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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 4d

📢 Mark Carney says Budget 2025 will be a “generational investment” in Canada’s economy.

Let’s hold him to it: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

A Youth Climate Corps is the kind of bold, nation-building program Canadians are demanding—jobs, resilience, and climate action rolled into one.

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 4d

Mark Carney promised to deliver a Youth Climate Corps in the liberal platform. Now it’s at risk of being cut, unless we act.

✉️ Tell your MP, Mark Carney, and his cabinet: keep your promise. Fund a permanent, well-resourced Youth Climate Corps in the 2025 budget: goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

Tell Carney - YCC — The Campaign for a Youth Climate Corps

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 4d

🍁 On Nov 4, Carney unveils Budget 2025, promising a "generational investment" in Canada.

One program could deliver jobs + climate action: a Youth Climate Corps.

This program would provide paid work for young people restoring ecosystems, protecting communities, and building clean infrastructure.

Canada Needs a Youth Climate Corps 🤝

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 7d

A coalition of more than 250 leaders has laid out five of its own major projects to replace Ottawa’s fossil-fuel push. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/30/n...

Municipal leaders urge feds to focus on nation-building, not ‘nation-burning’

A coalition of more than 250 leaders has laid out five of its own major projects to replace Ottawa’s fossil-fuel push.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 6d

📰 Read Seth Klein's National Observer piece: Canada should hit Trump where it hurts the most — oil and gas

@sethdklein.bsky.social @nationalobserver.com

Canada should hit Trump where it hurts the most — oil and gas

Such an export tax would certainly face political challenges; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the oil and gas companies themselves will blow a gasket. But a strong case can be made that layering an...

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 6d

🌲 Trump just slapped Canada with new tariffs on lumber + furniture. Steel, aluminum, autos & film have all been hit too, yet oil & gas remain untouched.

As Seth Klein argues, that’s where Canada should push back: a 15% export tax on oil & gas could raise ~$25B/yr for workers + a just transition.

Why Canada must tax oil & gas exports: Fighting back against Trump's trade war

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 8d

🧡 Sept 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day. We honour Survivors, remember the children who never came home, and confront ongoing colonial violence.

Reflection isn’t enough. Take action tomorrow and every day on our collective journey towards Truth and Reconciliation.

National Truth and Reconciliation Day is on September 30th

But reflection alone is not enough. Here are some ways that we encourage you to consider showing your support and solidarity on Tuesday:

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 8d

250+ local leaders are urging Ottawa to put its #elbowsup for climate. That means building projects that are "decarbonized, respect treaty rights, and work to protect nature, not destroy it."

Learn more about their demands: elbowsupforclimate.ca

The Energy Mix @theenergymix.com · 8d

After a summer of wildfires, heat & toxic air, 250+ city leaders urge Ottawa to fund “nation-building, not nation-burning” projects.

Elbows Up For Climate says a clean grid, housing, & transit could strengthen economic independence, lower emissions & reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

Back ‘Nation-Building, Not Nation-Burning’ Projects, 250 City Leaders Urge Carney

A coalition of more than 250 mayors and city councillors from across Canada is calling on the federal government to keep #ElbowsUp with nation-building projects that respond to the climate emergency, ...

www.theenergymix.com

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 12d

Until the federal government acts at the scale of the problem, stories like these will only become more common and tragic.

Tell Mark Carney: It’s time to invest in our youth through a Youth Climate Corps 👉 www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 12d

The voices of young people are clear: Youth unemployment isn’t just a statistic, it’s a crisis shaping their lives & futures.

A Youth Climate Corps could put thousands to work while supporting climate & community.

Tell Carney: Listen to youth & act for a YCC: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 14d

Governments & fossil fuel companies call LNG “low-carbon.” But LNG Canada will unleash 36M tonnes CO₂/yr, equal to 9.5 coal plants or 8M cars. Far from a "clean" energy source.

🎧 Listen to the full episode & more stories that dig deeper into the climate crisis: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

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Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 14d

Tens of thousands in 70+ communities across Canada took to the streets in an unprecedented & historic cross-movement mobilisation to #DrawtheLine and demand Mark Carney & the federal government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.✊

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 15d

🌎 Join The Suzuki Sessions, a new online gathering series featuring David Suzuki & voices from the front lines of climate justice.

On Sept 29, land defenders will share how they are resisting fossil fuel expansion on their territories & how you can help strengthen and support resistance.

Join us!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Suzuki Sessions: Land Defenders and LNG. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

In this exciting new series of online gatherings, David Suzuki and honoured guests will discuss the most important issues and opportunities for action on climate and environmental justice. We’ll me...

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 15d

✊📢 Tens of thousands joined #DrawTheLine actions on Sept 20, demanding PM @mark-carney.bsky.social act for people, peace & planet. Collective power was on full display across Canada.

📺 Watch the CTV coverage: youtu.be/a2YbV-Ss9fk?...

📷 See @350.org’s photo gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/350or...

Thousands rally in cities across Canada | CTV National News for Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 17d

Vancouver

#DrawTheLine

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 17d

📍 Vancouver

#DrawTheLine

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 17d

📍 Toronto

Check out the crowd in Toronto!

#DrawTheLine

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 17d

📍 Toronto

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 17d

📍 Toronto #DrawTheLine

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 17d

🧵 THREAD: Draw The Line - National Day of Action happening RIGHT NOW across Canada ✊

Today, communities from coast to coast are standing united for people, for peace, and for the planet. Here's what's happening on the ground...

#DrawTheLine @350canada.bsky.social

📍Toronto

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 19d

✉️ Tell Mark Carney: Canada needs a Youth Climate Corps: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

Tell Carney - YCC — The Campaign for a Youth Climate Corps

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 19d

Linda McQuaig (@lindamcquaig.bsky.social) asks why Carney is backing costly nuclear instead of fast-tracking renewables. Our call for a Youth Climate Corps is the real nation-building project we need. 🌱

📖 Read the full piece here: rabble.ca/columnists/m...

Mark Carney should pursue renewable energy as a national project

With sun and wind so affordable and safe, why would Mark Carney or Doug Ford opt for expensive nuclear power that leaves us vulnerable?

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 19d

This Saturday, Canada will draw the line against Carney’s agenda of fossil fuel expansion, deep cuts, militarization & harmful border policies.

Our demands: put people before profit, uphold Indigenous rights, full immigration status, peace & climate justice.

✊ Join in: drawtheline.world

Progressive groups rally 'common front' to march, challenge elements of Carney agenda

Canada-wide protests are planned this weekend, a coalition of progressive civil society groups say, in what organizers call an emerging "common front" to elements of the new Liberal government's agend...

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 20d

In light of BC approving the Ksi Lisims LNG terminal, we feel the need to reshare one of our most important podcast episodes: The Costs of LNG.

We dig into the climate, health, and financial impacts, and cover (almost) everything you wanted to ask about LNG (but were too afraid).

🎧 Listen here 👇

Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎙️ In our latest Break In Case of Emergency episode, Kiki Wood (Stand.earth) explains how fracking leaves frontline communities with birth defects & toxic exposures like benzene.

🎧 Listen to the full episode: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 20d

What does this mean? Tune in to our Break in Case of Emergency podcast episode with Kiki Wood for a deep dive into the true costs of LNG: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

Podcast — Climate Emergency Unit

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