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Greenpeace disrupts Scotiabank AGM with (un)happy birthday party to call out continued financing of fossil fuels
(TORONTO) – Greenpeace activists disrupted Scotiabank’s 190th AGM with a satiric birthday party calling out the bank’s continued financing of fossil fuels, failure to respect Indigenous rights.
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Greenpeace Canada reaction to Federal Emissions Reduction Plan
In reaction to the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan tabled in the House of Commons today by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, Keith Stewart, Senior energy strategist at Greenpeace Canada, said
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The women at the start of the Greenpeace journey
We must acknowledge the women who were part of the movement that started Greenpeace back in 1970, whose stories are often overseen.
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Global plastics treaty mandate: pivotal step to end plastic pollution
The United Nations Environment Assembly announced today the outcome of the UNEA 5.2 meeting adopting a mandate to open negotiations for a legally binding global plastics treaty.
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The mental load of zero waste
The mental load is a term for the constant demands which typically fall on women’s shoulders, related to the planning, management and execution of a task or set of tasks.
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New IPCC report: we are not prepared for what is coming
In the most comprehensive assessment of climate impacts yet, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Working Group II report delivered their latest scientific assessment to world governments…
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Youth won’t be fooled: Report exposes reputational risk for banks targeting youth through sponsorship while funding fossil fuels
Canadian banks’ continued funding of fossil fuels undercuts their attempts to attract youth as customers through sponsorships and charitable giving, according to a new report from Greenpeace Canada and the youth-led organization Banking on a Better Future.
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The coalition Sortons la Caisse du carbone publishes its 5th analysis of the CDPQ’s Carbon 50 Index and points out the risks associated with gas
As the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec prepares to release its annual results, the Sortons la Caisse du carbone coalition is releasing for the fifth year in a row its analysis of the stock market performance of the CDPQ's top 50 oil and gas investments (n.b. report available in French only) again showing…
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New IPCC climate report to add pressure for action and justice
Approval of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability in a virtual session (14-25 Feb).
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Statement on Canada’s draft Single-use Plastics Prohibition (ban) Regulations
The proposed single-use plastics ban regulations are a missed opportunity to signal a true shift to a low carbon, reuse-centered zero waste economy.
