We’re in the process of uploading the video from November 20th – Defending Hamilton’s Firm Urban Boundary – to the website and our YouTube channel. Watch this space.
Our next Action Update, 2025: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, will be on Wednesday, January 22 at 7pm. Register here for the Zoom link. Alex Wilson, Hamilton City Councillor for Ward 13, and Brian McHattie, HCA board member and former Hamilton City Councillor, will join Hamilton 350’s Don McLean and Lucia Iannantuono in looking ahead at some of the issues facing us in 2025.
This section lists the most recent monthly Action Updates for which we have video recordings. See our YouTube channel for older Action Updates and other videos.
Nov 2024
Firm Urban Boundary
Craig Cassar (Councillor, Ward 12); Phil Pothen (Counsel, Environmental Defence)
Defending Hamilton’s firm urban boundary against speculator expansion.
Oct 2024
Fair Transit
Tim Nolan (AHA!), Sahra Soudi (DJNO) & Sarah Jama (MPP, Hamilton Centre)
A discussion on how Hamilton’s transit options are failing people with disabilities.
Sep 24
Green Building Standards
Lana Goldberg
STAND.earth
A discussion on how to encourage Hamilton to phase out fossil fuel heating in most buildings by 2028.
Jun 2024
Biodiversity in Hamilton
Brian McHattie & Peter Appleton
Brian and Peter examine the strengths and weaknesses of the latest proposed Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP).
Lessons from the California Wildfires
The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles are a stark warning to Hamiltonians that climate change is real and getting rapidly...
read more▸Protests work!
In it's article "Here are some fantastically uplifting stories from 2024", The Hamilton Spectator highlighted the activities of "the Dundas...
read more▸Developers fretting over potential hit to projected profits
Developers are clearly worried that Hamilton's firm urban boundary is going to affect their projected profit windfalls. See the story...
read more▸Excellent summing up of the climate crisis
From time to time, one comes across an article that, while not necessarily offering new information, sums up what we...
read more▸Catherine McKenna on the Oil and Gas Industry
In an article in the Toronto Star on December 6, former federal minister of environment and climate change, Catherine McKenna...
read more▸Later is Too Late!
About 45 seniors and their supporters, including one on stilts, gathered Tuesday at King Street West and Sydenham Street in...
read more▸Letter of Support for Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
The Hamilton 350 steering committee is in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en land defenders who are on the frontlines of climate...
read more▸Earth Day Weekend
To mark Earth Day weekend, 22 April 2024, a number of supporters gathered outside the offices of MPPs Neil Lumsden...
read more▸The “Dundas Four” under arrest at RBC!
Four members of Hamilton 350's Elders 4 Climate Sanity (E4CS) were arrested inside the RBC branch in Dundas at the...
read more▸Five Years of Elders For Climate Sanity
Elders 4 Climate Sanity (E4CS) was founded by six members of Hamilton 350 in the summer of 2018.We wanted to...
read more▸Reject Enbridge’s Proposed Gas Line Subsidy!
Hamilton City Council today unanimously endorsed a motion supporting the OEB’s rejection of Enbridge’s proposed gas pipeline subsidy.Enbridge’s proposal would...
read more▸Bill McKibben debunks the fossil fuel industry’s “natural”…
Hailing Biden’s decision to halt LNG export licences, McKibben explains the sleight of hand used in arguments by the fossil...
read more▸NDP calls for ban on ‘misleading, deceptive’ fossil…
The NDP’s natural resources critic Charlie Angus tabled a private members bill (C-372) in the House of Commons this week....
read more▸Clean Creatives: PR Professionals for a Safe Climate
Over 50 Canadian advertisers and PR agencies have joined a 900-strong global group that has pledged not to work for...
read more▸What does COP28 have to do with me?
The latest UN Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates (COP28) may seem a long way from our priority...
read more▸Municipal Protected Areas Project
A letter sent by Hamilton 350 member, Don McLean, to Hamilton City Council.
read more▸Fo$$il Bank$ Make Graves Hallowe’en Picket
On Saturday, 28 October, the Elders for Climate Sanity picketed that Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and the other Big...
read more▸Enbridge and TC Energy implicated in attempts to…
Enbridge and TC Energy are among the top 10 companies that lobbied most for anti-protest bills since 2017, along with...
read more▸Hamilton Airport 20-year plan misses the boat on…
Hamilton 350 Committee steering committee member Don McLean spoke at the October 6 meeting of the city’s Airport Committee. The...
read more▸Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections
Science, one of the most authoritative journals in the world, published an article in January 2023 providing solid evidence that...
read more▸Hamilton 350 works with numerous allies across the environmental spectrum. We support the following actions that you can take to help make a difference. For scheduled events in our local area, see Upcoming Events.
Action groups are where the real work happens in support of our campaigns. Action groups meet every week or two, depending on the group and current needs. Multiple action groups can work on any one campaign, and multiple campaigns can be associated with any one action group.
Climate
Justice
Focusing on a just transition and ethical practices.
Conservation
Matters
Responding to local attacks on the environment.
Elders 4 Climate
Sanity
Taking climate action for the next generation and beyond.
Fossil Fuel
Resistance
Promoting the transition to renewable energy.
Transit
Matters
Pushing for free, frequent and electric transit.
Other Initiatives
A few other groups provide support and direction for Hamilton 350. These include the Steering Committee (responsible for setting overall goals and direction); the Welcoming Committee (responsible for orienting new members); and Digital Communication (responsible for our website, social media content, email bulletins, and general IT matters).
350 represents 350 parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere.
We are at 422.03 as of September 2024
Hamilton 350 acknowledges that we are on the traditional lands of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississauga peoples, which are governed by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Agreement and are covered by the Great Lakes Purchase of 1792.