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As Quebec takes on co-presidency of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, climate organizations present their expectations for what this new role means
Following Minister Benoit Charette’s announcement today that Quebec would be taking on greater leadership within the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA), climate organizations are sharing their key expectations for Quebec.
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Greenpeace Canada reaction to methane regulations announcement
Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist for Greenpeace Canada, responds to the Canadian government's announcement of draft regulations to reduce oil and gas sector emissions.
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Greenpeace reaction to Loss & Damage Fund Announcement and Pledges
In reaction to the Loss & Damage finance announcement and pledges made at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), Greenpeace International and Greenpeace Canada said:
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It’s time to make polluters pay
As I stood outside Environment Minister Guilbeault’s office, mere hours before the start of the 28th UN Climate Summit (COP28) in Dubai, the air was crisp and fresh. This was a real contrast with the smokey weeks of the summer when forests burned at record rates.
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COP28: Greenpeace engulfs Minister Guilbeault’s office in wildfire footage calling on Canada to ‘Make Polluters Pay’
MONTREAL – Mere hours before the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) opened, Greenpeace activists displayed wildfires on Minister Guilbeault’s office in…
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COP28 Media Brief
In the COP28 Greenpeace Canada Media Brief we detail our expectations, or see the full Greenpeace Policy Briefing.
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GROWING CONCERN AROUND RBC’S PURCHASE OF HSBC CANADA PROMPTS LAUNCH OF ‘STOP THE RBC TAKEOVER’ CAMPAIGN
Campaign calling on Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to block the biggest bank merger in Canadian history that raises significant concerns on housing, affordability, competition, Indigenous rights and climate change, if…
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How to #TakeCashOutOfCarbon: A Step-by-Step Guide to Take Action on Fossil Banks
Here are 5 simple steps you can take to urge decision-makers to #TakeCashOutOfCarbon by aligning Canada’s financial system with The Paris Agreement.
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Groups denounce gas company’s lawsuit seeking to overturn a Quebec municipality’s partial ban on fossil gas in new buildings: Énergir wants to prevent municipalities from fighting the climate crisis
Sixteen environmental and community groups based in Quebec vigorously denounce Energir’s legal offensive against the small municipality of Prévost and are calling on the company’s owners to intervene. The Quebec gas giant is attempting to overturn a bylaw aimed at limiting the use of fossil-gas-powered equipment in buildings in order to combat the climate crisis. They say…
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Free heat pumps to cool our overheated planet and politics
The Trudeau government is being attacked from all sides over its decision to remove the carbon tax from home heating oil. Fortunately, there is a way forward that addresses the affordability and climate crises: offer free heat pumps and insulation upgrades for anyone who wants them, paid for by a tax on excess oil company…