We have protested before without much success so this protest took a different approach. We held a sidewalk town hall and the subject will be “How can 350 Kingston help Ted Hsu and Mark Gerretsen be more effective in pressing for real climate action?” Ted talked about the current Ontario regulations that require utilities to provide a…
This planning committee meeting was a marathon at 4 hours and 30 minutes. There were what was likely a record 163 people in the public "gallery" and there were dozens of members of the public who spoke - nearby neighbours, subject mater experts and those representing many organizations in the city. There were some in favour…
During the City Council meeting on December 21, there were three delegations related to the city's Climate Leadership Plan: Gavin Hutchison - 350 Kingston - The Science Mark Sibley - 350 Kingston - The How To Samantha Lin / Madelin Mayers - Kingston Youth Climate Action Here is a link to the YouTube video of the…
350 Kingston members joined the Kingston Youth Climate Action Rally Thursday, December 2nd. The background: Kingston was the first municipality in Ontario to declare a CLIMATE EMERGENCY, but their actions and promises don’t match the urgency of this crisis! Kingston is in the final steps of developing a Climate Leadership Plan that will set the…
A sub-group of 350 Kingston is trying to get Utilities Kingston to invest in a (or several) city owned solar farm(s). Ontario is undertaking a community net metering pilot project which allows installation of a solar farm by an entity that must have a "behind the meter" load, but importantly also allows loads which are not…
This is a must see TED Talk from Al Gore: https://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_how_to_make_radical_climate_action_the_new_normal This TED talk does a good job of putting the job in front of us in perspective.
The Royal Bank of Canada is the largest financier of fossil fuel projects in Canada, and the fifth largest in the world. RBC has loaned over $200B to new fossil fuel projects since the Paris agreement was signed in 2016. This protest had five goals: Stop financing all new fossil fuel projects immediately. Develop a plan…
