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Championing climate solutions while building momentum & political will for a better future for all.
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UN Environment Programme
about 12 hours ago
At
#UNEA7
opening, UNEP ED
@ingerandersen.bsky.social
stressed that the environmental crises we face are shared challenges. Her message was clear: only by working together and grounding decisions in science can we secure a stable climate, healthy nature, and a pollution-free future:
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Toronto residents mobilized yesterday to depute for a strong climate action plan that could lower costs, improve transportation, create jobs and save lives. It was inspiring to be in the room. If we want a livable city we need council to pass a stronger TranformTO now !
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Lanrick Bennett
8 days ago
We need BETTER leadership
#IMHO
the current crop (can only speak to
#TOpoli
) won't even mouth the words
#ClimateCrisis
. Find leaders who will plot
#TransformTO
as a lynch pin to Housing/Affordability, Inequality, Public Health & Infrastructure investments. Waiting for the leaders to make some noise
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Oilfield Witness
3 days ago
"I'm not crazy. It's really there and its bad." This farmer was able to finally see the invisible pollution from oil and and gas on her farm with the help of our optical gas imaging camera.
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Ecojustice
12 days ago
BREAKING: The
#Ford
government has just forced through legislative changes in
#Bill68
that strip away provincial climate obligations ā just days before critical December 1st
#Mathur
youth climate hearing where the government was expected to have to finally answer for its climate record. Stay tuned.
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Despite decades of international climate summits (officially called United NationsĀ Conference of the Parties, or COPs), the blanket of climate-destabilizing CO2 continues to grow thicker at an accelerating rate.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/a...
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COPs vs CO2
On the most important climate scoreboard ā the atmosphere ā our kids are losing spectacularly.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/analysis/conference-of-parties-climate-change-emissions
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Help build a healthy, low-carbon, climate-resilient Toronto where we can all thrive.Please sign and share this petition for a strong climate action plan!
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/su...
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Support a Strong Climate Action Plan for Toronto
The City of Toronto adopted a climate action plan called TransformTO in 2017, in 2021 the city accelerated its TransformTO targets in line with the climate emergency that was declared in 2019. ...
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/support-a-strong-climate-action-plan-for-toronto?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=9b1b116e-93db-4f95-a779-965fc9e5aa36
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Stand.earth
24 days ago
If youāre a Toronto resident, send an email now to your council member and the mayor telling them to support a green buildings policy!
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Tell City Hall: We need to green Torontoās buildings
Make your voice heard
https://act.stand.earth/page/88238/data/1?ea.tracking.id=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&en_og_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=safe__cities
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Stand.earth
24 days ago
More than 50% of climate pollution in Toronto comes from burning gas to heat buildings The good news is, we can solve this.
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As the pieces fall into place for Eagleās Nest, the Neskantaga First Nation ā a fly-in community home to about 400 people living for more than 30 years under a boil water advisory ā is fighting the development.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...
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Ontario First Nation battles Australian-owned company over Ring of Fire mine
Without federal intervention, no environmental assessment will be carried out on a proposed mine in the Ring of Fire ā a boon to Australian billionaires at the expense of the local Neskantaga First Na...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/news/ontario-ring-of-fire-mine-first-nation
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David Suzuki counts Jane Goodall among his top inspirations, but he isn't grieving her death. Heās grieving she never got to see the big changes to the political, economic and legal systems that destroy nature and must be reformed.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/n...
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Jane Goodall died before the world caught up, Suzuki says
David Suzuki counts Jane Goodall among his top inspirations, and said he isn't grieving her death ā he's grieving the political, economic and legal systems that destroy nature have not been changed th...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/news/jane-goodall-david-suzuki
2 months ago
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Stand.earth
2 months ago
"You can't transition by building more of the problem."
@tzeporah.bsky.social
, International Program Dir. at
Stand.earth
& Chair of
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
, talks climate change, COP30, & the fight for a
#FossilFuelTreatyNow
on the latest episode of Adam Walsh's podcast The Signal on CBC News.
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https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-89-the-signal/clip/16170400-what-un-general-assembly-global-division-conflict-crises
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Greenpeace Canada
2 months ago
The origin of
#OrangeShirtDay
š§” Please share, and support Phyllis Webstad by purchasing her newly published book "Decolonization and Me: Conversations about healing a Nation and ourselves" >>
shop.medicinewheelpublishing.com/products/dec...
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Canadian Climate Institute
3 months ago
To unlock Canadaās full potential for critical minerals, governments and industry must treat Indigenous rights as central pillarsānot afterthoughtsāin mining development. Read more from Saga Williams, the Instituteās Marisa Beck and Tamara Krawchenko ā¬ļø
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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Canada should fast-track the idea that Indigenous rights and critical minerals go hand in hand
Leadership in inclusion and responsibility projects to the world that Canada is a safe and reliable jurisdiction for mining.
https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/09/08/canada-should-fast-track-the-idea-that-indigenous-rights-and-critical-minerals-go-hand-in-hand/472259/
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Dangerously dry conditions have forced Nova Scotia to restrict public access to forests and trails. Why the decision is the latest litmus test of our collective willingness to pull together in a crisis ā and how some people are failing it badly.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/o...
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Nova Scotiaās forest ban is a test ā just not the one some people think
Tim Houston is trying to prevent the sort of wildfires that caused death and destruction in his province just two years ago. To some people, though, he's just an agent of creeping climate extremism an...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/opinion/nova-scotia-forest-ban-houston-climate
4 months ago
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Almost all misinformation ā especially about climate change ā is the downstream product of coordinated disinformation campaigns specifically designed to deceive and delay progress, writes Andrew Heffernan
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/05/o...
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Why all climate misinformation should be seen as disinformation
Almost all misinformation ā especially about climate change ā is the downstream product of coordinated disinformation campaigns specifically designed to deceive and delay progress.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/05/opinion/climate-disinformation-misinformation
4 months ago
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In a few days, the UN will meet to decide whether or not they turn off the plastic tap or let it flow.
@juliedabrusin.bsky.social
and Canada must lead the way and secure a binding and ambitious
#PlasticsTreaty
. Let's
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
NOW! š
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@greenpeaceca.bsky.social
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Support a Global Plastics Treaty!
Ask world leaders to support a strong global plastics treaty!
https://act.gp/3H923Ar
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350 Canada
5 months ago
š¢ā On September 20, we are joining a mobilization of tens of thousands across climate, migrant & economic justice, and anti-war movements to unite to reject Prime Minister Carneyās attacks. Join us to DRAW THE LINE:
drawtheline.world
#DrawTheLine
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Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.
Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.
https://drawtheline.world/
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Climate Action Network Canada
5 months ago
Communities across the country are mobilizing on September 20th to demand that Prime Minister Carney and Canadaās governments pick a side: injustice, violence, & climate destructionāor a just & safe future for all of us. Sign up to join a
#DrawTheLine
action near you:
drawtheline.world
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Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
5 months ago
Cities around the world are banning fossil fuel ads. Toronto could become the first Canadian city to follow suit, but their draft policy isn't strong enough. Tell Toronto city council to take a bolder stand to protect our health:
https://loom.ly/TlsXPlA
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Anne Keary
5 months ago
A message from the Deputy Mayor of The Hague to Toronto's Mayor,
@oliviachow.bsky.social
For our collective health and a
#climate
safe future, let's ban the promotion of polluting fossil fuels.
@climatefast.bsky.social
@seniorsfcan.bsky.social
@350canada.bsky.social
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
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šāļø SĆ©bastien Duyck
5 months ago
š„ āļø šHAPPENING NOW: Historic
#ClimateJustice
Ruling being delivered by the šŗš³ š§āāļø International Court of Justice. šØThis ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability š š§µ Live thread below with context, summary & analysis š
#ClimateJusticeAO
#AOLetsGo
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Matt Elliott
5 months ago
Check your inbox: it's City Hall Watcher #340! Ahead of the RapidTO debate, INTERSECTION INSPECTION returns with a special look at Bathurst Street traffic counts. Plus: a new library, new shelters, and a new land transfer tax shortfall.
toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/battling-o...
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Battling on Bathurst Street
City Hall Watcher #340: An INTERSECTION INSPECTION special looks at traffic counts on Bathurst Street, ahead of Council's RapidTO debate. Plus: new shelters, a new library, and more.
https://toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/battling-on-bathurst-street
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance
5 months ago
Join me and others to discuss
#FordNation
's plans to lock
#Ontario
into the highest cost, dirtiest energy options - nuclear and gas - at the expense of clean, low-cost renewables.
#onpoli
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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David Suzuki Foundation
5 months ago
š£ 100+ groups are urging PM Mark Carney to build an electricity grid powered by
#renewables
, not fossil fuels. Updating Canada's grid can: ā Bring cheaper, more secure power ā Bring good jobs, better health ā Uphold Indigenous & workersā rights Full release:
dsfdn.org/PressRelease...
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Matt Elliott
6 months ago
The province continues to present numbers that suggest this new Ontario Place with a spa/waterpark will be among the most popular recreation and tourism destinations in the province. Maybe in the country? The world? I think the park parts look pretty nice, but I donāt understand the projections.
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Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health
7 months ago
BREAKING: Today, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), which manages over $714 billion of Canadiansā retirement savings, quietly abandoned its commitment to net-zero by 2050. This is a shocking failure of responsibility from one of the worldās largest public investors.
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The City of Toronto is considering a bylaw to restrict where protests are allowed. Such a bylaw would have broad and harmful impacts for many communities & causes. A slippery slope for democracy. Add your voice & do survey by May 1
www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
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Public Consultation for a Proposed Demonstrations Bylaw to Protect Vulnerable Institutions
Share your input and help shape the proposed bylaw affecting demonstrations near vulnerable institutions through public consultation that includes an online survey.
https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/public-consultation-for-proposed-demonstration-bylaw/?link_id=8&can_id=3b9410240fc71dbc966497aebc4472bc&source=email-defend-our-democratic-rights-to-oppose-the-genocide-in-gaza&email_referrer=email_2704329&email_subject=say-no-to-silencing-dissent_&&
7 months ago
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Matt Elliott
8 months ago
My
@thestar.com
column this week: climate change has mostly been relegated to the back burner as an issue during this federal election. But with weirder and wilder weather wreaking havoc on service, the TTC canāt ignore the crisis.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Matt Elliott: Itās the crisis the federal election can ignore ā but the TTC canāt
The TTC can no longer ignore the effects of climate change, even if the topic has been mostly relegated to the back burner this federal election.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/its-the-crisis-the-federal-election-can-ignore-but-the-ttc-can-t/article_ed0ebc1b-6886-42d7-aa25-2dd4336977b8.html
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Matt Elliott
8 months ago
My
@thestar.com
column this week: City Hall has finally started charging contractors for the real cost of blocking streets. Condo developers arenāt happy, but Toronto Council should be.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Toronto city hall finally found a way to help ease traffic congestion ā and bring in more money. Not everyone is happy
As part of its congestion management plan, the city has massively increased the fees it charges to close a lane of a city street for an extended period of time.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/city-hall-finally-found-a-way-to-help-ease-traffic-congestion-and-bring-in-more/article_04367345-75ee-42d9-b75d-1a207b9a14a6.html
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Toronto classroom temperatures are increasing making the learning experience more challenging & potentially dangerous. The TDSB & Ontario govāt must invest in the required infrastructure and retrofits immediately.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/sch...
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Schools are facing this creeping threat as temperatures rise
āChildren are suffering the consequencesā in their safety and ability to learn, says the group that lead the āurgent callā to action, backed by more than 40 organizations.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/schools-are-facing-this-creeping-threat-as-temperatures-rise/article_d6046d2a-4047-4962-96c4-6318f080dce2.html
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RichardJR
8 months ago
1/8 šØCANADIAN MAYORS DEMAND CLIMATE ACTIONšØ Canadian Mayors issue urgent call to federal parties: prioritize climate solutions, not pipelines. An open letter signed by 128 mayors & councillors outlines five critical actions needed to confront the climate crisis.
#CDNpoli
#ClimateAction
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Toronto councillor Dianne Saxe is pretty lonely on this list. Time to get our elbows up for climate action!
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canadian mayors push federal leaders for action on climate, not pipelines | CBC News
Municipal politicians across Canada have written a letter to the five main federal party leadersĀ calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental ca...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/letter-mayors-federal-leaders-1.7507440
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Calling all federal leaders: Itās time to meet the moment and defend climate progress. Across all political stripes, most people across Canada want political leaders to do more to address climate risks and costs. Take action!
cape.ca/action/meet-...
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Meet the moment and defend climate progress - CAPE
With the 2025 federal election underway, demand action from political leaders to address climate risks and costs, including the many climate-related threats to our health.
https://cape.ca/action/meet-the-moment-and-defend-climate-progress/
8 months ago
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Charlie Angus
8 months ago
Poilievre is running the Trump playbook of attacking journalists who dare question his BS. it is disgraceful that
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
caved to MAPLE MAGA intimidation. Read my latest Substack.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social
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CTV CAPITULATES
Will Canadians Sit Back While the Media Fold for MAGA Maple?
https://substack.com/home/post/p-160427057?source=queue
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Jonathan Berk š
9 months ago
66% of Parisians voted today to create 500 additional pedestrian streets, replacing over 10,000 parking spots with green space and enhanced pedestrian infrastructure. š Paris š«š·
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