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# Hamilton 350

Hamilton's Climate Action Group

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- [Bridging Generations: Climate Stories, Wisdom, and Action in Hamilton](https://hamilton350climate.org/2026/07/09/bridging-generations/) - Elders 4 Climate Sanity (E4CS) has sent the following letter to Employment and Social Development Canada in support of funding the project Bridging Generations: Climate Stories, Wisdom, and Action in Hamilton by the New Horizons for Seniors Program.The funding decision will be made in January 2027. New Horizons for Seniors ProgramEmployment and Social Development CanadaRe: Letter
- [Climate Change Reserve (CCR) Budget](https://hamilton350climate.org/2026/02/15/ccr-budget/) - On Thursday, Feb 12, the evening before the debate in Council, Cllr Mike Spadafora submitted item 9.7 to the General Issues Committee (Budget) scheduled for the following day. This motion called for the Climate Change Reserve (CCR) budget for Hamilton to be deferred to 2027.The CCR was established in 2018 in order to fund initiatives
- [Water Is Life](https://hamilton350climate.org/2026/05/04/water-is-life/) - On Saturday, May 2nd, Eco-Locke and the First Unitarian Climate Action Team held a Water Is Life event, bringing together various groups from the region to talk about the importance of water. The presentations, accompanied by informative slides, covered a variety of topics from cleaning up the harbour to the importance of native plants to
- [Does MP J.P. Danko Actually Exist?](https://hamilton350climate.org/2026/04/05/does-mp-danko-actually-exist/) - A member of Seniors for Climate Action Now (SCAN) posted this video to X, describing his attempt to first locate MP J.P. Danko’s office, and then to actually speak to someone.As the narrator says, “It looks abandoned… There’s just a sad little sign in front with a phone number.” On calling the number, he was
- [Ontario's Disappearing Farmland](https://hamilton350climate.org/2026/03/30/ontarios-disappearing-farmland/) - Mike Schreiner, leader of the Ontario Greens, was interviewed recently by Doreen Nicoll on her Substack feed, Small Change. Listen to it here.The topic was the Ford government’s threat to Ontario’s farmland. Schreiner painted a stark and powerful picture of the damage being done by the Ford administration to our food security.We thought it worth
- [Don Brown Recognized in the House of Commons](https://hamilton350climate.org/2026/01/31/don-brown-house-commons/) - On January 29, MP Aslam Rana made the following statement in the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa. “Mr. Speaker, on December 19, we had the great joy of celebrating one of my constituents, Mr. Donald Brown, as he turned 100 years young. “Mr. Brown is a treasure and inspiring member of our community. It was a
- [H350 Focus Group](https://hamilton350climate.org/2025/08/30/h350-focus-group/) - On Wednesday, August 6th, we held a meeting at the Norman Pinky Lewis Recreation Centre, along with representatives from partner organizations Environment Hamilton, Stop Sprawl, the Wilderness Committee and the Council of Canadians. The objective was to build on the momentum generated by the Kill Bill 5 rally at Hamilton City Hall and to brainstorm how to raise
- [Should city buses be free during heat waves?](https://hamilton350climate.org/2025/08/07/city-buses-free-heat-waves/) - Our objective of having the HSR provide free transit during heatwaves is gathering momentum. Check out these recent stories in:The Hamilton Spectator, 30 July 2025CHCH News, 28 July 2025
- [Imagine...](https://hamilton350climate.org/2025/07/24/imagine/) - It’s not just the provincial government that’s the problem. Under the Trump-imposed NATO defence spending target, Mark Carney has suggested that it would require an additional $45 to $50 billion a year to comply. Even at the lower figure, that’s $1121 for every person in Canada. Pro-rating that to Hamilton’s current population would result in a
- [The Kill Bill 5 rally at City Hall](https://hamilton350climate.org/2025/07/10/kill-bill-5-rally/) - The Kill Bill 5 rally at Hamilton City Hall was a great success! It touched on multiple areas that will inevitably be impacted, should Bill 5 not be repealed, including climate change, Indigenous self-governance, the housing crisis, labour and human rights, and the very essence of our democracy.Courtney Skye: Protect the TractSandy Shaw & Robin Lennox: MPPs,
- [The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism](https://hamilton350climate.org/2025/04/03/climate-crisis-destroy-capitalism/) - Shortly after our recent Action Update on the effects of the climate crisis on the costs of insurance, this article appeared in The Guardian.In it, Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies, said that “without insurance, which is already being pulled in some places, many other financial
- [Lessons from the California Wildfires](https://hamilton350climate.org/2025/01/10/lessons-california-wildfires/) - The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles are a stark warning to Hamiltonians that climate change is real and getting rapidly worse. Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”. It can devastate even wealthy
- [Protests work!](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/12/31/protests-work/) - In it’s article “Here are some fantastically uplifting stories from 2024“, The Hamilton Spectator highlighted the activities of “the Dundas Four”, Hamilton 350’s elders who were arrested at the RBC branch in Dundas in March this year.Here’s an extract from the article:Aged agitators take on banks and big oilA group of seniors, canes in hand,
- [Developers fretting over potential hit to projected profits](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/12/21/developers-fretting-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 expansion of
- [Excellent summing up of the climate crisis](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/12/20/climate-crisis-summing-up/) - 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 that
- [Catherine McKenna on the Oil and Gas Industry](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/12/14/catherine-mckenna-oil-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 statement,
- [Later is Too Late!](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/10/02/later-is-too-late/) - About 45 seniors and their supporters, including one on stilts, gathered Tuesday at King Street West and Sydenham Street in Dundas, where four of Canada’s major banks each occupy a corner.The protest, organized by Seniors for Climate (SFC), was one of dozens planned across the country on National Seniors Day. In a media release, SFC said the goal was to highlight “frustration with government inaction on the climate emergency.”From an article by Cathie Coward in
- [The "Dundas Four" under arrest at RBC!](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/03/22/dundas-four-under-arrest/) - 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 the
- [Earth Day Weekend](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/04/22/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. Check out our photo wall from the rally
- [Letter of Support for Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/06/21/support-wetsuweten/) - 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
- [Bill McKibben debunks the fossil fuel industry's "natural” gas greenwashing arguments](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/02/07/bill-mckibben-debunks-the-fossil-fuel-industrys-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
- [Five Years of Elders For Climate Sanity](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/03/12/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 address the climate crisis and attempt to wake more people up to the fact that the earth was burning and that the youngest and most vulnerable would suffer greatly. We felt compelled to take action.One
- [Reject Enbridge's Proposed Gas Line Subsidy!](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/03/11/reject-enbridges-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 Environment Hamilton
- [H350 challenge to a proposed industrial facility in North Hamilton](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/03/02/h350-challenge-to-a-proposed-industrial-facility-in-north-hamilton/) - H350’s Climate Justice committee has intervened in the environmental review of a proposed new industrial facility in north Hamilton and is formally challenging it. The project is headed by GFL (Green for Life), a large waste management company well known in Hamilton. It owns and operates the Taro dump in upper Stoney Creek and has
- [NDP calls for ban on 'misleading, deceptive' fossil fuel ads](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/02/06/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
- [Enbridge and TC Energy implicated in attempts to pervert democracy](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/10/26/enbridge-and-tc-energy-implicated-in-attempts-to-pervert-democracy/) - Enbridge and TC Energy are among the top 10 companies that lobbied most for anti-protest bills since 2017, along with ExxonMobil, Koch Industries and Marathon Petroleum.According to a report by Greenpeace USA, Dollars vs. Democracy 2023: Inside the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Playbook to Suppress Protest and Dissent in the United States, nine of the top
- [Clean Creatives: PR Professionals for a Safe Climate](https://hamilton350climate.org/2024/02/03/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 the
- [Reconsidering the Airport Expansion Growth District (AEGD)](https://hamilton350climate.org/2022/09/17/reconsidering-the-airport-expansion-growth-district-aegd/) - As climatic chaos spreads across the globe we need to re-examine both the threat it poses to Hamiltonians and the ways in which it is being made worse by once accepted development activity. Hundreds of acres of farmland, wetlands, woodlots and other natural features are threatened by the city’s Airport Employment Growth District (AEGD). This
- [Fridays for Future](https://hamilton350climate.org/2022/09/24/fridays-for-future/) - Fridays for Future is a youth-led and -organized movement that began in August 2018, after 15-year-old Greta Thunberg and other young activists sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis. She posted what she was doing on Instagram and
- [Unravelling the Climate Conundrum with Help from Gandhi](https://hamilton350climate.org/2022/10/01/unravelling-the-climate-conundrum-with-help-from-gandhi/) - We have a problem, a very big one. The evidence is everywhere. The floods in Pakistan; the extreme heatwaves in India, China, Europe and much of the US this year; the droughts driving famine in Somalia and fires in British Columbia and England; and the drying out of the Amazon rain forest to cite a
- [Doug Ford promises to pay for carbon-emitting electricity — even after it’s banned](https://hamilton350climate.org/2022/10/25/doug-ford-promises-to-pay-for-carbon-emitting-electricity-even-after-its-banned/) - Doug Ford is operating at the height of hypocrisy. He claims his efforts to encourage the mining of cobalt, lithium, manganese, nickel, graphite, and copper, in the “Ring of Fire” in northern Ontario’s boreal forests will help our climate. These elements are used to produce batteries to power electric vehicles.Meanwhile, we learn that he promises
- [H350 Condemns Systemic Racism](https://hamilton350climate.org/2022/11/06/h350-condemns-systemic-racism/) - Hamilton 350 supports the public statement released just after the municipal election by a number of newly-elected Councillors, Trustees, and candidates in the recent municipal election.The intention in calling out the article in The Hamilton Spectator was to draw attention to systemic racism in our community. The Spectator handled the story very differently with regards
- [Ford is showing us who he is really serving](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/01/29/ford-is-showing-us-who-he-is-really-serving/) - The Greenbelt has been carved up; the Conservation Authorities gutted; wetlands opened for paving; municipal governments financially hamstrung; and massive boundary expansions imposed onto Hamilton and Halton foodlands. There have been over 80 rallies across the province.The tide of anger at Premier Doug Ford is understandable but probably misdirected. It mistakenly assumes that voters rule,
- [Letter of Support for the MacDivest Hunger Strike](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/03/18/letter-of-support-for-the-macdivest-hunger-strike/) - The Hamilton 350 Committee, a 14-year-old volunteer climate action organization, supports the students of MacDivest and applauds their personal sacrifice in launching a hunger strike at McMaster University on March 20. That said, we also wish to express our concern for the health of those involved in the hunger strike.The students are justly opposing the
- [RBC Protest at the Centre on Barton​](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/04/15/rbc-protest-at-the-centre-on-barton/) - The Elders for Climate Sanity were at RBC at the Centre on Barton on Friday, 14 April, talking with customers and passersby outside the bank about RBC’s fossil fuel investments and encouraging people to put their money into a credit union instead.Two members tried to meet with the manager and were angrily turned away.Outside, a security guard
- [The Ford government has a selective memory](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/09/28/the-ford-government-has-a-selective-memory/) - From the Ontario Headwaters Institute:“Just a few weeks ago, we shared with the public and reminded the government that its “Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan” was still a draft, languishing for what is now 4 years and 9 months on the Environmental Registry of Ontario without a decision notice. 1,155 signatories to our petition agreed that the
- [Proposal to City Council for Emergency Heat Relief​](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/07/10/proposal-to-city-council-for-emergency-heat-relief/) - H350 statement endorsed by ACORN Hamilton, Environment Hamilton, the Hamilton and District Labour Council and the Hamilton Council of Canadians
- [Greenbelt Winners and Losers](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/08/18/greenbelt-winners-and-losers/) - Who got paid off? That’s a key unanswered question in the Auditor-General’s damning report on how the provincial Conservative government carved up the Greenbelt. She tells us the land speculators will get over $8 billion in a process that strongly suggests corruption.Three prominent Conservatives are identified by the AG – Premier Ford, Housing Minister Steve
- [Municipal Protected Areas Project](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/12/04/municipal-protected-areas-project/) - A letter sent by Hamilton 350 member, Don McLean, to Hamilton City Council.
- [What should we do with the Greenbelt?](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/08/31/what-should-we-do-with-the-greenbelt/) - This item was extracted from an email sent to Hamilton 350 by one of our members.
- [We may have won the battle but the war's not over](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/10/14/we-may-have-won-the-battle-but-the-wars-not-over/) - Doug Ford has finally decided that the heat’s too much and has backtracked over the Greenbelt debacle. For the latest information, see the CBC, the Globe and Mail, and the Hamilton Spectator. And for a more insightful analysis, see The Conversation, which points out that the Greenbelt giveaway had nothing to do with creating affordable
- [Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/10/23/assessing-exxonmobils-global-warming-projections/) - Science, one of the most authoritative journals in the world, published an article in January 2023 providing solid evidence that Exxon Mobile and other fossil fuel corporations had clear knowledge of the harm they were causing. Their modelling was excellent. They knew all along that they were largely responsible for global warming yet they buried the
- [Hamilton Airport 20-year plan misses the boat on climate](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/10/25/hamilton-airport-20-year-plan-misses-the-boat-on-climate/) - Hamilton 350 Committee steering committee member Don McLean spoke at the October 6 meeting of the city’s Airport Committee. The agenda subject matter was a 20 year master plan proposed by the airport’s private operators of the city-owned airport. Among the issues raised by Mr McLean was the very limited attention to climate change in
- [What does COP28 have to do with me?](https://hamilton350climate.org/2023/12/13/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 issues at home: the cost-of-living crisis, health care, unemployment, homelessness and global conflicts. But while Pierre Poilievre glibly lays all these at the feet of Justin Trudeau, the fact is the climate crisis has a

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- [Home](https://hamilton350climate.org/) - We are Hamilton's Climate Action Group, a grassroots organization committed to building an engaged local movement for urgent action on the climate emergency.
- [AI & Data Centres](https://hamilton350climate.org/campaigns/ai-data-centres/) - Impacts from AI Data Centres We’ve been seeing a proliferation of proposals for largely AI-driven data centres in Hamilton and throughout the rest of Ontario and Canada. This will continue unless we stand up and address the damage they cause.Our governments at both the provincial and federal level are pushing these kinds of infrastructure projects
- [Fossil Fuel Resistance](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/fossil-fuel-resistance/) - Fossil Fuel Resistance Fossil Fuel Resistance (FFR) is H350’s lead action group for the Getting Off Gas campaign and the AI & Data Centres campaign, focuses on climate activism and keeps up to date with the latest climate news around Hamilton. If you want to be a part of this group, contact us. Getting Off Gas
- [Supporting a Progressive City Council](https://hamilton350climate.org/campaigns/supporting-progressive-city-council/) - Hamilton hasn’t always had a progressive city council. Far from it. But since the 2022 municipal election, we’ve been lucky to have had a progressive majority that has implemented a number of policies that have either brought about positive change or signalled a welcome new direction.A few examples include creating the Office of Climate Change
- [Donate](https://hamilton350climate.org/donate/) - Hamilton 350 is a 100% volunteer-operated organization. We don’t have a mailing address or a phone number. But we do have expenses!There’s the hosting infrastructure for this website.We have a Zoom account to pay for and bulletins to send out.We produce materials from time to time for actions, some of which need a sound system
- [What Can Be Done About It?](https://hamilton350climate.org/what-can-be-done-about-it/) - Solutions … what others are doing … myth busting … etc. What can we do? As a society… What can I do? As an individual…
- [Campaigns](https://hamilton350climate.org/campaigns/) - Each campaign is driven by a particular action group. The lead action group defines the demands and targets for the campaign in its regular meetings and develops the tactics to achieve its goals.If you’d like to participate in any of these campaigns, we’d love to hear from you! All action group meetings are open to the
- [Other Initiatives](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/other-initiatives/) - Steering Committee (SC) This committee was created in the Fall of 2020 as part of a restructuring to ensure that behind-the-scenes tasks are distributed more evenly among members. They make emergency decisions between meetings, draft and distribute meeting agendas and minutes, coordinate actions and ideas between action groups, and help guide the organization. It comprises
- [Divesting from Fossil Fuels](https://hamilton350climate.org/campaigns/divesting-from-fossil-fuels/) - Canadians must unite to fight global warming! This summer wildfires have raged across our land; these fires were fueled by forests made tinder-dry due to the climate crisis.This is conveyed with alarming clarity by John Vaillant in his book Fire Weather.Canadian fossil fuel companies continue to extract oil and gas at an alarming rate, despite
- [News](https://hamilton350climate.org/news/) - Here’s a summary of all of our news articles. Selecting an author or category will filter articles based on your selection. An archive of our news bulletins is available here. Bridging Generations: Climate Stories, Wisdom, and Action in Hamilton Hamilton 350 9 Jul 2026 Elders for Climate Sanity Elders 4 Climate Sanity (E4CS) has sent
- [Ontario Can't Afford Ford](https://hamilton350climate.org/ontario-cant-afford-ford/) - n February 27, Ontario goes to the polls. Many think it’s a foregone conclusion that Doug Ford will get in again. But if voters stopped to think about the harm Ford has done to the province in so many areas, it might be a different story.We’ve summarized some of the issues here. It might come
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- [Getting Off Gas](https://hamilton350climate.org/campaigns/getting-off-gas/) - As this campaign has multiple facets, we’ve broken it down into a few sub-sections. Resist fossil gas expansion Doug Ford wants YOU to foot Enbridge's bill! Enbridge Gas recently asked the Ontario Energy Board (OEB)—the province’s independent energy regulator—to approve a rate hike for gas customers. Enbridge planned for $250 million in new pipelines in
- [New Users](https://hamilton350climate.org/new-users/)
- [Seniors for Climate Action](https://hamilton350climate.org/seniors-for-climate-action/)
- [Resources](https://hamilton350climate.org/resources/) - Climate-related organizations and media 350.orgWorking towards a safe climate and a better future — a just, prosperous, and equitable world built with the power of ordinary people.Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Climate Change)“…an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social, economic and environmental justice.”Canadian Dimension (Environment)“…a forum for debate on important issues facing
- [Earth Day Weekend 2024](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/e4cs/fossil-fuel-divestment/earth-day-weekend-2024/) - Back to Elders for Climate Sanity
- [Fossil Fools Day 2024](https://hamilton350climate.org/fossil-fools-day-2024/)
- [Fossil Fuel Divestment](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/e4cs/fossil-fuel-divestment/) - RBC's USD$42 billion subsidy of fossil fuels Canadians must unite to fight global warming! This summer wildfires have raged across our land; these fires were fueled by forests made tinder-dry due to the climate crisis.Canadian fossil fuel companies continue to extract oil and gas at an alarming rate, despite knowing that burning fossil fuels adds
- [Contact Us](https://hamilton350climate.org/contact-us/) - We don’t have a physical address or central phone number. We operate virtually, other than our in-person actions and events.Are you interested in helping out in one of our campaigns, joining an action group, attending meetings, or being on our regular mailing list?Do you have ideas or questions for us?Would you like to collaborate with
- [Stop Destroying Earth](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/e4cs/fossil-fuel-divestment/stop-destroying-earth/) - Back to Elders for Climate Sanity
- [About H350](https://hamilton350climate.org/about-h350/) - The Hamilton 350 Committee (frequently referred to as H350) is a grassroots organization made up of dedicated volunteers committed to building an engaged, aware local movement for urgent action and advocacy on the climate emergency. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, we are affiliated with the world-wide 350.org network.350.org was founded in 2008 by a group of university friends
- [Fight the Sprawl](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/conservation-matters/fight-the-sprawl/) - In the wake of the provincial government’s forced urban boundary expansions, the City has begun a public process on how to deal with rural lands that are being forcibly urbanized. This is a continuation of our efforts to minimize urban expansion, destruction of farmland and natural features, climate change, and urban sprawl, as well as
- [Transit Matters](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/transit-matters/) - Along with the Hamilton branch of the Council of Canadians, we worked leading up to the provincial and municipal elections in 2022 to promote free, frequent and clean public transit. We believe that getting single-driver cars off the road has many benefits, and also that the slogan on HSR buses, Powered by Natural Gas, is
- [Transit for All](https://hamilton350climate.org/campaigns/transit-for-all/) - This campaign is a collaboration between Hamilton 350 and the Hamilton chapter of the Council of Canadians.We chose to focus on free, frequent and clean public transit during the municipal elections in October 2022 and we believe it is a goal worth pursuing over the long term. What are the benefits? For transit riders:More reliably frequent
- [Fighting Urban Sprawl](https://hamilton350climate.org/campaigns/fighting-urban-sprawl/) - As this campaign has multiple facets, we’ve broken it down into a few sub-sections. Saving the Garner Marsh The Garner Marsh is one of the most significant wetlands in the GTHA. It is situated at the headwaters of the Ancaster and Spencer Creeks, the highest point between Lakes Erie and Ontario. Its waters flow down
- [Elders for Climate Sanity](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/e4cs/) - We are a group of H350 elders whose goal is to use our time and life experience to help end fossil fuel use in Hamilton and beyond.Our primary objectives are to promote divestment of fossil fuels in banks and pension funds, to support the indigenous struggle against proposed pipelines through Wet’suwet’en land, and to call
- [Climate Justice](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/climate-justice/) - Our mission is to incorporate anti-racism and anti-oppression values and practices into the work that Hamilton 350 does. We share resources and collaborate with other H350 action groups on solidarity initiatives. We also connect with other organizations doing similar work in order to understand their issues and concerns and to promote a common awareness of
- [Conservation Matters](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/conservation-matters/) - We are concerned with protecting our natural areas and wetlands. We monitor the activities of the Conservation Areas in the region, attending and reporting on their meetings. We have also created a series of webinars covering attacks on the climate and the environment and advocating for natural solutions to both damaging the climate and adapting
- [Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/e4cs/wet-suwet-en-land-defenders/) - The Wet'suet'en and the Coastal GasLink pipeline Can you imagine what it would be like to have a group of people from another place tell you that you cannot speak your language, practice your culture and religion or spirituality, and steal your land, polluting the water and air in the process?Can you imagine not being
- [Greenwashing](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/e4cs/greenwashing/) - ...brought to you by RBC Greenwashing climate action Consider this example of greenwashing from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)’s 2022 Net-Zero Report concerning their 2050 targets. While acknowledging that: “There are significant gaps between our 2019 baseline [emissions] and our targets”, they fudge it by saying: “The achievement of these targets will depend on the collective
- [The Value of and Danger to Wetlands](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/conservation-matters/value-danger-wetlands/) - Wetlands—ranging from ponds and swamps to marshes, bogs and fens—take thousands of years to develop naturally. Their value to society includes their ability to remove pollutants and pathogens from water, their ability to absorb and store carbon, their sponge-like ability to soak up flood water, and their provision of a habitat for a vast diversity
- [Action Groups](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/) - Each of Hamilton 350’s campaigns is associated with a lead action group. Campaign objectives, tactics and metrics are define in action group meetings. These are public meetings whose schedule and Zoom links can be found in the Upcoming Events section of this website. We welcome new people to attend any of these meetings.As well as
- [Test Posts](https://hamilton350climate.org/test-posts/) - Elders for Climate Sanity Bridging Generations: Climate Stories, Wisdom, and Action in Hamilton Elders 4 Climate Sanity (E4CS) has sent the following letter to Employment and Social Development Canada in support of funding... read more Hamilton 350 09 Jul 2026 Conservation Matters, Elders for Climate Sanity Water Is Life On Saturday, May 2nd, Eco-Locke and
- [Why Should I Care?](https://hamilton350climate.org/connecting-the-dots/why-should-i-care/) - Cost of living | Food | Health | Housing | Leisure | Migration | Poverty | Wellbeing Cost of living xxx Overview Food Are you shocked at the sticker prices of certain foods in your local supermarket? Adverse effects of climate change in the form of floods, droughts, storms, and unprecedented heat waves significantly deplete crop yields in the affected area. As the demand for
- [Our Email Exchanges with GFL](https://hamilton350climate.org/action-groups/fossil-fuel-resistance/our-email-exchanges-with-gfl/) - Hamilton 350, along with other environmental groups, have several concerns abut this proposal. The following exchanges reflect our concerns, GFL’s responses to our concerns, and our thoughts on their response. Email exchanges 1. Failure to adequately consult with and consider the interests of Indigenous Nations The proponent claims to have sent notice and information to
- [Why Is It Happening?](https://hamilton350climate.org/connecting-the-dots/why-is-it-happening/) - The background science … Tina’s video … etc. Overview
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