Deceptive Trans Mountain Pipeline ads leave Alberta taxpayers on the hook for $10 million
Oct 31, 2018 by Patrick DeRochie (Program Manager, Climate & Energy)
Categories: Climate Change
Most fossil fuel subsidies take the form of handouts and tax breaks for companies to explore for and produce more oil and gas. But…Read More
Blue Flags Are Borderless - Highlights from the Blue Flag International Meeting 2018
Oct 31, 2018 by Kelsey Scarfone (Program Manager, Water)
Categories: Blue Flag
This summer Blue Flags flew proudly at 27 beaches and 9 marinas across Canada, but did you know Blue Flag is the biggest eco-certification…Read More
What’s behind B.C.’s new LNG mega-project? $6.6 billion in public handouts
Oct 26, 2018 by Patrick DeRochie (Program Manager, Climate & Energy)
Categories: Climate Change
The oil and gas industry is hailing a new fossil fuel project—dubbed LNG Canada—as a huge breakthrough that supposedly shows that it’s competitive to…Read More
Major bans on single-use plastics across the EU. Up next: Canada…
Oct 26, 2018 by Rachel Kitchin (Communications Manager)
Categories: Plastic Pollution
Finally, some good news! On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a sweeping new plan to deal with plastics across the…Read More
Why the Senate must pass Bill C-69
Oct 26, 2018 by Patrick DeRochie (Program Manager, Climate & Energy)
Categories: Climate Change
In 2012, the previous government gutted environmental protections for Canada’s land, air, water and climate in an attempt to rubber-stamp and fast-track risky energy…Read More
Canada's carbon tax announcement is a win for the climate: Provinces can’t opt out of saving the planet
Oct 23, 2018 by Dale Marshall (National Program Manager)
Categories: Climate Change
Canada is now one step closer to having polluters across the country pay for their carbon emissions. In the face of opposition from…Read More
Styrofoam is polluting our environment. Let’s #BanTheFoam.
Oct 19, 2018 by Ashley Wallis (Program Manager, Water)
Categories: Plastic Pollution
There’s no single solution to plastic pollution. We need to do a better job of capturing plastic waste, and recycling it back into new…Read More
Already got your canvas shopping bag? Here are five other ways to go #PlasticFree
Oct 17, 2018 by Ashley Wallis (Program Manager, Water)
Categories: Plastic Pollution
Maybe we’ve finally seen enough photos of dead and dying animals choking on or entangled in plastic trash. Or maybe we’re rattled by reports…Read More
What the media is missing about the new IPCC report: We shouldn’t give up.
Oct 15, 2018 by Dale Marshall (National Program Manager)
Categories: Climate Change, Environmental Defence
Last week the most esteemed climate scientists in the world unveiled a new report that laid out the global impacts that we should…Read More
Heroes in the Field: Lake Erie's unsung guardians - part 2
Oct 12, 2018 by Rachel Kitchin (Communications Manager)
Categories: Great Lakes
Joe Csoff and his family have been farming in the Lake Erie basin since the 80s. During that time he’s seen farming practices and…Read More