“[We] did not come here to sign our death warrant. We came here to fight for 1.5C and for the only way to achieve that: a fossil fuel phase-out…We will not go silently to our watery graves." Marshall Islands rep on the new COP28 draft text. No planet B. #ActOnClimate #phaseout

🧵After ripping up 750 renewable energy contracts in 2018, economic reality has caught up with Ford. Low-cost renewables are the cleanest, cheapest source of energy available. We need to take advantage of these technologies to power Ontario. #onpoli

How do we go home and face our children? How do we go home and face our people in the Pacific Islands and tell them that our governments have sold them out. I can’t answer that? Can you.” Brianna Fruean #cop28

Great op-ed: Why converting Main Street to two-way makes sense. #pedestriansafety #HamPoli #transportation GASP4Change @EnvironmentHamilton thespec.com/opinion/contri… via @thespec

Great piece: Policing is not the answer to shoplifting — feeding people is. #foodsecurity #healthequity Cdn Public Health Assoc. Ontario Public Health Association NCCDH | CCNDS thespec.com/opinion/contri… via @thespec

“...the Cop28 agreement will not enable the world to hold the 1.5C limit, but yes, the result is a pivotal landmark...." #COP28 #FossilFuels #climatecrisis #FossilFuelPhaseOut Global Climate and Health Alliance GASP4Change Cdn Public Health Assoc. #GlobalHealth theguardian.com/environment/20…

“Air travel in Canada is fastest growing source of emissions” Nate Wallace We need investments in public passenger rail to travel amongst our cities like we are investing in urban transit! #VIArail

Drought will cause oil and gas companies to ramp down production in Alberta The climate crisis is succeeding where policy is failing...

Thankful for everyone who stood up for Ontario's Greenbelt. The benefits of permanently protecting #Greenbelt land far outweighs the benefits they provide as residential land especially considering Ontario has plenty of room for housing elsewhere #onpoli theconversation.com/ontarios-green…

To the lady who stopped on Christmas Day 11 years ago while I slept in this doorway (across from the West Hotel at Pender & Carrall in the DTES) to give me a Tims coffee, a hug, and 50 bucks … please reach out if you remember me! I want to THANK YOU. You gave me hope in a very

Canada is the same. 6 hours from Toronto to Montréal is unacceptable. It is quicker to drive. Call your MP. Keep VIA rail public and fund it properly to accelerate a shift to high speed from Windsor to Quebec City. Taylor Bachrach Anita Anand Pam Damoff 🇨🇦 Adam van Koeverden

York Region, Ontario. This is reason to be very concerned. And just a reminder, your local ER probably has little or no ER beds, little or no hospital ward beds and little or no ICU beds.

Rather than turning to nuclear, Uruguay turned to wind power, which now produces up to 98% of its electricity - backed up by water power - & created 50,000 jobs in the process. #Ontario should follow its lead. #onpoli #go100re theguardian.com/global-develop…

It will be the warmest year ever recorded. This year we had record wildfires, record heatwaves, record melts, record droughts. How many more records do we need to break before we #ActOnClimate? #climate #energy #renewables

More reasons to lean into #wind and #solar: #Drought conditions force BC Hydro to rely on power purchases theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail

Climate training for construction workers coming soon | Canada's National Observer: Climate News nationalobserver.com/2023/12/21/new…

Even those who don't care about climate change should want to transition 100% of energy to #WindWaterSolar because it reduces annual energy costs ~60% & social costs by ~92% while creating >20 mil more long-term jobs than lost & eliminating biillions of air pollution illnesses/y

2023 has been a year of enormous suffering, violence, and climate chaos. 2024 must be a year for rebuilding trust and restoring hope.

The richest 1% accumulated nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years. It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of extreme wealth concentration to continue.