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Environmental groups and AFL release groundbreaking Green Jobs report

Feature story | April 21, 2009 at 17:00

More than 200,000 green jobs could easily be created in Alberta if the government made renewable energy a priority, says a new report by Greenpeace, Sierra Club Prairie Chapter and the Alberta Federation of Labour.

Alberta should become Canada’s leader in renewable energy

Feature story | November 3, 2014 at 11:30

The province of Alberta has everything it needs to become a leader in the development of renewable energy. It’s one of the sunniest and windiest places in Canada. It has a trained and educated work force. And, as one of the most climate polluting...

STATEMENT - Greenpeace responds to deaths of 123 birds at Suncor-owned tar sands mine

Press release | September 19, 2017 at 20:58

19 September 2017 (EDMONTON) — In response to the news that the Alberta Energy Regulator is investigating bird deaths at the Suncor-owned Fort Hills Energy tar sands mine, Greenpeace Climate and Energy Campaigner, Mike Hudema said:

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Greenpeace legal and environmental experts on high-stakes Supreme...

Press release | February 15, 2018 at 1:56

15 February 2018 (OTTAWA) — Environmental and legal experts will be available to speak to media about Greenpeace’s formal intervention in today’s Supreme Court of Canada hearing on a case that will determine whether bankrupt companies are...

STATEMENT - Greenpeace: Keystone XL’s uncertain future unchanged by shipping...

Press release | January 18, 2018 at 12:38

18 January 2018 (EDMONTON) —In response to TransCanada’s announcement of confirmed shippers on its proposed Keystone XL pipeline, Mike Hudema, Climate & Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace Canada, said:

STATEMENT: “This pipeline will not be built:” Greenpeace responds to NEB issuing...

Press release | February 15, 2018 at 19:30

The NEB announced today that it is granting permits that allow “Trans Mountain to begin clearing and grading work now at the entrance of the Burnaby Mountain tunnel, or portal, on its Westridge Marine Terminal property .... Specifically, the NEB...

PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace to intervene in Supreme Court case on orphan well clean-up

Press release | February 5, 2018 at 10:11

5 February 2018 (OTTAWA) — Greenpeace Canada has been granted Intervenor status in the upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case, Orphan Well Association, et al. v. Grant Thornton Limited, et al. Our factum will be publicly available on the SCC website.

Did the Redford Government try to cover-up one of the largest spills in Alberta’s...

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | June 13, 2013 2 comments

There’s been a lot of reporting in the last few days about the  Apache industrial waste water spill  in Northwestern, Alberta. The massive spill poured over 9.5 million litres of toxic water into an internationally recognized wetlands...

Shredding documents can't paper over environmental problems in the tar sands

Blog entry by Keith Stewart | May 14, 2015

Bureaucrats don’t get a lot of thanks, but I’d like to extend mine to those true public servants who blew the whistle on document shredding at Alberta’s environment ministry. While watching Alberta’s election results come in, I...

Isn’t it Time We Fixed Alberta’s Energy Democracy? Solar can help us do just that.

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | September 6, 2016

Over the course of the summer, Greenpeace has been in communities throughout the province enlisting the support of regular Albertans to speed the provinces renewable ambitions. The campaign called ‘Solar 4 All’ isn’t just about...

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