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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
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Canadian Oil Pipelines: A History of Spills & Future of Spills
Jessica talks with Sean Kheraj about the history of oil pipeline development in Canada and why spills are way more frequent and more damaging than is often…
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Your Community Can Drive the Transition to Renewables - Don’t Wait for the State!
Without you taking action in your community - mapping out what you want - the market may not create the outcomes we want when it comes to switching over to…
The Environment in Canada PodcastLes feux de forêt en Alberta et dans les Prairies et la justice environnementale pour les communautés les plus touchées
Diamond Yao, notre nouvelle animatrice de podcast francophone, s'entretient avec le Dr. Chúk Odenigbo, qui est un environnementaliste Franco-Albertain, au…
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Heat Pumps are a Good Way to Keep Pollutants Out of Your Home
Heating our homes with substances that explode - like gas - and that are highly toxic, when you have economically viable alternatives, doesn't make a ton of…
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Renewables Were Bringing Jobs Back to the U.S., 'Drill Baby Drill' Will Not - with Ben Jealous
An inevitable decline of oil and gas demand is coming rapidly, and the world already has enough oil and gas projects to meet that demand. Sierra Club U.S…
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Incandescence, Wildfire & Documentary Filmmaking with Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper
Conor chats with documentary filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper about their new film Incandescence. Incandescence is produced and distributed by the…
The Environment in Canada Podcast65% of Canadians Want Renewables INSTEAD of Oil & Gas Development as of March 2025
Over two-thirds of Canadians (67 %) agree that the next Canadian government should make climate action and protecting nature a high priority as well, according…
The Environment in Canada PodcastNova Scotia Government U.S.-Style Authoritarianism in Favour of Fracking
NS, under Premier Tim Houston, is trying to enact measures such as: - Limiting media access to elected leaders. - Giving the government the power to fire civil…
The Environment in Canada PodcastVote, But Also Talk To Others & Organize
YOU can make the biggest impact by talking with and organizing others. Our special election 2025 podcast on how you can make a big difference in advocating for…
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PBO Emissions Cap Report is Flawed: Another Parliamentary Budget Officer Report Misses the Mark
The PBO emissions cap report is as ridiculous as a report on the costs to the economy of requiring seat belts in cars that does not account for any of the…
The Environment in Canada PodcastOil & Gas Corporation Enbridge is Trespassing on Indigenous Land
We've covered in past episodes how we have reliable renewable options for energy we can build right now across Canada that generate far more employment and are…
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Canadian Postal Workers Call for Green - Expanded - Services
Conor talks with Brahm Enslin, the president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Saskatoon Local. Brahm was the regional organizer for the CUPW’s…
The Environment in Canada PodcastPart 2: Q&A on Resisting the U.S. Annexation of Canada: Through Renewable Energy Democracy & Community
Listen to PART ONE here FIRST if you haven't already: https://www.sierraclub.ca/united-states-annexation-canada/ That those most opposed to climate action are…
The Environment in Canada PodcastResisting the U.S. Annexation of Canada: Through Renewable Energy Democracy & Community
That those most opposed to climate action are also those who want Canada to surrender into becoming the 51st U.S. State is unsurprising. U.S. conquest has…
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The 2024 Year Impact & Year Ahead for Sierra Club Canada
Our previous holiday episode on how to talk with others on climate change is available here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/climate-change-family-talk/ Organizing…
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How to Talk to Others & Progress Past the Political Theatre this Holiday Season
Learn more emissions cap facts here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/canada-emissions-cap-facts/ We discuss tips for talking with others about climate…
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Hope & Ways Forward on Giving Tuesday 2024
A special compilation episode on why to be hopeful for the environment, ways forward for the climate movement and in your personal conversations with others…
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The Yukon, Food Security, & the South Beringia Priority Place
We discuss food security lessons from personal experiences in the Yukon and, on an unrelated note, share the audio version of our past webinar with the Yukon…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 )…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Oil & Gas Lobbyists Do NOT Care About You. Let's Cap Corporate Emissions.
We held an exhibition of wildfire and other climate artifacts at New York Climate Week in NYC on September 24, 2024. Climate survivors are also present to tell…
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The Work that Reconnects, Therapy, & a Carbon Tax Update
Jessica talks with facilitator Sally Ludwig about the Work That Reconnects, an interactive group process developed by scholar and activist Joanna Macy. Drawn…
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AI Might Put a Few TechBro's Minds on Floppy Disks at the Cost of Millions of Lives & Our Environment - With Paris Marx
Technology alone will not save us. Paris Marx joins us to discuss how the drive to grow the artificial intelligence (AI) industry without moderation could have…
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The Jasper Wildfire & How Climate Change Made High Temperatures at Least Twice as Likely
Taylor talks with Kaitlyn Trudeau about her recent research on how climate change made high temperatures at least twice as likely before the Jasper wildfire…
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Where is Canada on Renewable Energy and Jobs? With Vittoria Bellissimo
Conor talks with Vittoria Bellissimo of the Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) about where Canada actually stands on progress towards renewable…
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Faith, Community, and Financing
Jessica talks with Sister Mary-Ellen Francoeur, a Catholic Nun involved in the fight to get the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) out of oil and gas financing. They…
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The Emissions Cap will NOT Hurt the Economy in Canada but Oil and Gas Dependency IS Hurting it
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…
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Winning the Climate Fight with Isaac Murdoch
Jessica talks with Bomgiizhik (Isaac Murdoch) of Serpent River First Nation about putting aside the temptation to fight one another in the climate movement and…
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Start Thinking About Things Getting Better
The river always had rights... Conor talks with Gilbert Whiteduck & Yenny Vega Cardenas about Rights for the Tenàgàdino Zibi/Gatineau River & Magpie River…
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Climate Misinformation Mechanics, Cranky Uncle, and Skeptical Science with John Cook
You'll hear how climate misinformation works in this episode and learn effective ways to counter it. Jessica talks with John Cook, a senior research fellow at…
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Comment protéger les oiseaux ?
Nous discutons d'un nouveau guide pour les municipalités du Québec redigé par notre section Sierra Club Québec et TerraHumana Solutions ; Comment protéger les…
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Don't Let Canada Burn - How to Communicate on Wildfires and Climate Change
Get the facts on the how oil and gas corporations have caused the climate crisis and made wildfires much more likely and more destructive in our fact sheet…
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The More Than Human World with John Borrows
Jessica joins John Borrows, jurist and leading authority on Canadian Indigenous and constitutional law, to discuss being proactive about environmental law…
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Argentina's Environmental Protest 'Ban' Benefits Equinor & is a Warning for Us All
Just 6 months ago the prospect of environmental protests being 'banned' seemed ridiculous in Argentina, as did the idea that oil and gas companies would not…
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Storming Steven Guilbeault and the Future of Fridays for the Future Montréal
Jessica talks with Shirley Barnea, the 19-year old organizer of the Fridays for the Future protests in Montréal which brought out thousands of people. They…
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Website Design Sustainability and Accessibility
We discuss the changing nature of websites and website design, from a one off platform to a long term project, and how we worked with the website firm Mangrove…
The Environment in Canada PodcastHow the Carbon Tax Got Alberta Off Coal and Could Reduce Future Wildfires
At the end of the day what the climate-concerned and those concerned about inflation (and there's a lot of overlap there) share is a concern about future…
The Environment in Canada PodcastMusic, Environmentalism, et le Gala de la Terre
We talk with Jean-Frédéric Caron, the Executive Director of Orchestre de l’Agora, an ensemble that uses music as a tool for sustainable social change. We…
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On Full Spectrum Resistance with Aric McBay
Jessica Murray talks with Aric McBay about why we need to explore multiple avenues to winning in the environmental movement and use different tactics in…
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How to talk with neighbours, friends, and family on climate issues
The best way to fight climate misinformation is to have conversations with those we know, and we know many of you are having those chats. Sierra Club Canada is…
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Kids in Nature, Saving Future Generations, Mr. Lumpy & Sammy the Squirrel
We learn to value nature through our repeated exposure to it, so how can we help future generations if they don't get to experience the natural world? Sierra…
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Communicating on Climate Change in Your Community
Ever wonder what goes into an effective climate communications plan? This week’s conversation with Jessica Murray and Anat Shenker-Osorio delves into that…
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Urban Bee Populations and Climate Change
Haley Davis talks with Charlotte Craig about urban ecology and how climate change will impact urban bee populations. As part of our work to highlight the…
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Collective Gardens, Wildfire Smoke, Feeding a Community, & Making Friends
Conor talks with Talia about collective gardens and urban agriculture; all the benefits they bring and the challenges they face in feeding communities. They…
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When the Last Glacier Melted, the World Would Catch on Fire
Jessica Murray talks with lawyer Leslie Anne St. Amour of the RAVEN trust about the Wet’suwet’en challenge to Canada’s climate inaction, the usefulness of…
The Environment in Canada PodcastThe Carbon Tax Lie
Whatever your take on carbon pricing happens to be (for or against) there's one thing that's for certain: Climate change costs us more. Climate change costs us…
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The Rights of Nature - It’s Weird Not to Acknowledge Them
Conor talks with Professor T. Brettel Dawson about the Rights of Nature, how rights for nature is an increasingly implemented legal system in many places from…
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A State with Three Heads: Indigenous Law and the Environment
Jessica Murray talks with lawyer Owen Stewart about Indigenous Rights, Reconciliation, and how Indigenous nations and groups are protecting our environment…
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Independent News and the Environment with André Goulet of the Harbinger Media Network
Ironically we launched this episode the same day the Facebook and Insta are down in an outage (March 5): The Facebook and Instagram bans on Canadian journalism…
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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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Is Norway promoting oil and gas expansion in Costa Rica with a Costa Rican ex-environment minister who could profit more than the country itself?
Roberto Dobles was former Minister of Environment and Energy between 2006 and 2009 in Costa Rica. Following his time as minister he cut a deal with an American…
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Nuclear waste and what to do with it?!
Jessica Murray talks with Ole Hendrickson about Government of Canada's decision to allow 80 years’ worth of its accumulated radioactive waste to be put in a…
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Did Renewable Energy Really Damage the Alberta Power Grid?
Conor talks with Jason Ruochen Wang, a senior analyst working on the Pembina Institute's electricity program in Alberta and Mitchell Beer, founding publisher…