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Greenpeace statement on Total’s $7-billion tar sands writedown and withdrawal from CAPP
“Total’s decision to write down their tar sands assets and quit Canada’s biggest oil lobby group for its opposition to action on climate change underscores the urgency of ensuring that covid-19 stimulus plans grow a green economy and transition workers securely into it. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, starting with the most…
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What GNL Québec is and why you must block the project.
The GNL Québec project would involve the construction of a 750 km gas pipeline (by Gazoduq), a gas liquefaction plant (by Énergie Saguenay) and a super-methane ship export terminal.
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Seven principles to align COVID-19 recovery with Canada’s climate commitments–new report shown to key federal ministers
OTTAWA - As the federal government works out its COVID-19 economic recovery, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) today released seven principles outlining a roadmap for meeting Canada's 2050 climate commitments while spurring economic resilience and creating good jobs. Canada's leading environmental groups, who represent close to two million people, have signed on to…
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Call these MPs to support a green and just recovery in Canada!
Get excited: It’s time for our second Day of Action for a Green and Just Recovery from covid-19!
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Get Out of the Way Endangered Caribou…BC Wants a New Coal Mine!
BC government is considering a climate change-accelerating coal mine at a time of climate crisis. in an endangered caribou habitat, and against the wishes of the local Indigenous Nation.
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Top Five Reasons Your MP Should Support a Green and Just Recovery
Elected officials are getting an earful from polluting corporations looking for bailouts and environmental rollbacks, so we need you to help balance the scales. Here are five reasons to support…
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What is a green and just recovery? 5 actions to make it happen
A green and just recovery is the opportunity for the federal government to kickstart a new economy that helps solve the climate emergency and biodiversity crises, while ensuring fair wages, employment protections and social safety nets for all people living in Canada.
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Make the rich pay… The much needed wealth tax on multimillionaires.
When looking at the numbers and at the world around us, can we afford not to take immediate and urgent action to combat income inequality?
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Solving climate crisis requires more than a carbon tax: Checklist for a green and just recovery
Market evangelists aren’t going down without a fight. In today’s Globe and Mail (“Engineering a ‘green recovery’ is a terrible idea”), the former chair of the Ecofiscal Commission Chris Ragan…
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Put People First, Demand Over 150 Canadian Organizations with the Launch of Six Principles for a Just Recovery
As governments prepare recovery plans amidst the COVID-19 crisis, an informal alliance of over 150 civil society groups, representing collective memberships of millions in Canada, are demanding these plans move us toward a more equitable and sustainable future, with the release, today, of six Principles for a Just Recovery.United in support of the Principles, endorsing…
