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Media Advisory: This Earth Day Weekend, Ontarians Across the Province are Gathering and Demanding More Protection for the Environment

Enviromental Defense

Exact times and dates vary by location. __ Amherstburg Earth Day Event Saturday, April 20 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm 6480 Texas Road, R.R.#1, And what we can do at the local level right here in Hamilton with insights from Lynda Lukasik, Office of Climate Change Initiatives, City of Hamilton.

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An Earth Day Message: Climate Action Requires Equity & Resilience

Washington Nature

We have experienced significant growth in our communities, and there have been consistent efforts to become more sustainable even as the climate crisis has worsened. King Tides intensified by severe winter storms have fueled flooding and the loss of homes in South Park, and impacted coastal communities.

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Media Advisory: This Earth Day Weekend, Ontarians Across the Province are Gathering and Demanding More Protection for the Environment

Enviromental Defense

Exact times and dates vary by location. __ Amherstburg Earth Day Event Saturday, April 20 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm 6480 Texas Road, R.R.#1, And what we can do at the local level right here in Hamilton with insights from Lynda Lukasik, Office of Climate Change Initiatives, City of Hamilton.

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April’s Wild Ride: Twitter, Pinterest Move on Disinformation, then Elon Musk Happens

Union of Concerned Scientists

The ups: on April 6 th , Pinterest announced a new policy to keep “false and misleading claims around climate change off the platform.” It’s hard to say Musk’s ownership will mean for Twitter’s policies about lying about climate change and other vital social issues, but some early commenters are skeptical.

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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game

Corp Watch

Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. The Ogoni say that Shell was behind the hanging of nine Ogoni activists fighting Shell, including poet Ken Saro-Wiwa.

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Viewpoint: Forty-three years of the environmental movement?

A Greener Life

In the 1960s climate change was not really a significant concern, not even amongst environmentalists – this was despite the fact that the Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896 was the first to claim that emissions from fossil fuels might eventually result in enhanced global warming. billion.

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Quakers, Jews, Elders, Students Planning A 40-Mile Walk On April 18 - 22 Demanding Vanguard Stop Investing In Climate Destruction

PA Environment Daily

The Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) is planning a 40-mile walk on April 18 to 22 that follows the money upstream from destructive industries in Chester to the Malvern headquarters of Vanguard, one of the largest global investors in companies causing climate change.