Beryl Pilkington
@berylpilking.bsky.social
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retired professor of nursing & global health
I support Mayor Chow's idea here!
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The Mayor's Note: December 2, 2025
Making life affordable for families, when the top 2% contribute
https://open.substack.com/pub/mayoroliviachow/p/the-mayors-note-december-2-2025?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Richard Brooks
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Breaking: Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs write to 40+ banks, pensions & credit agencies calling on them to not finance or invest in Ksi Lisims
#LNG
project in BC, Canada - warn of financial, legal and environmental risks. Letter endorsed by 125 NGOs.
#greensky
www.gitanyowchiefs.com/news/gitanyo...
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Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs to Major Banks & Pensions: Investing in Ksi Lisims LNG a Major Risk | Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs
A letter sent was sent to 43 banks and pension funds by Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs and supported by 125 civil society organizations to respect Gitanyow rights, and urge against providing financing or ...
https://www.gitanyowchiefs.com/news/gitanyow-hereditary-chiefs-to-major-banks-pensions-investing-in-ksi-lisims-lng-a-major-risk/
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Richard Brooks
about 22 hours ago
Full letter to potential investors and financiers including the list of endorsing organizations from around the world is here:
#lng
#greensky
#climate
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Letter to Banks and Pension Funds: Don't Provide Funding to Ksi Lisims LNG | Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs
Gitanyow letter to banks and pension funds urging them not to fund Ksi Lisims LNG
https://www.gitanyowchiefs.com/news/letter-to-banks-and-pension-funds-dont-provide-funding-to-ksi-lisims-lng/
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Catherine McKenna
6 days ago
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson Gotcha. That explains a lot.
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The Narwhal
4 days ago
The prime minister promises he’ll solve climate change … right after he gets a new pipeline built.
@balkissoon.bsky.social
asks: haven’t we heard that one before?
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“A little too far”!? More like “wildly off course”!
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2 days ago
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It figures 😠
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2 days ago
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Katharine Hayhoe
2 days ago
Join me and my
@texastech.bsky.social
Climate Center colleagues for a breakdown of all things COP30, in an hour. Nick is an ecologist, Ting is an engineer, Bryan is a humanities scholar, and you know me: so it should be a great discussion. Free & virtual!
www.eventbrite.com/e/inside-cop...
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
2 days ago
The
@policyalternatives.ca
calculated the cumulative funding gap in Ontario since 2019 – the amount that school boards have lost compared to what they would have received had their funding kept pace with enrolment and inflation – at $6.3-billion.
#CanEd
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Violence in Canadian schools is reaching a tipping point. What needs to change?
Underfunding and outdated policies mean students’ needs are being neglected and teachers are stretched thin. The only solution is more boots on the ground
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-violence-canadian-schools-students-teachers-solutions/
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Beryl Pilkington
Seniors for Climate Action Now
2 days ago
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/a...
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Did the climate world misread Carney?
Many in the climate movement saw a fellow traveller in Mark Carney — the man who could preach climate action in the language of finance — but what if they were wrong from the very start?
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/analysis/climate-world-misread-mark-carney?utm_source=National+Observer&utm_campaign=dfddfa0785-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_11_29_02_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cacd0f141f-20ec516e20-277263442
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Beryl Pilkington
EDF Energy Transition
6 days ago
Canada-Alberta MOU a Disappointing Retreat on Oil & Gas Methane Regulation - EDF statement with
@cape-acme.bsky.social
@forourkidscanada.bsky.social
www.edf.org/media/canada...
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Canada-Alberta MOU a Disappointing Retreat on Oil & Gas Methane Regulation
EDF statement on Canada and Alberta's MOU on energy development and equivalency agreement for methane emissions.
https://www.edf.org/media/canada-alberta-mou-disappointing-retreat-oil-gas-methane-regulation
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Carney is gambling with our future.
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2 days ago
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So disappointed in Carney.
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Avi Lewis
6 days ago
We live in a society awash in wealth. Big banks and big oil pull in tens of billions while public needs go unmet. We need leaders willing to where the money is. A 1% tax on the wealthiest 1% could raise billions for strong, universal public services.
#cdnpoli
#ndp
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Seniors for Climate Action Now
3 days ago
Great letter.
www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-...
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Dear Mr. Carney, In about one month, I need to stand up in front of my University of Toronto graduate students in my Climate Change Policy course and undergraduate students in my Climate 101 course… |...
Dear Mr. Carney, In about one month, I need to stand up in front of my University of Toronto graduate students in my Climate Change Policy course and undergraduate students in my Climate 101 course an...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-tozer-6691171a_dear-mr-carney-in-about-one-month-i-need-activity-7400222908247236609-TR3C?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAYjyr4BIPxyYSKKUEL7YYBuLi-aP8ators
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Beryl Pilkington
Ottawa Seniors for Climate Action Now
3 days ago
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Which is why we all have a role to play in spreading accurate information. Follow, like, comment, repost. These social media accounts are some of our best tools in the fight against misinformation on climate.
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Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/climate-change-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Seniors for Climate Action Now
3 days ago
We support T.O. Councillor Dianne Saxe's motion to phase-out Toronto’s #1 smog and #1 climate polluter. Toronto needs to take charge of its energy future – to protect our climate and lower our electricity bills.
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Get Toronto on the right track
https://share.nwmd.social/s/C5OtMbhw
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Beryl Pilkington
Nature Canada
3 days ago
$15,000 will become $30,000 with the generosity of Margaret Atwood! She is doubling your donation for a limited time to celebrate her birthday and to save the birds! Your gift is doubled today here:
https://bit.ly/440se4o
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance
4 days ago
The electricity costs from a refurbished Pickering B nuclear would likely be in the 20 c/kwh range, well above the costs of renewables + storage, DERs, or energy productivity/efficiency and will undermine competitiveness & affordability.
#onpoli
markwinfield.substack.com/p/notes-on-t...
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Notes on the Pickering B Refurbishment
November 27, 2025
https://markwinfield.substack.com/p/notes-on-the-pickering-b-refurbishment
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Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
8 days ago
New Polling: New national polling shows a clear message from people across Canada: they want urgent climate action to not only protect their health but also reduce methane emissions from oil and gaz.
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Jenny Kwan
8 days ago
Why was an MP — not CBSA, not IRCC, not the PMO — the one to announce an “entry ban” on Kneecap? The Immigration Minister still hasn’t responded. Canadians deserve clarity, transparency, and accountability.
#cdnpoli
#Kneecap
globalnews.ca/news/1154127...
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PMO and CBSA say they weren’t part of Kneecap entry ban announcement - National | Globalnews.ca
The Prime Minister's Office and the Canada Border Services Agency say they weren't 'involved' or 'consulted' in an announcement of an apparent entry ban on the Irish group Kneecap.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11541275/kneecap-entry-ban-canada-pmo-cbsa-ircc-gasparro/
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Catherine Fife
8 days ago
Congratulations to Jenn Pfenning on being reelected for her second term as president of the National Farmers Union. Jenn is a passionate advocate of local, sustainable agriculture. As a family owner of Pfennings Organic Farm in Wilmot, she is a tireless warrior in the
#FightForFarmland
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Seniors for Climate Action Now
8 days ago
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Climate Emergency Unit
8 days ago
🌎 Check out the latest edition of our COP30 Dispatch: Final Stages, published last week. And keep an eye out for a final update from us soon with a more in-depth analysis of the final COP decision, reflections from the Peoples’ Summit, and what it all means for our important Fair Shares work.
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COP 30 – Newsletter #2: COP30 – Final Stages
Phew! COP30 is progressing at breakneck speed while 50,000 delegates (of which 1600+ are fossil fuel lobbyists) try to keep up. We’ll provide more in-depth analysis after the conference ends, but for ...
https://350.org/canada/cop30dispatch2
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This wil lock us in to more expensive energy well into the future. Exactly the wrong direction we should be heading.
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Join me in asking the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to protect our pensions and the climate and stop investing in oil, gas, coal and pipelines. A legal case is already underway. It’s time to stop investing in fossil fuels and recommit to net-zero.
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
https://win.newmode.net/shiftaction/cppib-challenge
8 days ago
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Beryl Pilkington
Forward Canada
9 days ago
🎬 This week on 'Whatever This Is', Zain breaks down Danielle Smith's plan to replace Alberta's universal public health care system with a new US-style two-tier system.
#ableg
#abpoli
#canpoli
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Seniors for Climate Action Now
9 days ago
We need strong leadership from Mayor Chow and Toronto City Council to shut down the dirty Portlands gas plant on Toronto’s waterfront.
#topoli
#onpoli
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Will Mayor Chow shut down Toronto’s dirty power plant?
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Avi Lewis
11 days ago
Today is National Housing Day. I write this from Vancouver, one of Canada’s wealthiest cities, and where homelessness reached an all-time high this year. It wasn’t always this way. Canada has a massive deficit of affordable public housing, ever since Liberal governments slashed funding in the 90s.
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Avi Lewis
15 days ago
This report is damning. Canada must adopt
@jennykwan.bsky.social
’s arms embargo bill immediately. Anything less is complicity in a human rights catastrophe that will haunt Canada for generations to come.
armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
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Arms Embargo Now!
Our new report has just exposed a massive pipeline of military aircraft parts and explosives flowing from Canada to Israel via the U.S., facilitated by a deadly loophole in Canadian law.
https://armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopholes/
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Avi Lewis
10 days ago
Shocker: Trump’s “peace plan” for Ukraine is actually a massive money grab. “Europeans fume at Trump’s plan to profit from frozen Russian assets”
www.politico.eu/article/stev...
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‘Witkoff needs a psychiatrist’: Europeans fume at Trump’s plan to profit from frozen Russian assets
Diplomats and officials react with outrage to new details of the U.S. peace plan, warning it could wreck their efforts to help Ukraine survive the war.
https://www.politico.eu/article/steve-witkoff-needs-a-psychiatrist-europeans-fume-at-donald-trump-plan-to-profit-from-frozen-russian-assets/
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Calling Canadians who care about community.
leadnow.ca/campaigns/pa...
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Parliamentarians: Deliver Homes for All - Leadnow
https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/parliamentarians-deliver-homes-for-all/
12 days ago
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This is disturbing.
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12 days ago
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Torontonians, please join me and
@toenviro.bsky.social
and
@stand.earth
in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change:
act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
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Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard
https://act.stand.earth/page/88238/data/1?locale=en-US&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=bluesky
12 days ago
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I chipped in to the
@PressProgress.ca
legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share.
pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
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Defend Canadian Journalism – Donate Form
Support Our Journalism Defence Fund PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in recent Canadian history. A former star candidate for ...
https://pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
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Jenny Kwan
13 days ago
After promising landed status on arrival for caregivers, government shut the pilot without explanation—while 34,000 cases remain stuck in backlog. Cutting PR quotas will leave caregivers waiting over 7 years. Caregivers should never be treated as 2nd class. Expand allocation and clear backlog now.
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Great way to build the national economy. Invest in a dieing industry. 😖
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wit...
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BREAKING: With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces
With the federal and Alberta governments touting an imminent deal on a new oil pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, analysis released Thursday morning concludes that investors in Canadian o...
https://www.theenergymix.com/breaking-with-pipeline-deal-coming-soon-new-analysis-shows-big-risks-for-investors-crushing-losses-for-provinces/
13 days ago
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Ottawa Seniors for Climate Action Now
14 days ago
Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?
theconversation.com/renewable-en...
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Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?
Politics is just one challenge. The cost of borrowing to build wind and solar farms is another, especially in fast-growing developing countries. There are solutions.
https://theconversation.com/renewable-energy-is-cheaper-and-healthier-so-why-isnt-it-replacing-fossil-fuels-faster-269685?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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Robert Reich
14 days ago
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Canada must prioritize human life in Sudan over the pursuit of blood money in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and exert pressure on the U.A.E. to stop aiding and abetting war crimes in Sudan.
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War crimes in Sudan: Canada must act now
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14 days ago
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Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
14 days ago
"The lungs of the world are in your hands!" That was our message for
#COP30
negotiators this week. Standing in front of a giant pair of lungs, health professionals from around the world joined our call to phase out
#fossilfuels
to protect health and save lives.
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CAPE physicians unveil giant lungs to demand fossil fuel phaseout at COP30
YouTube video by CAPE | ACME
https://youtube.com/shorts/pIavx5uxhz8
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War crimes in Sudan: Canada must act NOW
interpares.ca/news/war-cri...
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War crimes in Sudan: Canada must act NOW
Canada must break its silence about the U.A.E.’s support to the RSF militia.
https://interpares.ca/news/war-crimes-sudan-canada-must-act-now
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
15 days ago
ICYMI: Analysis by
@policyalternatives.ca
has suggested much of the savings could come from letting many Trudeau-era programs expire, including short-term funding for disaster responses and improving access to health care.
#Budget2025
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Why it will take months to get details on Mark Carney’s plans to cut $58.2 billion in federal spending
But more than a week after the prime minister revealed his highly-anticipated first budget, questions remain about what exactly the sacrifices will be and how they will come to fruition
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/why-it-will-take-months-to-get-details-on-mark-carneys-plans-to-cut-58/article_41e1f0bd-1c00-4e3f-a5da-81281cd6765e.html
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Jenny Kwan
15 days ago
The latest CBC report shows why Canada urgently needs tighter oversight on military exports. When Canadian components can end up in airstrikes abroad, we have a responsibility to act. That’s why I introduced Bill C-233 to strengthen export-control accountability.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canadian-made jet fighter maintenance parts, bombs shipped to Israel via U.S., report suggests | CBC News
Hundreds of shipments of explosives and fighter jet components have made their way from Canada to Israel by passing through the U.S. over the last two years, a new report by a group of four NGOs alleg...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/politics-jet-fighters-bombs-canada-us-israel-9.6982606
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁
15 days ago
Canada keeps getting budgets shaped by governments that win less than half the vote. When whole regions are shut out, national priorities get skewed. Proportional representation means every region and every voter would help drive the budget, not only areas with a government MP.
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😔 I am ashamed, as a Canadian citizen, but fossil fuel capitalists and their political lackeys know no shame.
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Too bad legacy media are not making the point of this article in The National Observer: fossil fuels are in decline and their ain’t going to be another pipeline built. Get with the times, Danielle Smith.
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We are going in the wrong direction. Thanks to Ford Nation for its head-in-in-sand approach to energy. Toronto-area emissions rise as Ontario burns more natural gas
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/n...
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Toronto-area emissions rise as Ontario burns more natural gas
A new report from The Atmospheric Fund found that emissions went up one per cent in 2024. While the increase is slight, it comes in the context of emissions needing to go down by 11 per cent each year...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/news/toronto-emissions-natural-gas
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⚠️ The Amazon's powerful ability to regulate climate is under threat ⚠️ Illegal mining and industrial-scale agriculture are cutting and burning down vast areas of forests for a quick profit. Add your name to demand global leaders
#RespectTheAmazon
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Respect the Amazon - Greenpeace International
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon and protect its forests, wildlife and its people.
https://act.gp/4c12sje
16 days ago
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance
17 days ago
Even in Alberta solar farming is revolutionizing modern agriculture by merging food production with renewable energy generation through the concept of agrivoltaics. Renewables are doable!
#cdnpoli
#abpoli
#gorenewable
organicagcentre.ca/renewable-en...
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Solar Farming Brings New Life to Alberta's Agricultural Land - Organics Farming, The Canadian Way
Solar farming revolutionizes modern agriculture by merging food production with renewable energy generation through the concept of agrivoltaics. Across Alberta’s vast farmlands, innovative farmers are...
https://organicagcentre.ca/renewable-energy-integration/solar-farming-brings-new-life-to-albertas-agricultural-land/
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