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Social media campaign demands an end to huge government hand-outs to polluters in upcoming budget
Christian Holz Posted On March 15, 2012


Social media campaign demands an end to huge government hand-outs to polluters in upcoming budget For Immediate release (Ottawa) Organizations are calling on the Canadian Government to end over one billion dollars in hand-outs and tax breaks to rich oil […]


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MP3 recording of Dirty Diplomacy Press conference
hannah Posted On March 8, 2012


Tune in to hear great interventions from: Reverend Canon Sally G. Bingham, Congressman Toby Moffett, Member of European Parliament Kriton Arsenis, and Climate Action Network Canada campaign director Hannah McKinnon on the launch of Dirty Oil Diplomacy: The Canadian Government’s […]


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Canadian Government’s Aggressive Promotion of Tar Sands Draws International Attention
hannah Posted On March 8, 2012


For immediate release Canadian Government’s Aggressive Promotion of Tar Sands Draws International Attention: Vigils at Canadian Missions in America and Europe New Report Outlines Activities of Canadian Government to Undermine International Climate Action (Washington, DC; London, UK; Ottawa, Canada; Brussels, […]


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Climate Action Network Canada reaction to Fuel Quality Directive vote
hannah Posted On February 23, 2012


Unprecedented lobbying by the Canadian Government in a technical discussion on the European Union’s Fuel Quality Directive has resulted in the decision being passed to the Ministerial level. In response to this outcome Hannah McKinnon, Campaign Director at Climate Action […]


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Eight Nobel laureates join forces in EU climate push
hannah Posted On February 16, 2012


16 February 2012, For immediate release Brussels – Eight Nobel Peace Prize laureates have written to European Heads of State and Ministers of the Environment urging them to tackle the most climate polluting sources of transport fuel, notably tar sands. […]


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Climate Action Network Canada background and response to Nobel Peace Laureates’ letter in support of EU climate policy
hannah Posted On February 16, 2012


Background: Eight Nobel Peace Laureates have written to EU Heads of State and Environment Ministers encouraging them to continue to show climate leadership by ensuring passage of a key piece of European policy designed to reduce greenhouse gas pollution from […]


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Lobby Busting Tour of EU Embassies Debunks Tar Sands Misconceptions
hannah Posted On February 7, 2012


The Council of Canadians, Climate Action Network Canada and the Indigenous Environmental Network have been meeting with Ottawa-based European Union Embassies to counteract Canadian lobbying against an important European climate policy. “Canadian lobbying against the EU Fuel Quality Directive is […]


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Climate Action Network Canada responds impending Keystone rejection
hannah Posted On January 18, 2012


In response to the apparent forthcoming announcement by President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline today, Hannah McKinnon, Campaign Director of Climate Action Network Canada has responded as follows: “If President Obama does indeed deliver a ‘No’ verdict on […]


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Climate Action Network Canada responds to outcome of UN climate talks in Durban.
hannah Posted On December 11, 2011


December 11, 2011 (Durban, South Africa) Following an extra day of negotiations, the UN climate change talks in Durban, South Africa have finished. Hannah McKinnon, Campaigns Director of Climate Action Network Canada has responded as follows: “The most important thing […]


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Canada wins a fossil of the day award for being flexible when it comes to facts, but not when it comes to their Kyoto stance
hannah Posted On December 6, 2011


Climate Action Network Canada   For Immediate Release (Durban, South Africa) Canada has been awarded yet another Fossil of the Day award on the eighth day of climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa. This “prize”, given to countries who […]


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Canada wins a Fossil of the Day award for failing to understand the fundamental principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibility
hannah Posted On November 30, 2011


(Durban, South Africa) Canada has been awarded yet another Fossil of the Day award on the third day of climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa. This “prize”, given to countries who are blocking progress at the United Nations climate […]


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Canada is awarded first place Fossil of the Day for proposing ‘eventual solutions’ for ‘urgent problems’
hannah Posted On November 29, 2011


(Durban, South Africa) Canada has been awarded its second first place Fossil of the Day awards on the second day of climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Canada was awarded this dishonour for proposing ‘eventual solutions’ for ‘urgent problems’, […]


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Canada sweeps Fossil of the Day awards (with some help from the UK)
hannah Posted On November 28, 2011


3rd place Fossil of the Day goes to the UK. The 3rd place fossil of the day is awarded to the UK, following revelations that UK Ministers have done a deal with the Canadian government to support the entry of […]


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Canadian Government negotiating in bad faith with plan to abandon Kyoto
hannah Posted On November 28, 2011


For immediate release (Durban, South Africa) The Canadian Government is planning to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol next month. As the majority of countries have arrived in Durban in good faith to negotiate a second commitment period of the […]


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Pembina reacts to additional review of proposed Keystone XL pipeline
hannah Posted On November 10, 2011


CALGARY — Dan Woynillowicz, spokesperson for the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of State’s announcement regarding additional review of the Keystone XL pipeline: “By ordering additional environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, President Obama […]


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