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Climate experts react to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s sustainable finance announcement
Thousands of sustainable finance experts from around the world gathered in Toronto this week for the PRI in Person conference, offering the Canadian federal government an important opportunity to deliver details on Canada’s approach to sustainable finance.
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Federal elections – Parties must commit to respecting the Quebec Environmental Consensus
The Vire au vert coalition, made up of twenty one Quebec civil society organizations, is calling on the federal political parties represented in the House of Commons to commit to respecting the Quebec Environmental Consensus as they develop their respective political platforms for the upcoming federal election campaign.
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Canadians overwhelming (93%) support anti-greenwashing legislation: Poll
New data shows that Canadians overwhelmingly support the core of the new federal anti-greenwashing legislation (Bill C-59), with 93% of Canadians supporting the statement “Companies should face penalties for making environmental claims that they can’t prove are true”, according to a survey conducted by Angus Reid Forum and commissioned by Greenpeace Canada.
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We all want truth in advertising
On June 19, Bill C-59 received its final reading. One measure of the law includes amendments to the Competition Act that will enforce greenwashing laws regarding what companies say about…
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Chill Your Heatwave: Greenpeace offers free vegan ice cream in Montreal to expose Big Oil driving the planetary thermostat up
In the midst of an intense heat wave hitting Montreal today, Greenpeace Canada activists are out on Mont-Royal Avenue with their “Chill Your Heatwave” bike, serving free vegan ice cream to offer a refreshing perspective on these extreme temperatures. Activists highlighted the fossil fuel industry’s leading role in driving these extreme temperatures and demanded fossil…
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The pitch for a Climate Recovery Fund
While climate disasters disrupt lives around the world, the fossil fuel industry evades accountability. They need to pay into a Climate Recovery Fund.
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How Is Climate Change Fuelling Forest Fires in Canada?
As the 2024 wildfire season gets underway, we fear another record year. The fires are being aggravated by the climate crisis, and the fossil fuel industry is igniting the flame.
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INC-4: Plastics talks in Ottawa end on a disappointing note under compromised Canadian leadership
Late on Monday night, the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) for a Global Plastics Treaty ended with world governments failing to agree on the inclusion of any reference to plastic production or polymers in intersessional work, despite strong support by various countries, scientists and civil society groups. While Canada supported in principle…
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INC-4: Greenpeace hangs a banner on Mackenzie King Bridge, urging delegates to put people over plastic
Twenty-four hours before the end of the negotiations for a Plastics Treaty at the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), Greenpeace Canada activists hung a banner on the Mackenzie King Bridge, right next to the Shaw Center, where world delegations are gathered. The fourteen meters banner read “People over polluters: Cut plastic production now!” and followed…
