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Neighbours for the Planet
Tackling Climate Change, One Action at a Time
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Apr 12, 20211 min read
Tell Canadian banks to stop funding fossil fuel companies
Petition by Greenpeace It’s quite simple: without money from banks, oil & gas and coal companies can’t keep polluting the planet. Every...
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Mar 12, 20211 min read
Tell MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy to stop paving over our wetlands
by Green Party of Ontario "The Ford government continues to use special zoning orders to give away the places we love to deep-pocketed...
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Mar 12, 20211 min read
Duffins Creek wetlands vs. a warehouse: Resisting Doug Ford’s assault on communities & environment
by Greenpeace "Ontario Premier Doug Ford is no stranger to using anti-democratic methods to sacrifice the environment at the altar of...
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Mar 11, 20211 min read
Tell Ford: Don't pave over our Greenbelt, scrap Highway 413 now
Petition by Leadnow "Doug Ford is trying to ram through a mega-highway and pave over a critical section of Ontario's pristine Greenbelt,...
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Mar 11, 20211 min read
Tell Canada's leaders to redress environmental racism
Petition by Care2 Petitions "On December 8, 2020, MP Lenore Zann put the federal private members bill A National Strategy to Redress...
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Dec 13, 20201 min read
TMX: Not worth it.
Initiative by the Green Party of Canada. It's time to walk away from TMX A financial analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office released...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
Tell Trudeau to choose: pipelines or the planet?
This is a 350.org initiative. Prime Minister Trudeau keeps telling us that building the Trans Mountain pipeline goes hand-in-hand with...
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Dec 2, 20201 min read
Open Letter to Biden: Canada Doesn't Want KXL
This is a 350.org initiative. According to the US media, Joe Biden is projected to be the next President of the United States. There are...
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Nov 22, 20201 min read
Tell federal leaders to be brave on climate
This is a 350.org initiative. "We have a historic opportunity. The Trudeau government needs the support of opposition parties to pass...
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Nov 20, 20201 min read
Retain the Current Mandate of the Province’s 36 Conservation Authorities
Initiative by Ontario Nature. "On November 5th, the Government of Ontario revealed its plans to severely curtail the role of Conservation...
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Nov 20, 20201 min read
Call Your MPP to Protect our Conservation Authorities
Initiative by Environmental Defence. "Conservation Authorities keep our environment safe. Now the Ontario Government is gutting them. The...
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Nov 20, 20201 min read
Protect Nature. Prevent Floods.
This initiative is from the Green Party of Ontario. "After Hurricane Hazel hit us in 1954, Ontario put in place rules to prevent another...
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Nov 20, 20201 min read
CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES KEEP OUR ENVIRONMENT SAFE. NOW THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT IS GUTTING THEM.
This is an action by Environmental Defence. "The Ontario government has just launched an all-out attack on Ontario’s protected forests...
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Nov 8, 20201 min read
Open Letter to Biden: Canada Doesn't Want KXL
Sign this open letter urging Biden to ignore the voices of Big Oil and listen to the people, in Canada and the US, who want bold climate...
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Oct 27, 20201 min read
EU: BAN FOREST-KILLING PRODUCTS
Half the Earth's forests are now gone. 15 BILLION trees are chopped down every year -- 476 every single second. That's our rainforests,...
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Oct 27, 20201 min read
Will you join the fight for a better future?
In just a few weeks we’re meeting with MPs in York Region. We need to show them there’s overwhelming support for a green and just...
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Oct 26, 20201 min read
Survey: Greater Golden Horseshoe transportation plan - deadline Oct 26!
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is developing a transportation plan to connect people to places across the Greater Golden Horseshoe...
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Oct 17, 20201 min read
Tell Trudeau: Pair bold promises with plans for our COVID-19 recovery
In the coming weeks, cabinet ministers will receive a mandate letter from Prime Minister Trudeau, outlining each minister’s priorities...
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Sep 18, 20201 min read
SIGN NOW: JOIN FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY WORKERSCALLING FOR A GREEN RECOVERY
"Oil giant BP just announced that the world has likely hit peak oil and demand will decline rapidly into the future1. Meanwhile, workers...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read
Keep climate accountability law on the federal agenda
When Parliament resumes in September, the federal government must renew its commitment to introducing a climate accountability law to...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read
Sign letter calling on Universities to divest from fossil fuels and invest in a just recovery
We, the undersigned students, alumni, faculty, staff and members of the public, call on all the boards and administrators of educational...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read
Sign petition to phase-out Ontario’s gas-fired power plants
The Ford Government wants to ramp up the greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s gas-fired power plants by more than 300% by 2025. To...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read
Sign Petition - residents of Canada and members of Canadian faith communities
Petition to the Government of Canada Whereas: We are called as people of faith to love and care for creation; Canadian churches and...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read
Sign now: Emergency petition to reinstate $100BN in green spending for the recovery
Wildfires are ravaging the West Coast and suffocating cities in smoke.1 Photo by Jiroe on Unsplash The climate crisis isn’t just around...
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Aug 15, 20201 min read
Save Ontario’s farmland
"Highway 413 was initially proposed in 2005. In 2017, an expert panel recommended that there were other options available to meet the...
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Aug 15, 20201 min read
Stand with these 15 youth in climate court action
"Fifteen young people are going to court for climate justice, demanding that the federal government stop violating their charter rights...
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Aug 12, 20201 min read
Stop the destructive Highway 413
"The Ontario government is trying to fast-track approval for a new mega-highway, Highway 413, that would pave over important farmland,...
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Aug 9, 20201 min read
Stop corporate lobbies from exploiting the coronavirus pandemic
"The day after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic, polluting industries began a full-court...
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Jul 13, 20201 min read
Climate Group Officially Launches Carbon Pricing Petition
Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) Canada has launched a parliamentary e-petition, sponsored by Marc Serré, Member of Parliament for Nickel...
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Jul 10, 20201 min read
Tell G20 Countries: Spend public money on a safe and just recovery for everyone
"In July, the people who control the budgets of the world’s 20 richest countries will meet to discuss how they spend trillions in public...
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Jul 6, 20201 min read
Stand with the young Ontarians who are taking the Ford government to court!
"Canada is one of the largest emitters of climate-torching greenhouse gases in the world. To make matters worse, since stepping into...
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Jun 27, 20201 min read
Email Trudeau: We need a green recovery from COVID-19
"We know that Trudeau’s government is actively working on the post-pandemic recovery package – what is likely to be the largest...
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Jun 27, 20201 min read
Urge Ottawa to support a green recovery
"Come together during this crisis for a safer, healthier, greener path We are facing a crisis unparalleled in recent history. Strangely,...
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Jun 27, 20201 min read
Stop corporate lobbies from exploiting the coronavirus pandemic
"The day after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic, polluting industries began a full-court...
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Jun 24, 20201 min read
ONTARIO: STOP THE ATTACK ON NATURE, LOCAL FOOD SUPPLY & MY QUALITY OF LIFE
"The Ontario government is proposing to allow destructive quarries and gravel pits in the homes of endangered species, our most...
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Jun 24, 20201 min read
Stop Open-Pit Mining from happening around the Canadian Rockies!
"On May 15, 2020, Alberta's energy minister announced that the province's coal policy will be modified as it is "redundant" and...
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Jun 18, 20201 min read
Support the plan to move to renewable energies
"Moving off fossil fuels as quickly as possible requires strong support to workers and communities dependent on coal, oil and gas; a Just...
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Jun 10, 20201 min read
Protect Our Water
"The Paris Galt Moraine Conservation Act would protect the drinking water of 200,000 people in southern Ontario, putting public interest...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
Urge Minister Wilkinson to reconsider ordering an assessment of the Vista coal mine expansion
"Coal is devastating to human health and the climate. It’s responsible for more than 800,000 premature deaths a year1 and the source of...
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May 27, 20201 min read
Steamrolling the way for development, behind closed doors
"While Ontarians grapple with the social and economic impacts of a global pandemic, the Government of Ontario is quietly setting the...
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May 22, 20201 min read
Tell Canada’s supermarkets to stop throwing away perfectly good food
"Before the Covid-19 crisis, 1 in 8 households in Canada was facing food insecurity, while the World Food Program estimates that acute...
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May 20, 20201 min read
Sign the petition to phase-out Ontario's gas plants
"The Ford Government wants to ramp up the greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s gas-fired power plants by more than 300% by 2025. To...
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May 20, 20201 min read
Get My City Growing During COVID-19!
"Canadians are getting their hands dirty — it’s time for city mayors to dig in, too. Ask your mayor to join your community in building a...
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May 20, 20201 min read
STOP DOUG FORD'S ATTACK ON THE ENVIRONMENT
"The Ontario government is using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover to broadly dismantle environmental protections. At the beginning of April...
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May 14, 20201 min read
Tell the federal government to create a comprehensive single-use plastic ban list!
"In Canada and around the world, the plastic industry is taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis. They are using people’s fears around...
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May 8, 20201 min read
Prime Minister Trudeau: Reject Big Oil’s secret demands
"A leaked secret memo from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has revealed how the oil lobby is trying to exploit the...
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May 8, 20201 min read
A just transition from oil - add your name to letter to PM from Elizabeth May
"I said it yesterday and I will keep on saying it: It makes no sense to try to "save" a dying industry. As crashing demand and a global...
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Apr 29, 20201 min read
Defend Environmental Oversight
"The Ford government has given itself emergency powers to escape environmental oversight. Citing COVID-19, they have suspended the...
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Apr 26, 20201 min read
OILPATCH WORKERS HAVE A PLAN, BUT OTTAWA NEEDS TO ACT
"Our plan is simple. Oil and gas workers are highly skilled and can be rapidly put to work building renewable energy projects — they just...
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Apr 26, 20201 min read
STAND WITH OIL & GAS, COAL AND INDIGENOUS WORKERS CALLING FOR UPSKILLING INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY
"Canada’s energy industry stands at a crossroads. More than 100,000 workers have lost their jobs in the oil patch in the past three...
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