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NEW COP26 DRAFT DECISION TEXT
“This draft deal is not a plan to solve the climate crisis, it’s an agreement that we’ll all cross our fingers and hope for the best. It’s a polite request that countries maybe, possibly, do more next year. Well that’s not good enough and the negotiators shouldn’t even think about leaving this city until they’ve…
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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.
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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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Coalition Calls for Ontario Securities Commission to Investigate Ring of Fire Proponent
Coalition Calls for Ontario Securities Commission to Investigate Ring of Fire Proponent
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Opinion: Failed anti-Alberta energy inquiry an affront to democratic debate
What happens when an inquisition can’t find any sinners? That is the conundrum facing the Kenney government’s so-called Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns.
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215 Children
On this day six years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released a road map for Canada to begin to heal the scars of residential schools and address their continuing legacy of injustice.
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Let Your Yard Sleep in: No Mow May & Biodiversity
The days are getting longer, the sap is beginning to flow, the flowers are coming back...and so are the lawn mowers. One might feel that spring lawn care is a must. But where does the urge to have perfectly mowed yards, gardens, parks and roadsides come from?
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Greenpeace Canada reaction to federal budget
Ottawa – In reaction to the release of the federal budget by Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, Keith Stewart, Senior Energy Strategist at Greenpeace Canada, said:
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Conservative’s climate plan
“At a time when we desperately need to do more, the Conservatives are unsurprisingly proposing we lower the bar even further. It may play well in oil company boardrooms, but it won’t prepare Canadians or the Canadian economy for the zero-carbon future.”
