Talk:Greenpeace/Archive 2. This is the time to transition workers into quality clean tech jobs. This made the Alberta government the first Canadian government to use the public health emergency as cover for rolling back environmental protections (in the U.S., there are nearly two dozen such initiatives). Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests including the EUTR/FLEGT. #ableg #cdnpoli https://t.co/gFsE34oLc2. Instead, it steadily increased shareholder dividends, and also provided a one time special dividend to company investors. Offsetting allows companies like Shell to continue business as usual by buying their way out the important need to reduce GHG emissions. Bains suggests Ottawa may draw on scorned federal loan program for airline bailout https://t.co/rSVB5VQHNm #cdnpoli. The guidelines can be found at https://www.alter-eu.org/sites/default/files/documents/2012_ALTER-EU_CSCG_guidelines_Transparency_Register.pdf €, (If you're a human, don't change the following field), 08 Sep 2021 - Aleksandra Tomczak - Speaking engagement on just transition in Romania (DG European Green Deal), 31 May 2021 - Antoine Colombani Aleksandra Tomczak - State aid and coal in Romania (DG European Green Deal), 11 May 2021 - Roberto Reig Rodrigo - VTC Meeting - New Genomic Techniques and Gene drives (DG Health and Food Safety), 07 May 2021 - Eglantine Cujo - Discussion about Commission's legislative proposal on deforestation and forest degradation (DG Environment, Oceans and Fisheries), 30 Apr 2021 - Diana Montero Melis - upcoming regulation on deforestation (DG International Partnerships), 29 Apr 2021 - Jorge Pinto Antunes - Deforestation and forest degradation. While some adjustments were made, including renaming the Fund (so we can all forget its poor legacy), the lack of checks and balances around such programs really undermines the government’s will in addressing the climate crisis. Sauven said: “Whoever wins on 8 June should heed the advice of Lord Hodgson and amend it.”. • Public consultation on RED revision. An example of such a group is the environmentalist group Greenpeace; Greenpeace (an organisation with income upward of $50,000,000) use lobbying to gain political support for their campaigns. (DG Health and Food Safety), 24 Apr 2020 - Andrea Beltramello Vanessa Mock - Economic recovery, sustainable finance taxonomy, EIB energy lending policy, Just Transition Mechanism, Industrial Strategy, Integrating SDGs in the European Semester (DG An Economy that Works for People), 24 Apr 2020 - Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis - Economic recovery, sustainable finance taxonomy, EIB energy lending policy, Just Transition Mechanism, Industrial Strategy, Integrating SDGs in the European Semester (DG An Economy that Works for People), 17 Apr 2020 - Director-General Wolfgang Burtscher - Exchange of views on CAP and Green Deal (DG Agriculture and Rural Development), 15 Apr 2020 - Commissioner Thierry Breton - Priorities for the Coronavirus recovery (DG Internal Market), 06 Mar 2020 - Jorge Pinto Antunes - Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies (DG Agriculture), 04 Mar 2020 - Jorge Pinto Antunes - Transition Towards Sustainable Food Systems and European Green Deal (DG Agriculture), 19 Feb 2020 - Roberto Reig Rodrigo Annukka Ojala Giorgios Rossides - Farm to Fork (DG Health and Food Safety), 19 Feb 2020 - Lukas Visek - Sustainable food systems (DG European Green Deal), 19 Feb 2020 - Karolina Herbout-Borczak - Sustainable food systems (DG Health and Food Safety), 08 Jan 2020 - Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius - European Green Deal and the planed implementation of circular economy and biodiversity initiatives of the European Commission (DG Environment, Oceans and Fisheries), 08 Jan 2020 - Ruben Alexander Schuster - European Green Deal and the planed implementation of circular economy and biodiversity initiatives of the European Commission (DG Environment, Oceans and Fisheries), 05 Dec 2019 - Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans - Discussion on the European Green Deal (DG European Green Deal), 20 Jun 2019 - Leon Delvaux - Pesticides (DG Presidency), 04 Jun 2019 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - Debate on the strategic agenda and its relevance for climate and energy, NECP recommendations (DG Climate & Energy), 22 Feb 2019 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - Climate neutral strategy (DG Climate & Energy), 27 Sep 2018 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - Long-Term Strategy, Preparations for COP24 and October ENV Council (DG Climate & Energy), 13 Jun 2018 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - MOCA, Petersberg Dialogue, Trilogues, Long Term decarbonisation Strategy (DG Climate & Energy), 25 Apr 2018 - Marco Valletta - Common Agricultural Policy reform (DG Health), 20 Apr 2018 - Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis - General Food Law (DG Health), 20 Apr 2018 - Nathalie Chaze - General Food Law (DG Health), 06 Apr 2018 - Leon Delvaux - Neonicotinoids (DG Presidency), 09 Feb 2018 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - Politique europénne sur le climat et l'énergie (DG Climate & Energy), 11 Jan 2018 - Andras Inotai - Fisheries Control Regulation (DG Environment), 21 Nov 2017 - Leon Delvaux Martin Selmayr - Glyphosate (DG Presidency), 10 Oct 2017 - Joachim Balke - Electricity and Market Design (DG Climate & Energy), 26 Sep 2017 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - Clean energy package, cars and vans, international agenda (DG Climate & Energy), 30 May 2017 - Richard Szostak - Climate aspects G7 and EU-China Summit (DG Presidency), 18 May 2017 - Leon Delvaux - GMOs (DG Presidency), 28 Apr 2017 - Leon Delvaux - Comitology Files (DG Presidency), 24 Apr 2017 - Nathalie Chaze - Issues related to GMOs and pesticides (e.g. “TD is profiting by collecting this ridiculous amount of penalty, which is only based on the fact that the interest rate posted by Bank of Canada is so low — which was done to help people,” said Kristina Barybina, who was impacted by TD’s decision. It passes the buck, deferring the bulk of emission reductions to the future. Recruit others to join you! Lobbying at a local level has an impact on national and even global issues. As the Canadian Press reports, “A University of Calgary professor of resource law said the list of exemptions is similar to the longtime wish list of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. USCC's work is at times more partisan; for example, it might endorse a specific candidates. The Globe & Mail has the full story (and just days after this broke, the urgency of the climate crisis was underscored by a report on unaccounted carbon emissions from Canada’s disappearing forests). – Chris Ramsaroop, Justice for Migrant Farm Workers #StatusForAllhttps://t.co/zGWjqNBPRU, This could be another step towards decimating species at risk, like caribou. – @carobrouillette on @cbcdaybreakhttps://t.co/gTeVspmzdU pic.twitter.com/Ay2ECxlFYe. Read more in Press Progress and the Canadian Press. Take action through the link below. Even if this doesn’t break any rules, it’s a moral failure. Quebec’s Green Fund, established in 2006, was meant to subsidize projects that would battle climate change and ultimately reduce GHG emissions. This seems to be a common theme with the Ford government, since just 5 days before this announcement it also proposed to strip endangered species protection. Once you have secured a meeting please email: lobbying.uk@greenpeace.org to tell us when and where that meeting will take place. Recruit others to join you. It only takes a minute. Greenpeace - focusing on environmental issues and campaigns for environmental protection and sustainability by voicing climate change, biodiversity, and renewable energy. Activist groups, such as Greenpeace and GM Freeze, are lobbying together with examples of the unjust health effects this tiny rice grain brings to gain momentum and support when opposing Golden Rice. Many lobby groups simply do what they see fit. Others manage their affairs in the EU arena more professionally, and it is their home front and their playing field which are the focus of this book. Greenpeace Fund promotes Greenpeace's mission through public education, grassroots lobbying and grants to other environmental organizations. Where do we begin? This unwillingness to face the future is one of the reasons why global banks are bailing on oil sands #cdnpoli https://t.co/eHVMIroTfD. Get the full story with Environmental Defence. David Thomson, Joseph Tsai, Galen Weston, David Cheriton and Mark Scheinberg saw their wealth increase by 9% since mid-March ($5.5 billion), found Quebec-based TaxCOOP. Found inside – Page 374To the extent that limited transparency allows, interest groups now rate companies on the nature of their lobbying. For example, in their Guide to Greener Electronics, Greenpeace, the independent environment campaigning organization, ... #ableg https://t.co/M4zpmBV63w. The words "climate change" & "greenhouse gas" never appear, and "renewable" appears only oncehttps://t.co/4kJHJlGRiz. It tackles many issues worldwide, such as deforestation, genetic engineering, climate change, overfishing, etc. Your message is getting across, STAY LOUD & add your voice calling for a #JustRecovery >> https://t.co/EZfPyoearZ#BailoutPeople #cdnpolihttps://t.co/zBMlnaDXVR, Got a tip? While some key ministers were initially assigned to a green stimulus task force, the message from Justin Trudeau’s office has changed, walking back the importance of the task force (whose members likewise went quieter on the subject). LobbyFacts is a joint project of Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl. Greenpeace aims to protect and conserve nature and to promote peace by investigating, exposing and confronting environmental abuse, challenging the political and economic powers that can effect change, driving economically responsible and socially just solutions that offer hope for current and future generations, and inspire people to take responsibility for the planet. We must invest in a clean, renewable-energy future today, not LNG.See our recent fracking report here:https://t.co/sdfmEUuBdjhttps://t.co/THvi8GYf6K. Pretty clear, right? (DG Regional Policy), 11 Mar 2016 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - Implications of the Paris Agreement in the EU climate and energy policies (DG Climate & Energy), 09 Mar 2016 - Nathalie Chaze - Glyphosate (DG Health), 24 Feb 2016 - Hilde Hardeman - New plant breeding techniques (DG Jobs & Growth), 18 Feb 2016 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - Market design (DG Climate & Energy), 05 Feb 2016 - Leon Delvaux - New Plant Breeding (DG Presidency), 05 Feb 2016 - Dermot Ryan - new plant breeding techniques (DG Trade), 21 Jan 2016 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - COP21 and oncoming legislative package (DG Climate & Energy), 10 Dec 2015 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - State of play climate negotiations COP21 (DG Climate & Energy), 09 Dec 2015 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - state of play climate negotiations COP21 (DG Climate & Energy), 09 Dec 2015 - Nathalie Chaze - GMO, glyphosate (DG Health), 08 Dec 2015 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - State of play Climate negotiations (DG Climate & Energy), 06 Dec 2015 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - COP21 (DG Climate & Energy), 16 Nov 2015 - Yvon Slingenberg - Renewables in the context of the Energy Union (DG Climate & Energy), 10 Nov 2015 - Director-General Joao Aguiar Machado - Implementation of CFP / fighting against IUU (DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), 28 Sep 2015 - Commissioner Karmenu Vella - Ocean Governance, IUU (DG Environment), 28 Sep 2015 - Nathalie Chaze - New breeding techniques, GMO (DG Health), 28 Sep 2015 - Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis - New breeding techniques, GMO (DG Health), 22 Sep 2015 - Commissioner Karmenu Vella - Common Fisheries Policy (DG Environment), 17 Sep 2015 - Yvon Slingenberg Pierre Schellekens - Environment Council Preparation (DG Climate & Energy), 17 Sep 2015 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - Environment Council Preparation (DG Climate & Energy), 07 Sep 2015 - Director-General Joao Aguiar Machado - Courtesy visit / Common Fisheries Policy (DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), 04 Sep 2015 - Yvon Slingenberg Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero Isaac Valero Ladron - International Climate negotiations and Commission Working Programme (DG Climate & Energy), 04 Sep 2015 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - International Climate negotiations and Commission Working Programme (DG Climate & Energy), 09 Jul 2015 - Juho Romakkaniemi Heidi Jern - Green growth (DG Jobs & Growth), 23 Jun 2015 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - ETS review, Energy Union implementation and International Climate negotiations (DG Climate & Energy), 23 Jun 2015 - Isaac Valero Ladron - ETS review, Energy Union implementation and International Climate negotiations (DG Climate & Energy), 23 Jun 2015 - Commissioner Karmenu Vella - Ocean Governance (DG Environment), 18 Jun 2015 - Richard Szostak - The EU's Arctic Policy, G7 and EU commitments on climate, Free speech and Greenpeace in India (DG Presidency), 30 Apr 2015 - Isaac Valero Ladron - International climate talks and EU climate diplomacy. Earlier this month, Canadian software developer Tim Bray resigned due to Amazon’s firing of workers fighting for Covid-19 protection. Senior Energy Strategist Keith Stewart breaks it down in his thread below. On the surface, it may sound like a compassionate move, but (yup, you guessed it) there’s a catch: the portal creates a loophole in lobbying laws that help ensure transparency, which we all know is important to a healthy democracy. Greenpeace was founded in 1971 and since then, Greenpeace has been campaigning to expose environmental criminals and to challenge governments and corporations when they threaten the safety of the environment and our futures. In a shot across the bow against Alberta strengthening regulations to ensure polluters deal with their messes, the oil lobby was asking for the feds to set aside even more money for future orphan wells (letting investors walk away with profits while taxpayers are left holding the mop). neonicotinoids, glyphosate) (DG Health), 11 Apr 2017 - Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete - mobility package 2017,ETS, ESR,Clean Energy Package (DG Climate & Energy), 01 Feb 2017 - Telmo Baltazar - A Union of Democratic Change; Energy Union; Jobs, Growth and Investment; A stronger Global Actor (DG Presidency), 12 Jan 2017 - Soren Schonberg - State Aid and Environmental issues (DG Competition), 19 Dec 2016 - Nathalie Chaze - Neonicotinoids. . Greenpeace is an international organisation lobbying and campaigning for peace and protection of our environment, independently of any one Government or State. A small but critical piece of the proposed Marine Protected Area in Saguenay QC has been quietly removed for an LNG terminal. #JustRecovery #cdnpoli #INDUhttps://t.co/hJxZkDNvWf. https://t.co/lJa4aY7JNA @AnitaOakville @cupw #cdnpoli https://t.co/3IyswHxxbA. What’s new? If carbon capture side of this works. Please support organizations leading the fight for migrant justice, like the Migrant Justice Workers Alliance. A government-commissioned review led by the Tory peer Lord Hodgson made several recommendations, including a call to distinguish between activities in support of a specific political party and civil society groups campaigning on matters of public interest. The numbers will go up. Critics say the government’s definition of these activities is so broad it can include any activity that could be interpreted as political. [4] greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity"[5] and focuses its campaigning on world wide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing . (modern). Some of the world's biggest polluters are trying to water down a key United Nations report on climate change, according to documents obtained by Greenpeace's journalism unit Unearthed.. Support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP strategic plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) 2021–2027, 2018/0216(COD) can open a host of new opportunities for western Canada, calling for a Cabinet to hold a national public consultation, 7.8 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, failing to meet existing greenhouse gas reduction targets, told a local Windsor, Ontario, radio station, requirements to consider environmental values or consult the public, pull out of financing the fracked gas export project. Lobbyists succeed by owning the terms of debate, steering conversations away . “We have had significant discussions with both the Alberta government and the federal government about the need for incremental liquidity support,” he said on an investor call, as reported in the Financial Post. They also asked for some shiny new tax breaks and fee waivers: Not only is the bank investing in pharmaceutical companies poised to do business during the pandemic, but it increased its exposure to Suncor, the largest Canadian producer, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips. All of this under the guise (PR strategy) of supporting public-friendly initiatives. It’s been one week since the CAQ released their controversial economic recovery bill, which has drawn fire from opposition, environmentalists, human right activists, anti-corruption watchdogs and more due to the large number of rules it would allow the government to bypass. He said many charities had therefore decided the safest thing was to “sit out the last election and [they] may do the same this time”. Got a tip? News: Newfoundland and Labrador offshore industry "in crisis mode. greenpeace is a non-governmental[3] environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in amsterdam, the netherlands. The threats posed by climate change to our communities and our economy demand no less. This text provides an introduction to the workings of the British political process, clarifying study methods. But guess what? While many distributed some funds, the growing gap between rich and poor, and the absurd wealth concentrated in the hands of a few raises some important questions. This book investigates how nongovernmental organizations can become stronger advocates for citizens and better representatives of their interests. The Conservative government led by David Cameron passed the act as a result of high-profile corporate lobbying scandals. Greenpeace has become the first organisation to be fined under the government’s Lobbying Act which critics warned would silence legitimate campaign groups. While it sounds noble, let’s be clear here, we should bailout people not oil! New today is Bill 22 in Alberta, which: ️eliminated the need for cabinet approval on oilsands projectseliminated an energy efficiency org (& folded it into another agency) #cdnpoli #ableghttps://t.co/cpZM2znnoF. Why not just buy a pipeline while we are at it … oh wait! Maybe Yah! Are you surprised oil companies are lobbying for a coast to coast federal carbon offset program? Greenpeace - Making the World a Better Place Essay. But people in Alberta are fighting back: First Nations are appealing the Kenney government’s decision, including for the lack of consultation on these unilateral clawbacks. These types of schemes put money right in the hands of wealthy shareholders and executives, which is why Greenpeace opposes TARP-style measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Network members have often been able to meet with their MP when Greenpeace hasn't been able to meet with the relevant minister. Yet, instead of condemning this activity, the Canadian government might actually reward it – by offering Brazil (and Big Agribusiness) a lucrative free trade deal that would up beef imports to Canada. If you want to be a climate leader dear Justin Trudeau, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Regulatory rollbacks, the clean fuel standard and (you guessed it) financial support. Amazon has also faced criticism of its labour practices during the pandemic (see also previous entires). And among the sought-after policies were tax suspensions (income and carbon taxes) as well as a credit facility similar to what in the US is called a Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). COM(2020)0789 Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future Greenpeace. In this method, . COM (2020) 0790 European democracy action plan . - greenpeace - demonstrations of public support, publicity campaigns, civil disobedience, digital campaigning . Tell us about it at [email protected]. The exodus of investment these Western separatists find "baffling" is due to the very policies that they are demanding more of: Buffalo Project calls on western MPs, senators to block feds' 'green recovery' https://t.co/6xWi1RgiNg #cdnpoli. Planting a tree for every new pipeline just won’t cut it. With shocking disregard for the severity of the climate crisis, the urgent need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible, and deplorable and continuing efforts of the oil industry to block action on climate change, Minister Wilkinson said it would be “silly” for Canada to not continue producing and exporting oil for decades. Governments across Canada have suspended/cancelled/delayed environmental protections during #COVID19. More on this here. We say, the best way to make things stable is by making it clear that companies must fully respect Indigenous law, rights and title. To read more on this latest scandal, click the newslink above.
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