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. ET

WindShare turbine at Exhibition Place, Toronto

Join SolarShare for a family-friendly party at Toronto's Wind Turbine. Community Clean Energy Day is your invitation to gather and play at the site of North America's first urban wind project. Bring your friends, family, and curiosity - there’ll be hourly turbine info sessions, hands-on renewable energy activities for all ages, delicious eats from Newcomer Kitchen, and more.

https://lu.ma/nsivpb1i 

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Unsmoke Butt Blitz

Sat. Sept. 20

Events across Canada 

Toronto: Harbourfront Centre, 10 am - 2 pm 

Join us for Canada’s biggest cigarette litter cleanup. A Greener Future is teaming up with UNSMOKE to host massive cleanup events as part of a national campaign to collect 1 million cigarette butts in just one month.

https://www.agreenerfuture.ca/ 

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Toronto Urban Agriculture Week

Sept. 20-28

Celebrating Toronto-grown food and the people who grow it. Festivals, markets, tours, workshops, and more.

https://uaweekto.wordpress.com/

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For more Toronto events, check out: http://www.Showuptoronto.ca 

For the best Canadian climate and energy news, visit and subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter.

http://theenergymix.com/ 

Democracy Now Daily Show - global peace, justice and enviro news

https://www.democracynow.org/ 

CBC World Report

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

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