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Polar Bear on Thin Ice exhibition launches at the Place des Festivals

Montreal, April 4, 2013 – Today, Polar Bear on Thin Ice, a new exhibit, launched at the Place des Festivals of Quartier des Spectacles in Montreal. Artist Armand Vaillancourt was on hand to document the event with a live painting session. The ...

Communiqué - Loic Dehoux - 08/04/2013 - 16:22 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Défi Climat

Principale Everyone has a part to play in the fight against climate change.  Each year, Défi Climat, Quebec's largest awareness-raising and mobilization campaign in the fight ...

Solution - Anne Chudobiak - 10/10/2012 - 15:48 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Défi Climat campaign

Défi Climat is Quebec's largest awareness-raising and mobilization campaign in the fight against climate change. Modelled on the United Way thermometer, it invites organizations in the public and private sector to mobilize employees and students to ...

Projet - Anne Chudobiak - 10/10/2012 - 15:45 - 0 comments

Défi Climat climate challenge

Principale Does your organization want to make a real contribution to the fight against climate change show its environmental and social commitment ...

Solution - Kathy Poulin - 10/10/2012 - 15:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Défi Climat: sign up now!

Calling all Quebecers! Once again, it's time to pledge to reduce our collective greenhouse gas emissions, with the 4th edition of Défi Climat, the province's largest awareness-raising and mobilization campaign in the fight against climate ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 15/03/2011 - 15:54 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

"Canada did what?" The top five environmental stories of the year

The fresh sting of the Kyoto pull-out. Disappointment in Durban. Traffic jams in Montreal. What do these issues have in common? They got you talking. It’s your interest that fuels the fight against climate change. Ev ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 22/12/2011 - 10:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Advocacy

Equiterre urges decision makers in the public and private sectors to make socially and environmentally responsible choices, with a focus on 7 major issues along two main themes: food production and the fight against climate change. ...

Projet - Kathy Poulin - 21/12/2011 - 14:35 - 0 comments

Panel discussion on sustainable transportation and climate change, Durban, South Africa

Event date(s):  5 December, 2011 - 09:00 - 12:00 Equiterre and Bombardier Aerospace are co-hosting a panel discussion on s ...

Événement - Anne Chudobiak - 01/12/2011 - 12:14 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

24 Hours of Reality with Al Gore

Event date(s):  14 September, 2011 - 19:00 - 15 September, 2011 - 19:00 What can change in 24 hours? Everything. Especially in ...

Événement - Anne Chudobiak - 12/09/2011 - 14:34 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

5 ways to fight climate change today

In just one day...a river can rise up and flood an entire city...a mountain can turn into a mudslide. But in just one day, it's also possible to change the world. So says 24 Hours of Reality with Al Gore.    24 Hours of Real ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 12/09/2011 - 11:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Groups call on Minister Kent to ensure Maxim Power’s proposed coal plant plays by the rules

 OTTAWA – More than 40 diverse civil society organizations from across Canada have signed on to a letter calling on federal Environment Minister Peter Kent to protect the integrity of Canada’s forthcoming coal regulations by ensuring th ...

Communiqué - Marie Ève Roy - 11/08/2011 - 09:25 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Council of the Federation: commitment versus compliance

Montreal, July 20, 2011 – In anticipation of the Council of the Federation meeting beginning today in Vancouver, Equiterre has prepared an accountability report assessing provincial and territorial compliance with existing Council environmental an ...

Communiqué - Anne Chudobiak - 26/07/2011 - 22:08 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Climate change report card for provinces and territories

We've prepared an accountability report assessing Council of the Federation compliance with existing climate change and energy commitments. Although the provinces and territories have kept some of the promises they've made over the ye ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 25/07/2011 - 08:35 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Environmental protection key to promoting strong economy, prosperous families and individual health: green leaders - The top executives of Canada’s major environmental organizations send united Earth Day message to political leaders

OTTAWA, April 21th 2011 — In the midst of a federal election campaign and on the eve of Earth Day, the top executives of Canada’s major environmental organizations are calling on all political leaders to take concrete and immediate action to ...

Communiqué - Eveline Trudel-... - 21/04/2011 - 09:09 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Conservative Party platform: No vision, few concrete commitments – profoundly disappointing

  Montreal, April 8, 2011 – Equiterre is profoundly disappointed with the Conservative platform, which contains very few commitments overall, and even fewer measures for clean energy, the green economy and the fight against climate change ...

Communiqué - Marie Ève Roy - 09/04/2011 - 11:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Canadian lobbying against EU climate policy must end, says joint letter ahead of trade talks

Ottawa -- The Canadian government should stop lobbying the European Parliament and European Commission to weaken a popular EU climate measure aimed at reducing the carbon content of transportation fuels, say Canadian civil society groups in a letter sen ...

Communiqué - Marie Ève Roy - 08/04/2011 - 08:55 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Bloc Québécois election platform - In line with Equiterre’s concerns about climate change and agriculture

Montreal, April 5, 2011 – The Bloc Québécois electoral platform unveiled yesterday contains many relevant measures for Equiterre’s two key issues: the fight against climate change and the future of agriculture. Reduce Quebec’s de ...

Communiqué - Marie Ève Roy - 06/04/2011 - 10:06 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Canadian groups speak out in favour of Kyoto

The Canadian opposition parties, Climate Action Network Canada and Equiterre join forces with youth, labour and First Nations leaders to ask the government to recommit to the Kyoto Protocol. (video) ...

Actualité - Kathy Poulin - 11/01/2011 - 16:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments