Greenspiration News & Events: Rethinking energy

Mon Mar 29 00:12:54 EDT 2021

Climate Action Network Canada Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling on Carbon Pricing

Thursday's ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada on the Government of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GGPPA) confirms the constitutionality of the federal carbon pricing backstop. With this ruling, there is no longer any credible reason for provinces who launched the legal challenge against carbon pricing – Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan – to delay the creation and implementation of strong provincial climate plans that drive down emissions in line with Canada’s 2030 and 2050 targets.

https://climateactionnetwork.ca/2021/03/25/climate-action-network-canada-reacts-to-supreme-court-ruling-on-carbon-pricing/  

Canada's GHG emissions are the highest in the world

Canada's emissions have risen 20% since 1990 while those of other countries have fallen. 

https://cdn.sender.net//email_images/62117/images/all/ghgeindcountries.png

Stunning revelations about Pickering Nuclear Station's safety

The recent revelations in the Globe and Mail about the deeply flawed analysis of the state of a major component in the Pickering Nuclear Plant is disturbing and alarming. Continuing to operate the third oldest nuclear plant in North America, surrounded by millions of people, while banking on a system of aging pressure tubes to not fail is simply rolling the dice with the lives of people throughout the GTA. This plant has a long history of safety problems and is now operating well past its design life.  Given its location, this is scandalous. We call on the Ontario Gov't to order OPG to begin shutting down Pickering Nuclear ASAP and stop taking chances with our lives. We have many better options to keep our lights on -- relying on an aging first generation nuclear plant surrounded by millions of people should not be one of them.

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/stunning-revelations-about-pickering-nuclear-stations-safety/

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/tubes/ 

Rethinking Energy -- 100% Solar, Wind and Batteries Is Just the Beginning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2RxWtF4Ds

Ontario NDP's Ambitious Climate Plan 

I was a guest on TVO's The Agenda March 23 addressing Ontario NDP's climate plan. Watch it here:

https://www.tvo.org/video/ontario-ndps-ambitious-climate-plan 

Ending the Global Security Threats of Nuclear Power

90 min. webinar. We need to make "it clear that nuclear power is capitalist, militaristic, patriarchal, racist, anti-indigenous, anti-environmental."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWzFu9N90WU&t=25s 

Resilient land design | Advanced permaculture course

Deepen Your Understanding and Practical Application of the Science, Systems, Skills, and Spirit of Earth Healing.

https://earthactivisttraining.org/courses/resilient-land-design/ 

Volunteers needed to distribute leaflets around ON about climate and electricity 

Eligible for volunteer hours for school or community service. This is a contactless vol. job.

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/get-involved/order-pamphlets/ or email me: angela at cleanairalliance.org 

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EVENTS

Politics of the Pandemic

Mon. Mar 29, 7 p.m. EST

Join panelists MPP Peter Tabuns, Jim Stanford & Anjum Sultana for a discussion on the inequalities the pandemic has exposed, with Councillor Paula Fletcher moderating.

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrd-qtrzMpGNLsS8Z-hSunCQ8SYQBdgfH0

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Kitchen Table Climate Conversation Webcast Series

Mon. March 29, 7 - 9 p.m.

Some of the most important subjects are the most difficult to talk about. This 3rd in a 4-part series focuses on Technical Nuts and Bolts - How to set up and run a zoom Conversation (includes screen sharing, polls, managing chat and breakouts).  With Kitchen Table Climate Conversations (KTCC’s), we support you in reaching out and gathering people round your virtual table for an open but structured conversation about climate justice.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/part-3-technical-nuts-bolts-registration-133876366817     

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Resist Renovictions Workshop

Mon. March 29, 6 p.m. EST

We will cover details around renovictions, what to look out for and what tenants can do to organize to fight them. Hosted by ACORN Canada.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtdOmtrzkvGdFVK5qA3z8XCXT_nNKVsdyd 

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Defiance on Film: Standing Up to Nuclear Power Through Protest and the Arts

Tues. March 30, 1 p.m. EST

Virtual screenings & discussion of two documentaries exploring resistance to nuclear power: 33 Days of Utopia (Germany) & The Beekeeper (UK)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/defiance-on-film-standing-up-to-nuclear-power-through-protest-and-the-arts-tickets-145551730143 

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The Enduring Nuclear Threat: A Deeper Look

Tues. March 30, 8 – 9:30 pm EST

The recent entry into force of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons brought a welcome positive moment to a bleak disarmament landscape. But none of the nuclear-armed states have joined the Treaty, and all are expanding or modernizing their nuclear arsenals. This webinar, hosted by UFPJ, will provide an update on nuclear weapons policies and programs and an overview of relevant developments in international law. It also will suggest the need to rethink familiar approaches to disarmament, and to shift the focus of disarmament advocacy from recognizing the effects of nuclear weapons to analyzing the causes of nuclear arms racing and of the risks of war among nuclear-armed countries – the same root causes driving many of our other most pressing crises.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PdHOaD-URuiuI4-lkIN_dw 

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Climate Crisis Federal Budget?

Wed. March 31, 1 p.m. EST

The climate crisis is here, from the melting Arctic to flooding Australia. The pandemic has killed more than 20,000 Canadians. Businesses have collapsed. A million fewer workers are employed. Inequality has dangerously increased. Social programs are inadequate. How will the Liberals respond? Will they continue with their ineffectual, incremental change? Or will they admit that we are faced with a climate and societal emergency? Will they Build Back Fossil Free, creating stable, well-paid, green jobs?  Will they truly support precarious workers, communities of colour, seniors, and women?  Will they tax the filthy rich and their COVID-19 profits? Join us to find out what informed, outspoken, Green Party MP Elizabeth May and experienced CCPA economist Marc Lee want to hear on Budget Day, and what they expect.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8XBQtBopSMyUlULklHpUUw

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Conservation Matters: Ours to protect.

Wed. Mar 31, 7 p.m. EST

Hamilton 350 will update you on recent environmental news from Hamilton and beyond. This will include sprawl, Nestle’s water bottling, a highway and other relevant energy and climate news. Then we will launch into the Lower Duffins Creek Wetland Complex controversy that involved a provincially protected wetland, a Ministerial Zoning Order (MZO) to allow construction of a warehouse on it, and a Conservation Authority (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority; TRCA) and citizens who stood against that construction. This webinar features representation from TRCA, Environmental Action Now (Ajax Pickering), and H350. The news on this MZO is going in a positive direction!

https://mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsfuirqjIrHNTax2ktwt_w-URDEitOQGiL

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Peace Prospects in the Biden Era

Thur. April 1, 6:30 p.m. EST

Former Canadian Senator and Ambassador for Disarmament, Doug Roche will be speaking on his new book "Peace Prospects in the Biden Era". Doug is 92-years old, hard-working peace activist and prolific writer. 

https://www.peacequest.ca/peace-prospects-in-the-biden-era/   

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The Struggle for Indigenous Liberation from Colonialism and Capitalism

Thursday, April 1, 7 pm 

With Eric Johnston at the Native Canadian Center of Toronto, Agnieszka Marszalek at Grassy Narrows, Ontario and Gary Porter in B.C. Hosted by Socialist Action.

https://youtu.be/kGUU8JpTk_E 

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http://theenergymix.com/    

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https://www.democracynow.org/  

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