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🤒 Plastics and their components harm human health through every stage of their lifecycle.
🌊 Act now for health & justice! Tell Minister Guilbeault to prioritize action on plastics:
#EarthMonth
#EarthDay
#PlasticPollutes
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Fossil fuel ads make us sick!
Today, we are LAUNCHING our new campaign demanding a ban on
#fossilfuel
ads in Canada!
Join us and 700k
#health
professionals to demand
#Canada
put
#publichealth
first.
Sign on today at
#StopFossilFuelAds
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The fossil-fuelled climate crisis is a health emergency.
Extreme heat, wildfires, and climate disasters are hitting Canada hard, and healthcare providers are on the frontlines.
We brought this message to the streets of Ottawa, with billboards spread across the city.
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🚨 BREAKING: Health associations demand Minister of Health
@markhollandlib
treat the climate crisis like the health emergency that it is.
This summer showed that extreme weather due to climate change is costing lives.
We need action & leadership.
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If 700K doctors gave you the same advice, wouldn't you take it? 🤔 Help us amplify the "prescription" to greenwashing by taking our 30-second action & sharing this video!
➡️
#Canpoli
#Canada
#ClimateAction
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#BREAKING
: MPs pass first major update to Canada’s most important environmental law in more than two decades >>
#CdnPoli
#BillS5
#FixCEPA
@ACSQ_BCAQ
@ecojustice_ca
@envirodefence
@DavidSuzukiFDN
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Now you’re cooking with…methane. And associated asthma-causing pollutants.
Let’s ditch the marketing terms – “natural” gas is methane gas. And it releases chemicals that have a well-documented, negative impact on health & the environment.
#CdnPoli
#StopFossilFuelAds
#Health
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It’s time to get the smoke out of our eyes and treat fossil fuels like the unhealthy commodity that they are.
Op-ed:
Sign the petition➡️
@Melissa_Lem
@HMoloo
@SamanthaGreenTO
#BanFossilAds
#FossilFuelAdsMakeUsSick
#StopFossilFuelAds
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"We don't use words like climate emergency lightly." -Dr. Sandy Buchman,
@CMA_Docs
.
Today, 22 organizations representing 300,000 health professionals asked federal parties to treat the climate crisis as a health emergency and take immediate action.
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Research shows that children living in proximity to fracking wells have a higher risk of developing acute lymphoblastic
#Leukemia
, especially during the perinatal period. This
#WorldHealthDay
, let's think about the health of future generations.
#SayNoToLNG
#HealthForAll
#WHO75
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BREAKING: Today, CAPE + signatories
@Melissa_Lem
Dr. Ulrike Meyer
@CANE_ACIIE
President Jacqueline Avanthay Strus, Dr. Geneviève Ferdais
@DeneLegalEagle
@latemper
launch $10 million complaint with
@CompBureau
to
#StopFossilFuelAds
Read our press release:
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Orgs representing 700 000+ health professionals have been calling for a fossil fuel ad ban for 2+ years ❌⛽🤒
Healthcare workers were under fire when they proposed a tobacco ad ban too, but they didn't stop.
This is about public health – we aren't going to back down.
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🌬️🚫 Don't let fossil fuels companies blow hot air! This
#CleanAirDay
, we've launched a petition to Parliament to
#BanFossilFuelAds
. Cause who needs ads that literally fuel the fire? 🔥💨
SIGN:
#BanFossilAds
#FossilFuelAdsMakeUsSick
#StopFossilFuelAds
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As BC burns, 500+ physicians & nurses issue a public health advisory on LNG.
It’s time for Premier
@Dave_Eby
to stop fuelling the fires.
💥 Press release:
🎯 Learn more + take action here:
@CANE_ACIIE
#bcpoli
#LNG
#NoToLNG
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BREAKING: Following our complaint,
@CompBureau
has launched an investigation into
#fossilfuel
industry
#greenwashing
. This is the first investigation into the gas industry's advertising in
#Canada
.
Read more 👀
#COP27
#climateemergency
#canpoli
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"A billboard in downtown Ottawa paid for by CAPE communicates a fact that multiple research studies have confirmed: “Rising childhood asthma rates: Brought to you by Oil & Gas.”
#FossilFuelAdsMakeUsSick
#StopFossilFuelAds
#PhaseOutFossilFuel
Read more:
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Today we're issuing a call for a moratorium on fracking across Canada. LNG is not clean energy, and the evidence of serious health impacts is growing. Read our new report on fracking to learn more, and RT to let government know that fracking must go.
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For decades, big oil has been lying about the benefits of their products, about how much they pollute, and about their plans to pollute less.
Bill
#C372
, introduced by
@CharlieAngusNDP
, will ban their lies and the promotion of products that are making us sick
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No. Research shows that fracking, which produces significant LNG in 🇨🇦, pollutes the land, water & air and harms human health. We must invest in a clean, renewable-energy future today, not LNG.
See our recent fracking report here:
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🔥 "We're in big trouble because unless we act – it's all going to burn." - Dr. Joe Vipond, CAPE Past President at
#COP28
. 🌍
Watch this powerful clip from yesterday's conference on health, indigenous sovereignty, fossil fuels, and real climate solutions:
#FreeFuture
@jvipondmd
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22 of Canada’s top health organizations have now signed our Call to Action asking political parties to treat climate change as a public health emergency and develop action plans to bring us in line with international emissions targets:
#ClimateHealthCrisis
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🚨Big news! Today, MP Angus introduced Bill C-372 to ban fossil fuel advertising. CAPE welcomes this important initiative - much more coming tomorrow so stay tuned!
#FossilFuelAdsMakeUsSick
@CharlieAngusNDP
Today I introduced
#BillC372
to outlaw advertising and promotion by the oil and gas lobby.
Big oil has 60 plus year of disinformation on their impacts on the environment and health.
The big tobacco moment has arrived for Big Oil.
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🌏 Let's prioritize phasing out fossil fuels for a healthier, sustainable future! 🌱
#COP28
#ClimateAction
#FossilFools
#FreeFuture
#LaterIsTooLate
#HealthDay
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Plain and simple: Fossil fuel emissions cause climate change which cause wildfires.
#oilandgas
sector is allowed to emit unabated in Canada. Time to cap
#oilandgas
emissions. Cc
@JonathanWNV
@cafreeland
@JustinTrudeau
@s_guilbeault
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Did you know that methane leaks make natural gas just as bad as coal for climate change?
From land to sea, LNG is unhealthy for all.
#WorldHealthDay
#SayNoToLNG
#Climate
#ClimateChange
#WHO75
#Methane
#Coal
#NaturalGas
#GasStoves
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Winterlude should be full of skating, maple taffy and winter fun - not climate polluters. Join us in
asking festival organizers to drop Enbridge Gas as a sponsor. ➡️
#winterlude
#ottawa
#StopFossilFuelAds
#cndpoli
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🧵1/7 Fossil fuel companies position “natural gas” as a clean energy source, but LNG is mostly composed of methane – a greenhouse gas 80x more powerful at warming our atmosphere than CO2. From land to sea, LNG is Unhealthy for all.
#WorldHealthDay
#SayNoToLNG
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Research shows that living downwind of fracking wells is associated with an increase in mortality risk. This
#WorldHealthDay
, let’s prioritize the health of our communities. From land to sea, LNG is unhealthy for all.
#SayNoToLNG
#HealthForAll
#WHO75
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"Today, we celebrate this historic recognition of the legitimacy of a federal price on carbon."
@jvipondmd
, CAPE President and emergency physician in
#Calgary
#carbontax
#carbonprice
#cdnpoli
#ClimateCrisis
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Today, we celebrate the passage of
#BillC12
, which provides a critical framework for
#Canada
’s work on the
#healthemergency
of
#climatechange
🎉
Thank you, CAPE community, for your support!
#ClimateEmergency
#cdnpoli
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We are calling on the Minister of Environment
@s_guilbeault
and MPs to support the passing of
#BillC226
to address and prevent the harms caused by
#environmentalracism
. We can no longer look the other way!
Press release 👉
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Today, we issued a letter — signed by doctors across Canada — asking
@JustinTrudeau
and
@JonathanWNV
to withhold approval of the Teck Frontier Oil Sands Mine project, in order to protect the health of Canadians:
#cdnpoli
#ClimateChange
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Today, we're joining 100s of orgs across the country calling for a
#JustRecoveryForAll
- our path back from covid-19 must prioritize health of people and the planet.
#BuildBackBetter
#HealthyRecovery
See all 6 principles here:
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"The next 12 years are critical: MPs elected in 2019
#federalelection
will have the opportunity to ensure a
#healthy
response to
#climatechange
or be responsible for devastating
#climate
-related
#impacts
,"said
@courtghoward
@CMA_Docs
@cathmckenna
@CPHA_ACSP
@canadanurses
#cdnpoli
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Meet CAPE's new Executive Director
@anjalih
!
"Anjali has been a key member of CAPE since she joined [in July of 2020], and myself and the Board of Directors could not be more happy to have her as Executive Director."
-
@jvipondmd
, CAPE President
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🚨Today we launch our
#HealthyRecovery
report!🚨
Help make this plan to meet our climate targets, create jobs, and save lives a reality:
✅Send the report to your MP:
✅RT this video👇
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1/3 Breaking news: Pathways Alliance is under investigation by the Competition Bureau for their 'Let´s Clear the Air' ad campaign.
#StopFossilFuelAds
#FossilFuelAdsMakeUsSick
#Greenwashing
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Register for Part I of our Environmental Justice series on April 11!
Learn how the legacy of environmental racism threatens the health of Black + Indigenous communities within Canada—and how to advocate for justice. With
@ingrid_waldron
+
@ojistohhorn
.
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The global health and medical community stands united ahead of
#COP28
. With support from organizations representing 46.3M professionals, we call for a rapid & just transition away from fossil fuels, investment in clean energy, and clean air.
#FossilFree4Health
#COP28HealthLetter
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The current health crisis cannot be used as an excuse for a massive transfer of public funds to the very industry that is causing the next one. CAPE's ED
@RobinEdger
on why we must stop a federal bailout of the oil and gas industry.
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
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"We continue to burn fossil fuels, we continue to invest in pipelines, because the cost implications — the health implications — are just not part of the decision making.” -CAPE's president-elect, Dr. Samantha Green
#ClimateCrisis
#CdnPoli
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At COP27, the
@WHO
endorsed a fossil fuel ad ban.
@DrMariaNeira
, WHO's Public Health and Climate Director, said, “Fossil fuels are the new tobacco... We need to fight against their lobbying, against their advertisements, against their glamorisation."
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The federal government must
#RejectTeck
-- for the health of Canadians and our climate future. Editorial by CAPE Executive Director
@RobinEdger
in today's
@TorontoStar
:
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This week, CAPE was invited to present its
#BillC12
recommendations at the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on
#Environment
and
#SustainableDevelopment
"This a critical risk to the
#health
of today’s
#children
."
@courtghoward
Learn more:
#cdnpoli
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This summer has seen extreme heat waves, flooding, failing crop yields in ever-worsening drought, yet federal govt wants to lock us into decades more of climate chaos! Say NO to gas expansion that won't help Europe’s short-term energy crisis
#StopTheGas
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We were excited to see these comments from
@cafreeland
, Canada's new Minister of Finance, acknowledging that the restart of our economy must be green:
'The restart of our economy needs to be green': Freeland on de-carbonization of Canadian economy
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☠️The tar sands tailings ponds may be out of sight for most Canadians, but the toxic waste they contain is a daily threat to Indigenous people and the environment. It's time for action to clean up this mess and prevent future disasters.
#CleanupToxicTailings
#ImperialOilDisaster
Imperial Oil's recent tailings pond disaster is not an isolated incident, but part of a much larger problem. It's time for oil companies to be held accountable.
#ImperialOilDisaster
#CleanUpToxicTailings
I argue why this must be our wake up call here:
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Cyclist deaths in Toronto are NOT accidents; they are the result of poor infrastructure & weak policies.
@KimPerrotta57
@Canada_Bikes
@Docs4Cycling
@CycleToronto
@AlbertKoehl
via see Globe Editorial
@globeandmail
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Tobacco companies once used doctors to sell their unhealthy products. Now car companies are using CAPE doctors to sell theirs. Cars are the biggest source of global transportation
#carbonpollution
.
Send us more examples of
#fossilfuel
#greenwashing
ads👇
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#DYK
: Canada banned tobacco advertising in 1989. Gov't did this because of unequivocal evidence that tobacco harms
#health
We have unequivocal evidence that burning
#FossilFuels
harms our health. So why aren't oil & gas/FF-powered car ads banned?
Sign @
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📣 Call to action! ✍️2 days left⌛After a summer of climate health emergencies throughout Canada, we need the government to step up. Sign on to & demand an end to advertising from the fossil fuel companies driving this crisis:
#StopFossilFuelAds
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"We no longer allow cigarette and tobacco ads on TV, radio or in movie theatres, given the known harm these products cause. Why then do we permit ads for fossil fuel products?" asks
@SethDKlein
announcing upcoming CAPE
#FossilFuels
ad ban campaign launch.
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Have you ever heard natural gas described as "clean energy"? Have you heard confusing information about gas in the home? 🧐
Join
@ScienceUpFirst
and CAPE for a discussion around
#FossilFuels
and
#greenwashing
! Our handle:
@cape_doctors
📅 On Friday at 10:30am (EST)/7:30am (PST)
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CAPE joins in celebrating with other
#socialjustice
and
#health
organizations, academics, rights campaigners and environmental groups on the passage of
#BillC230
, "the National Strategy to Redress
#EnvironmentalRacism
Act"
#cdnpoli
👏
@ZannLenore
@ingrid_waldron
@Naolo
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Less than a week until Part I of our Environmental Justice series! Learn how the legacy of
#environmentalracism
threatens the health of Black + Indigenous communities within 🇨🇦—and how to advocate for justice. With
@ingrid_waldron
+
@ojistohhorn
Register:
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We need a
#ClimateEmergency
debate in
#Elxn44
-
@MargaretAtwood
, David Suzuki, Stephen Lewis, and Michael Ondaatje know it and
#physicians
and other
#healthworkers
do too. Sign our statement today:
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The
@CMA_Docs
@canadanurses
@CPHA_ASCP
@UPHN_RSPU
&
@CAPE_Doctors
call for action on Parliament Hill to prevent catastrophic climate change in Canada!
#CalltoAction
: PR:
@elizabethMay
@andrewscheer
@catherinemckenna
@theJagmeetSingh
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We did it,
@CAPE_ACME
! Thanks to you amplifying the need to sign on, the work of partners for
#HealthyClimate
and the leadership of
@courtghoward
,
#Canada
has signed onto the
@WHO
#COP26
initiative on resilient, low-carbon health systems. Thank you
@jyduclos
and
@s_guilbeault
!
Proud of
#Canada
for signing onto the
@WHO
#COP26
initiative on resilient, low-carbon health systems. Good conversation with
@s_guilbeault
about reducing asthma &
#airpollution
with coal-phase out. Desilo to save lives!
#HealthyClimate
.
@CAPE_ACME
@GCHAlliance
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"As parents, it’s our job to ensure our children can grow up safe and healthy. Ending deceptive oil and gas ads is a critical step forward in the fight for our planet and a livable future for our kids."
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CAPE's:
@courthoward
: The 2015 Lancet Commission identified
#carbonpricing
as the most effective tool for protecting people from health impacts that result from
#heatwaves
,
#droughts
,
#wildfires
, hurricanes, and
#floods
that are more frequent & intense because of
#climatechange
.
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We can't let industry keep
#FossilFooling
us into thinking "natural" gas is healthy for our families or the climate.
This Fossil Fools Day, write your MP and ask them to put a stop to misleading ads :
#FossilFuelAdsMakeUsSick
#StopFossilFuelAds
#CdnPoli
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Alberta Premier
@jkenney
says doctors don't live in the real world when it comes to climate change. ER doctor Jean Zigby would beg to disagree. RT if you agree with doctors that climate change is a health emergency.
#RejectTeck
Everyone lives in the ‘Real World’. Just some politicians deny it and put everyone’s health at risk hoping no one will notice. Physicians have to deal with ‘real world’ effects of pollution and climate on people... and witness their suffering.
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BREAKING: Physicians from CAPE have signed onto a
@GreenpeaceCA
-led complaint to the Competition Bureau about misleading advertising by the Pathways Alliance “Let’s clear the air” advertising campaign.
@SamanthaGreenTO
@jvipondmd
Press Release:
#CndPoli
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"The growing health effects of climate change, such as the spread of Lyme disease and heat-related deaths, mean medical students must be prepared."
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🎉 Thrilled and impressed 🎉 Our interim ED
@anjalih
made epic cakes & even slipped in thoughts on social change on the 1st episode of
@cbcbakingshow
last night 🍰 🎂 🍰 Multitalented & ever committed to a better world 🌱
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We must act now to stop catastrophic climate change. On Sept. 27, join the Global Strike for Climate Justice Toronto rally at Queen's Park, 11am-2pm.
For info on events across Canada, visit:
@FFFCanada
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Many are asking, is it safe to get outdoors? The answer is yes, as long as you do so safely - and research shows that exposure to nature can boost our physical and mental health. Here are some tips for getting in nature safely:
#COVID19
#HealthyByNature
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Deaths from the
#HeatDome
were counted - but that's not the whole story. CAPE and
@WCELaw
are calling on the BC Government to provide the framework to enable physicians to track heat-related injuries and to investigate recent impacts.
#bcpoli
#BCHeatWaves
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Fossil fuel advertising tries to delay meaningful climate action and ignores the public health crisis caused by burning their product. 💀💨
We’re spoofing
@PathwaysNetZero
ads. Have ideas for more spoofs? 👀 Send them our way!
#StopFossilFuelAds
#ClimateAction
#Greenwashing
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Canadian doctors say political activism part of their jobs on issues affecting health
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Good news: Federal Carbon pricing will be revenue neutral; giving Canadians more money back then they pay out!
#carbontax
@courtghoward
@Melissa_Lem
@jvipondmd
@amylubick
@ClaireSeaborn
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Universities across Canada are leading on
#ClimateAction
through divestment and phasing out the use of
#FossilFuels
. That's why we're encouraging
@McMasterU
- with one of Canada's leading med schools - to stop backtracking.
#MedTwitter
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#PressRelease
#media
Canadian doctors express solidarity with Wet’suwet’en; concern for the impacts of restricted access and arrests on health
#Canada
#Health
#BritishColumbia
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We’re here at Queen’s Park marching in solidarity with
#climatestrikeTO
and strikers across the country and the world. Our future is at stake and our leaders must listen. This is how we do it.
#health4climate
#FridaysForFuture
@CFMS_HEART
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Canadian doctors back carbon tax as best ‘treatment’ for climate change via
@torontostar
@CAPE_Doctors
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Yes. As smoke from the wildfires in California causes respiratory distress across the country, it's clear that climate change will bring rolling & escalating health crises. We must tackle climate change unless we want devastating health disasters to be the new normal.
Heather Scoffield: Do Canadians really want Justin Trudeau to tackle climate change in the middle of a pandemic?
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"Canadians stand to make significant gains to their
#health
and well-being by reducing the number of
#fossilfuel
burning cars and trucks on roadways and limiting exposure to traffic-related
#airpollution
."
#cdnpoli
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💥 Our greenwashing report co-written with
@GreenpeaceCA
is out! Learn how to spot misleading ads & report them to the Advertising Standards and Competition Bureau of Canada.
>>
#Greenwashing
#StopFossilFuelAds
#FossilFuelAdsMakeUsSick
#UnmaskingBigOil
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New
#LNG
export facilities in Canada won’t be built in time to help Europe. They will only throw gas on the fire of worsening heat waves, drought, & floods.
Let’s not repeat the mistakes of the past that will lock in decades more suffering. Learn more at
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#PressRelease
| HARD EVIDENCE OF THE NEED TO CLEAN THE AIR: CAPE report illustrates devastating
#health
impacts of traffic-related
#airpollution
#cdnpoli
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On Earth Day, in the midst of a health crisis, we are reminded that we must protect the health of people and the planet by taking the environment into account in our political and economic decisions, particularly those related to our COVID-19 recovery plan.
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On
#EarthDay
🌎 we are reminded of
#climatechange
#climatecrisis
and this can trigger
#ecoanxiety
. You're not alone.
A new short film explores these feelings and a toolkit shows you how to convert these emotions into action 👇
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.
@cape_Doctors
Senior Director
@kimperrotta57
: “Climate Change is already harming the health of Canadians, and it is going to get much worse if we don’t dramatically reduce climate emissions very quickly”. | CTV News
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"The coronavirus crisis is the biggest wakeup call we have ever had; that by failing to take nature into account we are putting our health in danger." CAPE's
@courtghoward
on why "Do No Harm" doesn't mean rolling back environmental protections:
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Did you know that all of the doctors, nurses and health professionals that work with CAPE volunteer their time and leadership? Our community goes above and beyond their call of duty to push for
#PlanetaryHealth
. Happy
#NationalPhysiciansDay
!
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CMA President Dr. Gigi Osler. “We cannot afford to treat climate change as a wedge issue. We must treat it as the public health crisis that it is.”
@KimPerrotta57
@CMA_Docs
@CitizensLobbyCa
- Energy Mix
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Fossil Fuel Ads Make Us Sick is featured in the
@globeandmail
today!
"Advertising does drive demand, and in a
#climatecrisis
demand for more
#fossilfuels
is the last thing we need," says Dr.
@Melissa_Lem
, CAPE board member.
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Where there's smoke, there's fire... There's a reason people around the world are calling out fossil fuel companies for their misleading ads.
Learn more about the health impacts of fossil fuels and take action on deceptive ads:
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CAPE doctors and the Hon. Catherine McKenna will be speaking about planetary health during the CMA Health Summit on Aug. 17-18 - an opportunity to hear incredible speakers on building a movement towards a net zero health system! 🌎
@cathmckenna
@courtghoward
@Melissa_Lem
Our
#HealthCareSystem
is responsible for 4.6% of Canada's total
#GHG
emissions. Now is the time to pave a green path forward.
In this
#CMAHealthSummit
session, hear from former minister of environment and
#ClimateChange
The Hon.
@cathmckenna
&
@GCHAlliance
Vice-Chair
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"There is no excuse for Canada’s political parties to drag their heels on implementing evidence-based cross-platform policies to address climate change." Timely editorial from
@CMAJ
today:
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"The choices that the federal government makes in these investments are going to determine whether or not we can transition to a sustainable economy" ~
@RobinEdger
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Physicians and other licensed healthcare professionals can now prescribe
#nature
in
#Saskatchewan
🙌
Read more 👇
#PaRx
#healthybynature
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BC loses $1 billion a Year in Fossil Fuel Subsidies! Both the CCL and CAPE call for a rapid phase-out of fossil fuel
#subsidies
in BC, showing a summary of annual subsidies by
#bcpoli
. Read here:
@CitizensLobbyCa
@Melissa_Lem
#fossilfuels
#SiteC
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Ontario’s coal phase-out: health benefits worth $3 billion/year & cut GHGs by about 20%!
#PoweringPastCoal
@cathmckenna
@GCHAlliance
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Canada has just been through its first climate change election. It's clear the majority of Canadians want strong
#ClimateAction
, now. It is our hope that all parties can work together constructively to bring Canada in line with international emissions targets.
#elxn43
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CAPE was pleased to participate in an inspiring panel today with
@cathmckenna
, at the launch of the Government of Canada's climate data portal. The portal will be essential for greater understanding of how climate change affects our health, and the creation of data driven policy.
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"If Canada meets its emissions targets, we will save an estimated 112,081 lives between 2030 and 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone. This is approximately the population of the City of Waterloo." ~
@RobinEdger
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1/4 The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment appoints Vancouver family doctor Dr.
@Melissa_Lem
as its first president of colour
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