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Canada’s pro-oil agenda threatens to destroy the Arctic: Greenpeace

Feature story - May 15, 2013

As Canada officially took the chair of the Arctic Council today, Greenpeace sent a direct message to delegates at the ministerial meeting in Kiruna, Sweden, and launched an international mobilization online calling on Canada to put people and the environment before oil companies... Read more >

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Let’s make next World Turtle Day happier for our sea turtles

Blog entry by Sarah King, Oceans campaign coordinator | May 23, 2013

As an ocean campaigner I’m often asked what my favourite ocean creature is. I generally don’t play favourites, cause there are so many fantabulous marine beings to choose from, but since I was little, I’ve always had a soft spot for...

New video: The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation challenge Shell

Blog entry by Melina Laboucan-Massimo | May 23, 2013

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) attended the Shell Annual General Meeting in the Netherlands this week to take their message directly to the company’s CEO and shareholders. Eriel Deranger, a spokesperson for the ACFN,...

New documents show Exxon knew of dangerous contamination from their Arkansas tar...

Blog entry by Jesse Coleman | May 22, 2013

On March 29 ExxonMobil, the most profitable company in the world, spilled at least 210,000 gallons of tar sands crude oil from an underground pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas. The pipeline was carrying tar sands oil from Canada...

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