Activist Toolkit
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Stop the use of single use plastics
| Join the Reuse Revolution.
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Photo: Council of Canadians
UN climate summit may be used to greenwash Canada's tar sands
Brent Patterson | Is it possible that the COP 21 climate summit could be used as a moment to promote the tar sands and export pipelines?
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Clean coal, green oil: How Saskpower is greenwashing carbon capture
Emily Eaton | With little in the way of a comprehensive provincial strategy to combat climate change, the Saskatchewan government is touting its investment in SaskPower's Carbon Capture and Storage technology.
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A B.C. framework for LNG, part 2: The LNG income tax
Marc Lee | Well, we saw this coming but it's still sobering to see it in black and white. The B.C. government's decision to cut its proposed LNG Income Tax in half is simply a cave-in to industry.
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Photo: BC Gov Photos/flickr
A B.C. framework for LNG, part 1: The carbon benchmark
Marc Lee | The B.C. government's proposed carbon pollution benchmarks for LNG plants leave much to be desired. The package is an impressive display of cognitive dissonance.
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Dangers of global rush for aviation biofuel
Redeye Collective | With profits increasingly threatened by rising fuel prices, airlines are turning to biofuels both to reduce costs and to give the industry a sustainable image.
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Activist Communiqué: Occupy 'greenwashing' (tar sands ≠ sustainability) in Vancouver
Krystalline Kraus | Join together to shame two hypocrites -- Christy Clark and Peter Kent -- and prevent them from "greenwashing" their image when it comes to sustainability. Let them hear the voice of local opposition.
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Eco Update: New year but the world still collapses
Dan Kellar, [email protected] Radio | Canadian NGOs work for the violent colonial state even as Harper continues to reduce the ability of Environment Canada to protect the environment.
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Redeye
Fair trade not empowering producers
Lorraine Chisholm | Longtime activist Ian Hussey says that the fair-trade bureaucracy has centralized power in the Global North and that producers have little say in their working and living conditions.
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Activist Communique: Putting the nausea-green in greenwashing
Krystalline Kraus | A greenwashing ad corporations would be proud of. Download and share it because it will probably get shut down quick.
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Redeye
Group claims Canada's ecological footprint good reason to restrict immigration
Sean Mullen | The Centre for Immigration Policy Reform is using environmental arguments to push for more restrictive immigration policies in Canada.
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Redeye
BC Hydro rebrands Peace River dam project as 'clean and green'
Sean Mullen | Chief Liz Logan says the Site C dam proposed for the Peace River will destroy thousands of hectares of old growth forest, valuable farmland and First Nations traditional territory.