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 Developers want Hamilton mayor to help fast-track urban-expansion project in The Hamilton Spectator, 20 December 2024. As “Nancy”, one of the commenters in the article, puts it: “Land speculators who are attempting to force the […]
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 already know in a powerful and concise manner. In one such piece in The Guardian on December 20, The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear, former UK prime minister Jeremy Corbyn states […]
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 claimed that “as environment minister, I believed the oil sands sector would help us save the planet”. While most of us in the climate movement may be shaking our heads in wonder at such a […]
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 and biodiversity action. They are in court after defending their own lands against Coastal GasLinks (CGL) and the “Community Industry Response Group” of the RCMP. We understand that CGL rammed its pipeline through Wet’suwet’en traditional territories […]
Earth Day Weekend
To mark Earth Day weekend, 22 April 2024, a number of supporters gathered outside the offices of MPPs Neil Lumsden and Donna Skelley. https://youtu.be/RVIVsySEM1c Check out our photo wall from the rally
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 Stop Destroying Earth rally on 22 March. They are due to appear in court in April. It took six police officers in five patrol cars to accomplish the arrest. For more details and interviews with […]
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 shift the cost of building of new gas pipelines onto its customers. Doug Ford has threatened to overrule the OEB’s rejection. See the motion and a supporting email from Environmental Defence. In addition, Hamilton 350 and […]
Bill McKibben debunks the fossil fuel industry’s “natural” gas greenwashing arguments
Hailing Biden’s decision to halt LNG export licences, McKibben explains the sleight of hand used in arguments by the fossil fuel industry that “natural” gas is an appropriate bridge from coal to renewables. Read the story in The Guardian
NDP calls for ban on ‘misleading, deceptive’ fossil fuel ads
The NDP’s natural resources critic Charlie Angus tabled a private members bill (C-372) in the House of Commons this week. The bill would ban what the party describes as misleading fossil fuel advertising, similar to the way cigarette ads were restricted in the 1990s. Read the article on the CBC website
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 the fossil fuel industry. Founded in the U.S., the Clean Creatives group aims to shine a light on the key and often overlooked role advertisers play in generating and spreading disinformation about fossil fuels and […]