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.sierraclub.ca/action-item/carney-support-renewable-energy/
- Resisting the United States Annexation of Canada: Through Renewable Energy Democracy & Community (PARTS 1 & 2), from January 2025 and a write up on these episodes in The Energy Mix: https://www.sierraclub.ca/united-states-annexation-canada/ & https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/trumps-annexation-of-canada-has-already
- How Your Community Can Drive the Transition to Renewables in Canada: https://www.sierraclub.ca/community-drive-transition-renewables/
- How to Talk With Others About Climate Change & Progress Past the Political Theatre: https://www.sierraclub.ca/climate-change-family-talk/
- On the Flawed Economics of Oil and Gas Development in Canada and Polling of Canadian Support for Renewables: https://www.sierraclub.ca/lng-national-interest-canada/
- "Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims," DeSmog.
- "These Fossil Fuel Industry Tactics Are Fueling Democratic Backsliding," Centre for American Progress.
What you can do:
- Reach out to contacts in the U.S. who are concerned about democracy and ask how to help.
- Set up networks and redundancies for communication.
- Our sister organization, is taking part in more No Kings protests on Oct. 18th.
- Resist the exportation of authoritarianism to Canada: Like Nova Scotia's new law to remove Mi’kmaw land protectors. There's also the issue of 51st-statism in Alberta: it's important to reach out to your contacts in oil and gas reliant regions of Canada.
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