Monthly Action
Join us at the End Climate Delay rally on June 29 at 11:00 or on Canada Day join us in the Canada Day Parade.
4RG Meets
Please join us from 7:00 – 8:00 pm on the second (or first) Monday of each month for our online “4RG Meets”. Each month features a short presentation by a local expert on a topic related to the climate crisis, followed by an open discussion and question period. To register for the next 4RG Meets, click here or email 4RGmeets@gmail.com. All presentations are recorded and uploaded here.
Hopeful News
Stories that give us hope with the progress that is being made in concrete actions to address the climate crisis.
Electric vehicle registrations in Canada hit a record highJul 29, 2022 - The share of battery-electric vehicles hit 5.8 per cent in Q1 of 2022, while all zero-emission vehicles (battery electrics and plug-in hybrids) made up 7.7 per cent of new registrations, Statistics Canada reports in its latest data release.
'Holy shit': US Senate set to pass Huge climate dealJul 28, 2022 - The US Senate salvaged a deal for a bill that includes the biggest climate spending package in U.S. history, devoting hundreds of billions of dollars to clean energy technologies aimed at slashing carbon emissions 40% by 2030.
Winnipeg to buy 100 electric busesJul 26, 2022 - The City of Winnipeg is moving ahead with plans to purchase electric buses and revamp its transit system. A $509 million grant will go towards a redesign of the entire network with the acquisition of 100 electric buses, 135 diesel buses, charging infrastructure, and a new garage.
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Alarming News
Stories that alarm us with outrageous decisions by governments and the dreadful results for the climate.
Canada’s fossil-fuelled sprint away from climate safetyJul 29, 2022 - For more than 30 years, Canada has been promising to do its part in solving the climate crisis by reining in our hugely oversized fossil fuel burning. Instead, we keep cranking up the amount we burn.
Extreme July Heat Brings Rapid Melting of Greenland’s Ice SheetJul 29, 2022 - Unusually warm weather has led to a spike in the steadily rising melt rate of Greenland’s ice sheet, leaving scientists alarmed by temperatures that ran 5°C higher than normal for July.
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest suffers record levels of deforestationJul 11, 2022 - Brazil’s Amazon rainforest suffered record levels of deforestation in the first six months of 2022, as well as a record level of fires in June, says the country’s Space Research Institute (INPE).