Investing in green energy is more affordable than spending more money on nuclear power. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis published by Greenpeace and the Pembina Institute.

Greenpeace Canada activists used a blimp at the uranium processing facility of General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GE Hitachi) in downtown Toronto this morning to mark the upcoming anniversary of the Fukushima disaster.

Greenpeace released a weather balloon today at the hearings on the future of the Darlington reactors to show that if there were a major nuclear accident at either of Toronto’s nuclear stations the radioactive fallout could blow onto the GTA,...

In light of the Fukushima disaster, re-building the Darlington nuclear station should not be approved before the federal and provincial governments have publicly reviewed the adequacy of Ontario's nuclear emergency plans, say environmental...

Tonight Greenpeace hosts a wine and cheese reception featuring the work of award winning photographer Robert Knoth to remember Chernobyl’s 25th Anniversary and to rethink nuclear energy during the ongoing Fukushima crisis.

(Tokyo)– Greenpeace today criticised TEPCO and the Japanese government for continuing to underplay the seriousness of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, after TEPCO yesterday admitted (1) that a partial meltdown of the core of reactor 1 at...

Tokyo – Greenpeace International Executive Director Dr. Kumi Naidoo has released information on contaminated soil from a Fukushima playground showing that readings seven times normal background levels could still be found at a kindergarten,...

The German parliament has voted overwhelmingly to phase out all nuclear plants by 2022.

Environmental groups have asked a federal court to stop government agencies from approving construction of new nuclear reactors at Darlington until an environmental assessment is fully completed and shows the project won’t negatively impact the...

Durham — A new Greenpeace report shows a nuclear accident at either the Pickering or Darlington nuclear stations would cost billions of dollars and would far exceed the levels of compensation available to residents of Durham region.

Greenpeace believes that nuclear reactors are a dangerous power source that will always be vulnerable to the deadly combination of human errors, design failures and natural disasters.

As the Ontario government prepares to announce a provincial budget that will likely see significant cuts to services, Greenpeace and other environmental groups are challenging the federal review of Premier McGuinty’s plan to build new nuclear...

News reports indicating Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will not rebuild the four Pickering B nuclear reactors is another blow to the future of the Canadian nuclear industry and could provide an opportunity for expanding green energy, if the...