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One Inuit community's journey to protect their Arctic home

Blog entry by Greenpeace Canada | July 24, 2017

In two days, the Supreme Court of Canada will announce its ruling on whether the rights of Clyde River Inuit will be protected, and whether oil exploration will happen in the Canadian Arctic next year. It takes the strongest kind...

Hey TD: Don't fund tar sands pipelines

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | July 12, 2017

Kinder Morgan plans to start construction on its controversial tar sands pipeline expansion this September. But there’s a plan to stop it. See, the harder it is for tar sands pipelines to get funding, the greater chance we have of...

Winning on the world’s largest tuna company and what it means for the oceans

Blog entry by Sarah King | July 11, 2017

It took two years of relentless campaigning and nearly 700,000 concerned people from around the world , but today we are sharing the good news that together we convinced the world’s largest tuna company to clean up its act! Tuna...

You're closer than you think: Nuclear threats on the Great Lakes

Blog entry by Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Senior Energy Analyst | July 10, 2017

Millions of Ontarians are vulnerable to a nuclear accident because of government negligence, and that includes you.   With major nuclear accidents happening about once every decade internationally, you’d think it would be...

Announcing the winners of the 2017 Greenpeace photo competition

Blog entry by Wanjiro Ndungu | July 7, 2017

Thank you to all the photographers that shared their best wildlife photos as part of the 2017 Greenpeace Photo Competition.  The contest was a huge success — we had hundreds of entries and many of those submitted were truly fantastic...

Watch what oil companies do, not what they say, on the future of the tar sands

Blog entry by Keith Stewart | July 5, 2017

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal published a remarkably clear-eyed assessment of what oil companies are doing, and not just saying, about the future of the tar sands. Much of the Canadian coverage of the low oil...

2017 Tuna Ranking reveals more green tuna products but not enough green tuna aisles

Blog entry by Sarah King, Senior oceans strategist | July 5, 2017 2 comments

Our 2017 Canned Tuna Sustainability Ranking is out and with it comes more intel than ever before about the state of canned tuna aisles in well-known supermarket chains across Canada. There’s some good and some bad news to share, but...

One grandma’s wisdom for fighting the nuclear industry

Blog entry by Fawn Edwards | June 30, 2017

“I really don’t know why the province hasn’t accepted its responsibility to protect its citizens”, says Gail Cockburn, grandmother of four. “Is it because if they don’t talk about it, they don’t have to deal with it?” For...

Greenpeace Canada’s annual photo competition is back again!

Blog entry by Wanjiro Ndungu | June 20, 2017

We want to see your gorgeous wildlife and landscape photographs. Please submit them to the 2017 Greenpeace Canada photo contest for a chance to be featured in the 2018 Greenpeace Canada pocket calendar. Enter here : This calendar...

Four Tar Sands Pipelines are Heavily Financed by 26 Key Banks

Blog entry by Tim Donaghy, Greenpeace USA | June 14, 2017 5 comments

Twenty-six banks are the primary sources of credit for the companies building three pipelines aiming to move Canada’s tar sands to market. Greenpeace is releasing research showing the connections between these banks and the pipelines...

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