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Trans Mountain pipeline expansion no longer needed: new expert report
The assumptions underlying the federal government’s $12.6 billion commitment to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) no longer stand up in 2020, according to a new report from veteran earth scientist David Hughes.
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“I Am Greta” documentary ignites the activist within
Greta Thunberg has been making headlines for the past two years, from her solitary protests which had gone viral on social media to the historic Friday’s For Future led September…
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300,000 students demand the immediate shutdown of the GNL Québec project
In line with an unprecedented mobilization on the climate crisis, 48 student associations representing nearly 300,000 students have officially voted to oppose the ‘GNL Québec’ project and demand its immediate shutdown.
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Doug Ford’s gas pump stickers hid an uglier truth
Like a poorly-written Netflix show, Ontario’s gas pump sticker saga couldn’t decide what kind of a tale it wanted to tell. The behind-the-scenes drama, however, says a lot about how…
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No more time to waste, no more half-fulfilled promises: #JustRecovery now!
With Canada’s economic update set to be announced in a matter of weeks, there is no more time to waste. Today, in 6 cities across Canada, 50 volunteers are taking…
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Amchitka concert – a walk down memory lane
It was October 16th, 1970 and anticipation filled the air. 10,000 people packed the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, waiting to see Phil Ochs, Chilliwack, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. The concert had been organized by the Don’t Make a Wave Committee, a small group founded by Irving and Dorothy Stowe and Jim and Marie Bohlen,…
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STATEMENT: Greenpeace applauds electric vehicle manufacturing announcement
“Today’s announcement is good news for the climate, for cleaner air and for Ontario workers. This deal to build electric vehicles means the next logical step is a California-style requirement for a minimum percentage of vehicle sales to be zero-emission and a commitment to end the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles by 2030.
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Leaked document details industry’s secret plan to defeat Clean Fuel Standard: “Fighting climate change is a losing battle”
We obtained a leaked copy of a confidential strategy, prepared for industry by PR firm Navigator Ltd, that aims to fight federal climate policy and convince Canadians "fighting climate change is a losing battle.”
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Over 25,000 Canadians say NO to Canada’s growing role in Amazon rainforest destruction where fires increased by 12.4% in one year.
Today Greenpeace Canada brought a message to Parliament Hill from over 25,000 Canadians.
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Trump and Bolsonaro “meltdown” during UN Biodiversity Summit
As the United Nations meets virtually at the Summit on Biodiversity today, ice sculptures of the presidents Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro are melting in New York to expose the urgency to act on the nature crisis and biodiversity collapse.