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Aliénor Rougeot

Senior Program Manager, Climate and Energy

Aliénor’s interest for human and environmental rights started during her childhood in the South of France, where she became vocal on topics of biodiversity loss, women’s rights, refugee rights and climate change. These interests led her to the intersectional topic of climate justice, but it was only when she moved to Canada at the age of 17 that she truly understood the need for broad and collective mobilization for climate action. This led her to co-founding and coordinating Fridays for Future Toronto while completing a degree in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Allie’s happiness comes from being with others, and in her free time she can be found exploring Toronto’s parks and cafés with friends.

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Nov 28, 2024

Regulator sells out community safety for pennies on the dollar, as Imperial Oil gets 95 per cent “discount” on oil sands spill fine

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ALBERTA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, ATHABASCA CHIPEWYAN FIRST NATION, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE…

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Oct 31, 2024

Everything you need to know about COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference

This year, we yet again witnessed the dramatic consequences of the world’s continued burning of…

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Oct 31, 2024

Why experts agree there must be no additional exposure to toxins in the tar sands

When oil companies started mining the tar sands for bitumen at a large scale in…

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Jun 18, 2024

Statement: Environmental Defence celebrates the federal government’s adoption of Bill C-50, the Sustainable Jobs Act

Statement by Aliénor Rougeot, Climate and Energy Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the…

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May 30, 2024

Federal Environment and Health Ministers Agree to Assess Toxicity of Naphthenic Acids

ATHABASCA CHIPEWYAN FIRST NATION,  ECOJUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, KEEPERS OF THE WATER Ottawa | Traditional, unceded…

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Apr 22, 2024

Everything you Need to Know About the Sustainable Jobs Act (Bill C-50)

On June 18, 2024, Senators voted to pass the Sustainable Jobs Act, or Bill C-50….

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Apr 15, 2024

Environmental Defence Celebrates Progress on the Sustainable Jobs Act 

Statement by Aliénor Rougeot, Program Manager, Climate and Energy  It is good news for workers…

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Mar 08, 2024

Why this First Nation is Right to Sue the Alberta Energy Regulator over Last Year’s Toxic Tailings Leak

Last year, one of Imperial Oil’s mines in the tar sands leaked toxic industrial waste…

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