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The Issues

Alberta's Energy Transition

Alberta is the largest polluter of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, making up a third of the entire country’s carbon footprint.

Ending Climate Change

Stopping climate change and creating jobs in the clean economy.

Kicking Out Toxic Chemicals

Ensuring safe products are on our shelves.

Safeguarding canada's freshwater

Protecting safe, clean water.

Ending Plastic Pollution

Creating a future free from plastic waste.

Protecting Ontario’s Environment

Environmental rollbacks are allowing more sprawl to pave over prime farmland, aggregate operations to threaten water supplies and industry operations to threaten endangered species.

LATEST NEWS

Statement from Cassie Barker, Senior Program Manager for Toxics: Curbing Toxic Flame Retardants Is a Win for Safer Products

Postcards for Climate Action: Communities across Canada tell the Federal Government to Invest in our Future

Ontario Government Weakens Greenbelt Protections and Takes Land Again with Bill 212

Media Advisory: Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations to Resume in South Korea, Canadian Plastic Pollution Expert on the Ground and Available to Comment

Media Advisory: Press Conference on Government’s Failure to Reduce Emissions, Following CESD Report

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Less talk. More action. Whether you have 30 seconds, 30 minutes or 3 hours per month, we have action that you can take to protect Canada's freshwater bodies, our green space and our climate.

When you join with thousands of other Canadians, you can make change happen.

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DEMAND A COMPREHENSIVE BAN ON "FOREVER CHEMICALS"

Tell the government to pass regulations and hold Canada’s financial sector accountable

We must stop Highway 413 from paving over our farms, forests and the Greenbelt

DEMAND A COMPREHENSIVE BAN ON "FOREVER CHEMICALS"

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