95-Metre ‘Mega-Banner’ Urges #Carney to Pick a Path, Choose Renewables and #ClimateAction

Ahead of next week’s Speech from the Throne, four national climate groups mounted a 95-metre fabric installation in Ottawa’s Major’s Hill Park on Wednesday, urging Prime Minister #MarkCarney to “pick a path” between new oil and gas #pipelines and climate action.

On the same day, Faith and Climate Action held a “pray-in” at #RoyalBank of #Canada headquarters in Toronto, protesting bank financing for new #fossilfuel infrastructure like the proposed #PrinceRupert Gas Transmission #PRGT project in #BritishColumbia which is expected to receive #BCgovernment approval within days.

The “mega-banner” in #Ottawa “took over 20 hours to construct, dozens of volunteers, sheer grit, and caffeine-fuelled delusion,” wrote Emily Lowan, fossil fuel supply campaigns lead at Climate Action Network-Canada (CAN-Rac), in an email to supporters. “It may even break records as the largest banner in Canadian #climate movement history!”

https://www.theenergymix.com/95-metre-mega-banner-urges-carney-to-pick-a-path-choose-renewables-and-climate-action

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #EndFossilFuels #StopEcocide #environmental #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #BanCorporateLobbyists #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #neoliberals #BoycottBill5

What does Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government have in common with the reigning New Democratic Party all the way across the country in B.C.?

In recent weeks, both have introduced legislation that could give extraordinary powers to sidestep environmental rules to allow for development. With these laws, both governments are writing themselves “blank cheques” — that’s according to critics who independently chose the exact same words in recent interviews with The Narwhal. @thenarwhal

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-bill-15-controversy-explained/

https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill-5-explained/

#BCpoli #ONpoli #CDNpoli #Neoliberals #BCNDP #ONConservatives #SameShitDifferentSuits #Ecocide #BanCorporateLobbyists #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #BoycottBill15 #BoycottBill5 #Environmental #ClimateChange #DemandTransparency #PublicAccountability #EbyIsANeoliberal #FordIsANeoliberal