{"id":62244,"date":"2023-12-06T14:06:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=62244"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:06:03","slug":"recent-victories-montreal-gas-ban-and-other-global-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/62244\/recent-victories-montreal-gas-ban-and-other-global-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent victories: Montr\u00e9al =ban and other global wins!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the power of a bylaw, the City of Montr\u00e9al is tackling its greenhouse gas emissions by banning natural gas in most new buildings<\/strong> starting in October 2024. <\/p>\n\n

Adopted at the end of October, this new bylaw prohibits gas hookups for any new building of 600 square meters or less per floor, that are three-floors or less. <\/p>\n\n

Although a seemingly small measure, as Canada\u2019s second largest city, this will have an incredible impact. Buildings in Montr\u00e9al<\/strong> account for nearly 30% of the city\u2019s emissions<\/strong>, and it will help the city achieve its goal of having carbon neutral buildings by 2040. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cThis is a major step forward in the de-carbonization of buildings, a key factor in mitigating climate change,\u201d <\/strong>explains Patrick Bonin, Climate and Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace Canada. <\/p>\n\n

And this win was made possible because of you!<\/p>\n\n

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\u00a9 Jackie Hutchinson \/ Unsplash. View of the city from Mont-Royal, Montr\u00e9al, QC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

As a Greenpeace supporter, you help us convince cities like Montr\u00e9al to take real climate action. <\/strong>Your continued support allows us to campaign for a greener and safer world for all.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace Canada helped launch the <\/strong>Let\u2019s Take Out the Gas!<\/strong><\/a> coalition in Qu\u00e9bec to campaign for cities in the province to remove gas from buildings.<\/strong> \u201cOver the last two years we\u2019ve been denouncing the pro-fossil gas agreement between Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec and the gas company \u00c9nergir, all while raising awareness of the health risks linked to gas stoves,\u201d explains Bonin. <\/p>\n\n

The campaign included presenting studies and a memorandum to Montr\u00e9al\u2019s elected officials, and mobilizing the public to call on the city council to regulate and ban gas in new buildings. All of this hard work paid off and demonstrated that once again, people power really is what brings about change!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

And it\u2019s important to note that Montr\u00e9al wasn\u2019t the first to ban gas in new buildings, the city of Pr\u00e9vost in Qu\u00e9bec took the lead, and cities Candiac and Mont Saint-Hilaire have since followed suit. Looking beyond Qu\u00e9bec, there are a number of cities in British Columbia that have already implemented gas bans, including Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria and the municipalities of Saanich and Central Saanich. <\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s so inspiring to see these bylaws come to pass, and we\u2019ll continue working hard to keep this momentum going!<\/strong> Because our ambitions don\u2019t end here, we\u2019re pushing governments to adopt similar regulations on a provincial and federal level.<\/p>\n\n

And the wins don’t stop here. Below you’ll find a snapshot of other recent global campaign victories!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

UNITED KINGDOM: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Mass Mobilization Blockades Major Oil Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Nearly 300 demonstrators, including Greta Thunberg, successfully shut down the three-day Energy Intelligence Forum (formerly known as the Oil & Money Conference) in London (UK) where the biggest names in the fossil fuel industry were gathering. The CEO of Shell was forced to deliver his keynote on Zoom from another location, while Greenpeace climbers \u2014 who had each undergone a major style makeover to blend into a fancy hotel environment for a couple of days prior \u2014 dropped a banner saying \u2018Make Big Oil Pay\u2019 from the hotel balcony. The shutdown received global press coverage and demonstrated mounting pressure on the fossil fuel industry to pay for damages caused by climate change. The event was a mass-movement collaboration that involved Greenpeace UK, Fossil Free London, Extinction Rebellion, Stop Rosebank, and many others. <\/p>\n\n

MEXICO: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise<\/em> Crew Save Humpback Whale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Last month, the crew of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise<\/em> noticed a humpback whale in distress in the water, and after closer inspection realized the whale\u2019s fluke was entangled in fishing gear. The remote location and the imminent threat to the whale compelled the crew to act swiftly. After a tense hour and half, the crew were able to free the whale, and it was able to swim to freedom. This event emphasizes the dangers marine mammals face from plastic pollution and the urgent need for governments to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty and instate ocean sanctuaries. Watch the video of the rescue here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

INDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Delhi women\u2019s transit campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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\u00a9 Greenpeace India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Greenpeace India launched a month-long \u201cBus Tour of Delhi” to demand an increase in the number of public buses in Delhi and for the city\u2019s bus infrastructure to be inclusive, safe and accessible to all citizens. Using a rented bus decorated with fun messages and stories about inclusive and safe mobility, they engaged with various communities across the city, providing an opportunity for participants to gain the sense of \u2018re-owning\u2019 public spaces. Together they celebrated agency and freedom with a strong message against any form of gender-based discrimination in public mobility spaces.<\/p>\n\n

CANADA: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Qu\u00e9bec says no more nukes after Greenpeace Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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\u00a9 Alain Roberge\/ La Presse <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The province of Quebec is reviewing options to increase its energy production capacity in the coming years, with the reactivation of an old nuclear power plant, Gentilly-2, on the table. In response, Greenpeace Canada co-organized a conference for Mycle Schneider \u2014 an independent nuclear energy expert, consultant, and anti-nuclear activist \u2014 to discuss nuclear power at the University of Qu\u00e9bec, and organized both a radio and print interview for Schneider with La Presse. We take it as no coincidence that after the conference Francois Legault, PM of Qu\u00e9bec, declared: “The return to nuclear energy, after the closure of the Gentilly-2 power plant more than a decade ago, does not have the consent of the population. There is therefore no question of diving into it again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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