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Climate Campaign Update - City Councillors Deciding Fate of Plan

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Lots going on in Ecology Ottawa's climate change campaign:
  • ACTION: remind your City Councillor
  • Fourteen Community Associations Sign a Letter to the Mayor
  • Video Posted
  • Successful Events
ACTION: remind your City Councillor

Behind the scenes City Councillors are right now discussing the contents of their official document the Term of Council Priorities. Their talks will go on a week or so then go through committee votes in June.

PAUL DEWAR AND TREE OTTAWA GIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL YARD A GREEN BOOST ON EARTH DAY

OTTAWA – Paul Dewar, NDP MP for Ottawa Centre, joined Tree Ottawa and students from St Anthony Catholic School today to plant a tree in the school yard to mark Earth Day.

“Having more green space available for students to learn and play is a worthwhile goal,” said Dewar. “I am very pleased to partner with Tree Ottawa today, and I encourage everyone in the local community to join in and help make this school yard green!”

Petawawa raises pipeline worries with TransCanada

PETAWAWA - Councillors remains skeptical that the proposed Energy East pipeline will be entirely risk free from spills.

TransCanada representatives tried to alleviate fears of an ecological disaster during a presentation to council Monday night as they explained the project that will see natural gas pipelines running through the municipality converted to carry oil.

PAUL DEWAR AND TREE OTTAWA GIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL YARD A GREEN BOOST ON EARTH DAY

OTTAWA – Paul Dewar, NDP MP for Ottawa Centre, joined Tree Ottawa and students from St Anthony Catholic School today to plant a tree in the school yard to mark Earth Day.

“Having more green space available for students to learn and play is a worthwhile goal,” said Dewar. “I am very pleased to partner with Tree Ottawa today, and I encourage everyone in the local community to join in and help make this school yard green!”

Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale

Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale

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SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015, 8am-4pm 680 & 690 Bank Street (at Glebe Avenue) Rogers Plus & Kunstadt Sports parking lots

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Glashan Greening Used Clothing Drive

For Earth Day (Wed Apr 22) we are launching the Glashan Greening Used Clothing Drive! This Drive (which goes to May 2) and the funds raised, will allow us to green more of the Glashan schoolyard this May/June. The more funds we raise, the more of the landscape construction plan will be done when the contractor shows up ETA late May.
Would you be able to drop by the schoolyard to say 'hi' on your way to work on Earthday? We'll be there to receive goods from 7:30 to 10am.
Glashan Used Clothing Drive

Glashan Used Clothing Drive

Earth Day is coming up and Tree Ottawa collaborators are going hard organizing fantastic community events! The Glashan Greening Project (Find out more here: www.glashangreening.ca/gifts) is launching their clothing drive to raise money to green-up their school!
Here are the four things you can do:
1. Collect up used clothing (bag) and household goods (box) and send it to school with your Glashan student (before May 1) or drop it at one of the community drop off dates. Note that the clothing can be stained, torn, etc as well since the stuff will get sorted and non-reusable fabric will go to fibre recycling.

Media Release: Community Associations call on City of Ottawa to make Climate a Priority

For Immediate Release 

In recognition of upcoming Earth Day and on the heels of the historic provincial climate summit at which Ontario announced a cap and trade approach to pricing carbon, fourteen of Ottawa’s community associations have sent a letter to Mayor Jim Watson.  The letter calls on the City of Ottawa to also do its part making action and accountability on climate change an official city priority.

Join Ecology Ottawa on Earth Day

Join Ecology Ottawa on Earth Day

DSC_0194EARTH DAY - Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Welcome Spring! with three local events that will support trees and greenspaces in our neighbourhoods! 1. Grab your Bridgehead coffee between 7:30 am and 10:00 am while you drop off your used clothing and help green Glashan Public School yard at 28 Arlington Avenue. For details go to: Used Clothing Drive Kick Off or Used Clothing Drive 2. Join the kids, Tree Ottawa, and MP Paul Dewar to plant the first tree in the school yard greening project of 2015 for St. Anthony's Catholic School. The event will start at 11:30 am at 391 Booth Street. 3. Join Tree Ottawa and special guest Ed Lawrence, Master Gardener for a Tree Ottawa workshop! The event will be held at 7:00 pm at 90 Sparks Street. For more details go to: Tree Ottawa Earth Day workshop

Election work update

Spring is in the air. At Ecology Ottawa, that means it's prime time to talk to people at the door about promoting environmental leadership in the city. We know that federal action on climate change, light rail, the Ottawa River and stopping the Energy East tar sands pipeline would go a long way to making Ottawa a more sustainable city. That’s why Ecology Ottawa sees this election as a unique opportunity to promote environmental leadership in the city.

Premiers told to rethink pipelines as they meet on climate

Pembina Institute argues projects such as Energy East would boost oilsands production and carbon emissions

 

The Pembina Institute is warning premiers and territorial leaders they need to think about the effects of pipelines on Canada's carbon emissions before they think about an energy strategy for the country.

A new report by the think-tank says building new oil pipelines, such as the Energy East project to bring western oil east, could produce more carbon pollution and wipe out a lot of the work the provinces have already done to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions....

Fossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables

Fossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables

This is the beginning of the end.
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Photographer: Daniel Acker
Article written by Tom Randall for Bloomberg Business News.

The race for renewable energy has passed a turning point. The world is now adding more capacity for renewable power each year than coal, natural gas, and oil combined. And there's no going back.

The shift occurred in 2013, when the world added 143 gigawatts of renewable electricity capacity, compared with 141 gigawatts in new plants that burn fossil fuels, according to an analysis presented Tuesday at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance annual summit in New York. The shift will continue to accelerate, and by 2030 more than four times as much renewable capacity will be added.

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