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On the eve of COP26, people across the country are unhappy with canada’s largest bank, RBC, for its refusal to stop financing new fossil fuel projects
Thousands of Canadians across the country are today protesting Canada’s largest bank, RBC, which refuses to stop financing fossil fuels. RBC has invested more than $200 billion in fossil fuel projects since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed. These include projects that violate Indigenous rights, like the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
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COP26: A test for humanity, a time for action
The Glasgow climate conference is “a test for who we are as humans” according to Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan.
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Greenpeace reaction to Quebec stopping all fossil fuel extraction
In reaction to Quebec’s Premier François Legault announcement to stop all fossil fuel extraction in the province, Patrick Bonin, Climate & Energy campaigner at Greenpeace Canada, said.
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Une vie d’activisme et un héritage d’action
Elle a également compris l’importance de responsabiliser les gouvernements et les entreprises pour leurs actions. Qu'en plaidant pour des politiques et des mesures qui mèneront à un avenir soutenable, nous avons une chance d'éviter certaines des pires conséquences du changement climatique, de recul de la biodiversité et de l'injustice sociale.
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Beneficiaries warn Canada’s largest pensions of legal duty to manage climate-related financial risks
(Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal) - Letters were delivered today to the boards and executive of Canada’s 10 largest pension fund managers requesting information on how the funds are meeting their legal fiduciary obligations to beneficiaries in the face of a worsening global climate crisis. These pension funds together have nearly $2 trillion in assets under…
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Sortons la Caisse du Carbone Coalition welcomes CDPQ’s exit from oil
(Montreal) - The Sortons la Caisse du carbone coalition welcomes the CDPQ’s decision to say goodbye to oil production in its investment portfolio. The announcement comes five years after the launch of a public campaign calling for the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to get out of fossil fuels, and two years…
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Greenpeace turns 50 today
Fifty years ago, September 15th 1971, a ship named the Greenpeace, set out to confront and stop US nuclear weapons testing at Amchitka, one of Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.
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50 years of Greenpeace: Q&A with Rex Weyler
Rex Weyler: with Greenpeace’s 50th anniversary on the horizon, I was asked to host a series of virtual “mailbag” calls connecting activists across generations and regions.
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How to manage eco-anxiety: Advice from a climate activist
“The moon is following us home again!” My daughter exclaimed as she always does. “But why is it red?” Her question hit me with the weight of the realization that with the moon, the climate crisis, too, is following us home.
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Toronto Greenpeace Volunteers take to TikTok spreading seeds of sustainability
Born of our shared frustration with plastic waste and our inability to gather in person throughout the pandemic, the local Toronto group banded together as digital warriors, taking to Instagram and TikTok.
