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Climate Action Tracker update is “devastating”
The respected Climate Action Tracker today releases its annual global update – calculating the impact on the future global temperature rise of recent emissions announcements.
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Glasgow first draft text revealed: “exceptionally weak” with no mention of fossil fuel phaseout
Glasgow, Scotland – The first draft of the Glasgow final decision text at COP26 completely fails to mention fossil fuels, despite expert consensus on the need to end new coal, oil and…
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New research exposes climate impact of nitrogen fertilizer worldwide, with Canada one of the worst offenders
Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer usage in Canadian agriculture is 8 times the global average per capita.
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People Rise Up Around the World: Stop Financing the Climate Crisis
Today across Canada there were 44 #RBCisKillingMe actions, loudly calling for an immediate stop to RBC’s funding of fossil fuel projects, starting with the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline that’s currently…
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On the eve of COP26, people across the country are unhappy with canada’s largest bank, RBC, for its refusal to stop financing new fossil fuel projects
Thousands of Canadians across the country are today protesting Canada’s largest bank, RBC, which refuses to stop financing fossil fuels. RBC has invested more than $200 billion in fossil fuel projects since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed. These include projects that violate Indigenous rights, like the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
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Fight for the Ancient Trees: Police Violence at Fairy Creek/Ada’itsx Blockades
With over 1,000 arrests, the Fairy Creek/Ada’itsx blockades on Southern Vancouver Island are now the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. As the efforts to protect the precious few last stands of old growth forest from logging have intensified, so have RCMP enforcement tactics.
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COP26: A test for humanity, a time for action
The Glasgow climate conference is “a test for who we are as humans” according to Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan.
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Forest “offsets” could doom Canada’s climate ambitions and the COP – here’s why
This week, Greenpeace Canada made a submission to the federal government’s Strategic Assessment of Climate Change. In it, we argue that using forests as an excuse for big polluters to…
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Greenpeace reaction to Steven Guilbeault becoming Environment Minister and new cabinet announcement
Minister Guilbeault knows the file, he knows the key players and he understands just how much is at stake. He’s also a practical person who knows the rules, which is important because implementing and raising the Liberal government’s climate commitments is going to take the whole government pulling hard in the same direction.
