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12 Questions with #YouthClimateStrike organizer Rebecca Hamilton
Welcome to #12For12, our new blog series designed to fight apathy and inspire change. In this series, we’re asking 12 courageous climate champions from across Canada 12 questions about how…
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STATEMENT: Greenpeace applauds Ontario NDP’s proposed bill to ban single-use plastics
(MONTRÉAL) – In response to the Ontario NDP’s proposed private member’s bill announced today calling for a ban of single-use plastics in Ontario, Sarah King, Head of Greenpeace Canada’s Oceans…
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STATEMENT: Greenpeace calls out feds for hypocrisy in plastic investment
(MONTRÉAL) – In reaction to the federal government’s announcement of an investment of $49 million to Calgary-based Inter Pipeline, to turn Alberta propane into plastic pellets for the manufacture of…
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STATEMENT: Going forward with Trans Mountain is a step back for the climate
February 22, 2019 (VANCOUVER) - In response to the Trans Mountain Expansion Project reconsideration hearing (ordered by the Federal Court of Appeal) which today announced it will impose 156 conditions
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STATEMENT: Canada must stop dumping its plastic trash on Global South
(MONTRÉAL) — In response to the Canadian government’s refusal to sign on to an amendment to an international treaty [1] that would ban countries like Canada from shipping hazardous waste,…
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STATEMENT: New report finds entire lifecycle of plastics a threat to human health
WASHINGTON, DC – A new report from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) examines the health impacts associated with plastics at every stage of their supply chain and lifecycle,…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Youth March for Climate Justice in Ottawa
18 February, 2019 (OTTAWA) – Following a four-day youth climate convergence conference, volunteers from PowerShift:Young& Rise – an intersectionnal growing movement that gathered youth from all backgrounds across Canada – are marching…
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Three reasons why plastics won’t save the oil industry
As electric vehicles and cheap solar panels cut into the demand for petroleum-based fuels, an increasingly desperate oil industry has been banking on plastics to drive future demand growth. Here…
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Young people from across Canada descend on Ottawa for climate summit
PowerShift Young & Rising to train & mobilize hundreds of young organizers OTTAWA / ALGONQUIN ANISHINABE TERRITORY — Hundreds of young people from across Canada began gathering in Ottawa yesterday…
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Youth have the Power to Shift, so Rise.
It’s clear: we have 12 years to act. We are living in a climate emergency where floods, wildfires and rising sea levels are impacting us around the world- but you…