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The Environment in Canada Podcast

Sierra Club Canada

94 episodes

4 days ago

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. Sierra Club Canada's President (Owen Leggatt Stewart, based in British Columbia) and Executive Director (Gretchen Fitzgerald, originally from NL) share thoughts, and words of encouragement for those who may feel disheartened, and we even have a chat (at the very end) about renewable energy in Newfoundland and Labrador, a possible power ...

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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. Sierra Club Canada's President (Owen Leggatt Stewart, based in British Columbia) and Executive Director (Gretchen Fitzgerald, originally from NL) share thoughts, and words of encouragement for those who may feel disheartened, and we even have a chat (at the very end) about renewable energy in Newfoundland and Labrador, a possible power ...

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The Environment in Canada Podcast

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. Sierra Club Canada's President (Owen Leggatt Stewart, based in British Columbia) and Executive Director (Gretchen Fitzgerald, originally from NL) share thoughts, and words of encouragement for those who may feel disheartened, and we even have a chat (at the very end) about renewable energy in Newfoundland and Labrador, a possible power ...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 3 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 practical, low-cost steps residents can take to stay safer. Together, they explore the new Managing Rising Risks: Climate-Resilient Shorelines for Canada report, why shorelines matter for community resilience, and how everyone can prepare for flooding and erosion in a changing climate. Resources from the Episode: Managing Rising Risks: Clim...

3 weeks ago

29 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 info@sierraclub.ca Et n'oubliez pas de passer à l'action ! Veuillez noter : Les opinions exprimées dans ce podcast ne reflètent pas nécessairement celles de la Fondation Sierra Club Canada ou de nos sections ou programmes. Support the show Find out more and take action at sierraclub.ca/take-action/

1 month ago

41 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 Farrugia for Giving Tuesday - as well as share advice for young people interested in getting into the fields of fundraising or communications. Don't forget to spread the word to others! Learn more about Sierra Club Canada at https://www.sierraclub.ca/ Give your gift to Sierra Club Canada and help support our work and this podcas...

1 month ago

43 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

Control, 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 survivors so that U.S. shareholders could profit. Then we chat about advice on controlling - not appeasing - the centre of a debate without sacrificing radical action or succumbing to scapegoating. Actions: Call Your MP, Oppose the MOU and Call for Renewable Ambition: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/enHow to Take Action for Renewable...

1 month ago

37 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 to defend the Kichi Sibi / Ottawa River and our watershed from a nuclear waste megadump. The Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area, Kebaowek First Nation, Sierra Club Canada and the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility took Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) to court and WON on this matter... but CNL has appealed....

1 month ago

20 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

West 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 west coast oil pipeline MOU with the Federal Government - especially since the economics of such a pipeline are terrible? Because the MOU on an imaginary pipeline is actually cover to weaken Canada's climate regulations and slow the growth of renewable energy - renewable energy that is Canada's best bet for continuing our sovereign...

1 month ago

21 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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, food security and sovereignty, and what you can do to help. You can find out more about Sierra Youth on our website here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/chapters/sierra-youth/about-sierra-youth/ And on their Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sierrayouthcanada/ Be sure to send us your questions at info@sierraclub.ca and sign up fo...

1 month ago

17 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

How 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 publishing a ridiculous oil demand scenario, AND how our sister organization south of the border, Sierra Club U.S., has filed a new lawsuit against the Trump Administration after its Department of Government Efficiency refused to release records about its ties to polluters and special interests: They’re calling for transparency about wh...

1 month ago

17 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 in British Columbia: the entity that will construct, own and operate the assets of the Ksi Lisims LNG project is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texas-based Western LNG, funded by U.S. private equity firms with ties to the U.S. Administration. We discuss at length why LNG development is not nation building and actually harms our eco...

2 months ago

19 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 change adaptation training sessions) you can attend in November 2025, and a Rerun of an interview we published last year in November 2024 with survivors of wildfires and floods in Canada who are calling for an emissions cap on wealthy oil and gas corporations. Take Action and Send a Message to: Call for the restoration of anti-greenwashing...

2 months ago

31 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

The 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 strategies and mindset to democracy's advantage (every crisis is an opportunity) - without succumbing to apathy or scapegoats. We look at Budget 2025 and the government's 'climate plan' in terms of corporate influence. Sources for today's Sovereignty Saturdays sub-series episode: Previous Sovereignty Saturdays episodes: Do You Want Kings?...

2 months ago

31 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 human-nature relationship shape the kinds of questions researchers even think to ask? What would it actually look like for a research project to give back, instead of just taking? Dr. Tse is a Professional Engineer, is co-chair of the Anti-Racism and Respectful Workplace Advisory Committee and division lead of the Anti-Racism Action P...

2 months ago

55 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

Oligarch 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 platforms and spaces: examining the tactics and strategies of climate denialists for lessons in how to be more effective online in advocating for environmental and social justice. No matter what you choose to do, stay or leave, it's about how you do it. Resources and further listening for today's Sovereignty Saturdays sub-series ...

2 months ago

28 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 climate scientists experience emotions like everyone else, and a recent Planet in Focus film festival Climate in Therapy screening. A reminder also to fill our out communications survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfeSsQcSg2Y9LUMXpfImmTrTMtrB2epk0682ddmppj49yuq-A/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=116027308335005541993 Be sur...

2 months ago

48 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

Winning 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, strategically, & rapidly to counter disinformation. When it comes to disinformation going ‘straight at ’em’ will also require dealing with the extreme inequality that led us to this point, as we covered in last week’s episode: https://www.sierraclub.ca/no-kings-inequality-deregulation/ Resources for this Sovereignty Saturda...

2 months ago

24 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 Water. Chevaun Toulouse, Steven J. Cooke, Julie Reimer, Kriss Kevorkian joined host Aishwariya Ravi Shankar for an event on Oct. 1st, 2025. Listen to their conversation here. Pledge to respect, protect, and uphold the rights of water here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/are-you-ready-to-pledge-for-the-rights-of-water/ Find out mo...

2 months ago

47 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

Do 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 Sovereignty Saturdays sub-series, find additional resources and sources below: Regulation saves money and lives by Ole Hendrickson: https://rabble.ca/columnists/regulation-saves-money-and-lives/A New ‘Fundamental Fairness’ Can Save Democracy, the Environment, and Canada (on inequality, the distortion of reality, and erosion of democ...

2 months ago

13 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

How 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 better. But beyond the shock there’s work to be done right now to make sure things do - one day - get better. Our new sub-series, Sovereignty Saturdays looks at the environmental and energy dimensions of Canadian sovereignty and what you can do to help. Resources: Renewable Energy Pledge - Send a Message to Our Government: https://www.sie...

3 months ago

13 minutes

The Environment in Canada Podcast

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 imperiled species in British Columbia over the last 15 years — in the absence of a dedicated provincial species at risk act (or law) — and reveals that species at risk in BC have risen, with most changes in status not reflecting genuine recovery: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679339v1 Please note for context that this i...

3 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes