Earlier this week, conservation group ForestEthics took 3M, the maker of Post-it Notes, to task for promoting greenwash through the use of Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) labelling and the destruction of old-growth forests around...

This week the Canadian Press reported on progress that’s been made regarding protection in Canada’s Boreal Forest. Citing the Canadian Boreal Initiative, Bob Weber reports that: “the amount of boreal forest under some form of...

Not only are woodland caribou in serious trouble due to habitat loss, but biologists at Penn State University are sounding the alarm bell over arctic caribou populations, affected by climate change.  Because of warmer springs, plants...

The Canadian Environmental Commissioner released a scathing report yesterday, which highlights the major gap between the federal government’s commitments and actual action. While the government has gained political capital by creating...

Global Forest Watch Canada has released the first ever Canada-wide assessment of human impacts on our landscape. Using government data and satellite imagery, the report maps the human footprint on all Canadian provinces and territories...

Quebec’s Chief Forester, an independent body appointed by the government to provide oversight and direction to the province’s forestry industry, released an alarming report last week showing that the future of woodland caribou in...

We live in very odd times. We have in powerful positions of world leadership politicians who wish to take us back to the 1950s, or earlier, in terms of environmental and social policies. We have governments rolling back hard-won...

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) has released a detailed analysis of the federal government’s recovery strategy for woodland caribou. Recovery strategies must be compiled for all species listed under the Species-at-Risk...

Last week our friends over at Ontario Nature released a short video to inform the public of a vital piece of caribou habitat threatened by Resolute Forest Products. This pristine area, known as the St. Raphael Signature Site and...

E arly this morning, a group of Greenpeace activists visited Quebec’s legislature to denounce the failure of the Minister of Forests, Fauna and Parks, Luc Blanchette, to protect caribou. We brought a life-size “caribou coffin” and...

Ask your Premier publicly about their plans to save Canada’s woodland caribou and other species at risk.  Just last week, the Quebec government announced they will let the Val-d’Or caribou herd die-off. This sad story is a a wake-up...

Alberta conservation groups and First Nations filed a court order today to force Environment Minister Peter Kent to issue an emergency order to protect imperilled woodland caribou herds in Alberta. This is the second time the Minister...

More than 500 wolves have been shot in Alberta, and many more poisoned, in a misguided attempt to preserve woodland caribou. Alberta could target the real culprit in caribou decline – the expansion of tarsands and forest...

Two months ago, Greenpeace sent a letter to Minister of Natural Resources Linda Jeffrey asking her to scrap her proposal to exempt industry from the Endangered Species Act in the habitat of woodland caribou. We believe that, if it...

Greenpeace volunteers broke the news to Toronto commuters this morning – Premier Dalton McGuinty has broken his 2007 promise to protect Ontario’s woodland caribou and put this iconic species on a countdown to extinction. Volunteers...