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No New Money For Oil and Gas Companies—Give It To Workers—Say Large Collection of Groups Representing More Than One Million Canadians
March 24, 2020, Ottawa—A large collection of health, faith, environmental, labour and social justice groups, representing one million three hundred thousand Canadians, have sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau…
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Indigenous rights and forest protection: more important than ever!
On this International Forest Day 2020, it seems to me more important than ever to highlight the daily struggle of millions of peoples around the world who protect forests, especially the Indigenous peoples.
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Health and the Reuse Revolution: Zero waste living in a time of crisis
A Blog Series with Tips, Tools, and Reflections. In recent weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has sparked a wider conversation about how people who want to continue to avoid disposables, support reuse and refill alternatives, and push for zero waste solutions can proceed, while being mindful of health. We aren’t the health experts, but we can…
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Why we HAVE to make this stimulus green
We have an opportunity to come out of this public health crisis set up for a better future.
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Hope in a crisis
Friend, We’re experiencing a moment unlike any that a person living today has ever witnessed. Like many of you, I’ve been gripped by anxiety and sometimes outright fear, worrying about…
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10 simple ways to care for each other during the COVID-19 pandemic
The new coronavirus, COVID-19, has many of us glued to the news cycle, concerned for vulnerable loved ones, and adapting our lives to deal with the changes the pandemic is…
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IGC4 postponement: Greenpeace’s response
The fourth and final round of negotiations towards a Global Ocean Treaty, due to take place later this month at the UN in New York has been postponed due to concerns around the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Commenting, Dr Sandra Schoettner of Greenpeace’s Protect the Oceans campaign said:
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Next steps on plastic for Canada – from science to a strong single-use plastic ban
In 2019, with the federal election just around the corner, the Trudeau government made a promise to ban single-use plastics by 2021. An important, albeit overdue, step in that process has now been completed with the release of the Draft Science Assessment on Plastic Pollution. So what next? Now’s the moment for the feds to…
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Next steps on plastic for Canada – from science to a strong single-use plastic ban
In 2019, with the federal election just around the corner, the Trudeau government made a promise to ban single-use plastics by 2021. An important, albeit overdue, step in that process has now been completed with the release of the Draft Science Assessment on Plastic Pollution. So what next? Now’s the moment for the feds to…
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The fossil fuel industry’s “genderwashing” exposes another layer of their hypocrisy
Every year when International Women’s Day comes around on the 8th of March, it’s now normal to see corporations jumping on the opportunity to make their brands appear more interested in gender equality. Companies organise…
