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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 13d

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 · 13d

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 Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 15d

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 · 16d

✊📢 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

YouTube video by CTV News

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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 18d

Colleagues at @climateunit.bsky.social joined and organized #DrawTheLine actions in Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver and Duncan on September 20 - just a few of the 70+ across Canada.

Check the thread 👇

Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18d

🧵 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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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 19d

Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy.

I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.

We need a government that serves the many, not the money.

Join in. lewisforleader.ca/

youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY

Why I’m running for NDP leader

YouTube video by Avi Lewis

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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 20d

Climate justice, migrant justice, Indigenous rights and hear our Racial Equity Researcher @verosioufi.bsky.social @ #DrawTheLine.

The Canadian government must decide: injustice and climate destruction or a just, safe future for all.

Sat 2 pm @ VPL (W Georgia/Homer).
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2...

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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 23d

"Outside the limit of our sight, feeding off us, perched on top of us, from birth to death, are our owners! Our owners! They have us. They control us! They are our masters!"

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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 23d

21 movement leaders inviting people to join the mass action on September 20th.

Draw the Line between us and the billionaires, the deportation judges, the war profiteers, the climate destroyers.

In @thetyee.ca

Draw the Line: Tell the Carney Government to Pick a Side | The Tyee

For people, for peace, for the planet. An invitation to join the Sept. 20 mass day of action.

thetyee.ca

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 26d

We met with Liberal MPs this week to push for a Youth Climate Corps in the 2025 budget. A YCC could create tens of thousands of good jobs for young people tackling the climate crisis.

Join us in telling Mark Carney: Canada needs a Youth Climate Corps! 👉 www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 27d

I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. I'll be taking action in Vancouver on Sept. 20, 2025. Will you join me? drawtheline.world?event_id=262...

Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.

Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.

drawtheline.world

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 28d

🎙️ In Break In Case of Emergency, @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social & @sethdklein.bsky.social sit down with @garthmullins.bsky.social of the award-winning Crackdown Podcast to explore the striking parallels between the climate crisis and the poison drug crisis.

🎧 www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 29d

Announcing the new ELP! 🎉⁠ A redesigned online space to:

🌱 Strengthen language revitalization worldwide⁠
🗣️ Share knowledge and stories⁠
💡 Find learning resources, guidance, and ideas for your language work⁠
🌏️ Connect across borders and boundaries⁠
💬 All in 9 languages!⁠

endangeredlanguages.com

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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · 29d

The forces that drive our climate breakdown also fuel the drug poisoning crisis. Unless we address them as a united force in common cause, we cede ground to the growing far-right

🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
Ft. @sethdklein.bsky.social @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social @garthmullins.bsky.social

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

"We're all on the same conveyor belt to the streets," says @garthmullins.bsky.social of the Crackdown podcast.

Our NEW episode of Break In Case of Emergency examines the interconnections between the poison drug crisis and the climate crisis.

www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

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Shake Up The Establishment @shakeuptheestab.bsky.social · Aug 27

On Sept 20, communities across the country are mobilizing.

📍 In Vancouver, we meet at 2pm @ VPL (W Georgia and Homer) / Dilawri Square. We'll be marching to Science World Park for a community gathering.

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David Suzuki Foundation @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social · Aug 13

Did you know Canada’s provincial electricity grids are more connected to the United States than with each other?

⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡

Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Aug 18

The former IDF intelligence chief said 50 Palestinians must die for every victim of October 7 and that "it does not matter" if those killed are children, according to leaked audio published by Israel's Channel 12. "They need a Nakba every now and then to feel the price," Aharon Haliva said.

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

🌎⚖️ Canada is one of the richest countries & a major historic polluter. The Fair Shares Platform, backed by 35+ groups & thousands, calls on Canada to fund climate action, cancel unjust debts, tax polluters & reform trade rules.

It's a plan for global climate justice.

🔗 350.org/canada/fairs...

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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · Aug 15

Very proud to work on this podcast project at @climateunit.bsky.social with my brilliant colleagues. I'd be obliged if you gave it a listen.

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

🎙️ Heard our “Break in Case of Emergency” podcast?

We unpack the climate crisis and share bold solutions rooted in justice and workers’ rights, with heart and insight.

🧵 below: 6 standout episodes + quick snapshots so you can dive right in.

Listen here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · Aug 12

Canada’s new fast-track laws double down on false promise of ‘economic reconciliation’

On-point analysis by @janellelapointe.bsky.social for @breachmedia.ca

Canada’s new fast-track laws double down on false promise of ‘economic reconciliation’ ⋆ The Breach

A swathe of new legislation across Canada threatens to weaken Indigenous rights and environmental protections

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Aug 11

Pls stop what you are doing and read this entire report on Israel's murder of journalist Anas al-Sharif and five colleagues in Gaza City.

"He characterized Israel’s threats as 'Silence or Death,' and he vowed not to be silent."

It ends with his final message. www.dropsitenews.com/p/anas-al-sh...

The Israeli Assassination of Journalist Anas al-Sharif and Five Colleagues in Gaza City

“We understand these are our last days.”

www.dropsitenews.com

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · Aug 11

Young people in Canada face the toughest job market in decades.

We’re collecting stories on the struggle to find decent work to help push for a Youth Climate Corps, creating green jobs with fair pay, benefits, and training.

📢 Learn more & share your story:
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/unemployment

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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · Aug 8

University cleaning and food service workers tend to be unseen and underappreciated at the best of times.

Even worse is many universities contract out this labour to large, for-profit companies.

Check out the latest precarity research project:
bcpolicy.ca/campus-p...

Counteracting Campus Precarity | BC Policy Solutions

The Counteracting Campus Precarity research project begins from the conviction that for universities to produce the knowledge that can help us confront the most serious social problems of our time, our campuses must be kept clean and safe and our community must have food to eat.

bcpolicy.ca

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helloitisdoug.bsky.social @helloitisdoug.bsky.social · Aug 7

Everything you wanted to know about LNG but were afraid to ask.

New podcast episode ft. Kiki Wood of @stand.earth, @emikonewman.bsky.social of the @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social and @climateunit.bsky.social, and Clark Williams-Derry of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

Break In Case of Emergency

Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Monthly · A Canadian podcast about audacious climate solutions rooted in justice and workers’ rights — from the team at the Climate Emergency Unit.

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

Did you know Canada is now an official exporter of LNG? Let’s get honest about what this means for the climate crisis 🎧 Listen on our website, Apple or Spotify

Catch up on Break In Case of Emergency. Real stories, real stakes, real hope. 🔗 Listen on Apple/Spotify #TruthInClimate

The costs of LNG (w/ Kiki Wood and Clark Williams-Derry)

Break In Case of Emergency · Episode

open.spotify.com

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