Friends,
Just over four years ago, we were getting ready for the Washington protests that helped accelerate the Keystone pipeline fight. A week out I was nervous but excited — I knew that our movement was ready to take a …
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October 29, 2015
The following is a solidarity statement sent to the Climate Welcome organizers by Bill Darnell, one of the founders of Greenpeace.
I believe we are in an important historical moment. These moments are not always easy to recognize as they …
October 27, 2015
Updated Nov 3rd
Over the past two weeks we’ve been talking to each other, to many of you, and listening to a lot of questions about what we’re going to do now that Prime Minister Trudeau isn’t moving into 24 …
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October 23, 2015
The Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition (MEJC) is a grassroots organization that has kept itself very busy. With a core membership of six people, this group has been actively organizing against the Energy East pipeline in Winnipeg and in St. Norbert, …
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October 23, 2015
Update – this letters signatories has been updated with more names of movement leaders supporting and joining the Climate Welcome.
Dear friends,
On Monday, Justin Trudeau was elected as the next Prime Minister of Canada. During his victory speech, …
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October 22, 2015
This was originally published on the Huffington Post — click here to read it.
With the 42nd federal election in the books here in Canada, now the clock starts ticking down the 42 days until the Paris climate talks begin.…
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October 21, 2015
This article was written by Tyler Clark and it was originally posted by the Prince Albert Herald — click here to see the original piece.
Local environmental activists are sending a message to Justin Trudeau.
In a symbolic gesture, local …
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October 21, 2015
Something spectacular happened through this 42nd election season. As the major party leaders travelled across the country, trying to convince people across Canada that they were best-suited to lead the country, the climate movement invited itself to their campaign trails, …
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October 16, 2015
From November 5th – 8th, we’ll be creating a kind of ‘Welcoming Committee’ outside the Prime Minister’s residence to welcome the new leader to office and remind him that the people expect leadership on climate change. It’ll be a welcoming …
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October 15, 2015
Early last week we launched a plan to hold four days of sit-ins to welcome the next Prime Minister with a demand to freeze tar sands expansion and commit to a rapid, justice based transition to clean energy. The response …
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October 13, 2015
