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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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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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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…
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Resolution: Justice. Setting intentions for the world we want
January, 2024. By now, the average person has made a brief (or lengthy) list of goals they’d like to achieve for themselves this year. This is no uncommon phenomenon, and…
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The Mathur Case: Youth are pushing for climate action in the courts
Across the globe, young people are fighting for their governments to take action against climate change in order to secure the future they deserve for themselves and generations to follow.
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Deeply Insufficient Yet Historic COP Outcome: Greenpeace Canada Reaction
In reaction to the final outcome of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), Greenpeace said:
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Greenpeace reaction to Loss & Damage Fund Announcement and Pledges
In reaction to the Loss & Damage finance announcement and pledges made at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), Greenpeace International and Greenpeace Canada said:
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Ways to Take Action on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Tomorrow, September 30th, marks the first-ever National Day of Truth and Reconciliation statutory holiday in Canada. It’s a holiday that was requested in one of the 94 Calls to Action delivered with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report (TRC) in 2015. Six years later, the Canadian government has finally made good on this request, and…
