Tag: Tar Sands
Canada is Planet Wrecker Number Two
A new report titled “Planet Wreckers”, shows how just 20 countries are responsible for nearly 90% of carbon dioxide pollution threatened by new oil...
Our Banks Are Not Our Friends. They Are Climate Villains
In 2015 countries committed to holding global warming well below 2°C with an aspirational goal of 1.5°C. Yet, in the seven years since the...
Letter to the CEO of the Oil Bank of Canada
In his message in the RBC Climate Blueprint, CEO David McKay says that "Global plans to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by...
Telling Canadian Fossil Banks To Stop Funding Climate Chaos and Injustice
The movement to pressure Canadian banks to stop funding climate chaos and abusing Indigenous rights came to life in 2021. And it's heating up...
#RBCisKillingMe: Stop Funding Fossil Fuels and Respect Indigenous Rights
#RBCisKillingMe is a global day of action to shine the light on RBC, Canada's largest fossil bank and one of the world's largest funders...
Canada’s Climate Policies: More of the Same Or Greater Urgency?
The act of choosing our politicians while the world is burning around us is a deeply profound act. Canadians have just chosen their next...
Mr. Wilkinson: You Can’t Be Canada’s Climate Minister and Promote Fossil Fuels
The message to Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, in a letter drafted by two members of GASP (Grandmothers Act to Save...
Canadian Banks Are Fueling Climate Destruction
Canadian banks are playing a growing and globally significant role in fueling climate destruction and are more exposed to climate risk than they are...
Another Climate Target Waiting To Be Missed?
“Climate change is a challenge that demands ambition…but ambition needs to be matched with action and accountability,” commented CBC News after Prime Minister Trudeau...
The Message for Alberta is Clear But Is Anybody Listening
Reality is catching up to Alberta but it seems like those huge quantities of oil have a way of interfering with common sense. Albertans...