Archives: Letter of Support

Monday, March 4, 2024

Petition: End Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities (March 5)

A group of fifteen organizations, including Ecology Ottawa, is calling on Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Ottawa City Council to ban fossil fuel promotion in City facilities. City’s Finance and Corporate Services Committee meets on March 5 to discuss the City’s Corporate Sponsorship and Advertising policy, and Ecology Ottawa will be there giving a... More

Monday, February 5, 2024

Take Action: Canada: Stop Big Oil From Polluting Our Climate

Join Environmental Defence Canada in their petition: "For decades, oil and gas companies have profited from harmful activities that fuel the climate crisis. These fossil fuels are the primary cause of climate disasters, like wildfires and floods, that are costing people their lives and homes across Canada and around the world. This is a... More

Monday, November 20, 2023

Event: Rally for Farmland Protection (Nov 22)

On behalf of young farmers and farm workers of the National Farmers Union of Canada, you are invited to join the rally for farmland protection on Parliament Hill on November 22nd from 12-3pm or support virtually by sharing this message with your networks andsigning the open letter. Farmland protection is critical for all people -... More

Monday, November 6, 2023

Campaign to Fix Public Transit (Nov 14)

Horizon Ottawa is planning an action at the Transit Commission on November 14th, where they will be voting on the draft budget — likely to include fare hikes and service cuts. They are looking for 10-15 volunteers. Free Transit Ottawa, Horizon Ottawa and other groups on a set of demands to fix our lousy... More

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Petition: Horizon Ottawa’s Transit Demands Petition

Climate action, affordability, and accessibility means investing in good public transit. Right now, transit is in decline, so few people use it. Horizon Ottawa is asking City Council to step up and make our transit system something people actually want to use. Horizon Ottawa is asking for: "AFFORDABILITY Make the Community and Equi Passes... More

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Campaign: Speak Up Against the Clear-Cutting of Tewin Lands

News broke recently that hundreds and hundreds of trees have been clear cut from Tewin lands. This is unacceptable. Our ecosystem is too valuable. Ecology Ottawa has a petition and letter that you can send to Mayor Sutcliffe and the chairs of the Environment and Climate Change and the Planning and Housing committees. Ecology Ottawa is... More

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Climate Commons Stands in Solidarity with Dr. Rose Abramoff

In December last year, Earth Scientist Dr. Rose Abramoff,  was fired from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Climate Change Science Institute in the USA for unfurling a banner with Dr. Peter Kalmus (a climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab) that read “Out of the lab and into the streets” before a plenary talk in the meeting of... More

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Open Letter: Prevent Proposed Hydrogen Investment Tax Credit from Becoming a Fossil Fuel Subsidy (Sign by Feb. 3)

Environmental Defense is organizing an open letter to Minister Chrystia Freeland detailing their concern that the newly proposed hydrogen investment tax credit will be used to subsidize fossil-hydrogen technology. The following is copied from their email: As you might know, Finance Canada is now developing a hydrogen investment tax credit, set to... More

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Petition: Investigate the Hospital Site Change From Tunney’s Pasture to the Experimental Farm

Re-Imagine Ottawa is looking for signatures to petition the Governments of Canada and Ontario to halt destruction of the Dow's Lake Section of the Central Experimental Farm, a National Historic Site, and conduct a public inquiry. Click Here to Read and Sign the Petition   To find out more about what's happening on the... More

Friday, June 17, 2022

Noons for Now: Carleton’s Climate Response Committee (June 23)

At this time last year, the Climate Commons collected over 500 signatures for our letter to the upper administration at Carleton U urging the university to bring its campus operations, teaching, and research into line with the demands of the climate crisis. We’re grateful that the president formed a Climate Response Committee, chaired by... More

Friday, June 18, 2021

News Release: 5-Point Climate Action Letter with over 440 signatures delivered to Carleton University’s President, Provost, and Board of Governors today

The Climate Action Letter, written and circulated by the Carleton Climate Commons, requests that the university act on a five-point climate plan. First, it asks the university to join over 7,000 other universities around the world and declare a climate emergency. Doing so would commit the university to a widely-endorsed three-point action plan... More

Friday, May 21, 2021

Carleton Climate Commons Action Letter

The Carleton Climate Commons is seeking signatures for a letter urging Carleton University to join over 7,000 other universities around the world in declaring a climate emergency.  Doing so will commit Carleton to a 3-point action plan as stipulated here. To this plan, the Carleton Climate Commons has added two additional action points:... More

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