"This is not a political statement. It is about protecting the future of winter sport itself."
Olympic athletes speak out on why fossil fuel companies should NOT be sponsoring winter sports: https://loom.ly/qM30HZA
"If we want a sustainable healthcare system, we need to take action now to โฌ๏ธ our use of fossil fuelsโand weโll all breathe easier, with healthier hearts, as a result."
Thanks alive Magazine for interviewing me about strengthening our hearts against #climatechange this โฅ๏ธ Month.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
Excited to be presenting at this virtual @who.int event at the end of the month on behalf of @cape-acme.bsky.social!
Please do consider joining!
Register here: zurl.co/g0fLY
CAPE Ontario physicians โ in coalition with legal experts, environmental organizations, and tenant advocacy groups โ have recently secured several policy changes that will protect thousands of people from deadly heat and harmful emissions.
๐ Full story: https://loom.ly/P_66WWg
#TOpoli
๐ ICYMI: CAPE President @samanthagreen.bsky.social and Health & Economic Policy Director Leah Temper made the health case for banning fossil fuel ads in this webinar from UoT's Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health & Sustainable Care. youtu.be/GRpa9k2zKb8?...
As the #WinterOlympics come to a close, take a look at @cape-acme.bsky.social's press release with recent polling on winter sports and fossil fuel sponsorship here:
cape.ca/press_releas...
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"End fossil fuel sponsorship of winter sports...Let the Milano-Cortina 2026 Games be the last time athletes are asked to advertise for companies whose profits depend on destroying winter itself."
My latest op-ed @vancouversun.bsky.social.
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Yes!
There are so many more options for 'projects of national interest' than pipelines and LNG.
Canadians want solutions - better homes, a clean and connected grid, and an expanded EV charging network, among others.
Let's get to work.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
LโAQME et @cape-acme.bsky.social font partie dโune coalition de signataires qui dรฉplore le retrait de 5 milliards de dollars au financement du transport collectif par le gouvernement fรฉdรฉral.
Canada should be congratulated on its new methane rules. Methane is a super-pollutant that traps much more heat than CO2.
But the devil is in the data. Studies like this show we may not be grasping the true scope of methane pollution.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
www.theenergymix.com/methane-esti...
New analysis from @climateinstitute.bsky.social: Canada is off course for its climate goals, with more riding on a few policies.
It's time to get serious, Canada. We need to weave climate progress into efforts to build a clean + connected economy independent of the US.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
Is mainstream media under-reporting the most urgently needed climate solutions?
@cape-acme.bsky.social @canadiansorg.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca #ClimateSolutions #ClimateAction
@gchalliance.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social @elmeligisarah.bsky.social @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
๐ฉบ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ have successfully advocated for advertising restrictions before. Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada led the push for comprehensive tobacco control, first calling for a tobacco advertising ban in a CMAJ editorial in 1991. It's time to apply the same tools to fossil fuels.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ: Evidence from bans on tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food advertising shows that comprehensive marketing restrictions can reduce harmful consumption and improve health outcomes. France and more than 40 cities worldwide have restricted or banned fossil fuel advertising.
๐ญ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ: Companies selling fossil fuels have used advertising, public relations, and misinformation campaigns to entrench product use and delay health-protective climate policies, using the same tactics Big Tobacco used for decades.
๐ซ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ: Fossil fuel combustion causes 8.7 million premature deaths every year from air pollution alone. Climate changeโdriven primarily by fossil fuelsโadds to this toll through food insecurity, infectious disease, and extreme weather events that kill and sicken millions more.
CAPE President Dr. Samantha Green and Health & Economy Policy Director Leah Temper just published an important analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal examining why restricting fossil fuel advertising is a legitimate public health intervention.
In the newest @cmaj.ca, CAPE President @samanthagreen.bsky.social and Health & Economy Policy Director Leah Temper make the case for restricting fossil fuel advertising to protect population health. ๐ Read their analysis: loom.ly/thU-IPg
Great numbers on the health benefits of electric stoves:
"for a location where an additional 1% ... enrolled in the program, hospitalization rates for both all-cause illness ... and for respiratory illness ... fell by 0.74%."
@cape-acme.bsky.social
sustainability.stanford.edu/news/ecuador...
Despite mountains of evidence on the severe health harms of coal-fired power, Saskatchewan continues to drag the puck on phasing out coal.
The fact that this puts Sask at odds with federal and international policy should alarm everyone.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
thenarwhal.ca/court-denies...
โท๏ธ Winter sports fans donโt want Big Oil at the Olympics.
New polling shows strong support for dropping fossil fuel sponsors from the Winter Games.
Learn more via @cape-acme.bsky.social
Choose winter: let's make Milano Cortina the last Olympics sponsored by fossil fuels.
Check out @cape-acme.bsky.social's campaign to end the deeply paradoxical fossil fuel advertising at the Olympics:
cape.ca/action/choos...
youtube.com/shorts/C33zL...
Our friends at @cape-acme.bsky.social want to make this Olympics the last one sponsored by fossil fuels.
(Yes, we too are wondering why fossil fuel companies are still involved.)
Take action: cape.ca/action/choos...
#Olympics #Milano2026 #FossilFuels
โYou canโt have the damaging agent be the one trying to normalize itself through something people associate with health, identity and aspiration,โ - [Podborski] ๐ฅ๐ฏ
And the main damaging agents are not just fossil fuels and CO2 emissions...
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
Should fossil fuel companies get to sponsor winter sports events, now under threat due to climate change?
Most Canadians don't thinks so. Nor do many athletes.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/03/news/canada-winter-olympics-fossil-fuels-ads
Companies responsible for planet-warming emissions should be prevented from advertising at winter sports events, say 69% of Canadians polled. And 65% of youth said Petro-Canada is an โincompatible partnerโ of Canada's Winter Olympic Team. @cape-acme.bsky.social
www.theenergymix.com/canadians-wa...
๐ Congratulations to our CAPE BC physicians recently honoured by @doctorsofbc.bsky.social ! Medical student Emilie Wang received the prestigious Changemaker Award. PaRx received the Excellence in Health Promotion Award. Dr. Sharon Dodd was also recognized for her years of service.
According to our new poll, Canada is a country of winter sports lovers... and we do NOT support fossil fuel companies advertising at the Winter Olympics!
https://loom.ly/y1KyHi0
NEW POLL: Winter sports fans want Olympic organizers to drop fossil fuel sponsors
cape.ca/press_releas...
Proud to share that Leah Temper, CAPE's Health & Economic Policy Director, co-authored a new study in @pnas.org highlighting how grassroots and Indigenous-led movements against polluting industries are a powerful, under-recognized force for global conservation. loom.ly/BkWx03Q
"Amsterdam city council has passed a legally binding ban on advertising for fossil fuels and meat products across public spaces in the city, becoming the first capital in the world to prohibit such ads through local law."
www.desmog.com/2026/01/23/a...
