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BAPE ON GNL Québec: HISTORIC PARTICIPATION EXPOSES THE FLAWS OF AN OUTDATED PROJECT
78% of testimonies were against or clearly opposed to the project (138 AGAINST, 36 FOR). Beyond this simple tally, the wide-ranging sentiment expressed and felt during the hearings in the past two weeks was one of consternation that in 2020.
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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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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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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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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.
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“WE DESERVE BETTER”: a concerted communication effort to reveal the serious dangers of the project GNL/Gazoduq
Thirty civil society, community and environmental group have launched a "We Deserve Better" campaign in advance of the Quebec's government's planned public consultations on the liquified natural gas (LNG) project proposed by company GNL Quebec. The groups' campaign draws attention to the risks posed by the project, the liquifaction plant component of which Quebec's environmental…
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WHY YOU HAVE TO SAY #GNLNonMerci BEFORE SEPTEMBER 21 !
GNL Québec is the largest fossil fuel project in recent Quebec history. It is a fight the size of the one we led against the Energy East pipeline.
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What GNL Québec is and why you must block the project.
The GNL Québec project would involve the construction of a 750 km gas pipeline (by Gazoduq), a gas liquefaction plant (by Énergie Saguenay) and a super-methane ship export terminal.
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Seven principles to align COVID-19 recovery with Canada’s climate commitments–new report shown to key federal ministers
OTTAWA - As the federal government works out its COVID-19 economic recovery, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) today released seven principles outlining a roadmap for meeting Canada's 2050 climate commitments while spurring economic resilience and creating good jobs. Canada's leading environmental groups, who represent close to two million people, have signed on to…