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2021 Federal budget analysis: how just and green will the COVID recovery be?
On Monday April 19th, Trudeau released a budget that showed you have been heard. There’s still a lot of work to be done, but here are some of the things that likely wouldn’t have been in the budget without pressure from people like you.
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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.”
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Say no to a deal in palm oil deforestation
Tell Minister Ng to take this seriously and shut the door to dirty palm oil. Sign the petition to halt the trade deal.
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Climate change villains: Your weekly gossip on oil and gas industry scandals
Move over Lady Whistledown! We're spilling all on industry's anti-climate capers: This week, how the oil industry is raising fears about net zero and asking bureaucrats to be their "champions" in the federal government.
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Saving Fairy Creek and Why Ancient Forests are Worth More Standing
Guest blogger Liz Sparkes, an environmental Science student and nature advocate from Vancouver Island
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Ministerial Briefing Note Shows How Canada’s Natural Resources Ministry Is Captured by the Oil Industry
This is a revised, blog-ified and slightly expanded version of the Twitter thread here.
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The Spring budget is coming We’re sending a message in paint: Build Back Fossil Free!
While the Liberal Throne Speech last September provided some progress in their recovery plans, its lack of detail failed to make the mark. This was yet another big disappointment. Given the urgency of the crises we face right now, we need more ambitious and immediate actions in order to build back fossil free for a…
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CITIZEN GROUPS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCH AMBITIOUS CAMPAIGN TO PUT THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Montreal, March 31, 2021 – This morning, a broad coalition of mobilized community groups and environmental organizations from throughout Quebec held a virtual press conference to launch an ambitious awareness and mobilization campaign, Vire au Vert - to encourage all those who are concerned about the climate crisis to become actively involved in the upcoming…
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How can Premiers bypass Buy-America? Go big on climate action
It’s an open secret that President Joe Biden is twisting political arms to get world leaders to come to his April 22 climate summit with new, bigger commitments on climate action. Yet Canada risks showing up empty-handed unless key Premiers are willing to get on board with the Trudeau government’s new climate plan.