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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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RBC’s new climate policy means it should stop financing oil sands giants: Greenpeace report
RBC’s new corporate commitment to drop clients who lack an adequate net zero transition plan means the bank should stop financing Canada’s biggest oil sands companies, according to a report from Greenpeace Canada. Greenpeace is calling on RBC to drop oil companies like Suncor, Cenovus and CNRL whose net zero transition policies don’t meet the…
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Celebrating Activists on International Women’s Day
Today it’s International Women’s Day, and I want to shine a spotlight on some of the committed activists whom I’ve had the privilege to work with here in Toronto. This…
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Greenpeace Canada reaction to Canada signing UN Ocean Treaty
We are pleased to see Canada make good on its commitment to secure the Ocean Treaty but now we need to see more urgency to write this historic Treaty into law.
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UNEA-6: Member States Urged to Uphold Ambition in Plastics Treaty Negotiation
As the 6th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) concludes, Greenpeace renews calls for member states to push for an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty.
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Black Excellence & Resistance in Climate Action: Amplifying Black voices IS a real climate solution
This year, Greenpeace Canada is honouring Black Excellence and Black Resistance. Black Excellence, the Canadian 2024 theme, requires that we celebrate Blackness in all of our achievements and the ways…
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Reactive: Forest Stewardship Council rejects official complaint, initiates “corporate group review” into Paper Excellence, Asia Pulp & Paper connection
While we are disappointed that the FSC has rejected our complaint, we are encouraged that it has at least initiated a corporate group review of Paper Excellence’s connections to Asia Pulp & Paper.
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Revealed: How Industry Lobbying is Reducing Nature to a Monopoly Board
From big logging, mining, agribusiness and oil interests, our findings show just how much these industries are betting on “offset” policies to excuse their pollution and keep doing business-as-usual. It's like a twisted game of real-life Monopoly.
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Why did Greenpeace put a giant inflatable owl outside Justin Trudeau’s residence?
On behalf of over 60,000 people who have asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a new federal nature law, and behalf of the 2000+ wild species in Canada which are…
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Ahead of budget, Greenpeace activists in Minister Freeland’s office demanding climate action and banking regulations
Earlier this morning, Greenpeace Canada activists entered Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s downtown Toronto office calling on the Liberal government to stop backsliding on existing climate commitments and commit to regulating Canadian fossil banks in the 2024 federal budget. As the Liberal government delays or waters down long-promised climate policies and refuses to rein in irresponsible…
