The Robin Hood Tax: 
A tiny tax on banks that could raise billions of dollars for fighting poverty and climate change at home and abroad!
This week, the International Development Ministers wrapped up their meetings in Halifax in preparation for the G8 Summit and yet again, there were no discussions on climate change and how countries will meet their financing targets agreed to in the Copenhagen Accord. As the days count down until the G8 Summit, WWF worries that climate may not make the agenda at all. more.
British Columbia's new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is too weak to effectively fight global warming, according to an analysis released today by Environmental Defence Canada and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
The groups compared BC's standard to the pioneering California one, and found BC's effort to be significantly flawed. Copies of the analysis are being sent to decision-makers across North America, several of whom are also in the process of developing an LCFS. more
Comparison of California and British Columbia’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards
We have come together as members of unions, environmental and social justice organizations to form a common front of civil society groups for the building of a green economy in Canada. In so doing, we realize we are living in one of those critical moments of history wherein urgent decisions and actions must be taken that will ultimately affect our destiny as a people, a nation, and the planet itself.
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