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A podcast about the environment in Canada (and sometimes elsewhere) by Sierra Club Canada. Topics include climate change, biodiversity, pollution, renewable energy democracy, and the Rights of Nature. Tune in and take action!

  1. Canada Supports U.S. Energy Dominance? Four Legs Good, Two Legs Better & Fortress North America

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    Canada Supports U.S. Energy Dominance? Four Legs Good, Two Legs Better & Fortress North America

    You can't win against U.S. oligarchy by letting oligarchy in through the back door. All the defence spending in the world doesn't matter in that case because you have misjudged how the U.S. influence strategy works. “The U.S. wants to achieve energy dominance. We support you in that view… [as] Fortress North America” Tim Hodgson, the Canadian Energy Minister recently told the U.S. Regarding Trump's U.S. tech billionaire friends wanting to build out AI data centres: “We can provide [the] gas,” Hodgson said. Polling shows this is NOT what Canadians want; not in Alberta nor NL. Back in December 2025 we warned that Trump’s new 'National Security' Strategy declared U.S. plans to use private sector influence erode Canadian sovereignty. The strategy mentions the oil and gas and tech sectors in particular as tools for expanding U.S. influence and specifically declares climate action in other countries to be a threat to U.S. dominance. All the more reason to take climate action if we want sovereignty, but U.S. influence is working... Thanks to big oil and gas' influence, our Federal Government’s plan is now to: Help the U.S. Government and their AI tech billionaire friends torch the climate, causing more out of control wildfires, so they can generate AI slop and disinformation (to be used against Canada) via water-wasting, gas-powered, data centres.Trust oil and gas corporations and FURTHER INTEGRATE OUR ECONOMY with the U.S. while holding back the renewable energy that could actually improve sovereignty (which is what oil and gas interests have wanted all along).Our situation brings to mind a warning from George Orwell in Animal Farm that even governments with the best of initial intentions can become the thing they claim to prevent (a warning that we must always hold leaders to account):     "Four legs good, two legs better." "Canadian sovereignty good, Fortress North America better," must not become a legitimate idea.  Find out more in our Newsletter (WITH SOURCES): https://www.sierraclub.ca/canadian-gas-ai-data-centres-keystone-xl-fortress-north-america/ Call Your MP: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en And speak with others! See our Sovereignty Saturdays podcast sub-series for even more context: https://www.sierraclub.ca/sovereignty-saturdays-canada-podcast/ Be sure to send us your questions at communications@sierraclub.ca and sign up for email updates from us here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/subscribe-for-updates/ Support the show Find out more and take action at sierraclub.ca/take-action/

    11 min

  2. MAR 25

    Les professionnel.le.s de la santé dans le mouvement écologiste

    Quel rôle est-ce que les professionnel.le.s de la santé ont dans le mouvement écologiste? Diamond Yao s'entretient avec Dre Claudel Pétrin-Desrosiers, médecin de famille à Montréal et présidente de l'Association québécoise des médecins pour l'environnement (AQME). Envoyez-nous vos questions pour le podcast à communications@sierraclub.ca Et n'oubliez pas de passer à l'action ! Veuillez noter : Les opinions exprimées dans ce podcast ne reflètent pas nécessairement celles de la Fondation Sierra Club Canada ou de nos sections ou programmes. Support the show Find out more and take action at sierraclub.ca/take-action/

    50 min

  3. MAR 17

    Thrift Shopping, Social Media, & Youth Supporting Sierra Club Canada at Their School

    Taylor talks with students (Haley & Shirley) from Bur Oak Secondary School about a thrift shop fundraiser they ran at their school to raise awareness of the environmental impacts of overconsumption and the importance of thrift shopping - and to raise funds for Sierra Club Canada. They also discuss the impact of social media advertising on youth and the need for people to reconnect with the natural world and each other offline. In the 'Q&A' section we talk about the difference between post reactions on social media and public opinion as well as how advertisers re-target those who engage with their content. Be sure to send us your questions at communications@sierraclub.ca and sign up for email updates from us here (but also go get outside and talk to each other as well!): https://www.sierraclub.ca/subscribe-for-updates/ And don't forget to take action: https://www.sierraclub.ca/take-action/ Support the show Find out more and take action at sierraclub.ca/take-action/

    24 min

  4. MAR 10

    Iran war UNDERMINES new oil & LNG projects in Canada - but oil corporations still profit...

    Oil & gas interests are already lying about the future of their Canadian projects and profiting as a result of the Iran war. In reality price shocks due to the U.S. war on Iran - along with the U.S. attempt to cut Cuba off from oil - will convince countries to move to renewables faster. That in turn makes new Canadian oil, gas and LNG projects LESS viable as they rely on long term demand for their products. Even before the Iran war, the International Energy Agency still expected oil demand to plateau around 2030 (and gas demand to plateau shortly after) and then decline due to the global transition to renewable energy, and there are enough oil and gas projects already to meet that demand.   The price of fossil fuels in Canada will rise – increasing the cost of living and inflation. This is only in part because of supply shocks due to the situation in the Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, but largely because of speculation: In other words, oil and gas corporations will make a lot of profit off Canadians via inflated prices that are only partially the result of actual supply problems. This speculation was what really happened after Russia invaded Ukraine and it helped cost Canadians $12,000 per household. Find SOURCES for the above polling and correcting corporate-spread myths linked here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/iran-war-gas-prices-oil-pipeline-lng/ Other reading: U.K. is doubling down on clean energy, not despite the Iran crisis ­— but because of it (Politico).Canada Can Go 100% Renewable: https://www.sierraclub.ca/canada-can-go-100-renewable/How batteries let renewables get around needing baseload power: https://www.sierraclub.ca/renewable-energy-intermittent-baseload-power-wind-solar-batteries-grids-reliable/Canada Wind Power Facts: https://www.sierraclub.ca/canada-wind-power-facts/Canada Electric Vehicles Facts: https://www.sierraclub.ca/canada-electric-vehicles-facts/Max Fawcett: https://bsky.app/profile/maxfawcett.bsky.social/post/3mgftrqtp622khttps://www.falseprofits.ca/“[China] aspires to dominate emerging fields of robotics, renewables and artificial intelligence. With this plan, the country’s leadership appears to have calculated it can withstand any short-term economic shocks from an oil crisis.” – CBC News.Middle East war strengthens case for renewables, says Microsoft energy chief in the Financial Times.Questions at info@sierraclub.ca and sign up for email updates from us here. And don't forget to take action: https://www.sierraclub.ca/take-action/ Support the show Find out more and take action at sierraclub.ca/take-action/

    8 min

  5. FEB 24

    Canadian Senate Presentation Offshore Wind & Faulty Oil Economics in Newfoundland & Labrador

    Gretchen Fitzgerald (Our Executive Director) and Shauna Kelly (our Offshore Wind Coordinator for Newfoundland and Labrador) present to the Canadian Senate on offshore wind and the economic infeasibility of offshore oil development in Newfoundland and Labrador. At the end there’s also a recording of Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn (MTI) presenting to the same senate committee about the lack of Indigenous consultation around Equinor's Bay du Nord oil project. You can find a full list of sources for our information in this episode on the page for this podcast episode on our website (scroll down past the description on the website), as there are too many sources to fit in this description space:  https://www.sierraclub.ca/wind-oil-canadian-senate-newfoundland-labrador/ You can also watch this episode as a video podcast on that page: https://www.sierraclub.ca/wind-oil-canadian-senate-newfoundland-labrador/ Be sure to send us your questions at info@sierraclub.ca and sign up for email updates from us here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/subscribe-for-updates/ And don't forget to take action: https://www.sierraclub.ca/take-action/ Support the show Find out more and take action at sierraclub.ca/take-action/

    2h 8m

  6. FEB 17

    ICYMI: Black History Month and the Environment

    Jessica Murray talks with Juliet Rennick about Black History Month and its multiple meanings. They also discuss environmental racism and the story of Africville in Nova Scotia, how cities consult on environmental matters, the work of environment and social activist Wangari Maathai, how to be a better ally, and what it means for environmental organizations to truly engage in a dialogue on these issues. (Originally published in February 24, 2024) And don't forget to take action! Support the show Find out more and take action at sierraclub.ca/take-action/

    50 min

  7. FEB 10

    An NL to Europe Electric Cable? It Might Not be as Difficult as You Think

    Could a power cable from Newfoundland and Labrador to the United Kingdom and EU connect the grids of North American and Europe? There's already a concept proposal for one: https://nato-l.com/  The idea might not be as outlandish as it sounds, and it would bring significant benefits in terms of wind and solar energy and associated jobs and revenue locally in NL and across Canada. Similar projects have also been proposed elsewhere. Be sure to send us your questions at info@sierraclub.ca and sign up for email updates from us here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/subscribe-for-updates/ Please note: The views expressed in these podcast episodes do not necessarily reflect those of the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, or those of our chapters or programs. Support the show Find out more and take action at sierraclub.ca/take-action/

    34 min

  8. JAN 29

    Rojava vs. Syrian Government Attacks & Ethnic Cleansing (Part 2)

    Journalist James Stout joins us to discuss Rojava, the ecological aspects of their revolution in Northeast Syria, and the history of conflict there. Kurds and other cultural minorities in Rojava are also being threatened with the prospect of ethnic cleansing by the new Syrian Transitional Government of Damascus that has attacked on Rojava.  The Canadian Government could apply pressure to the Syrian Government to help facilitate a peaceful resolution if you'd like to call your MP and tell them to act. We will also update this description with ways to assist in humanitarian efforts in the region as they become available. UNICEF is operating in the area. Find James' work and more about James' book Against the State at https://bsky.app/profile/jamesstout.bsky.social Find the It Could Happen Here Podcast at: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/Listen to Part One of this two part podcast, Rojava: Social Ecology, Democracy, Feminism, & Community, here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/rojava-social-ecology-feminisim/In this episode we additionally delve further into organizing-without-the-state skills from Rojava of use to anyone anywhere. On that note, James also recently returned from reporting on I.C.E.'s invasion of Minneapolis. As James puts it:  "I met an older lady in Minneapolis... she said 'we wish our politicians would do more [to stop I.C.E.], but they're not going to, so that's okay, we'll do it ourselves.' And I wish people would just take that, if they take nothing else from my book, if they take nothing else from what is happening in Minneapolis, it would be that:  You don't have to wait [for politicians to act], you can do it yourself, and maybe you can do it better... And I think that's something I took from Rojava - I took a sense of hopefulness." Be sure to send us your questions at info@sierraclub.ca and sign up for email updates from us here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/subscribe-for-updates/ Please note: The views expressed in these podcast episodes do not necessarily reflect those of the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, or those of our chapters or programs. Support the show Find out more and take action at sierraclub.ca/take-action/

    51 min
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A podcast about the environment in Canada (and sometimes elsewhere) by Sierra Club Canada. Topics include climate change, biodiversity, pollution, renewable energy democracy, and the Rights of Nature. Tune in and take action!

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    Sierra Club Canada
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
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