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Leaders must seize decisive moment for climate finance at COP29
World leaders at the UN climate change conference COP29 in Baku must respond boldly to another year of record temperatures and rising emissions by agreeing a robust new finance goal to support desperately needed climate action in developing countries.
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Climate experts react to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s sustainable finance announcement
Thousands of sustainable finance experts from around the world gathered in Toronto this week for the PRI in Person conference, offering the Canadian federal government an important opportunity to deliver details on Canada’s approach to sustainable finance.
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Join the fight against greenwashing
We won a major victory earlier this year when the federal government passed tough new anti-greenwash legislation, but now the oil lobby is fighting hard to weaken it.
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Canadians overwhelming (93%) support anti-greenwashing legislation: Poll
New data shows that Canadians overwhelmingly support the core of the new federal anti-greenwashing legislation (Bill C-59), with 93% of Canadians supporting the statement “Companies should face penalties for making environmental claims that they can’t prove are true”, according to a survey conducted by Angus Reid Forum and commissioned by Greenpeace Canada.
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We all want truth in advertising
On June 19, Bill C-59 received its final reading. One measure of the law includes amendments to the Competition Act that will enforce greenwashing laws regarding what companies say about…
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Buckle up, the oil industry is driving us toward disaster
We wouldn’t want a consortium of car manufacturers writing the laws on vehicle safety or an alliance of pharmaceutical companies determining the health benefits of medications. So why would we…
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Greenpeace Canada’s reaction to the Pathways Alliance scrubbing all information from their website and social media channels
The Pathways Alliance scrubbed all information from their website and social media channels claiming that “amendments to the Competition Act will create significant uncertainty for Canadian companies that want to communicate publicly about the work they are doing to improve their environmental performance.
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Greenpeace reacts to Big Oil’s Misleading Testimony at Federal Environment Committee
In reaction to Canada’s leading oil and gas executives testifying on their contribution to the climate crisis while amassing billions in profits, Salomé Sané, Climate Campaigner for Greenpeace Canada said:
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Bankers to be grilled on greenwash
Wanted: Canadian bank CEOs have been summoned to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development. Now we need the committee members to ask tough questions on our behalf.
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Shell’s flagship carbon capture project sold $200M of ‘phantom’ emissions credits: Greenpeace report
Shell’s flagship carbon capture project has made over $200 million (CAD) selling emissions credits for reductions that never happened, according to a new investigative report Selling Hot Air from Greenpeace Canada.