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Charles Caccia—Environmentalist

Greenpeace Canada offers its condolences to the family of Charles Caccia, a strong advocate for the planet. He died Saturday at the age of 78.

Recent Developments

Activists play out disaster scenario of nuclear meltdown in Toronto

A group of radiation-poisoned Torontonians stricken and dying on the sidewalk. Rescue teams with Geiger counters, stretchers and gas masks. This was the scene at several locations in downtown Toronto today where Greenpeace activists staged the aftermath of an accident at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.

Parliament denies Canadians mandatory labelling of GE foods

A private member’s bill giving consumers the right to know if the food sold in Canada contains genetically engineered (GE) ingredients was defeated in the House of Commons today by a vote of 101 to 156. The defeat of Bill C-517 effectively protects the economic interests of GE companies like Monsanto over the rights of Canadians to know what they ea

Greenpeace demands independent public inquiry into bird deaths, stiffer penalties and investigation of all tailings ponds

At a news conference today, Greenpeace demanded that Premier Ed Stelmach immediately launch a public inquiry under the Alberta Public Inquiries Act to investigate the deaths of 500 birds at the Syncrude tailings ponds.

Ethanol minimums passed in Parliament spell more global food woes

A bill passed in the House of Commons today could see more of our already limited food supply fed to cars and SUVs instead of people, says Greenpeace.

Greenpeace discovers new species in threatened Bering Sea

Our research voyage to the Bering Sea has led to the discovery of a species of sponge new to science. Using state-of-the-art manned submarines to explore the world's deepest underwater canyons the new sponge was collected in samples of never before seen life from the Bering Sea floor, discovered by Kenneth Lowyck, Actions Coordinator for Greenpeace Canada.

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