ClimateFast

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Championing climate solutions while building momentum & political will for a better future for all.

Why is Ford trying to pass a new Housing Bill to keep Ontario buildings in the Stone Ages? Maybe because he wants to let his developer buddies cut corners to save a few bucks — allowing them to ditch modern tech like electric heat pumps in favour of polluting gas furnaces and boilers. 🧵 #GreenSky

Illustration of a blonde bearded caveman with a tie, hardhat and an axe. He’s standing by a campfire and a stone cave with a wooden door with the red label “BANNED: EFFICIENCY”. Stand.earth logo in the bottom left corner and the SAFE Cities logo in the bottom right corner.

The Ford government just introduced a new omnibus housing bill that would kill local green building policies which encourage new homes to be efficient, sustainable, and more affordable to operate. We will be pushing back. Watch this space. For now, some info and my perspective:

Ontario’s new housing legislation undermines municipal authority and sends home building back to the stone ages - SAFE Cities

TORONTO (Unceded territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples) – Today, the Ontario government announced the Building Homes and ...

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“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.”

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

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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

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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 !

@torontorivers.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Attending the Infrastructure & Environment Committee @toronto.ca today, one of 59 speakers urging intensified action on #TransformTO, the city’s #climateaction plan for next 5 years. Proud to share the #Etobicoke report from a Etobicoke Climate Action public workshop.

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

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We have no shortage of solutions when it comes to the #ClimateCrisis & better city-building. We know what works, & what doesn’t. We know the difference between action & excuse. We have smart cities that inspire us. We need leadership. #ActionStartsHere #PaidPartnership @mayors4climate.bsky.social

The Paris City Hall Exhibition on Cities taking Climate Action

"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.

Ecojustice@ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Meet Teresa from Vermillion, #Alberta. Teresa’s story is but one of thousands from Alberta landowners living with the fallout of leaking oil and gas wells and a #regulator that won’t protect them. Learn more >> ecojustice.ca/news/landown... TAKE ACTION >> www.cleanupyourmess.ca/write-your-mla

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.

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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 ⬇️ www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

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.

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