The Environment in Canada Podcast

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The Environment in Canada Podcast

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. 6 DAYS AGO

    Thank Oil & Gas CEOs for Tariffs, We Need an Emissions Cap Now

    Thanks to the oil and gas CEOs behind the coming U.S. Administration tariffs might be coming soon to a Canadian economic sector near you, but likely oil and gas itself will be exempt from tariffs (no surprise there). Meanwhile an emissions cap on oil and gas corporations could save thousands of Canadian lives through air pollution reductions alone and the cap will NOT hurt Canada's oil and gas competitiveness. We get into that and ask why climate policy has become Canadian media's favourite s...

    18 min

  2. NOV 13

    Protests that Exceed the Bed, Cracks, and Curapoiesis

    Jessica speaks with post activist and paradigm shifting thought leader Bayo Akomolafe, who is a poet, philosopher, and the Executive Director of the Emergence Network. They explore what post activism has to offer today’s movements for a more just and green world. In the Q&A we tackle ideas on how to deal with the rise of artificial intelligence ( AI ) in a productive way, the atom-bomb-development-analogy, limiting damage, and the importance of the human element in the history of technolo...

    53 min

  3. NOV 5

    Wildfire & Flood Survivors Call for Emissions Cap

    Read emissions cap facts here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/canada-emissions-cap-facts/We interview survivors of wildfires and floods in Canada who lost businesses, communities, or had property damaged. They are calling for the Canadian Government to enact an emissions cap on oil and gas corporations. That emissions cap is now out in draft form as of yesterday. We also get into the new policy, how it looks, how it can be strengthened, why it needs to be implemented rapidly. The emiss...

    23 min

  4. OCT 22

    Corporate ESG & The Resilience Report Podcast with Lauren Scott

    Conor talks with Lauren Scott of The Resilience Report Podcast about corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG), examples of good ESG, and ways to set common standards for measuring success. We also chat about ways you can assess a corporation's commitment to the environment, advice for businesses getting into ESG, the circular economy, and finding cool stuff on the streets of Montréal.In the Q&A we have a chat about why private planes are bad for the environment.Be sure to sen...

    44 min

  5. OCT 16

    Terrible Equinor Oil Spill Modelling Comes as Brazil Suffers Severe Climate Impacts

    Conor talks with Carlos about the totally inadequate approach to oil spill modelling and response by Equinor in both Brazil and Canada ( with Bay du Nord ). They also discuss how Brazil is facing climate impacts that will only be made worse by projects like Equinor's Bacalhau oil project and why countries like Canada and Norway need to do more to act on climate change, working with others globally. Find out more about the Equinor Out campaign in Brazil here.In the Q&A we discuss why our c...

    28 min

  6. OCT 15

    The Emissions Cap will NOT Hurt the Economy nor Jobs in Canada ICYMI

    Conor talks about why the emissions cap will NOT hurt Canada's economy, prosperity, nor hurt jobs with Aaron Cosbey, a development economist with 30 years of experience, and Jessica Kelly, a Senior Policy Advisor, of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). They discuss how one of the main drivers of inflation in Canada is our overdependence on oil and gas and what we can do to change that, how climate policy is not to blame for inflation, and tips for journalists cover...

    41 min

  7. OCT 8

    The Climate-Aligned Finance Act or CAFA

    Finance is often made into an inaccessible topic to keep people out, but finance is also a vital force in the world that we should all play a role in shaping. Jessica talks with Julie Segal of Environmental Defence Canada about the role of finance in addressing climate change in Canada and a new policy that aims to get financial institutions to act. In the Q&A we answer your question as to why we focus on oil and gas corporations so much when discussing environmental blame. Check out our ...

    52 min

  8. OCT 2

    Don't Panic, Get Vocal: Climate Communication After Climate Denialism

    We talk with Imre Szeman, inaugural director of the Institute for Environment, Conservation and Sustainability at UTSC, and Marc Apollonio of the Cited Podcast about the changing nature of climate denial and two exciting upcoming events they are organizing.In the Q&A we address questions we received on why Canada's emissions matter in the fight to reduce global emissions and talk about why reducing air pollution in Canada as a result can save lives here at home in the process. Get facts o...

    47 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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