Early evening October 17, 2023, our local MPP, Bhutila Karpoche, hosted a Town hall on Gas Plant Expansion in Ontario. Dr. Mili Roy presented very sobering, worrisome information regarding the health impacts of gas plants. She has kindly shared her slides here. This is essential information. Please take the time to view these slides, and better understand what is at stake, and the urgency to refuse gas plant expansion, indeed to phase out the use of gas.
Ontario Plans to Expand Use of Natural Gas to Generate Electricity. What's Up With That? Why Should I Care?
Back in early July '23 several constituents in Parkdale-High Park met virtually first with our MPP Bhutila Karpoche, and then with our MP Arif Virani, and voiced our concerns about the provincial government’s plans to expand existing gas plants and build new gas plants in order to produce electricity. We underscored the serious public health concerns, and the impossibility of meeting our climate targets if we were to allow this path. We asked our MPP to please, in conjunction with our MP,...
Read moreTOWN HALL ON GAS PLANT EXPANSION IN ONTARIO
Let’s remember what kind of summer we’ve had - including right here in our neighbourhoods, breathing in the smoke of distant forest fires; extending the hours for cooling centres and pool openings to deal with the heat; listening to the news of extreme weather events… On September 21 ’23 António Guterres did not mince his words at the United Nations as he urged world leaders on an acceleration agenda to safeguard the 1.5ºC temperature goal, and to deliver climate justice: ...
Read moreFree Webinar: Pulling Back the Curtain: The Strategy, Tactics and Tools of Canada's Fossil Fuel Greenwashing
April 18 | 12:00 - 1:15 pm ET
Key narratives and lobbying by Canada's oil and gas industry are weakening climate policy and jeopardizing Canada's ability to meet net zero targets by 2050. While corporations position themselves as climate allies, research shows Canada’s six largest companies also work to actively oppose climate policy, advocate against regulation to reduce emissions, and push for oil and gas expansion.
On April 18, Re.Climate’s...
Read moreFree webinar: Beyond Gas: Ontario's Energy Future
When: April 18 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern Time
An energizing evening with celebrated Stanford energy researcher and author Dr Mark Z. Jacobson and local experts Jack Gibbons (Chair, Ontario Clean Air Alliance) and Gaby Kalapos (Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership). Moderated by well-known health journalist Avis Favaro and introduced by Dr Mili Roy.
Learn all you need to know and be inspired by the existing affordable green renewable solutions that can carry us reliably...
Read moreFree webinar: Municipal Implications and Options Related to Ontario's Wetland Protection System
When: Thursday, May 04 | 11:00 AM Eastern Time
During this webinar, Anne Bell from Ontario Nature will summarize the changes to Ontario’s wetland protection, and its implications for flood protection and municipalities. Jacqueline Wilson from CELA will speak to municipal powers to protect wetlands not deemed to be provincially significant and the interaction of Municipal Zoning Orders and other new tools under the Planning Act and wetlands protection. Presentations will be followed by...
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