Greenwashing

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Canada Climate and environment Labour

Green steal: Algoma uses $420 million in public “green” funding to axe jobs

PV September 11, 2024

By Dave McKee In November 2021, Algoma Steel announced that it would replace the coke (coal) burning blast furnace at its facility in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario with new electric arc furnaces. The upgrade,...

3 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment

Ontario’s EV push puts corporate profit miles ahead of people and the planet

PV August 14, 2024

PV Ontario Bureau Doug Ford’s Ontario government, with support from Ottawa, is placing big financial bets on transforming Ontario into a complete hub for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing. From mining the necessary battery materials...

7 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment Labour

Sustainable Jobs Act: Why is the CLC leadership greenwashing class collaborationism?

PV June 28, 2023

Labour can and must lead the fight for jobs, public services and climate justice PV Labour Bureau Without question, one of the most urgent issues facing working people today is the climate crisis and...

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Canada Climate and environment Editorial

We need a working class climate plan, not capitalist greenwashing

Editorial February 17, 2021

“They took all the trees / And put them in a tree museum / Then they charged the people / A dollar and a half just to see ’em” So wrote Joni Mitchell in...