All articles by Keith Stewart
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Join the fight against greenwashing
We won a major victory earlier this year when the federal government passed tough new anti-greenwash legislation, but now the oil lobby is fighting hard to weaken it.
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Bankers to be grilled on greenwash
Wanted: Canadian bank CEOs have been summoned to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development. Now we need the committee members to ask tough questions on our behalf.
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Safeguarding climate policy against bad faith attacks requires stronger action to address affordability concerns
To help Canadians through this difficult time, they must adopt policies that provide tangible and immediate support to address rising costs, while tackling the long-term dependency on fossil fuels that make us poorer and more vulnerable to energy price shocks and climate disasters.
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Free heat pumps to cool our overheated planet and politics
The Trudeau government is being attacked from all sides over its decision to remove the carbon tax from home heating oil. Fortunately, there is a way forward that addresses the affordability and climate crises: offer free heat pumps and insulation upgrades for anyone who wants them, paid for by a tax on excess oil company…
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Cross-party support for regulating banks so they are part of the climate solution
There is finally cross-party support for the federal government to stop bankers from pouring gasoline on the climate change-fueled bonfire.
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Wildfires and climate change burn their way into Alberta election campaign
Election campaigning is on hold in at least a half-dozen ridings in Alberta where wildfires are threatening homes and lives.
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Canadian banks fall further behind on climate change
Like toddlers refusing to put on their snowsuits, Canada’s Big 5 banks are falling further behind their global counterparts who are taking the first, halting steps toward aligning their financing…
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Five reasons to tax record-breaking oil sands profits
Canadian oil sands companies reported an unprecedented $34.7 billion in profits in 2022, more than double the $15.1 billion they made in 2021 (see table below). In the midst of…
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RBC is putting 99% of its energy finance into fossil fuels: Here’s what they should fund instead
RBC claims to be committed to climate action, yet Canada’s largest bank (and the fifth largest financier of fossil fuels in the world) is allocating a mere 1% of its…
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Canada to (mostly) stop subsidizing international fossil fuel projects
Canada has joined the growing ranks of nations promising to end international financing of fossil fuels (though there are some worrisome exceptions).