Greens back away from strategic voting – sort of

onSep 29, 2008 @ 09:24 PDT

Canada’s Green Party is backing away from strategic voting after party leader Elizabeth May was quoted last week endorsing the concept:

“We are too close to the edge of a global apocalypse. We have got to grab the opportunities we have. And, clearly, the contribution Canadians can make to a global solution is to get rid of Stephen Harper.”

For more on this issue, and for strategic advice on how to concentrate the climate change vote in a way that will block the recalcitrant Canadian Conservatives from forming a majority government, go to VoteForEnvironment.ca .

By Richard Littlemore

uk/Revealed: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover

ByAlex Park

onApr 19, 2024 @ 01:35 PDT

From South Africa to Ukraine, five industrial chicken companies that supply KFC have benefited from financing from the World Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Pathways Alliance Paid Google to Advertise on ‘Greenwashing’ Searches

ByGeoff Dembicki

onApr 18, 2024 @ 13:22 PDT

It’s an effort by the oil sands group to deflect attention away from a long record of misleading climate claims, disinformation expert argues.

uk/Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit

ByAdam Barnett

onApr 18, 2024 @ 08:43 PDT

The former prime minister attacks flagship climate deals and makes false claims about electric vehicles, Russia’s influence on energy policies, and net zero.