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Chill Your Heatwave: Greenpeace offers free vegan ice cream in Montreal to expose Big Oil driving the planetary thermostat up
In the midst of an intense heat wave hitting Montreal today, Greenpeace Canada activists are out on Mont-Royal Avenue with their “Chill Your Heatwave” bike, serving free vegan ice cream to offer a refreshing perspective on these extreme temperatures. Activists highlighted the fossil fuel industry’s leading role in driving these extreme temperatures and demanded fossil…
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The Metropolitan Community of Montréal’s fossil fuel ban will impact 82 municipalities
A few months ago, I told you about the City of Montréal’s plans to ban natural gas in new buildings in the Fall of 2024. And I have an exciting…
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Buckle up, the oil industry is driving us toward disaster
We wouldn’t want a consortium of car manufacturers writing the laws on vehicle safety or an alliance of pharmaceutical companies determining the health benefits of medications. So why would we…
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Greenpeace Canada’s reaction to the Pathways Alliance scrubbing all information from their website and social media channels
The Pathways Alliance scrubbed all information from their website and social media channels claiming that “amendments to the Competition Act will create significant uncertainty for Canadian companies that want to communicate publicly about the work they are doing to improve their environmental performance.
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CANADA’S BIG BANKS FACE MPs OVER THEIR FINANCING OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) will be hearing from the CEO’s of Canada’s Big Five banks (Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Toronto Dominion…
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Greenpeace reacts to Big Oil’s Misleading Testimony at Federal Environment Committee
In reaction to Canada’s leading oil and gas executives testifying on their contribution to the climate crisis while amassing billions in profits, Salomé Sané, Climate Campaigner for Greenpeace Canada said:
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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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Rapport: Le projet phare de captage de carbone de Shell a vendu pour 200 millions de dollars de crédits d’émissions «fantômes »
Un projet phare de captage de carbone mené par Shell a généré plus de 200 millions de dollars canadiens en vendant des crédits d'émissions pour des réductions qui n'ont jamais eu lieu, selon un nouveau rapport d'enquête de Greenpeace Canada intitulé L’art de brasser de l’air.
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As international plastics treaty negotiations conclude in Ottawa, fight over domestic regulation rages on
After a decision from the Federal Court late last year upended Canada’s efforts to regulate plastic pollution, the legal fight is set to continue.
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INC-4: Plastics talks in Ottawa end on a disappointing note under compromised Canadian leadership
Late on Monday night, the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) for a Global Plastics Treaty ended with world governments failing to agree on the inclusion of any reference to plastic production or polymers in intersessional work, despite strong support by various countries, scientists and civil society groups. While Canada supported in principle…