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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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Don’t Let Covid-19 Recovery Bulldoze Forests with False Solutions
The Logging industry is painting itself as a climate solution, even an answer to the economic recovery. Here are the Top 5 False Solutions you need to know when it comes to forestry.
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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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Oil industry leveraging pandemic to pressure government for climate-wrecking favours in Newfoundland offshore
We’re five months into the pandemic and so far we’ve seen lots of examples of polluting industries trying to use the crisis to pressure governments for more subsidies, changes to…
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Desjardins: an important victory
On June 5, Desjardins Group, North America’s largest credit union association, announced that its 17 SocieTerra funds and portfolios would divest from fossil fuels (including oil, gas, coal and pipelines).…
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Greenpeace statement on Total’s $7-billion tar sands writedown and withdrawal from CAPP
“Total’s decision to write down their tar sands assets and quit Canada’s biggest oil lobby group for its opposition to action on climate change underscores the urgency of ensuring that covid-19 stimulus plans grow a green economy and transition workers securely into it. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, starting with the most…
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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…
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Call these MPs to support a green and just recovery in Canada!
Get excited: It’s time for our second Day of Action for a Green and Just Recovery from covid-19!
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Get Out of the Way Endangered Caribou…BC Wants a New Coal Mine!
BC government is considering a climate change-accelerating coal mine at a time of climate crisis. in an endangered caribou habitat, and against the wishes of the local Indigenous Nation.