Fridays For Future Ottawa

Getting vehicles off Wellington Street could revive downtown, some businesses say - Capital Current Some downtown Ottawa businesses say removing vehicles from Wellington Street would increase foot traffic and attract more customers.

Cars aren't always needed to help local businesses thrive. Often, the oposite is true
capitalcurrent.ca/remove-vehic...

Clean Energy Stocks Beat Fossil Fuels Despite Anti-ESG Backlash See the top firms ready for a low-carbon economy, despite anti-ESG headwinds.

If Big Oil's dirty politics we're off the table we'd be making much more progress
www.investors.com/news/clean-e...

CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa

Every Canadian knows this is happening. If anything, a 9% increase seems lower than what we've experienced
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

In Australia, people wisely assess fossil fuel projects in terms of the number of people they will kill. These are only heat deaths, not other catastophic climate events.
Via: Climate Council

Let's hear it for Matt Ayling of Almonte who speaks up for bike lanes!
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...

orphaned wells - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future Landowners, and concerned residents say the Alberta government is pushing a regulatory system that lets O&G companies dodge taxes, skip rent, and leave orphaned wells behind.

Privatize the profit, socialize the loss. When the industry is done getting rich oil or gas wells they fob the clean-up on others...🫤
energi.media/news/alberta...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

Let's try not to hit tipping points
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

Could we all agree that this is heavily understated?
theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

‘US anti-science stance poses global existential threat’ - Research Professional News Author of Science Under Siege warns that disinformation around science puts humanity at risk

A must read from Michael Mann. In many ways, his earliey book, The New Climate War, was a preamble to this one
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

Wakeham says no link between N.L. wildfires, oil industry in campaign where climate change largely absent | CBC News The 2025 provincial election is happening in the direct aftermath of one of the worst climate-related disasters in Newfoundland and Labrador’s recent history.

Big oil is also running its death cult in Newfoundland
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Renewables become biggest source of electricity globally for 1st time, beating coal | CBC News Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new an...

Even with Trump (and Moe in Saskatchewan) trying to keep coal alive, globally its out of the number 1 spot
www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Greenhushing Is (Whisper It) Coming for Carbon Removal Greenhushing, in which companies quietly get on with the task of decarbonizing without boasting about it, was once thought to be a way of avoiding accusations of greenwashing and complying with enviro...

We here at Fridays for Future Ottawa are officially newcomers to the concept of 'greenhushing'. If it works for some people, well, like, OK?
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

NDP government reaffirms climate-change commitments in plan critic says lacks detail | CBC News Manitoba's NDP government has published a set of guidelines intended to enable the province to become carbon neutral by 2050 — and promised to divulge more detailed "action plans" toward this target w...

Some places (cough, cough, Ontario) are not into climate commitments, but many other places are standing firm
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

India adds 20.1 GW of renewables capacity in April-August, says ICRA India installed 17.5 GW of solar and 2.6 GW of wind in April–August 2025, a 123% increase year over year, says ICRA.

In five months, India installs ten times more solar than what currently exists in all of Canada

www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/01/i...

Greta Thunberg among activists detained as Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla South Africa and Turkey have criticised the incident in international waters. Israel says those on board are safe.

No word yet on Greta and her brave brothers and sisters. Fortunately, there are very few children for the IDF kill in the flotilla in non-Isreali watershttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lk292jww4o

‘Alberta is disincentivizing renewables’: report | The Narwhal Confidence in Alberta’s energy market has been undermined by the ‘sheer volume and pace of regulatory and policy changes,’ major financial backers say

Alberta's Premier talks a good line about free enterprise but that doesn't mean she always wants it to happen
thenarwhal.ca/restructured...

‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’

As a rule, the world's religious leaders understand climate better than our political leaders
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Care about climate change? The evidence shows these are the most impactful actions you can take Care about climate change? Here's what the evidence shows are the most effective things you can do.

Also, we can neutralize fascists and doing so helps with all kinds of things
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Ottawa councillors welcome plan to build Quebec City-Toronto high-speed rail link - Capital Current Fast train service has been a dream for decades in Canada, the only G7 country without high-speed rail, and Ottawa city councillors are supportive of the latest plan that could get commuters from Otta...

Rather than making pithy endorsements, city council needs to get behinds this project. For starters, extending the O-Train to Fallowfield station to connect with this proposed project would put pressure on the feds to actually follow through and build it!

capitalcurrent.ca/ottawa-counc...

N.S. introduces bill to allow local use of offshore energy The Nova Scotia government has tabled a bill that sets up the framework for developing offshore energy.

Hey Ontario, you could have offshore energy too if you'd care to get it in gear
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/co...

Bus-only lanes proposed for Bank Street in the Glebe | CBC News City of Ottawa staff propose adding peak-hour bus lanes to Bank Street, one of the busiest transportation corridors in the city.

The City is taking tepid action improve transit on Bank street and as getting called out for it
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

China Is Leaving America in the Dust on Clean Energy President Donald Trump is punting on clean energy, continuing to call climate change a hoax. China President Xi Jinping is happy to take the lead.

Amazing that this is happening to such a stable genius
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

China, world’s largest carbon polluting nation, announces new climate goal China will cut emissions by 7-10 percent in the next 10 years, President Xi Jinping tells a UN climate summit.

The country that's flooding the world with solar panels and electric vehicles is making domestic progress on emissions too.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Trump tells UN that climate change is a 'con job' President Donald Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, doubling down on his skepticism of global environmental initiatives and multilateral institutions.

Just think of the commercial interests who put Trump here to say this.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

retrofits - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future A broad wave of building retrofits could better meet PM Carney's goals and stimulate the economy, decarbonization experts say.

It would be nice if the 'Nation Building' concept could be a little more zenish. Here's a case in point...
energi.media/news/go-bigg...

- CTVNews A large protest on Parliament Hill brought together climate justice, migrant justice, Indigenous justice, labour rights, anti-war, and Palestine solidarity groups on Wellington Street outside the Pri...

Across the country, the media interpretted the Draw the Line protests in various ways - sometime as a climate protest and other times as a protest for progressive causes. The protest was often seen as being directed against the Carney government.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/photo...

Tomorrow’s the day! 💚
DRAW THE LINE March
✊Saturday September 20 11AM
Ottawa start: Corner of Elgin & Wellington
Gatineau start: Maison du Citoyen
Together, we’re drawing the line against austerity, colonialism, climate destruction, and war — and for a future where people come before profit.

Join us on Friday, September 19 for a Mass Bike Ride! This will help us warm up for the March on Saturday AND it's a great way to connect with community! More details here: www.fridaysforfutureottawa.org/the-get-read...
#DrawTheLine #FixonsLesLimites

Let's Draw The Line together - for People, for Peace and for the Planet

Join the Ottawa-Gatineau DRAW THE LINE March this Saturday at 11am!
In Ottawa, meet at Elgin & Wellington
In Gatineau, meet at Maison du Citoyen

www.fridaysforfutureottawa.org
#DrawTheLine #FixonsLesLimites