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Urge these companies to stop making clothes with coal
r33
Hi friend,
There’s no denying it: Coal is one of the biggest sources of climate pollution. This fossil fuel causes 800,000 premature deaths globally per year, and millions more long and short term illnesses. Yet, the very clothes we put on our backs are still made with coal.
At Stand.earth we’re making sure clothing brands prioritize kicking coal out of our clothing. And where better to start than with outdoor companies, The North Face, Lululemon and Columbia – who are already claiming to be industry leaders in sustainability. (I mean, climate catastrophe is kind of a threat to outdoor activities, no?)
But we’re running out of time, so we’re asking them to take their climate action up a notch: Commit to go 100% coal free by 2030 (especially
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Posted on Jan 29, 2021 06:17 pm
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Your monthly update from
the BC Health Coalition
UPDATE Progress report: BC
catching up on surgical backlog, yet still lacks a long-term vision
for surgical system improvements
Last June, BC Health Coalition members sent a clear message to
Health Minister Dix and Premier Horgan: we want public solutions to
B.C.’s surgical backlog. In response to the province’s Surgical
Renewal Plan, 2966 of you joined us in a letter-writing
campaign. Together we called for scaled up public investments in
evidence-based system improvements that reduce wait times and build
the capacity of our health care system now and for the future.
Eight months into the Surgical Renewal Plan, what assessment can we
make? While the government is to be commended for significantly
ramping up public operating room hours, there has been a very
significant increase in outsourcing surgeries to private,
for-profit surgery clinics. These increases address a spcific
short-term
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Posted on Jan 29, 2021 05:37 pm
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TOMORROW - What's Behind the Uprising of India's Farmers
r1 A System Change Webinar with Prof. Aarti Sethi ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2021 05:17 pm
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Ontario’s Long-Term Care Sector is in a Grave Humanitarian Crisis
Doctors for Justice in LTC
We are a group of physicians, researchers, and advocates who have come together to express our grave concern for the safety and well-being of Ontarians who reside and work in long-term care (LTC) homes. We call upon the Ontario government to immediately end the violations of peoples’ human rights and control the
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Posted on Jan 29, 2021 12:07 pm
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Tomorrow night! Don't miss this amazing presentation:
Presentation: Chilean Constitution Update
Friday January 29th: 7:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97368462608
Meeting ID: 973 6846 2608
Presentation:
Chileans are currently preparing to elect a Constitutional Convention of 155
members, expected to be a mixed of independents and political party
representatives, that will write a new constitution from a blank page. The
Constitutional Convention will have gender parity and reserved seats for
representatives elected by indigenous nations.
The current constitution, imposed in 1980 during the military dictatorship led
by General Augusto Pinochet, and fostered during the last 30 years of civilian
governance, embedded a model of protected democracy coupled with a raw
neoliberal economic model. This has produced one of the most unequal societies
in the world, while wiping out 150 years of the Chilean social movement's
achievements.
This presentation is about how Chileans have arrived at this extraordinary
institutional moment in their history, paradoxically rooted in a deep mistrust
of traditional political parties and public institutions, and what the
majority of Chileans
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Posted on Jan 29, 2021 04:09 am
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If I had $2 billion dollars
r1 Yukon's antiquated royalty prices for gold miners result in laughably low payments to First Nations, with one receiving an annual cheque for just $6. ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2021 12:06 am
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Help us win a Just Transition Act. Sign the petition.
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Paov,
Yesterday, US President Biden greenlit a sweeping push for bold climate action with a series of executive orders. Biden’s orders included freezing new oil and gas leases on public lands, doubling offshore wind-produced energy by 2030, and cutting fossil fuel subsidies.1
Most importantly, Biden is using the climate emergency mobilization as a way to spur job creation. He’s called for a Civilian Climate Corps Initiative that he says would "put a new generation of Americans to work conserving and restoring public lands and waters."2
This kind of action should embarrass Canadian politicians, including Trudeau, who spent their first day back in Parliament on Monday speaking up in support of pipelines at an emergency debate on Keystone XL.3 It’s about time Canada became a real climate leader and created millions of new, green jobs in the process.
Sign the petition now to
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Posted on Jan 28, 2021 06:22 pm
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The results from our 2021 community survey are in
r33
Hey friend,
We just finished going through the results of Stand.earth’s 2021 community survey. Over 8,000 of you (in 67 countries!) took the time to help shape Stand’s priorities for this year and ensure our campaigns will make the most impact possible.
Without further ado, here's what we heard from you – and what we plan to do about it.
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You want to stand up to the fossil fuel industry
Over 60% of Stand members said that stopping major fossil fuel projects around North America should be a number one priority in 2021.
This is exactly the kind of challenge Stand was created to take on. Over
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Posted on Jan 28, 2021 12:26 pm
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Teacher-Volunteers: Unpaid Labour a Symptom of Precarious Work
Michael Mindzak
As we continue to contend with the various challenges surrounding COVID-19, one interesting result has been the pronounced decline in volunteerism. With increasingly stringent health measures such as social distancing and contact tracing, volunteerism at this time has decreased. This includes schools as well, where distance education and limited interactions have meant that volunteers can or else
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Posted on Jan 28, 2021 11:17 am
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r1Hello Paov,
Thank you for your continued interest in the work of West Coast Environmental Law.
I focus on West Coast’s Climate Program and our efforts to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their fair share of the costs of climate change.
I am pleased to share that our collective actions are getting attention by those whom we most want to notice our actions: Fossil fuel companies and the governments that support them.
In a recent report commissioned by the Alberta Inquiry into “Anti-Energy Campaigns” and written by the industry-based Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), West Coast was referred to as “the leading organization promoting litigation against energy producers specifically in Canada…”
While there are many inaccuracies in the reports around this inquiry (including misinformation about funding sources for our Climate Program), the Industry and Alberta government have definitely taken notice of our work. It is clear that the fossil fuel industry
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Posted on Jan 27, 2021 04:05 pm
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New Year Calls for a New COVID-19 Strategy
David Camfield and Claudyne Chevrier
As 2021 begins, many people in Manitoba are hopeful that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. The number of infections reported is falling. Effective vaccines have been approved and will eventually become widely available. Unfortunately, the pandemic is far from over and the worst could still lie ahead.
Manitoba, like most jurisdictions
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Posted on Jan 27, 2021 10:23 am
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SATURDAY! India's Farmers Challenge Modi - SCNCC Live!
r1 Massive Upheaval As Farmers Storm Historic Fort ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2021 11:02 pm
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One-day phone blitz for forests!
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Posted on Jan 26, 2021 03:45 pm
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