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Greenpeace Throne Speech scorecard gives mixed marks to Liberals’ “ambitious but incomplete” recovery plans
Today, Greenpeace Canada launched a scorecard evaluating the plans and priorities in yesterday’s Speech from the Throne. The scorecard offers an in depth analysis of the measures announced, including how the plans stack up against the policies Greenpeace recommended for a green and just recovery from covid-19.
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Greenpeace Canada statement on Throne Speech: “Tackling coronavirus inequality and climate inequality go hand-in-hand”
Our response to the Speech from the Throne delivered to Parliament today.
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Throne Speech: meh or yay?
Our scorecard tells you whether or not the government’s plans will curb inequality and fix the climate crisis.
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Why the Liberal’s Throne Speech should drop a costly nuclear bailout
A Throne Speech is an opportunity for a government to make a fresh start, but Trudeau’s September 23 speech is already promising to make at least one of the same…
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Promises are not enough. Tell Freeland and Trudeau to make a Green and Just Recovery a $$$ reality
Our government said last month that a green and just recovery will be their number one priority when Parliament resumes this fall. Let’s hold them to it. We don’t have…
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“WE DESERVE BETTER”: a concerted communication effort to reveal the serious dangers of the project GNL/Gazoduq
Thirty civil society, community and environmental group have launched a "We Deserve Better" campaign in advance of the Quebec's government's planned public consultations on the liquified natural gas (LNG) project proposed by company GNL Quebec. The groups' campaign draws attention to the risks posed by the project, the liquifaction plant component of which Quebec's environmental…
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Don’t Let Covid-19 Recovery Bulldoze Forests with False Solutions
The Logging industry is painting itself as a climate solution, even an answer to the economic recovery. Here are the Top 5 False Solutions you need to know when it comes to forestry.
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WHY YOU HAVE TO SAY #GNLNonMerci BEFORE SEPTEMBER 21 !
GNL Québec is the largest fossil fuel project in recent Quebec history. It is a fight the size of the one we led against the Energy East pipeline.
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Oil industry leveraging pandemic to pressure government for climate-wrecking favours in Newfoundland offshore
We’re five months into the pandemic and so far we’ve seen lots of examples of polluting industries trying to use the crisis to pressure governments for more subsidies, changes to…
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Desjardins: an important victory
On June 5, Desjardins Group, North America’s largest credit union association, announced that its 17 SocieTerra funds and portfolios would divest from fossil fuels (including oil, gas, coal and pipelines).…
