Marilyn McKIm
@marilyninaction.bsky.social
Environmental and human rights activist
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📢 For the first time in over a decade, Canada has been shamed at #COP30 as the “Fossil of the Day” — the most dishonourable award given during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.”
Read our press release:
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Read our press release:
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Canada shamed as “Fossil of the Day” at COP30, for the first time in more than a decade - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Belém, Brazil, 18 November 2025:
Today at COP30, international civil society denounced Canada as Fossil of the Day—the first time since 2014 that Canada has been singled out for this dishonour.
Foss...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
📢 For the first time in over a decade, Canada has been shamed at #COP30 as the “Fossil of the Day” — the most dishonourable award given during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.”
Read our press release:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
Read our press release:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
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Wind, solar and conservation are all cheaper and cleaner options.
Local hydro bills get 29% larger starting this month, though most of that will be hidden in the taxpayer-financed Ontario Electricity Rebate. We all pay through the teeth for these high-cost US reactors & fuel that Doug Ford insists on importing.
#onpoli
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November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wind, solar and conservation are all cheaper and cleaner options.
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The amount of financial assistance that rich nations give to poor ones to adapt to storms, heat waves and other perils of climate change is declining, the United Nations warned in a report released on Wednesday.
Contact MPs to call for better climate finance at COP30
The amount of financial assistance that rich nations give to poor ones to adapt to storms, heat waves and other perils of climate change is declining, the United Nations warned in a report released on Wednesday.
Contact MPs to call for better climate finance at COP30
Money to Help Nations Cope With Climate Disasters Is Declining, U.N. Says
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October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The amount of financial assistance that rich nations give to poor ones to adapt to storms, heat waves and other perils of climate change is declining, the United Nations warned in a report released on Wednesday.
Contact MPs to call for better climate finance at COP30
The amount of financial assistance that rich nations give to poor ones to adapt to storms, heat waves and other perils of climate change is declining, the United Nations warned in a report released on Wednesday.
Contact MPs to call for better climate finance at COP30
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no...
No Golden Dome for Canada
The Golden Dome purports to defend North America against incoming missiles by placing interceptors in space, but the technical challenges are enormous, the costs astronomical, and the strategic risks ...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me...
Mercury Justice for Grassy Narrows
I just signed the Grassy Narrows petition calling on Justin Trudeau to honour his treaty obligations and commitment to reconciliation. Join me in signing here https://you.leadnow.ca/org/petitions/merc...
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October 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me...
"When IUCN Members gather in October, the world will be watching. What is decided will echo through the UN General Assembly, through the BBNJ Agreement, through RFMOs, and through our future ocean." Indeed!
Two motions at #IUCNcongress could mark a turning point for deep-sea protection.
Motions 032 & 035 call for real action to safeguard vulnerable ecosystems & deliver on decades of global promises.
Read insights from Cymie Payne & Matthew Gianni: https://deep-sea-conservation.org/?p=4244
#IUCN2025
Motions 032 & 035 call for real action to safeguard vulnerable ecosystems & deliver on decades of global promises.
Read insights from Cymie Payne & Matthew Gianni: https://deep-sea-conservation.org/?p=4244
#IUCN2025
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"When IUCN Members gather in October, the world will be watching. What is decided will echo through the UN General Assembly, through the BBNJ Agreement, through RFMOs, and through our future ocean." Indeed!
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💰 Enbridge pulled in $1.3 B from #Ontario ratepayers in the first half of 2025 — a 27.5% jump.
Profits climb while families pay more for fossil fuels.
Time to shift investments to affordable, #renewable energy. 🌬️☀️
Read Here: shorturl.at/8y4ye
#onpoli #climatenews #onclimate
Profits climb while families pay more for fossil fuels.
Time to shift investments to affordable, #renewable energy. 🌬️☀️
Read Here: shorturl.at/8y4ye
#onpoli #climatenews #onclimate
Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario
Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
💰 Enbridge pulled in $1.3 B from #Ontario ratepayers in the first half of 2025 — a 27.5% jump.
Profits climb while families pay more for fossil fuels.
Time to shift investments to affordable, #renewable energy. 🌬️☀️
Read Here: shorturl.at/8y4ye
#onpoli #climatenews #onclimate
Profits climb while families pay more for fossil fuels.
Time to shift investments to affordable, #renewable energy. 🌬️☀️
Read Here: shorturl.at/8y4ye
#onpoli #climatenews #onclimate
Looking at you @MarkJCarney to deliver Homes For All in Budget 2025 👀
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📣 Say it with us: the rent is TOO DAMN HIGH.
That’s why we are fighting for #HomesForAll — and demanding the government invest in housing solutions that work for us.
Share this video, then join the Homes for All campaign 👉 leadnow.ca/HomesForAll
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That’s why we are fighting for #HomesForAll — and demanding the government invest in housing solutions that work for us.
Share this video, then join the Homes for All campaign 👉 leadnow.ca/HomesForAll
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October 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Looking at you @MarkJCarney to deliver Homes For All in Budget 2025 👀
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Tens of thousands in 70+ communities across Canada took to the streets in an unprecedented & historic cross-movement mobilisation to #DrawtheLine and demand Mark Carney & the federal government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.✊
September 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Tens of thousands in 70+ communities across Canada took to the streets in an unprecedented & historic cross-movement mobilisation to #DrawtheLine and demand Mark Carney & the federal government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.✊
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Pumped-up Alberta oil and gas sector sinks Canada's climate targets www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/18/n... Why we are hitting the streets! Our 2030 commitments are now certain to be missed due to record GHG releases from oilsands operations, climate policy backslides and plans for LNG production.
Pumped-up Alberta oil and gas sector sinks Canada's climate targets
The country’s 2030 commitments are now certain to be missed due to record GHG releases from oilsands operations, climate policy backslides and plans for future LNG production, the Canadian Climate Ins...
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September 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Pumped-up Alberta oil and gas sector sinks Canada's climate targets www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/18/n... Why we are hitting the streets! Our 2030 commitments are now certain to be missed due to record GHG releases from oilsands operations, climate policy backslides and plans for LNG production.
This was at the back of my conscience but no, I didn't know the extent of the genocide. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
600,000 killed and 120,000 raped – Ethiopia
The most deadly conflict you’ve never heard of?
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September 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This was at the back of my conscience but no, I didn't know the extent of the genocide. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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#Ontario can turn the Fossil Fuel Treaty idea into action: #phaseoutgas, build #wind, #solar + storage, & lower bills with heat pumps. 🌬️☀️⚡️📉
OCAA is in!
Read via @nationalobserver.com : shorturl.at/dm7ec
#onpoli #COP30 #RenewableEnergy
OCAA is in!
Read via @nationalobserver.com : shorturl.at/dm7ec
#onpoli #COP30 #RenewableEnergy
The new treaty that aims to stop fossil fuel production
At Cop30, Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group will seek support so that it can launch a new agreement intended to bring together nations, cities and companies interested in rapidly phasing coal, oil and ...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
#Ontario can turn the Fossil Fuel Treaty idea into action: #phaseoutgas, build #wind, #solar + storage, & lower bills with heat pumps. 🌬️☀️⚡️📉
OCAA is in!
Read via @nationalobserver.com : shorturl.at/dm7ec
#onpoli #COP30 #RenewableEnergy
OCAA is in!
Read via @nationalobserver.com : shorturl.at/dm7ec
#onpoli #COP30 #RenewableEnergy
It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg
Build a People’s Power Grid
We're calling on the Carney government to deliver a People’s Power Grid, an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast.
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September 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg
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Marine biologist Ruth Leeney spotlights the amazing diversity of deep-sea sharks, from palm-sized to 3m giants, with bioluminescent camouflage. Yet they face huge threats from bottom trawling, risking population loss and ecosystem collapse.
Read more via @theguardian.com
Read more via @theguardian.com
I’m obsessed with deep sea sharks: their bioluminescent spots are just visible in the pitch black environment they live in
Most of these little-known but already endangered fish have never been seen alive in their natural habitat, but are under threat from bottom trawling and deep-sea mining
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September 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Marine biologist Ruth Leeney spotlights the amazing diversity of deep-sea sharks, from palm-sized to 3m giants, with bioluminescent camouflage. Yet they face huge threats from bottom trawling, risking population loss and ecosystem collapse.
Read more via @theguardian.com
Read more via @theguardian.com
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Everything that DT does should outrage, incense & terrify us. This truly should. His penchant for using the military for law enforcement is ramping up, now using lethal force for what are essentially summary executions.
Where does it stop? Does it stop?
Where does it stop? Does it stop?
Trump’s killing of 11 alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers sets a dangerous precedent | Kenneth Roth
Unless this dangerous precedent is condemned and curtailed, it will enable US authorities to summarily shoot anyone they choose
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September 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Everything that DT does should outrage, incense & terrify us. This truly should. His penchant for using the military for law enforcement is ramping up, now using lethal force for what are essentially summary executions.
Where does it stop? Does it stop?
Where does it stop? Does it stop?
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Amnesty International responds to the recently published letters from seven UN Special Rapporteurs to Shell, and other oil companies, regarding divestment and remediating historic oil pollution in Nigeria.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Nigeria: Shell remains responsible for cleaning up and remediating historic oil pollution despite divestment
Responding to the recently published letter sent by seven UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights to Shell, Eni and other oil companies as well as the governments of the companies’ home countries and N...
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September 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Amnesty International responds to the recently published letters from seven UN Special Rapporteurs to Shell, and other oil companies, regarding divestment and remediating historic oil pollution in Nigeria.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Southern Ontario has already lost over 72 per cent of its original wetlands. Let the provincial government know you want them to stop gutting wetland protections, and to start acting to protect them.
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/174535/...
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/174535/...
Save Ontario’s Last Remaining Wetlands
Southern Ontario has already lost over 72 per cent of its original wetlands. Let the provincial government know you want them to stop gutting wetland protections, and to start acting to protect them.
act.environmentaldefence.ca
September 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Southern Ontario has already lost over 72 per cent of its original wetlands. Let the provincial government know you want them to stop gutting wetland protections, and to start acting to protect them.
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/174535/...
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/174535/...
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The Office of the Chief Actuary is severely underestimating the systemic financial risks of climate change to pension plans and failing to assess the cascading economic and financial impacts of a rapidly warming world.
Read our letter to the OCA. #cdnpoli
www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
Read our letter to the OCA. #cdnpoli
www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
Shift warns Canada's Chief Actuary is severely underestimating climate risks to public pension plans — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Shift, represented by environmental law charity Ecojustice, has written to Canada's Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) warning that the OCA is severely underestimating the systemic financial risks of c...
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August 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Office of the Chief Actuary is severely underestimating the systemic financial risks of climate change to pension plans and failing to assess the cascading economic and financial impacts of a rapidly warming world.
Read our letter to the OCA. #cdnpoli
www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
Read our letter to the OCA. #cdnpoli
www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
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All of us are contributors/recipients of CPP. We need to let them know we care about how our money is invested. We need to feel good about how our money is invested. Our money needs to be part of the solution not the problem.
Amidst another summer of heatwaves, droughts & wildfires, CPPIB made a bizarre decision to profile its investment in an oil & gas company whose business model is fundamentally incompatible with the long-term retirement security of Canadians. #cdnpoli #fossilfuels www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
As climate-fueled wildfires rage, CPPIB spotlights Canada's largest oil & gas producer — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Amidst another summer of heatwaves, droughts and wildfires forcing Canadians to flee their homes, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) made a bizarre decision to profile its investment in ...
www.shiftaction.ca
August 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
All of us are contributors/recipients of CPP. We need to let them know we care about how our money is invested. We need to feel good about how our money is invested. Our money needs to be part of the solution not the problem.
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🚀350 Canada and Sacred Earth have just co-launched a brand new campaign to demand a People’s Power Grid: an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast. Take action now at 350.org/ppg
Watch Serena Mendizabal's video to learn more 👇
Watch Serena Mendizabal's video to learn more 👇
August 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🚀350 Canada and Sacred Earth have just co-launched a brand new campaign to demand a People’s Power Grid: an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast. Take action now at 350.org/ppg
Watch Serena Mendizabal's video to learn more 👇
Watch Serena Mendizabal's video to learn more 👇
Reposted by Marilyn McKIm
Amidst another summer of heatwaves, droughts & wildfires, CPPIB made a bizarre decision to profile its investment in an oil & gas company whose business model is fundamentally incompatible with the long-term retirement security of Canadians. #cdnpoli #fossilfuels www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
As climate-fueled wildfires rage, CPPIB spotlights Canada's largest oil & gas producer — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Amidst another summer of heatwaves, droughts and wildfires forcing Canadians to flee their homes, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) made a bizarre decision to profile its investment in ...
www.shiftaction.ca
August 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Amidst another summer of heatwaves, droughts & wildfires, CPPIB made a bizarre decision to profile its investment in an oil & gas company whose business model is fundamentally incompatible with the long-term retirement security of Canadians. #cdnpoli #fossilfuels www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...