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Fridays For Future Ottawa @ottawaclimate.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Only in Dani Smith's Alberta: A huge climate-trashing AI centre doesn't need an environmental assessment. So can you kindly get stuffed with your pipeline requests? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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No provincial environmental impact assessment required for Kevin O'Leary's proposed Wonder Valley data centre | CBC News
Kevin O’Leary's proposed Wonder Valley project in northwestern Alberta will not need to undergo an environmental impact assessment from the province due to existing water and power systems. However, t...
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 07/04/2026
Why is Ford trying to pass a new Housing Bill to keep Ontario buildings in the Stone Ages? Maybe because he wants to let his developer buddies cut corners to save a few bucks — allowing them to ditch modern tech like electric heat pumps in favour of polluting gas furnaces and boilers. 🧵 #GreenSky
Illustration of a blonde bearded caveman with a tie, hardhat and an axe. He’s standing by a campfire and a stone cave with a wooden door with the red label “BANNED: EFFICIENCY”. Stand.earth logo in the bottom left corner and the SAFE Cities logo in the bottom right corner.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 30/03/2026
You can’t make this up 🙄 Doug Ford is trying to destroy… local green building policies. 🧵 #GreenSky
Background photo of Ontario. Photo of Doug Ford. “Doug Ford is selling out the climate and our
communities. Again. He's putting corporate profits over our future. Here's how.”
 Red background. “Ford just tabled a bill to kill local green building policies. Ontario cities have worked for years to build up these policies. Today, 15 cities use Green Development Standards to encourage new homes to use clean and efficient heating rather than polluting gas boilers and furnaces. Ford wants to squash them and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.” White background. Photo of money at bottom of image. “Who Actually Wins? Follow the money. Enbridge: Enbridge serves gas to 75% of Ontario residents for home heating. It wants to lock in even more people to be hooked on gas. Big Developers: Ford's buddies save a quick dime by avoiding modern tech like heat pumps, leaving you with the bill later.”Red background. Cutout image of a high rise apartment building in bottom right corner. “Buildings are Ontario's #3 polluter. We need climate action. But if this bill passes, new homes will needlessly pump out more pollution and add to Ontario's emissions when we desperately need to cut them. We can't build a climate-safe future if we keep building like it's 1990.”
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Lana Goldberg @lanagoldberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The Ford government just introduced a new omnibus housing bill that would kill local green building policies which encourage new homes to be efficient, sustainable, and more affordable to operate. We will be pushing back. Watch this space. For now, some info and my perspective:
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Ontario’s new housing legislation undermines municipal authority and sends home building back to the stone ages - SAFE Cities
TORONTO (Unceded territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples) – Today, the Ontario government announced the Building Homes and ...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one. #NoBrainer www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...
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​​​​Cost of Net Zero by 2050 less than a single fossil fuel price shock​ – CCC  - Climate Change Committee
The independent, statutory body tested its cost and energy security conclusions against different scenarios. It found that the total additional cost of a single fossil fuel price spike of 2022 magnitu...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Everything has changed ... except the claims of the fossil fuel lobbyists who infest politics and the media. www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-med...
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Photovoltaic Plants with Battery Cheaper than Conventional Power Plants - Fraunhofer ISE
The newest edition of the study by the Fraunhofer ISE on the electricity generation costs of various power plants shows that photovoltaic systems now produce electricity much more cheaply than either ...
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable! www.lifeaftercars.com
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 02/01/2026
It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.
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Canadian government officials, what are you still doing on X in 2026?
The platform's own chatbot started posting sexualized material of children and other people who couldn't consent. With no moral bottom in sight, it's well past time our officials found other ways to c...
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
When polluters don’t pay, taxpayers do. #CleanUpYourMess www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Bankrupt oil company leaves Alberta county with $9.3M unpaid tax bill | CBC News
Big Lakes County in northwestern Alberta says it has formally approved the write off of more than $9 million in unpaid property taxes owed by the now bankrupt Razor Energy Corp.
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Doug Ford keeps crapping on Ontario.
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
“Inuit Nunangat is at the forefront of climate change, and irreversible changes are occurring in our homeland. Our adaptation costs & needs will grow whether or not global temperatures remain within 1.5 or 2.0C. ITK is deeply concerned that Canada won’t meet its emissions targets.”
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Record Arctic warmth meets retreating climate action, leaving the North exposed
From shrinking sea ice to wetter weather, the latest report card catalogues a year of rapid-fire change
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 15/12/2025
A green buildings policy in Toronto would spur heat pump adoption across the city, making homes safer, healthier, and less polluting. If you're a Toronto resident, send an email to your council member telling them to vote in support of the policy at City Hall now! act.stand.earth/page/88238/data/1
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 09/12/2025
Investing in a healthy planet isn’t just good for nature—it’s a massive economic opportunity. New #GEO7 report shows that transforming energy, food, waste & finance systems can unlock US$20 trillion a year by 2070, save millions of lives, & lift millions out of poverty. ow.ly/AFjE50XG8bI #UNEA7
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 08/12/2025
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: bit.ly/48KxbA1
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
What’s scarier than the climate crisis? A city council that refuses to talk about the climate crisis!
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
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 @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
"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 @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
BREAKING: The #Ford government has just forced through legislative changes in #Bill68 that strip away provincial climate obligations — 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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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Despite decades of international climate summits (officially called United Nations 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 — the atmosphere — our kids are losing spectacularly.
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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.  ...
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 14/11/2025
If you’re 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 Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 14/11/2025
More than 50% of climate pollution in Toronto comes from burning gas to heat buildings The good news is, we can solve this.
Background photo of a person in Toronto, with the cityscape behind them. Illustration of buildings with a plant growing out of a smokestack. “Sustainable buildings protect you from extreme weather and make homes more comfortable. TELL TORONTO CITY COUNCIL: "Greener buildings for all." SEND A MESSAGE” Stand.earth logo and Toronto Environmental Alliance logo in bottom left corner.
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
As the pieces fall into place for Eagle’s Nest, the Neskantaga First Nation — a fly-in community home to about 400 people living for more than 30 years under a boil water advisory — 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 — a boon to Australian billionaires at the expense of the local Neskantaga First Na...
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
David Suzuki counts Jane Goodall among his top inspirations, but he isn't grieving her death. He’s 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 — he's grieving the political, economic and legal systems that destroy nature have not been changed th...
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 25/09/2025
"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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Greenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The origin of #OrangeShirtDay 🧡 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... @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social #TruthBeforeReconciliation
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
To unlock Canada’s full potential for critical minerals, governments and industry must treat Indigenous rights as central pillars—not afterthoughts—in mining development. Read more from Saga Williams, the Institute’s Marisa Beck and Tamara Krawchenko ⬇️ 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.
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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 — and how some people are failing it badly. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/o...
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Nova Scotia’s forest ban is a test — 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...
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Almost all misinformation — especially about climate change — 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 — especially about climate change — is the downstream product of coordinated disinformation campaigns specifically designed to deceive and delay progress.
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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! 👉 act.gp/3H923Ar @greenpeaceca.bsky.social
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Support a Global Plastics Treaty!
Ask world leaders to support a strong global plastics treaty!
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350 Canada @350canada.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
📢✊ 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 Carney’s 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.
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Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Communities across the country are mobilizing on September 20th to demand that Prime Minister Carney and Canada’s governments pick a side: injustice, violence, & climate destruction—or 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 @cape-acme.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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: loom.ly/TlsXPlA
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Anne Keary @annekeary.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice. 🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability 📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇 #ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 14/07/2025
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.
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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 @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
📣 100+ groups are urging PM Mark Carney to build an electricity grid powered by #renewables, not fossil fuels. Updating Canada's grid can: ✅ Bring cheaper, more secure power ✅ Bring good jobs, better health ✅ Uphold Indigenous & workers’ rights Full release: dsfdn.org/PressRelease...
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 24/06/2025
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 don’t understand the projections.
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Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health @shiftaction.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
BREAKING: Today, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), which manages over $714 billion of Canadians’ retirement savings, quietly abandoned its commitment to net-zero by 2050. This is a shocking failure of responsibility from one of the world’s largest public investors.
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 15/04/2025
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 can’t ignore the crisis. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Matt Elliott: It’s the crisis the federal election can ignore — but the TTC can’t
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.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 23/04/2025
My @thestar.com column this week: City Hall has finally started charging contractors for the real cost of blocking streets. Condo developers aren’t 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 — 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.
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Toronto classroom temperatures are increasing making the learning experience more challenging & potentially dangerous. The TDSB & Ontario gov’t 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
“Children are suffering the consequences” in their safety and ability to learn, says the group that lead the “urgent call” to action, backed by more than 40 organizations.
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
1/8 🚨CANADIAN MAYORS DEMAND CLIMATE ACTION🚨 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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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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 leaders calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental ca...
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ClimateFast @climatefast.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Calling all federal leaders: It’s 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.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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 substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Will Canadians Sit Back While the Media Fold for MAGA Maple?
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
66% of Parisians voted today to create 500 additional pedestrian streets, replacing over 10,000 parking spots with green space and enhanced pedestrian infrastructure. 📍 Paris 🇫🇷
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