350 Kingston, SCAN (Seniors for Climate Action Now) and QBACC (Queens Backing Action on Climate Change) came out in impressive numbers to the City of Kingston council meeting to respond to Report Number 24-008, which was being tabled, suggesting that the City defer the question of setting a more ambitious target for GHG reduction for 2030…
Here is the link to the delegations from 350 Kingston members: linkHere is the link to the presentation of the GHG Inventory Report and subsequent discussion: link
It is said for any endeavor that you must first build it in your mind, then build it on "paper" and then build it. When it comes to building a sustainable future, these students have taken the first two steps...
Joint Strike with SCAN, 350 Kingston and QBACC
Quoting from BankTrack.org: "For the first time since 2019, a Canadian bank is the #1 annual financier of fossil fuels rather than US bank JP Morgan Chase. Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) showered fossil fuel projects with US$ 42.1 billion dollars in 2022, including US$ 4.8 billion for tar sands and $7.4 billion into fracking. Canadian…
Sponsored by SCAN and 350 Kingston, this demonstration got above the fold front page coverage in the Whig Standard and coverage by Global News.
Our June 24th Princess St. Promenade booth was a big hit. We had around 160 people fill out the quiz and enter the draw for the Air Purifier. The quiz generated lots of good discussion as some of the climate lessons were unexpected - like Transportation is not a major portion of the greenhouse gas emissions…
350 Kingston and QBACC discussed a wide range of issues related to the Climate Emergency including energy production, bans on new natural gas hookups, how rental properties can be improved in energy efficiency when landlords of student housing have little economic incentive to bring properties up to standards and can wait out complaints until the tenants…
Keeping the pressure on RBC, the world's biggest funder of fossil fuels
