#environmental-defence — Public Fediverse posts
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Jarrah forest a living system that includes everything above and below ground. The soil. The roots. The insects. The small mammals, reptiles, and birds. The fungi and microbial life that bind the forest together.
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Rally Against Bills 5, 6, 17 at Kitchener City Hall, 11:30am on Sat. 31 May 2025
What: Rally against Bill 5, Bill 6, and Bill 17, aka Rally for People and Planet
When: 11:30am to 2:00pm on Saturday 31 May 2025 (speeches at Noon)
Where: Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener City Hall
Location: 100 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario Map
Website 1: https://gren.ca
Website 2: https://environmentaldefence.ca/stop-bill-5/
Contact: Kevin Thomason – [email protected]For your safety, never register for rallies, protests, or other events where civil disobedience may occur.
We need to stop Premier Ford’s Power Grab
Premier Ford promised to protect Ontario. But now that he’s been elected, he is already breaking that promise. His latest bill would give his friends special permissions to ignore laws that protect us and our environment.
No guardrails.
No accountability.We can’t afford to let him and his cabinet get away with this.
Kevin Thomason writes:
It has been an unprecedented week as Doug Ford has tried to ram through the horrific Bill 5 while all the opposition MPPs have worked together to do everything in their power to stop it, join the Kitchener Rally Against Bill 5 on Saturday at 12:00 noon, participate in upcoming webinars and events, speak up against Bill 17’s devastating impacts on our communities, learn about the latest very disappointing Hidden Valley loss to developers in Kitchener, the Greenbelt Scandal continues with more concerning e-mails found, and more. Here’s the latest:
1) Bill 5 Pushback Grows – There are more protests, more groups speaking out. and actions against Bill 5 the “Protect Ontario By Unleashing Our Economy Act”, a dangerous attack on our rights, environment, and democracy. First Nations, environmentalists, civil liberties organizations, labour, municipalities, and even Amnesty International have come out against Bill 5.
It was fantastic to see all opposition MPPs working together to do everything they could stop the bill this past week including an impressive filibuster at the Standing Committee meeting until midnight on Wednesday night. While the Ford government is promising amendments to try to quell First Nations concerns, Indigenous Leaders say it is too little, too late and frankly the government has made only ineffective, minor, superficial amendments as “window dressing” while completely ignoring the vast majority of concerns raised by tens of thousands of concerned citizens so far.
Protests/Rallies — There have been large protests including hundreds of people in Guelph last weekend. Please plan to join the Kitchener Protest Against:
Bill 5 — Sweeping powers to fast track development, bypass environmental protections, create law-free economic zones, ignore archeology, and violate Indigenous rights.
Bill 6 — Harsher penalties for drugs and trespass targeting homelessness with punitive measures rather than support.
Bill 17 — Prohibiting needed Green Development Standards, limiting development charges, enabling new MZO’s, encouraging dangerous inexpensive water and wastewater systems.
Date/Time: Saturday, May 31st at 12:00 noon
Location: Carl Zehr Square on King Street at Kitchener City Hall#EnvironmentalDefence #GrandRiverEnvironmentalNetwork #GREN #KevinThomason #WaterlooRegion
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A career #OilAndGas #insider will soon be shaping #ClimatePolicy in #Alberta’s department of #Environment and #ProtectedAreas.
After a decade working in various roles for the #Canadian Association of #PetroleumProducers #CAPP , Patrick McDonald has been hired by Alberta Environment and Protected Areas to serve as assistant deputy minister of air, #climate and clean technology.
CAPP is one of Canada’s biggest and most aggressive #FossilFuel #LobbyGroups; it held 91 meetings with government officials in 2023, second only to the #PathwaysAlliance with 104, according to a recent report by #EnvironmentalDefence. CAPP’s member companies are responsible for nearly three quarters of Canada’s annual #oil and #NaturalGas production.
#ConflictOfPublicInterest #Corruption #ABpoli #CDNpoli #DirtyOilProfiteers #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcocidalManiacs #PollutionProfiteers #CrimesAgainstHumanity
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Featuring: David Cooper, transportation planner, founder of Leading Mobility; Fizza Khalid, TTC Riders, Scarborough Environmental Association; Israt Ahmed, Senior Community Planner - Scarborough, Social Planning Toronto; and Steven Farber, Transportation Geographer, University of Toronto Scarborough. Moderated by Uytae Lee, host of CBC's “Stories About Here”.
#Toronto #TOPoli #TTC #Transit #PublicTransit #ActiveTransportation #WalkTO #BikeTO #TTCRiders #EnvironmentalDefence #UTSC #CBC
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MOVING TOGETHER
On November 18, from 10am to Noon, join Environmental Defence, experts and community leaders in transportation and city building to discuss an equitable transportation future with safe streets and healthy, affordable communities.
https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/136325/event/1?ea.url.id=6640085
#Toronto #TOPoli #TTC #Transit #PublicTransit #ActiveTransportation #WalkTO #BikeTO #TTCRiders #EnvironmentalDefence #UTSC #CBC
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Greenbelt Rally – Kitchener – 4pm on Friday 8 September 2023 at Bingemans Park
Environmental Defence is planning a rally on Friday, 8 September 2023 at Bingemans Park in Kitchener. Doug Ford will be attending a fundraising event at 5:00pm so plan to assemble at 4:00pm
What: Greenbelt Rally
When: 4:00pm on Friday 8 September 2023
Where: Entrance to Bingemans Park
Location: Shirley Drive and Bingemans Park Drive Map
Website: https://environmentaldefence.ca/handsoffthegreenbelt/#ralliesWe will meet at the entrance to Bingemans Park on Shirley Avenue.
All the unions, teachers, nurses, political parties, health coalition, and environmental groups are most welcome to come with their signs to share the local concerns.
Save Ontario’s Farms, Forests and Wetlands
#environment #environmental-defence #handsoffthegreenbelt
https://kwpeace.ca/greenbelt-rally-kitchener-4pm-on-friday-8-september-2023-at-bingemans-park/
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#EnvironmentalDefence monitors and spotlights, monthly, oil & gas companies that lobby Canadian departments and cabinet Ministers frequently.
Welp... May 2023 is off the charts. #FossilFuel industry held ▶️146 lobby meetings◀️ in May 2023 alone. Pressuring the Trudeau govt as #climatepolicy decisions get closer.
h/t @EmBelliveau (🐦bird site)
✉️ Send a msg to #cdnpoli to take #ClimateAction:
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The Hitchhiker's guide to climate action
https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/115766/event/1?ea.tracking.id=fbad1&fbclid=IwAR3ao2V15__4ZgA4IgCeNuaP5KrX9dN-3xwfxrvQsQEhW-QClbRE1mBV7MU #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalDefence #web inarticulate
