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It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable!

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Canadian government officials, what are you still doing on X in 2026? The platform's own chatbot started posting sexualized material of children and other people who couldn't consent. With no moral bottom in sight, it's well past time our officials found other ways to c...

It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.

Bankrupt oil company leaves Alberta county with $9.3M unpaid tax bill | CBC News Big Lakes County in northwestern Alberta says it has formally approved the write off of more than $9 million in unpaid property taxes owed by the now bankrupt Razor Energy Corp.

When polluters don’t pay, taxpayers do.

#CleanUpYourMess

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Doug Ford keeps crapping on Ontario.

Record Arctic warmth meets retreating climate action, leaving the North exposed From shrinking sea ice to wetter weather, the latest report card catalogues a year of rapid-fire change

“Inuit Nunangat is at the forefront of climate change, and irreversible changes are occurring in our homeland. Our adaptation costs & needs will grow whether or not global temperatures remain within 1.5 or 2.0C. ITK is deeply concerned that Canada won’t meet its emissions targets.”

A green buildings policy in Toronto would spur heat pump adoption across the city, making homes safer, healthier, and less polluting. If you're a Toronto resident, send an email to your council member telling them to vote in support of the policy at City Hall now! act.stand.earth/page/88238/data/1

Investing in a healthy planet isn’t just good for nature—it’s a massive economic opportunity.

New #GEO7 report shows that transforming energy, food, waste & finance systems can unlock US$20 trillion a year by 2070, save millions of lives, & lift millions out of poverty.

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At #UNEA7 opening, UNEP ED @ingerandersen.bsky.social stressed that the environmental crises we face are shared challenges.

Her message was clear: only by working together and grounding decisions in science can we secure a stable climate, healthy nature, and a pollution-free future: bit.ly/48KxbA1

Toronto residents mobilized yesterday to depute for a strong climate action plan that could lower costs, improve transportation, create jobs and save lives. It was inspiring to be in the room.
If we want a livable city we need council to pass a stronger TranformTO now !

What’s scarier than the climate crisis? A city council that refuses to talk about the climate crisis!

We need BETTER leadership

#IMHO the current crop (can only speak to #TOpoli) won't even mouth the words #ClimateCrisis. Find leaders who will plot #TransformTO as a lynch pin to Housing/Affordability, Inequality, Public Health & Infrastructure investments. Waiting for the leaders to make some noise

"I'm not crazy. It's really there and its bad."

This farmer was able to finally see the invisible pollution from oil and and gas on her farm with the help of our optical gas imaging camera.

BREAKING: The #Ford government has just forced through legislative changes in #Bill68 that strip away provincial climate obligations — just days before critical December 1st #Mathur youth climate hearing where the government was expected to have to finally answer for its climate record. Stay tuned.

COPs vs CO2 On the most important climate scoreboard — the atmosphere — our kids are losing spectacularly.

Despite decades of international climate summits (officially called United Nations Conference of the Parties, or COPs), the blanket of climate-destabilizing CO2 continues to grow thicker at an accelerating rate. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/a...

Support a Strong Climate Action Plan for Toronto The City of Toronto adopted a climate action plan called TransformTO in 2017, in 2021 the city accelerated its TransformTO targets in line with the climate emergency that was declared in 2019.  ...

Help build a healthy, low-carbon, climate-resilient Toronto where we can all thrive.Please sign and share this petition for a strong climate action plan! you.leadnow.ca/petitions/su...

Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings Make your voice heard

If you’re a Toronto resident, send an email now to your council member and the mayor telling them to support a green buildings policy!

Background photo of a person in Toronto, with the cityscape behind them. Illustration of buildings with a plant growing out of a smokestack. “Sustainable buildings protect you from extreme weather and make homes more comfortable. TELL TORONTO CITY COUNCIL: "Greener buildings for all." SEND A MESSAGE” Stand.earth logo and Toronto Environmental Alliance logo in bottom left corner.

More than 50% of climate pollution in Toronto comes from burning gas to heat buildings

The good news is, we can solve this.

Ontario First Nation battles Australian-owned company over Ring of Fire mine Without federal intervention, no environmental assessment will be carried out on a proposed mine in the Ring of Fire — a boon to Australian billionaires at the expense of the local Neskantaga First Na...

As the pieces fall into place for Eagle’s Nest, the Neskantaga First Nation — a fly-in community home to about 400 people living for more than 30 years under a boil water advisory — is fighting the development. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...

Jane Goodall died before the world caught up, Suzuki says David Suzuki counts Jane Goodall among his top inspirations, and said he isn't grieving her death — he's grieving the political, economic and legal systems that destroy nature have not been changed th...

David Suzuki counts Jane Goodall among his top inspirations, but he isn't grieving her death. He’s grieving she never got to see the big changes to the political, economic and legal systems that destroy nature and must be reformed. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/n...

"You can't transition by building more of the problem."

@tzeporah.bsky.social, International Program Dir. at Stand.earth & Chair of
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social, talks climate change, COP30, & the fight for a #FossilFuelTreatyNow on the latest episode of Adam Walsh's podcast The Signal on CBC News.

The origin of #OrangeShirtDay 🧡

Please share, and support Phyllis Webstad by purchasing her newly published book "Decolonization and Me: Conversations about healing a Nation and ourselves" >> shop.medicinewheelpublishing.com/products/dec...

@medicinewheelpub.bsky.social
#TruthBeforeReconciliation

Canada should fast-track the idea that Indigenous rights and critical minerals go hand in hand Leadership in inclusion and responsibility projects to the world that Canada is a safe and reliable jurisdiction for mining.

To unlock Canada’s full potential for critical minerals, governments and industry must treat Indigenous rights as central pillars—not afterthoughts—in mining development.

Read more from Saga Williams, the Institute’s Marisa Beck and Tamara Krawchenko ⬇️
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Nova Scotia’s forest ban is a test — just not the one some people think Tim Houston is trying to prevent the sort of wildfires that caused death and destruction in his province just two years ago. To some people, though, he's just an agent of creeping climate extremism an...

Dangerously dry conditions have forced Nova Scotia to restrict public access to forests and trails. Why the decision is the latest litmus test of our collective willingness to pull together in a crisis — and how some people are failing it badly. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/o...

Why all climate misinformation should be seen as disinformation Almost all misinformation — especially about climate change — is the downstream product of coordinated disinformation campaigns specifically designed to deceive and delay progress.

Almost all misinformation — especially about climate change — is the downstream product of coordinated disinformation campaigns specifically designed to deceive and delay progress, writes Andrew Heffernan www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/05/o...

Support a Global Plastics Treaty! Ask world leaders to support a strong global plastics treaty!

In a few days, the UN will meet to decide whether or not they turn off the plastic tap or let it flow.

@juliedabrusin.bsky.social and Canada must lead the way and secure a binding and ambitious #PlasticsTreaty.

Let's #BreakFreeFromPlastic NOW!
👉 act.gp/3H923Ar
@greenpeaceca.bsky.social

Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet. Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.

📢✊ On September 20, we are joining a mobilization of tens of thousands across climate, migrant & economic justice, and anti-war movements to unite to reject Prime Minister Carney’s attacks.

Join us to DRAW THE LINE: drawtheline.world

#DrawTheLine

Communities across the country are mobilizing on September 20th to demand that Prime Minister Carney and Canada’s governments pick a side: injustice, violence, & climate destruction—or a just & safe future for all of us.

Sign up to join a #DrawTheLine action near you: drawtheline.world

Cities around the world are banning fossil fuel ads. Toronto could become the first Canadian city to follow suit, but their draft policy isn't strong enough. Tell Toronto city council to take a bolder stand to protect our health: https://loom.ly/TlsXPlA

A message from the Deputy Mayor of The Hague to Toronto's Mayor, @oliviachow.bsky.social
For our collective health and a #climate safe future, let's ban the promotion of polluting fossil fuels.
@climatefast.bsky.social @seniorsfcan.bsky.social @350canada.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social

🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo