Greenspiration News & Events: SMR Projects in Canada

Mon Mar 16 14:41:10 UTC 2026

INTERNATIONAL

Climate correspondent Chris Hatch sorts through the news, ideas, politics and culture to find what's working in the race against climate change.

https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/delay-is-the-business?e=02591b0337 

Extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds

Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions. But the limitations are even greater for elderly people.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/10/extreme-heat-study-global-warming-physical-activity

China covered a massive desert with solar panels for clean energy, but the land began to evolve into a more stable desert environment

More moisture, lower temperatures, more plant growth.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/china-covered-a-massive-desert-with-solar-panels-for-clean-energy-but-the-land-began-to-evolve/ar-AA1XURQw

The Innate and Inseparable Ties Between Nuclear Weapons and Energy

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/24/the-innate-and-inseparable-ties-between-nuclear-weapons-and-energy/

Fukushima at 15

Living with radioactive hot spots and stigma as Japan's government pushes for more reactors

https://thebulletin.org/2026/03/fukushima-at-15-living-with-radioactive-hot-spots-and-stigma/

IRAN

‘Black Rain’, Cancer Risk Make Civilians the Silent Victims of Trump’s War on Iran

The American/Israeli war on Iran is quickly shaping up as a regional environmental health disaster, after Israel bombed four fuel depots near Tehran and Iran attacked a water desalination plant in Bahrain.

https://www.theenergymix.com/black-rain-cancer-risk-make-civilians-the-silent-victims-of-trumps-war-on-iran/

The War in Iran Could Plunge the World Into Hunger

Farmers from Iowa to India depend on fossil fuel-based fertilizers. Much of their supply is stuck in the Persian Gulf.

https://www.theenergymix.com/the-war-in-iran-could-plunge-the-world-into-hunger/

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/bombing-of-irans-oil-infrastructure-to-have-major-environmental-fallout-experts-warn

The Iran War Is Also a Climate War

Fossil fuels are structurally embedded in modern warfare

https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/the-iran-war-is-also-a-climate-war/

CANADA

Canada Lags, China Leads on Electrification

38 min. podcast on how the war on Iran has sparked the renewables revolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXQazw01z9Y

Mark Carney is ‘flooding the zone’—but movements are fighting back

Organizers unpack Carney’s agenda of rapid-fire austerity, militarism and fossil fuel extraction. 55 min. podcast with Breach Media

https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-is-flooding-the-zone-but-movements-are-fighting-back/

ONTARIO

Ontario wants to change its FOI rules to keep some records secret. Here's what you need to know

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ford-changing-foi-rules-9.7127884

Still no long-term plan for the radioactive waste being shipped to Chalk River, Ontario

As the federal government pushes to expand nuclear power, Ottawa Riverkeeper is concerned about the risky practice of moving this waste without a clear destination.

https://ottawariverkeeper.ca/still-no-long-term-plan-for-the-radioactive-waste-being-shipped-to-chalk-river/ 

Petition: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7247 

TORONTO

NoJetsTO Condemns Premier Ford and Ports Toronto shutting Torontonians out of the airport debate

https://af93970d-16e7-4a9a-be2f-16918dd39444.usrfiles.com/ugd/af9397_b245e93284a542aba694e9cf4ef1e99a.pdf

Say NO to jets on the waterfront - petition

https://www.nojetsto.com/

Toronto residents, doctors oppose 20-year extension for city's largest gas plant and emissions source

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/10/news/toronto-portlands-gas-plant-license-extension

The Great (streetcar) Conspiracy | Tooker Tapes v.376 - 1 min. video

Toronto has the last major, intact, streetcar system in North America, thanks to a criminal conspiracy between General Motors, Standard Oil & Firestone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-S7a-SXTo8&list=PL3IwhNn-WrINTQz2fBNayDoBWLW0y59le&index=1

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EVENTS

Avoiding the “Spiral of Silence”

Tues. March 17, noon - 1 p.m. ET

Super-majorities of people around the world want stronger climate action, as Covering Climate Now’s 89 Percent Project has reported. But they don’t hear much about climate change in the media or from friends, so they stay quiet. Now, new analysis from The Climate Majority Project shows that majorities also favor larger, systemic change — less consumerism, less polarization — but don’t say so because they too mistakenly think they’re a minority. The result? A self-reinforcing “spiral of silence” that blunts action.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c9onM8c_ToS7aRRhBFGQ7g#/registration

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The Question of Unworthy Life: Disability in Germany before and after the Holocaust

Tues. March 17, 3:30 - 5 p.m. ET 

Historian Dagmar Herzog resituates the Nazi persecution and killing of people with cognitive impairments and psychiatric diagnoses in a much longer history of lethal malice toward the vulnerable and the promise of national greatness that facilitated the Nazi ascent to political power. But at every step, she recovers courageous counter-voices and, taking the story into the 2020s, chronicles the protracted battles to establish a disability rights movement dedicated to advancing dignity and justice, a revolutionary new image of the human, and novel practices of education and care.

https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T39O5k-uTpq8J8vJJ7U1gw#/registration

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An Assessment of SMR Projects: The Case of Canada

Wed. March 18, 1 p.m. ET

In 2018 Canadians were first introduced to a strategic plan coordinated by the federal government and several provinces to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) across the country. Since then, the federal and provincial governments in Canada have spent more than $4.5 billion on SMR activities. No SMR is operating in Canada. Although an SMR is to be built at the Darlington site, so far concrete has not been poured into the ground, which marks the traditional start of reactor construction. Our webinar will review SMR activities, briefly introduce the different SMR designs that have been considered, and discuss the different players engaged in and profiting from SMR activities and discussions. Hosted by Nuclear Transparency Watch in Paris, France and co-hosted by the Sustainability Learning Lab at St. Thomas University, New Brunswick, Canada.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o8BIIOUvQ2ONJR1nta65DQ#/registration 

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Who Governs AI? A Trans Feminist Perspective on Who Gets a Say

Fri. March 20, 12:30 - 2 p.m. ET

Join us to explore what AI governance is and how AI is being governed in Canada today. Together, we'll look at concrete examples such as AI policies, standards, and public consultation processes. Using a trans feminist lens, we will investigate how power, resources, and access shape AI governance systems, where the key limitations are, and explore critical opportunities for improving AI governance in Canada and globally.

https://app.glueup.com/event/equity-ai-learning-series-a-trans-feminist-perspective-on-who-gets-a-say-173849/

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Justice for Hassan Diab

Fri. Mar. 20, 8 p.m. ET

Hear from Hassan Diab and his lawyer, Don Bayne, about how Diab experienced two decades of injustice and imprisonment for a crime he did not commit. Learn more about how you can become involved in the campaign. Hassan’s case is a troubling example of failures in the Canadian justice system and Canada’s extradition law.

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pb2qReJXRYy3mqw4L_GolA#/registration

Learn more:

https://quakerconcern.ca/upholding-human-rights-for-hassan-diab/

http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org 

Send a letter to the Justice Minister:

https://iclmg.ca/support-diab/

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Roa$t Growth: Alternative Comedy for Alternative Economics

Fri. March 20, 7 - 9:30 p.m.

Society Clubhouse, College and Dovercourt, Toronto

Roa$t growth is a comedy night dedicated to roasting our cultural obsession with GDP, productivity, scale, and the holy line that must always go up. We’ll feature amateur comedians who are professional degrowthers, and professional comedians who are amateur degrowthers. Daylighting the invisible hand and making GDP cringe. Because if we’re going to rethink the economy, we might as well have fun doing it :)

https://luma.com/whjk3tyg

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What You Won’t Do for Love - with David Suzuki and Tara Cullis 

Fri. and Sat. March 20 and 21, 7 p.m.

The Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West, Toronto

After a lifetime devoted to activism, internationally-renowned environmentalists Dr. David Suzuki and Dr. Tara Cullis take the stage together in a unique and intimate live experience.

https://harbourfrontcentre.com/event/what-you-wont-do-for-love-2026/ 

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https://www.democracynow.org/ 

Tooker Tapes Archive Project - Youtube Playlist

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

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