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Five Ways for Canada To Transition the Oil and Gas Sector, Below2C

Five Ways for Canada To Transition the Oil and Gas Sector

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"The transition to a secure and sustainable energy future for all requires unprecedented shifts in the global energy sector," says Faith Birol, executive director...
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Individual Actions Can Reduce Pollution by Twenty Five Percent, Below2C

Individual Actions Can Reduce Pollution by Twenty Five Percent

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Twenty five to 30 percent of the pollution cuts needed to prevent catastrophic climate change can come from individual actions taken at the household...
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If You Eat Well, You're Acting on Climate, Below2C

If You Eat Well, You’re Acting on Climate

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Many environmentally and socially conscious people feel overwhelmed right now. How can they counteract a host of problems, including climate disruption, species extinction, water...
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Canada is Planet Wrecker Number Two, Below2C

Canada is Planet Wrecker Number Two

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A new report titled “Planet Wreckers”, shows how just 20 countries are responsible for nearly 90% of carbon dioxide pollution threatened by new oil...
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The Global Fight We Must Win: #EndFossilFuels, Below2C

The Global Fight We Must Win: #EndFossilFuels

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The climate crisis cannot be solved if we continue to burn fossil fuels. To have any hope of addressing the root causes of the...
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Big Oil's Misleading Ads, Distractions and Outright Lies, Below2C

Big Oil’s Misleading Ads, Distractions and Outright Lies

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Using misleading ads, Big Oil creates distractions and even outright lies about their positions on climate change, attempting to convince people they are making...
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The Climate Crisis Is a Fossil Fuel Crisis, Below2C

The Climate Crisis Is a Fossil Fuel Crisis

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"Humans are binge-burning fossil fuels. They are taking fuel out of the geologic past, burning it in the present with complex (and little understood)...
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Is There a Climate Doctor in the House?, Below2C

Is There a Climate Doctor in the House?

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Climate change is making us sick, both physically and mentally. The health impacts of our changing climate are just now beginning to show up...
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FROM THE ENERGY MIX WEEKENDER

Climate Tipping Points - Some Horrific but Some Hopeful

We’re in a moment of climate tipping points, horrific and hopeful. With both sides of the story accelerating, we still get to decide which one wins out.
We’re in a moment of climate tipping points, horrific and hopeful. With both sides of the story accelerating, we still get to decide which one wins out.

Time to Seize the Narrative - It's "All Hands On Deck"

Calling out an oil for being greedy doesn’t tell anyone anything new. While we have the mic, how about calling everyone in to a climate solutions agenda?
Calling out an oil for being greedy doesn’t tell anyone anything new. While we have the mic, how about calling everyone in to a climate solutions agenda?

Climate Changes Everything. And Climate Journalism Creates Change

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Climate news coverage has improved over the last few years. But it’s “still way too calm and quiet. There is urgency of telling the climate story and getting the story right.

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

Turning yellow school buses green - kickstart auto industry

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Nearly all buses run on diesel fuel, a potent source of emissions responsible for a broad range of health impacts and a vast amount of Canada’s GHGs.

‘A victory for us’: Ontario youth celebrates U.S. climate case win

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Young climate activists’ recent legal victory in a Montana court case shows “climate litigation is progressing in a good direction all over the continent.” Alex Neufeldt

5 system-changing ways to fight rising energy bills in heat waves

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It’s time for Ontario decision-makers – public, private, community – to make the decision to rethink and reinforce our top-down grid from the bottom up.

EU fossil fuels for electricity falls 17% to ‘record low’

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The amount of electricity generated by fossil fuels across the European Union (EU) fell to its lowest level since records began in the first six months of 2023

FINANCE, PENSIONS, BANKS

Canadian pension funds ignore rapid rise in climate dangers

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Canadian pension funds with hundreds of billions in assets are ignoring the threat to their members’ retirement security as the global climate heats up.

Banks spending trillions to finance causes of climate crisis

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With 20 times more money going to fossil fuel and industrial ag projects than climate solutions “the world’s money is flowing in the wrong direction,” says ActionAid

Now's the time for pensions must lead on phasing out fossil fuels

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The only truly responsible investing decision is to stop risking our retirement savings and our climate on oil and gas companies.

HOW SENIORS ARE RISING FOR CLIMATE

Canada Is On Fire – Letter by Seniors for Climate Action Now

Canada Is On Fire - Open Letter by Seniors for Climate Action Now, Below2C
Open Letter to Governments regarding the wildfires raging across Canada. We call on you to take emergency measures now to offset the climate impacts.

Gathering a grey brigade for climate action. Seniors Get It.

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It often feels hard to know if we are making a difference and all of us feel the urgency. Seniors get it. Our grandkids deserve a healthy planet. What will be our legacy?

Worried about grandkids' future, seniors joining the climate fight

"The level of engagement and the form of it among older people seems to be changing dramatically," according to Roland Montpellier, co-founder of Below2C.Org.
"The level of engagement and the form of it among older people seems to be changing dramatically," according to Roland Montpellier, co-founder of Below2C.Org.

It’s The Fault Of Our Generation. Grandmothers Taking Action

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We had not realized how complicit we were in the climate crisis. It really struck us that we’re part of the problem, and that we better get on to being part of the solution.

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PETITIONS, LETTERS

KEEP FOSSILS OUT OF CLEAN ENERGY RULES

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The draft Clean Electricity Regulations still allow for further gas-fired electricity generation if plants build out carbon capture infrastructure.

Send a Letter to the Editor

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The fossil fuel industry is the arsonist behind the devastating climate disasters sweeping Canada and the globe. We need bold, transformative climate action now.

Big polluters are causing climate disasters

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Send a clear message: polluters need to pay for fuelling climate change, aggravating extreme weather, and worsening wildfires.

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