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Website Design Sustainability and Accessibility

The Environment in Canada Podcast Episode 20 (or Episode 0) on designing accessible and sustainable websites Listen to this podcast on the Harbinger Media Network, and subscribe for new episodes on S...

Sierra Club Canada’s New Website: Our Bonsai Tree (Special Podcast)

We talk about how we are treating this new website as a sustainable project rather than a one-off design.

Guest Post: One million cubic meters of Radioactive Waste to be deposited in “Near Surface Disposal Facility” next to Ottawa River

The mound cover would deteriorate and radioactive leachate (along with mercury, lead, PCBs, dioxins, etc.) would migrate through Perch Creek into the Ottawa River.The environmental assessment, led by ...

EU-secretdeals.info – new website reveals texts from Europe’s U.S. and Canadian trade negotiations (TTIP, CETA)

MEDIA ADVISORY, March 07, 2014 Berlin, Brussels, Washington, Ottawa – A new website was launched today dedicated to enlarging the public debate on the EU’s controversial policies for inves...

Curating Climate Science, Action, & Emotion with Dr. Soren Brothers

You can listen to the episode on The Harbinger Media Network, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or our website here.

Winning the Communications War with the U.S. Oligarchy, & Big Oil & Gas, Requires YOU!

You can listen to the episode on The Harbinger Media Network, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or our website here.

The Rights of Water

You can listen to the episode on The Harbinger Media Network, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or our website here.

British Columbia Species at Risk PLUS Pipeline to the West Coast Conversation

You can listen to the episode on The Harbinger Media Network, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or our website here.

Donating to Charity in Your Will: The Why and the How

You can find legal professionals who can help on the Will Power website too.

NO Case for Shipping LNG to Europe PLUS Stay Frosty vs. Dangerous Declinism

You can listen to the episode on The Harbinger Media Network, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or our website here.

Gratitude Report, Spring 2025

Yet they chose this site despite identifying safer alternatives.

Energy Journalism & the Demise of Oil & Gas with Mitchell Beer

You can listen to the episode on The Harbinger Media Network, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or our website here.

Wildfires: Climate Denial Kills, Mutual Aid, & a Sierra Youth Rewind

You can listen to the episode on the Harbinger Media Network, Spotify, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or our website here.

Bill 5, Dangerous Deregulation, Nature and National Identity

You can listen to the episode on the Harbinger Media Network, Spotify, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or our website here.

Oil and Gas Demand & Demand for LNG will Decrease: Even a Shallow Decrease can Dump Prices.

Fracking is extremely water-intensive and requires massive amounts of toxic chemicals, many of which cause cancer and: “Recent studies have shown strong correlations between proximity to fracking site...

Bay du Nord is NOT a Solution for NL’s Economy: Global Oil & Gas Demand is set to Decline

As Canada sets Targets for Nation Building Energy Projects – an Newfoundland and Labrador Renewable Transition is Needed Now… Global demand for oil and gas is set to peak this decade and t...

Canada Oil Pipeline Spill History and a Future of Spills

You can listen to the episode on the Harbinger Media Network, Spotify, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or our website here.

Your Community Can Drive the Transition to Renewables – Don’t Wait for the State!

You can listen to the episode on the Harbinger Media Network, Spotify, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or our website here.

International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025

Observed every July 3rd, International Plastic Bag Free Day is a highlight of Plastic Free July—a global campaign that engaged over 100 million people across more than 190 countries in 2024, raising a...

Demand for natural gas will NOT grow 70 to 80% through 2050

Claims that demand for natural gas is expected to grow 70 to 80% through 2050 run counter to the most recent (2024) World Energy Outlook from the International Energy Agency which finds that global de...

Liquefied Natural Gas is NOT a Good Investment. Renewables are Best for Jobs & the Economy.

72% of Albertans wish to maintain or increase climate action and action to transition the country to clean energy (June 2025). Global demand for oil and gas is set to peak this decade and then decline...

LNG is Not in Canada’s National Interest. Renewables are Best for Jobs, Health, & the Economy.

Fracking is extremely water-intensive and requires massive amounts of toxic chemicals, many of which cause cancer and: “Recent studies have shown strong correlations between proximity to fracking site...

Canada Heat Pump Facts: Heat Pumps are a Good Way to Keep Pollutants Out of Your Home

You can listen to the episode on the Harbinger Media Network, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or our website here.

Renewable Energy was Bringing Jobs Back to the U.S., ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Will Not – with Ben Jealous

You can also listen to the episode on the Harbinger Media Network, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or our website.

Why Renewables, Not Oil and Gas, are the Way Forward

Newfoundland and Labrador was the site of one of the most successful community-led campaigns against fracking in the country.

Protecting Atlantic Canada from Fracking and Expanding Oil and Gas Projects

Your Health Toxins are released into the air, water, and land around fracking sites.

2025 Call for Nominations Board & Committees

Active committees with their typical monthly meeting day are listed below the Board bios on the website here.

Nova Scotia Government U.S.-Style Authoritarianism in Favour of Fracking

You can also listen to this episode on the Harbinger Media Network, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, IHeartRadio, Youtube, or here on our website.

Talk to Others & Organize This Election, it’s the Biggest Impact You Can Have (Outside Voting)

You can find information on voting in NL via the elections website: https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/index.html Energy workers deserve REAL renewable solutions. There are strong ties between...

Renewables are a Solution for Canadian Independence, NOT Costly & Divisive Oil Pipelines nor LNG

Podcast 2: How Renewables Can Create Jobs and Localize Benefits in Communities You can also find this episode on the Harbinger Media Network, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, our Youtube Channel,...

PBO Emissions Cap Report is Flawed

In fact oil and gas production can meet ‘historical highs‘ under an emissions cap according to the PBO (more on that below), but corporations would need to meet bare minimum emissions redu...

Climate Action Network Canada deeply troubled by Canada’s response…

…to the International Court of Justice ruling on preventing genocide in Gaza “Canada and other Western countries must end their complicity. This requires ending arms sales to Israel and s...

Renewables are a Solution for Canadian Independence, NOT Costly & Divisive Oil Pipelines nor LNG

Podcast 2: How Renewables Can Create Jobs and Localize Benefits in Communities You can also find this episode on the Harbinger Media Network, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, our Youtube Channel,...

Resisting the United States Annexation of Canada: Through Renewable Energy Democracy & Community

Unlike renewable energy, fossil fuel projects are hard to localize, meaning the source of the energy you use is not near the site of use and the benefits evaporate into corporate profits.

Resisting the United States Annexation of Canada: Through Renewable Energy Democracy & Community

Unlike renewable energy, fossil fuel projects are hard to localize, meaning the source of the energy you use is not near the site of use and the benefits evaporate into corporate profits.

How to Talk to Family & Others About Climate Change & Progress Past the Political Theatre

You can as always find other ways to take action on environmental issues, like petitions on our website.

Protect What We Love Climate Exhibit of Artifacts from Wildfires, Storms, and Floods

On September 24, 2024 we held a New York City Climate Week exhibit called Protect What We Love of artifacts from wildfires, floods and hurricanes in Canada. There were testimonies of loss and resilien...

The Emissions Cap will NOT Hurt the Economy in Canada

The Environment in Canada Podcast Episode 29 on how the emissions cap will not hurt the Canadian economy but oil and gas dependency is hurting it… Read more emissions cap facts here. The emiss...

Jasper Fire, Pine Beetle & Forestry Practices NOT the Major Factor

You can find more on other common climate myths at this website.

Climate Misinformation Mechanics, Cranky Uncle, and Skeptical Science with John Cook

He founded Skeptical Science, a website that debunks climate change myths.

Equinor, Cancel Bay du Nord

Equinor estimates, in the event of a spill, it would take 18 to 36 days to install a well-capping system at the site and up to 115 days to install a relief well – meaning that Bay du Nord’s oil ...

Sierra Club Canada Foundation AGM 2024

You can become a member or renew your membership on our website.

Music, Environmentalism, et le Gala de la Terre

You can find out more about this Gala de la Terre concert on the concert website.

Canada Wildfire Causes and Other Climate Impacts – Essential Reading

You can find more on other common climate myths at this website.

Kids in Nature, Saving Future Generations, Mr. Lumpy & Sammy the Squirrel

Find out more about our Wild Child programs on our website.

From Bay du Nord to the Carbon Tax to Energy Democracy in St. John’s

John’s on May 5th (next Sunday) for a special event, From Bay du Nord to the Carbon Tax to Energy Democracy, what’s really going on and why corporations want us to believe the opposite.

Carbon Pricing: Reality and Myths

You can find more on other common climate myths at this website.

Carbon Pricing: Reality and Myths

You can find more on other common climate myths at this website.

The Carbon Tax Lie

You can find more on other common climate myths at this website.

Stop mischaracterizing wood from primary forests as a pathway toward “netzero” carbon emissions

The Rt Hon. Claire Coutinho M.P. Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero 3-8 Whitehall Place 6th Floor, London, SW1A 2EG, United Kingdom February 28, 2024 Dear Secretary of State, Photo by...

Equinor’s stock downgraded due in part to continued consideration of Bay du Nord

-30- Sources: (1) https://www.dn.no/borskommentar/deler-ut-et-helt-telenor-men-noen-vil-ha-mye-mer/2-1-1595041 (2) https://www.equinor.com/investors/equinor-analyst-coverage (3) https://halifax.cityn...

Independent News and the Environment with André Goulet of the Harbinger Media Network

You can also find this episode on Apple Podcasts, IHeartRadio, our Youtube Channel, and on our website, as well as many other places you listen to podcasts.

The Environment in Canada Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RcWoSYaKKFaOHBUjlAL7d Episode 24: Don’t Let Canada Burn – How to Communicate on Wildfires and Climate Change https://open.spotify.com/episode/39SY3tW7llCd...

Equinor Out: Norway to Newfoundland and Labrador (Podcast, Ep.2)

Greenpeace Norway’s website.

Sierra Club Canada’s Impact in 2023: A Very Productive Year

A New Sierra Club Canada Website In 2023 Sierra Club Canada redesigned our website, to make it as accessible and environmentally friendly as possible.

The Environment in Canada Podcast: New Podcast Series!

Find out more and take action to help #StopRosebank: Website Petition Instagram Twitter Facebook Host: Conor Curtis, Head of Communications, Sierra Club Canada.

The Community Energy Showcase: The Energy Mix meets Sierra Club Canada

The Energy Mix is a community news site and e-digest on climate change, energy, and the shift off carbon.

Nova Scotia Oil and Gas

Email: atlantic@sierraclub.ca Twitter: @SierraClubACC Facebook Read our impact reports on ISSUU or find out more at our Atlantic Chapter’s Beyond Climate Promises website.

Environmental Organizations Halifax

Email: atlantic@sierraclub.ca Twitter: @SierraClubACC Facebook Read our impact reports on ISSUU or find out more at our Atlantic Chapter’s Beyond Climate Promises website.

Patagonia Ottawa Grand Opening

Find out more about the Patagonia Ottawa Grand Opening Check out the Patagonia Ottawa and Halifax website!

Equinor and Norway’s Bay du Nord oil project must be stopped

Equinor estimates, in the event of a spill, it would take 18 to 36 days to install a well-capping system at the site and up to 115 days to install a relief well.

New report reveals the truth about Equinor’s global fossil fuel projects

It is beyond time that the Norwegian government forced Equinor to make the shift away from fossil fuels, starting with pulling out of Rosebank.” Maria Victoria Emanuelli, Lead Campaigner 350.org...

The Right To Repair & Why We Need It

This article on our archived site.

Ontario Greenbelt Under Attack

It met the minimum size of 1,000 acres required for the program, calculated on the size needed to justify a full time custodian who would live on site and guard it.

Summer 2023: When the Great Outdoors Replace Classrooms

It is also possible for groups to come visit one of our Forest School sites if that is desirable!

Protecting Our Parks – Québec Chapter

Mobilizing to Protect Gatineau Park While Gatineau Park is one of the most visited parks in Canada and home to close to 90 endangered plant and 50 endangered animal species, its boundaries are not ins...

The Activist Summer 2023

Since our last newsletter, we have taken a very important step to assist with this process: introducing a new website!

Provincial Government Makes Significant Retreat on Land Use Planning

In southern Ontario, site alteration on wetlands is strictly prohibited (except for infrastructure).

Wild Child NS Takes Action on Wildfires

Find out more about our Wild Child Programs in Alberta, PEI, and Nova Scotia on their program page on our new website.

Earth Silent HEROES: Bats and Mushrooms (Part 1)

If you’re interested in contributing to Ozone email us at ontario@sierraclub.ca to get in touch about getting published on our website!

Write for Sierra Club Canada!

Our site is a great platform to share your insights and showcase your expertise.

Using Bill 69 to gut Environmental Assessment Act is destructive; not “reducing inefficiencies”

WEBSITES Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Caribou Conservation in the Yukon

Written By Kirsten Reid – Conservation Biologist Photo by / par Conor Curtis This story is from our friends at the Yukon Conservation Society and was part of their March Tread Lightly Newslette...

Attack on the Greenbelt is an Assault on Duffins Creek

Now the Rouge Park website warns visitors to take care if they encounter black bears.

New Niagara Regional Official Plan – Eroding Protection

The Niagara Regional Official Plan (NROP) required environmental impact studies (EIS) to justify any site alteration of significant forests, ultimately rescuing many through peer-review of these EIS i...

Canadian Government’s approval of Equinor’s controversial Bay du Nord project faces scrutiny in court

Downstream emissions describe the pollution emitted after the oil has left the extraction site, including refining, transporting, and burning the oil for energy.