Hey Steven Guilbeault, we need a strong single-use plastic (SUP) ban to #BeatPlasticPollution: 1⃣ Expand the ban list 🥤 2⃣ Stop the export of SUP🚢 3⃣ Enforce the ban this year 🕐 4⃣ Don't let flimsy SUPs be replaced by more durable throwaway plastic 🍴🛍️ #cdnpoli #CanadaPlasticBan

To reach #ZeroPlasticWaste, Canada must #ExpandtheBan Steven Guilbeault: these must go! -all takeout containers & cups🍟 -bottles💧 -filtered cigarettes🚬 -sachets, pouches, wrappers🍬 -single-use bags, wrap🥒 -produce stickers🍎 ...& substances like PVC, styrofoam☠️ #cdnpoli

We’re at the Federal Court of Canada to #StopBigPlastic and defend the government’s actions to regulate plastic. We’ll be here for three days, follow this thread for updates from the court. 🧵

Hey Dow Canada, Imperial Oil, & NOVA Chemicals, stop fighting Canada’s progress on plastic pollution. Right now, >90% of plastic ends up as garbage or litter—where it wreaks havoc on wildlife🐢🦦. I want real solutions, not more pollution! #StopBigPlastic

Big Plastic is challenging the Canada's listing of plastic manufactured items as toxic using lawyers and PR spin, not science. Here's Lisa Erdle, PhD on the science behind the urgency for gov't action open.spotify.com/episode/3F8M2e…

US lawmakers want Canada to provide more financial support for Great Lakes Chrystia Freeland Steven Guilbeault #cdnpoli detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

. The Coca-Cola Co. CA PEPSI Canada BlueTriton Brands want to charge a recycling fee on drink containers, while making no notable changes to a system that fails year-after-year to capture even half the bottles sold 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Fee or no fee, Ontario needs deposit return. #onpoli

Fifteen years after ditching plastic, LCBO to phase out paper bags too. Choose reuse over single use! 🌲🌳💚 thespec.com/ts/business/20… via Hamilton Spectator

"...the knowledge that there is plastic in our flesh. This knowledge registers, in some vague way, as apocalyptic; it has the feel of a backhanded divine vengeance, sly and poetically appropriate." Our Way of Life Is Poisoning Us nytimes.com/2023/04/20/opi…

Community cleanups are nice and all, but it's even better to prevent waste in the first place. That's why it's time for deposit return on soft drinks in Ontario. Back over to you, Environment Ontario and bev industry environmentaldefence.ca/2023/03/28/was… #CashItDontTrashIt #ONpoli

BIG NEWS: Canada was just confirmed host of the fourth round of talks toward a global #PlasticsTreaty. The meetings are slated for spring 2024 in Ottawa. Perfect moment to demonstrate our commitment to end #PlasticPollution #INC2

Whoa! We're celebrating over here EnvironmentalDefence. People power works! And it will work to #stopthe413 and stop the gas plants. Ontario is #yourstoprotect

Turns out you actually can put the toothpaste back in the tube #Greenbelt #onpoli

Plastics harm our environment. Our government will continue to lead the fight against plastic pollution. Read Minister Arif Virani and my recent statement here 👇

Carbon capture & hydrogen are two false solutions to the #ClimateCrisis that won’t do much to reduce oil & gas emissions, but will allow the industry to continue to pump out polluting #FossilFuels and earn massive profits Watch the video to find out more youtu.be/8R5iU0ZXr8s

113 groups signed an open letter in solidarity with the Aamjiwnaang community who are facing benzene pollution. Plastic pollution comes in many forms. We need a global plastics treaty that protects communities. @ecojustice_ca EnvironmentalDefence @CAPE-ACME ow.ly/NNu150RolLy

Our Constitutional Rights are at Risk: Why the Notwithstanding Clause is Cause for Concern environmentaldefence.ca/2024/06/04/our… via EnvironmentalDefence

🗣️ DEPOSIT RETURN SYSTEMS WORK! Comprehensive recycling systems are 🔑to keeping beverage containers out of the environment and in the circular economy. Read our latest news release on the need for a DRS system to learn more: canadianbeverage.ca/news-media/pre…

hmm...maybe as flooding gets worse with climate change @Fordnation should not pave over all of the headwaters of the Humber and Credit rivers with the proposed Highway 413. #Stopthe413 #onpoli

Ripping up our roads will make people less safe, make traffic worse, and put lives at risk. Full stop. I challenge the Premier to talk to people who have lost loved ones on our roads and hear their stories. It might be hard for the province to do two things at once but, as