Muhannad Malas - (مهنّد)

Law Reform Director @ecojustice_ca. Global health instructor @MacHealthSci. Tweets on enviro & racial justice. Former campaigner @envirodefence/@standearth

[#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic]

With only a few hours left in the negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty, we call on courageous delegations to keep defending key ambitious provisions.
@Dr_Uwamariya 🇷🇼 @sivendram13 🇫🇯 @theeco_nomist 🇵🇦 @OlgaGivernet 🇫🇷

#BeatPlasticPollution #BreakFreeFromPlastic
#INC5

[EnvironmentalDefence @envirodefence]

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@s_guilbeault Make those two days count.

[Rabbi David Mivasair🔥 @Mivasair]

“If the #genocide in #Gaza is not a red line, there is no red line!” MP ⁦@MatthewGreenNDP⁩ speaking about political leaders in our country.
At ⁦@SarahJama_⁩ nomination meeting right now, right here in #HamOnt.
⁦@CBCHamilton⁩ ⁦@TheSpec⁩ #ONpoli

[#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic]

It's the final day of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations in Canada, where frontline community members still face a health + environmental emergency due to #benzene release from @INEOS plastic manufacturing plant. @UNEP, this is exactly what we need to regulate! https://t.co/mVgRmqKR69

[#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic]

YESTERDAY: #BreakFreeFromPlastic members & allies rallied in solidarity of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, which faces a #benzene release due to @INEOS Styrolution facility since April 16th. All this has been happening at the same time as the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations! @UNEP(🧵)

[@andresdelcas.bsky.social @andresdelcas]

🇬🇧-HQ Petchem is leaking benzene gas at its plant beside #Aamjiwnaang First Nation. 🇨🇦 #PlasticsTreaty #INC4

[Greenpeace Canada @GreenpeaceCA]

Last night at the UN Global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, Janelle Nahmabin, council member of Aamjiwnaang First Nation, delivered a powerful speech urging govts to ensure stricter regulations, cut plastic production, & uphold #IndigenousRights. @s_guilbeault @JustinTrudeau

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[#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic]

We thank #Peru & #Rwanda for requesting intersessional work on primary plastics polymers to take place before #INC5 in #Busan. This work is critical to ensure we sign a #PlasticsTreaty this year that addresses the full life cycle of plastics @yesicafonseca_ @Juliet_kabera

[Reuters Science News @ReutersScience]

Canada's Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to the excessive release of harmful chemicals from INEOS Styrolution's plastic manufacturing plant, the Indigenous group said. https://t.co/Z6wEjlIAoI https://t.co/Z6wEjlIAoI

[IPEN: toxics-free @ToxicsFree]

CJ Smith-White of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation describes experiencing first-hand the health threats from toxic chemicals Learn more at https://t.co/5sSZfDpUB3

[Karen Wirsig @Karen_Wirsig]

Let them breathe! A call to Action from members of #Aamjiwnaang First Nation and observers at talks for a Global Plastics Treaty in Ottawa.

[Karen Wirsig @Karen_Wirsig]

UK-headquartered INEOS is leaking cancer-causing benzene gas at its plant beside #Aamjiwnaang First Nation. People are getting sick and it's past time for @fordnation and @pmtrudeau to #ShutIneosDown

[Center for International Environmental Law @ciel_tweets]

👏🏽 Standing ovation from #PlasticsTreaty #INC4 late Friday night following a decisive intervention from Janelle Nahmabin from @S_N_N_1, whose Aamjiwnaang First Nation Community is surrounded by more than 60 petrochemical & plastic facilities — known as Canada's #ChemicalValley.

[Center for International Environmental Law @ciel_tweets]

Janelle Nahmabin from @S_N_N_1, representing the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, advocated for a #PlasticsTreaty covering the entire life cycle of plastics, supported by observers who stood behind her in solidarity. ✊
📸 credit: @IISD_ENB, @iisd_news, @kiaraworth

[#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic]

Over the past week, Aamjiwnaang First Nation community members started falling ill due to exposure to high levels of benzene, a carcinogenic chemical generated from the nearby plastic-producing plant @INEOS Styrolution in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. LIVE press conference #INC4 (🧵)

[David Suzuki FDN @DavidSuzukiFDN]

113 groups signed an open letter in solidarity with the Aamjiwnaang community who are facing benzene pollution. Plastic pollution comes in many forms. We need a global plastics treaty that protects communities. @ecojustice_ca @envirodefence @CAPE_ACME https://t.co/MUDsV0GQih

[Melanie Snow @MelanieAnnSnow]

Tuning into an excellent panel here at #COP28 on Aligning the financial sector with a climate safe future: The way forward for Canada

Some 🔥 quotes from the amazing panelists to come 🧵👇🏼

[#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic]

Happening now: Indigenous Leaders share solutions on stopping plastic pollution 🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿 and healing our planet 🌍 at #INC3 for a global #PlasticsTreaty - #BreakFreeFromPlastic (📸 Carroll Muffett) #Nairobi

[Sarah Korpan @sarahkorpan]

This agreement holds a lot of potential, and the idea of $1 billion invested in nature is precedent-setting. However, it’s also important to remember that much of this (including all of BC’s portion), is through existing funding programs.

[Ambassador Majed Bamya 🇵🇸 @majedbamya]

Palestine TV journalist Mohammad Abu Hattab was killed with his family in an Israeli airstrike. His colleague Salman Al-Bashir removes his protective gear marked PRESS on air saying: “We can’t take it anymore, we are exhausted. We are victims. The only difference between us is the time of death. We are killed one after another. And no one cares about the catastrophe or the crime that we endure in Gaza. No protection for anyone or anything. This gear and helmet do not protect any journalist, they are just empty slogans. We are victims, live on air. We are victims awaiting our turn to be killed. Mohammad was here half an hour ago (reporting). Now he lies dead with his family in this same hospital.”