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Solving climate crisis requires more than a carbon tax: Checklist for a green and just recovery
Market evangelists aren’t going down without a fight. In today’s Globe and Mail (“Engineering a ‘green recovery’ is a terrible idea”), the former chair of the Ecofiscal Commission Chris Ragan…
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How a true circular economy could be the answer to our plastic problem
The term ‘circular economy’ has become a popular buzzword in government reports, at industry conferences and even on the websites of popular consumer brands.
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Day of Action for a Green and Just Recovery
We are inviting you to challenge these federal MPs to make sure we build back better. They have each shown in the past that they care about the environment and think climate action is a top priority. Let’s challenge them to speak up for a #JustRecovery.
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Oil lobby looking to plastic to keep the petrochemical industry afloat
All the headlines screaming about the record drop in oil prices and the decline in demand for fossil fuels due to lockdown measures mask the fact that oil’s sister sector - petrochemicals - is booming.
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Airline bailouts, COVID-19 and the climate crisis: 4 things to consider
How can we balance international mobility and climate action? Canada’s hard-hit airlines are still clamouring for a bailout even though their emissions are rising. Here are five things any planned bailout should consider.
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The boreal forest : our climate shield
Canada's forests are even more important for climate than we thought - according to a ground-breaking new piece of research. In 2017, Greenpeace set out to better understand the climate impacts of clearcut logging in Canada's boreal forest, commissioning scientist Jay Malcolm, from the University of Toronto, to research this further. Here’s what you NEED…
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The Good, the Bad, and the TBD in new federal bailout for big business
Reading between the lines of the federal government’s new loan package for big business, there is a sense that Justin Trudeau’s minority government (with some strong shoves from the NDP,…
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Single-use plastics are a health risk, period.
As we think about our economic, societal and planetary recovery from COVID-19, it’s clear that one word stands out – health.
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Single-use plastics ban: 5 actions you can take for a #PlasticFreeFuture
In Canada, this year was expected to be the year that signalled a shift towards an economy less dependent on single-use plastics. We were going to be told what plastics…
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The Makers: People like you building hope for a kinder, fairer economy after COVID-19
Big, transformative change can be hard to picture. Here are four extraordinary "regular" people living the values that should underpin the economic recovery, from installing solar panels, to delivering healthy food to those in need, to sewing masks for health professionals. Let's make the personal political.