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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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Crucial UN food summit “hijacked” by meat lobby to push increase in intensive farming
A coalition of meat industry associations has pushed for the upcoming UN food systems summit to boost global meat consumption and promote intensive livestock farming despite its environmental footprint, Unearthed can reveal.
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Federal election 2021: No more delays — the climate crisis needs action now
The election results send a clear message: Canadians demand strong, decisive action tackling social inequality and the climate crisis without delay.
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Who to blame and what to do with ocean plastic pollution?
Oceans are the lungs of our planet but its plastic pollution risks reaching 90 mln tonnes by 2030. So it’s time to fight ocean pollution.
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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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“Here is where your lands will be poisoned without your consent”
The Ontario government has notified First Nations that their territories are about to be sprayed with glyphosate.
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Court WIN: Doug Ford’s government broke the law
We took Doug Ford’s government to court for failing to consult Ontarians before gutting environmental laws. Now the Ontario court has confirmed that his government’s actions were indeed “unlawful”.
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Ontario acted ‘unreasonably and unlawfully’ with changes to minister’s zoning order legislation
Minister failed to adequately consult with Ontarians on controversial changes
