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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!
Episodes
The Environment in Canada PodcastThank Bats This Halloween: Small Heroes That Save Lives
Tips for bat boxes (and why to set up multiple boxes), how bats reduce pesticide use and save lives and money, how multiple factors are affecting bat…
The Environment in Canada PodcastThe Work Behind Membership & Gratitude Report on Your Impact via Sierra Club Canada
About the work that goes into reporting on the impact of your donations and the work that goes into coordinating membership activities at Sierra Club Canada…
The Environment in Canada PodcastIndigenous Clean Energy Projects Begin with Community Consent - The Energy Mix
Today’s podcast is from our friends at The Energy Mix (for more context see our previous episode on the problems with the Canada Investment Summit with…
The Environment in Canada PodcastOur New Strategic Plan: Nature, Justice, Democracy - Be a Part of It.
Conor is joined by President Julie Rennick and Executive Director Gretchen Fitzgerald to discuss Sierra Club Canada’s NEW strategic plan which fosters powerful…
The Environment in Canada PodcastCarney Wants U.S. AI Data Centres with No Binding Regulation, Privatization, PLUS The Better Ideas Show from The Energy Mix
In our last podcast episode we covered how the PM wants to sell off public assets to the 1% (including the U.S, 1%) at his Canada Investment Summit and how you…
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The PM Wants to Sell off Public Assets to The 1%: Join us in Toronto to Push Back
After an update on the Canada-U.S. trade war and the Venezuela oil deal (and how our Federal Government would likely have signed a very bad deal if it weren't…
The Environment in Canada PodcastPast the Political Polar Bear
A discussion on why there's a lot more to the polar bear than just a symbol when it comes to climate change, arctic species, ecosystems and government…
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"I'm going to do it anyway because it's right" - Pauline Thornham on the virtue of stubbornness AND updates.
Interview with Pauline Thornham, a long time volunteer with Sierra Club Canada and environmental advocate in Brampton, Ontario. It covers everything from…
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Rachel Gilmore & Ole Hendrickson: Build Canada, De-Regulation, Nuclear, Data Centres, & Water
Rachel Gilmore and Ole Hendrickson join us for a special episode of The Environment In Canada Podcast on de-regulation, nuclear energy, gas, data centres, and…
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The Pipeline Lie
The recent electric announcements - with NO new dollar figures attached - are a trick meant to keep you complacent about a pipeline you will pay for. The…
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Federal Government Betrays Climate Impacted Communities & Green Jobs: NO Excuse for Gutting Industrial Carbon Pricing & Clean Electricity Regulations
The Federal Government just gutted climate policy cancelling vital green jobs in Canada and it was NOT 4D 'chess' and there is NO excuse. Also what does…
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New Brunswick U.S.-Controlled Gas Plant is the Wrong Way Forward & Ecofactors
A U.S. company's proposed Tantramar diesel / gas plant could increase energy bills, lock communities into fossil fuels for decades, and put important…
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Sovereign Wealth Fund or Canada Strong Fund, Spring Economic Update, & Asset Recycling
The Canada Strong "Sovereign Wealth Fund" is NOT a Norwegian-style wealth fund - and it might be a taxpayer money-funnel to risky oil and gas projects that…
The Environment in Canada PodcastGas Price Caps ARE Viable, Profiteering by Big Oil, Earth Day & a Bonus Compilation
Earth Day special episode with links to resources on biodiversity and nature, information on the cost of living and price caps on gas, and an update on a…
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Women navigating climate emergencies highlighted in new film, Emergence
Emergence: Women in the Storm "goes beyond the headlines to explore how women are navigating climate-based emergencies." Nova Ami, Velcrow Ripper, and Meghan…
The Environment in Canada PodcastCanada 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Rojava: Social Ecology, Democracy, Feminism, & Community (Part 1)
Conor talks with Arthur, a journalist working with the Emergency Committee for Rojava about Rojava's "experiment in feminism, pluralism, democracy and…
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Digital & Energy Sovereignty with Paris Marx of Tech Won't Save Us
Conor talks with Paris Marx of the Tech Won't Save Us Podcast about digital and energy sovereignty in Canada in the face of U.S. aggression - including tips…
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Big Oil Turns Against Canada & Greenland, & The Threat to Newfoundland & Labrador
Find our full newsletter from this week (with sources) here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/threat-oil-canada-greenland/ Find our recent take action letter campaign…
The Environment in Canada PodcastVenezuela, Trump Oil Plans, the Threat to Canada & Pointless Oil Pipelines
The U.S. Administration will use soft power - through oil and gas corporate lobbying - to try and erode Canada's resolve and sovereignty. What has happened…
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No Safe Level: Lead, Industry Influence, and What We Can Do
Melody Li speaks with Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a physician and public health scientist whose research has reshaped how we understand the health effects of low-level…
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What's Coming in 2026 and Looking Back at 2025: A Sierra Club Canada Carol
We're already planning to approach 2026 with a cutting edge, solutions-oriented, strategy and we look back on accomplishments in 2025 in this podcast as well…
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Building Flooding and Shoreline Resilience Together: Staying Safe in a Changing Climate
Yumeng speaks with Dr. Anabela Bonada from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation about Canada’s rising shoreline risks, and flooding in general, and the…
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Anti-gaz de schiste du N.-B. avec Denise Melanson
Anti-gaz de schiste du N.-B. : représentant les Néo-Brunswickois(es) préoccupés par notre avenir. Envoyez-nous vos questions pour le podcast à…
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The Work That Goes into Fundraising: Giving Tuesday, Behind the Scenes, with Taylor Farrugia
We answer your questions about Sierra Club Canada and take a look behind the scenes of the work that goes into fundraising with Development Manager Taylor…
The Environment in Canada PodcastControl, Don’t Appease, the Middle Ground AND Avoid Internal Fights - Plus a Pipeline MOU Response
We respond to the Pipeline MOU between the Federal Government and Alberta Government - which scrapped the emissions cap in a betrayal of Canadian climate…
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Kebaowek First Nation Rallies Against Nuclear Waste Megadump
Conor talks with Ole Hendrickson, the Chair of Sierra Club Canada’s Conservation Committee and a columnist among many other roles, about the ongoing fight to…
The Environment in Canada PodcastWest Coast Pipeline? Oil & Gas Corps Want Us Tied to the U.S. When Renewables are What We Really Need for Sovereignty
Oil & Gas interests want to increase Canada's reliance on the United States - sabotaging Canadian sovereignty. So why is the Alberta Government talking about a…
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Turning Despair into Hope with Sierra Youth
We talk with Danielle Romaine of our Sierra Youth Chapter about some of the amazing projects Sierra Youth is starting, how to get youth into hopeful spaces…
The Environment in Canada PodcastHow We’ll Win PLUS Sierra Club U.S. Sues Trump Admin for DOGE Records
We describe why, even though things may seem dire, the climate movement will ultimately win and what you can do to help, PLUS how Trump pressured the IEA into…
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LNG is NOT Nation-Building: Trump's Friends May Benefit, But We Pay the Price
Mark Carney is due to announce another round of 'nation building' projects and likely to be among them is the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (or LNG) project…
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Take Action Against Greenwashing, November 2025 Events, & Rerun of Wildfire and Flood Survivors Calling for an Emissions Cap
We have a new action you can take to call for Canada's anti-greenwashing legislation to be restored, updates on events and protests (including some climate…
The Environment in Canada PodcastThe Real Deep State & Budget 2025: Leaders Are NOT Saviours, YOU Are.
To stop oil and gas lobbyists and wealthy interests (the REAL deep state) from undermining democracy and the environment we need to learn to use their…
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Decolonizing Climate Research with Dr. Enoch Tse
Co-host Diktshya Sharma asks Dr. Enoch Tse what does it mean for climate research in Canada to be reciprocal rather than extractive? How do worldviews about…
The Environment in Canada PodcastOligarch Social Media: Stay, Leave? OR Misuse...
Should you stay on platforms like X or Meta or leave? We explore ways to misuse these oligarchical propaganda platforms to actually get more people onto better…
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Curating Climate Science, Action, & Emotion with Dr. Soren Brothers
Jessica talks with Dr. Soren Brothers, the Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change at the Royal Ontario Museum about curating climate change, how…
The Environment in Canada PodcastWinning the Communications War with the U.S. Oligarchy, & Big Oil & Gas, Requires YOU!
Canada defeating the aggression of the U.S. oligarchy, & their oil & gas-interest friends, will require all of us learning how to communicate more effectively…
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The Rights of Water
What lies beneath the waves… shapes everything above them: Exploring the vital links between water ecosystems, climate change, biodiversity, and the Rights of…
The Environment in Canada PodcastDo You Want Kings? Because That’s How You Get Kings - A No Kings Special, Sovereignty Saturdays
How extreme inequality & environmental deregulation lead to the rise of authoritarianism & what we can do to stop it from happening here. Part of our…
The Environment in Canada PodcastHow to Defend Democracy & Canada: Resisting the U.S. Annexation of Canada PART 3 & Sovereignty Saturdays
If you’re worried about what’s happening in the U.S., and where it will end, that’s very understandable. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get…
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BC Species at Risk PLUS Pipeline to the West Coast Conversation
Dr. Sarah (Sally) Otto, Dr. Peter Thompson, and CPAWS-BC Campaigner Brynna Kagawa-Visentin talk about a recent report that looks at the changing status of…
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Enbridge vs. Indigenous Sovereignty, Line 5 vs. The Great Lakes
Jessica talks with youth tribal activist Gracie Waukechon about Enbridge's dangerous Line 5 pipeline and Indigenous sovereignty. Gracie came to Canada recently…
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Actions You Can Take in Sept. 2025 & a Rights of Nature Compilation Episode: Including Things Getting Better
If you’re listening after September 2025 then check out our general Take Action Page for up to date action items here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/take-action/…
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Wind Power & Electric Vehicles are Good for Canada - as is Solar!
Oil & Gas interests, & their friends in the U.S. Administration, want to stop Canada from developing wind power & EVs, because both are part of how we gain…
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L'environnement, c'est intersectionnel avec Lourdenie Jean
Nous nous entretenons avec Lourdenie Jean, une jeune environnementaliste qui a confondé L'environnement, c'est intersectionnel. Cet organisme met en lumière…
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NO Case for Shipping LNG to Europe PLUS Stay Frosty vs. Dangerous Declinism
There's still no business case for Canada shipping LNG to Europe/Germany and the rise of artificial intelligence doesn't change that fact. Plus a quick rant…
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Energy Journalism & the Demise of Oil & Gas with Mitchell Beer
Oil & gas demand is set to plateau, climate-induced wildfires are getting worse, & disinformation is an existential threat to our shared reality…
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Wildfires: Climate Denial Kills, Mutual Aid, & a Sierra Youth Rewind
Corporate-sponsored climate denial and delayism doesn't just give oil and gas corporations the space they need to profit while setting future wildfires and…
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Mulo, le nouveau service de vélo-cargo à Montréal
Nous discuterons avec Michael Wexler et Louis-Philippe Tessier, les deux cofondateurs de Mulo -- un nouveau système de location libre-service de vélos-cargos…
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Bill 5, Dangerous Deregulation, Nature and National Identity
We talk with Andrés Jiménez Monge of Ontario Nature about why Bill 5 is dangerous for far more reasons than you probably realize, plus the importance of making…
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Le programme Éco-quartier célèbre 30 ans d'initiatives environnementales à Montréal
Clélia Sève, la directrice générale du Regroupement des éco-quartiers, discute des réalisations du programme au fil des années, de ses diverses initiatives et…
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The Trap of Individual Impact, Acting as a Community, & Migration (Voices in NL)
Kassie Drodge talks with Dome Lombeida about the importance of approaching activism as a community, how international migration is driven by extraction…
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Un jeune environnementaliste néo-brunswickois engagé dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques
Sylvain Comeau est un jeune environnementaliste qui est à la tête de Maritimes Against Climate Change. Son organisme organise des événements, des…