Climate Change

Greta Thunberg goes to heart of Canada's oil sands

21/10/19
Author: 
The Canadian Press
Link: 
National Observer
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at a rally at the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. File photo by The Canadian Press/Dave Chidley

The chief of a northern Alberta First Nation says he gave climate activist Greta Thunberg a message during a quietly arranged meeting in Fort McMurray on Friday night.

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam says he told the 16-year-old Swede that Europeans are major investors in the area's oilsands, and she needs to get people to lobby those investors for greener technology to extract Alberta energy.

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Alberta
Canada
Climate Change
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
Protest - Revolt
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Democracy (saving it, and ourselves)

21/10/19
The Leap logo

Oct. 21, 2019

By now, you've heard a lot from us about the Green New Deal — and how this bold, integrated vision could guide us to a better future. But here’s the thing: to turn that vision into reality, we also have to talk about saving our democracy, right now.

Category: 
Canada
Climate Change
Labour - Unions
Green New Deal/LEAP
Social
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Today, I aim to get arrested. It is the only real power climate protesters have

21/10/19
Author: 
George Monbiot
Link: 
The Guardian

By putting our bodies on the line and risking our liberty, we make this great neglected issue impossible to ignore

Update: George Monbiot was arrested just before 3.30pm on 16 October 2019

  • 16 October 2019
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Climate Change
Protest - Revolt
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Free Public Transit is Key to a Green New Deal: Free Transit for Toronto

21/10/19
Author: 
Herman Rosenfeld
Link: 
The Bullet
Toronto transit

October 21, 2019  • 

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Category: 
Canada
Climate Change
Ecosocialism
Transportation
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Take the Plant, Save the Planet

20/10/19
Author: 
Left Streamed
Link: 
socialistproject.ca
Take the Plant, Save the Planet

Editor: A Canadian Green New Deal!

October 20, 2019

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Category: 
Canada
Capitalism
Climate Change
Key Articles
Labour - Unions
Green New Deal/LEAP
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'We stand together': Greta Thunberg at climate rally in Edmonton

18/10/19
Author: 
CTV News
Link: 
youtube.com

Oct. 18, 2019

Watch Greta at link here.

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Alberta
Canada
Climate Change
Climate Science
Protest - Revolt
Social
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Mayors of 94 cities are taking the Green New Deal global, as states fail to act on climate crisis

18/10/19
Author: 
Simon Curtis
Link: 
The Conversation
Copenhagen hosts the C40. Maykova Galina/Shutterstock
October 15, 2019 
 
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Climate Change
Global
Social
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Only rebellion will prevent an ecological apocalypse

18/10/19
Author: 
George Monbiot
Link: 
The Guardian
‘Catastrophe afflicts people now and, unlike those in the rich world who can still afford to wallow in despair, they are forced to respond in practical ways.’ Photograph: Guillem Sartorio/AFP/Getty Images
15 Apr 2019

No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response
 
Had we put as much effort into preventing environmental catastrophe as we’ve spent on making excuses for inaction, we would have solved it by now. Everywhere I look, I see people engaged in furious attempts to fend off the moral challenge it presents.
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Climate Change
Protest - Revolt
Social
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Extinction Rebellion plans snake march through downtown Vancouver during Friday afternoon rush-hour traffic

17/10/19
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Link: 
Georgia Straight
Extinction Rebellion practises peaceful civil disobedience in fighting the climate crisis. RYAN DOUCET

October 16th, 2019

Climate activists who practise peaceful civil disobedience are planning their second significant action in Vancouver in less than two weeks.

On October 7, the Vancouver chapter of Extinction Rebellion took over the Burrard Bridge for 13 hours before police ordered demonstrators to disperse.

In the end, 10 people were arrested for refusing to leave.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Protest - Revolt
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Just 100 Companies Will Sign Humanity’s Death Warrant

16/10/19
Author: 
 Lee Camp
Link: 
TruthDig
child and stuffy with face mask - Shutterstock
OCT 15, 2019
 
Lee Camp is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and activist.

Only 100 companies will sign humanity’s death sentence. That’s it. One hundred corporate boards filled with sociopaths. But I’ll get back to that in a moment.
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Capitalism
Climate Change
Global
Protest - Revolt
Social
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