Letter to Alberta’s Coal Communities Advisory Panel
March 3, 2017 Dear Advisory Panel Members, Blue Green Canada is an alliance between Canadian labour unions, environmental and civil society organizations that advocates for working people and the environment by promoting solutions to environmental issues that have positive employment and economic impacts. Our membership includes the United Steelworkers, Unifor, Environmental Defence, the Columbia […]
Job Growth in Clean Energy
Conference Summary Report #BlueGreenAB
This is a brief summary of the Just Transition and Good Green Jobs for Alberta conference held by Blue Green Canada on October 17th 2016 at the Chateau Lacombe hotel in Edmonton. The conference brought together more than 150 workers, environmentalists, government representatives, and other decision-makers to discuss key issues including the impacts of the […]
#BlueGreenAB Full Agenda
Clean & Green Community Power for York South – Weston
Good Jobs, Clean Skies – Economic Growth and Greenhouse Gas Reduction in the Mayors’ Council Transit Plan
Good Jobs, Clean Skies, a co-publication of Green Jobs BC and Blue Green Canada, finds that the Metro Vancouver Mayors’ Council Transit and Transportation Plan will generate thousands of jobs, significantly cut traffic congestion, and reduce the environmental impact of transportation in the region. The report finds that the transit plan will result in 43,800 […]
Good Jobs, Clean Skies – Backgrounder
A co-publication of Green Jobs BC and Blue Green Canada, Good Jobs, Clean Skies examines the potential economic and climate impacts of the Mayors’ Council Transit Plan. Our analysis finds that the plan will drive growth in good jobs, contribute billions of dollars to our GDP, and reduce the overall environmental footprint of the region. […]
More Jobs, Less Pollution
Energy conservation is common sense for Ontario. This report shows that cutting electricity and natural gas use by 25 per cent by 2025 would create 25,000 new jobs, reduce federal and provincial deficits, boost GDP by $3.7 billion and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nine per cent. This may sound ambitions, but it’s readily achievable. […]
En avoir plus pour notre argent
Le Canada se fie de plus en plus à l’exploitation des sables bitumineux et cette position est loin d’être la meilleure pour l’économie et l’environnement. Selon ce rapport, si le gouvernement canadien consacrait aux énergies renouvelables et à l’efficacité énergétique la somme de 1,3 milliard de dollars qu’il remet présentement à l’industrie pétrolière et gazière […]
