Greenpeace activists are blocking access to the Ministry of Natural Resources to disrupt its regular business activities in protest against the destruction of Quebec’s last intact forests.

Greenpeace today joined eight other environmental groups and forest companies in the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) to announce the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA), an historic pact that will lead to large-scale protection...

Toronto — A year after the signing and announcement of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA), there has been significant progress on implementation.

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Greenpeace has unveiled a new twist to its campaign to turn AbitibiBowater from a company that destroys forests to one that manages forests responsibly and sustainably. We are calling on all volunteers and supporters to send text messages to...

More than 60,000 people, represented by an enormous petition tree, called on the CEO of Resolute Forest Products this morning to change his approach and work toward solutions. The enormous work of art was lifted by Greenpeace activists more than...

Greenpeace Canada promised today that it would not be silenced by a $7 million defamation lawsuit by the country’s largest logging company, Resolute Forest Products (TSX: RFP).

On the second anniversary of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) leading environmental organizations, Canopy, ForestEthics and Greenpeace, are releasing a status report that reveals the CBFA has yet to deliver on the ground results. Two...

10 Greenpeace activists and a group of volunteers transformed the iconic Mount Royal Cross into immense scales of justice representing the imbalance between the destructive practices of Canada’s largest logging company, Resolute Forest Products,...

The battle for healthier forests is ongoing and the actions one can take are many, but every once in a while the need to act is more urgent than ever before. Many of you were part of the solidarity movement that helped release the Artic 30 from...

A coalition of leading environmental and social NGOs released an investigative report today exposing unsustainable logging operations certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) in Ontario’s Kenogami Forest.

A new Greenpeace report, issued today to spark discussion during campaigning for the fall provincial election, shows the McGuinty government has mismanaged Ontario’s Boreal Forest, has let down northern communities and has failed to save...

Greenpeace has released a new vision for Canada’s Boreal Forest that will protect the health and integrity of our Boreal Forests and reinvigorate the forest industry and northern forest communities.

« What is South of our land has been entirely clearcut or fragmented. The Broadback Valley is all that we have left and we need to protect it immediately» Paul Gull, Chief of Waswanipi Cree Nation during the launch of the film in Quebec city...

Greenpeace activists gathered near Queen’s Park today to expose current biomass projects and new plans to burn forests for energy. On site with a wood chipper and a simulated power plant, the activists showed how the emerging forest bioenergy...

Right now, the XEROX building downtown Montreal has been declared a forest crime scene by a team of Greenpeace’s volunteers. They are holding banners saying XEROX: DON’T BUY BOREAL FOREST DESTRUCTION at the entrance doors and handing flyers. In...

Today the world’s largest electronics retailer, Best Buy, announced major improvements to its paper supply chain to better protect Canada’s Boreal Forest, one of the lungs of our planet and a vital buffer against climate change.

This morning, Greenpeace occupied the Montréal headquarters of logging company AbitibiBowater. In the early morning hours, three activists entered the offices of Canada’s largest logging company AbitibiBowater. They chained themselves to the...

Greenpeace sees AbitibiBowater’s current financial difficulties as the best chance for the company to develop a plan for long-term survival. AbitibiBowater, Canada’s largest logging company and the world’s largest newsprint manufacturer, has...

A new Greenpeace report released on August 20th reveals that Canadian, American, and European corporations are fueling the destruction of Canada’s Boreal Forest to create everyday consumer products.

The Greenpeace caribou caravan migrated from Thunder Bay to the Brampton office of Natural Resources Minister Linda Jeffrey to release a new report today on the status of the province’s last wilderness areas and measures to save the threatened...

Greenpeace and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) held a joint news conference today to release a new report with recommendations for stimulating northern Ontario’s forest industry and creating green forestry jobs...

Greenpeace praised home renovation giant RONA today for the significant progress on using sustainable and responsible sources of supply for its wood products. The company announced today that 25 per cent of the lumber sold in its stores is...

Over 140 groups, including environmental organizations, unions and freedom of expression advocates, are calling on the Ontario legislature to adopt strong legislation to prevent Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) from being...

Greenpeace joined six other high-profile conservation groups and a long list of prominent Canadian authors, artists and musicians calling on Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to bolster his government's upcoming climate change plan by following...

Greenpeace and signatories to the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) announced today the creation of a new Boreal Business Forum to monitor progress of the agreement to protect the Boreal Forest and to ensure market recognition for...

Place a call today to AbitibiBowater’s head office and urge them to defer logging in intact Boreal Forests.Let them know you want them to make sustainable forestry a reality.

Formal discussions between Greenpeace andCanada's largest logging company AbitibiBowater ended today following a meeting in a Toronto hotel between Greenpeace representatives and company CEO David J. Paterson. AbitibiBowater expressed an...

Third quarter earnings released by AbitibiBowater today highlight the failure of the logging company's strategy to address environmental performance and sustainability.

Two teams of Greenpeace activists have been arrested for blockading the offices of the Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources today to protest against the ministry’s approval of the destruction of the last remaining intact forest areas in the province.

Lego has become the first major toy company to announce plans to remove deforestation from its supply chain.

Greenpeace released a science-based report today that highlights the dangers of the large-scale use of wood and tree harvesting for heating, electricity generation or liquid biofuels. The report, entitled ‘Fuelling a Biomess’, argues that burning...

The Greenpeace caribou caravan migrated to Ottawa today on its tour across Ontario to demand that the McGuinty government keep its promise to protect the last intact areas of the southern Boreal Forest and save the threatened woodland caribou.

Toronto – A herd of threatened woodland caribou migrated to Queen’s Park today to kick off the Greenpeace caribou caravan and demand that the McGuinty government keep its promise to protect the last intact areas of the southern Boreal Forest and...