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Plastics corporations to use USMCA against “straw ban”

Last month, the Trudeau government announced plans for legislation to tackle plastic waste. The proposed law, which won’t come into effect until the end of 2021 – more than a year’s worth of plastic garbage away – will list plastic as a toxin and [...]

Under cover of COVID, Pallister serves an environmental privatization bonanza

Manitoba’s Conservative government has used the coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic crisis as an opportunity to ram through legislation aimed at privatizing the province’s forests, parks, water infrastructure and flood control. A [...]

Film uncovers the dirt on greenwashing, but fails to dig up alternatives

Planet of the Humans (2019) Released on YouTube, April 2020 Written and Directed by Jeff Gibbs Producer Michael Moore April 2020 was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and environmentalist all around the world marked this date in [...]

This is a Climate Emergency

Only radical system change offers a pathway towards hope and out of despair.

Earth Day and Climate Justice

Earth Day is often an occasion for corporate interests to greenwash destructive profiteering; it should become a day to demand a new socialist economic system.

Protect Maritime Jobs and Environment

We urge readers to stand with ILWU, the ILA and the SIU in the struggle to save jobs and protect Canada’s coasts and waters.

Defend People and Nature, Not Big oil Profits

Canada clearly remains in the camp of countries engaged in the expansion of greenhouse gas emissions for the sake of Big Oil profits.

Unite Against Big Oil

November was a tough month for climate justice activists.

Standing Strong Against Big Oil

The community of protesters standing in solidarity with North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux represents the largest gathering of Native Americans in more than a century, yet it has been largely ignored by the mainstream media.

Solidarity with Treaty 8 Caravan to Stop the Site C Dam!

From September 6 to 13, the Treaty 8 Caravan to Stop the Site C Dam travelled from the west coast to Montreal, where a case against the project has begun in the Federal Court of Appeal.