Some Heroes DO Wear C.A.P.E.s: Canada's Greenwash Win and What Comes Next
After lying about the dangers of climate change to Canadians for at least 40 years (and some would say a lot longer), Canada's oil and gas industry's ongoing dangerously dishonest practises were dealt a blow earlier this year with the passage of Bill C59, anti-greenwashing legislation that would see corporate perpetrators facing fines of up to 1 million dollars per day if the false representation continues to be published, handing climate organizations and humankind generally an important if not yet entirely sufficient win. To tell us how this all came about, where were at and what comes next this month's guests are Dr Leah Temper, the Economic and Health Policy Program Director for CAPE - the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and Dr Joe Vipond, CAPE's former president, one of Calgary Climate Hub's founding members, former co-chair and current board member at large.
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Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AKtHCrHHBsOS0KfWRtbBvb-rvZEPwy_52KHrfGARQZo/
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Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NWFzMdu_cpc1rthDPKJAVqQrxM2SsAS5H7fF30Xipwg/
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CALLS TO ACTION!
Seniors Day 2024 - Day of Action: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/seniors_day_2024_day_of_action
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Leah Temper: https://twitter.com/latemper
Joe Vipond: https://twitter.com/JVipondmd
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment: https://cape.ca/
Bill C59: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-59/royal-assent
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