Greenpeace today joined environmental groups endorsing a proposed new law that would defend Ontarians’ rights to speak out on issues of public interest without fear of high-cost lawsuits meant to intimidate them. Hours before the...

All rights reserved . Credit: Greenpeace India enters its 69th year of independence Greenpeace India digital campaigner Navdha Malhotra reflects on what Independence day means to her this year. She has...

Greenpeace turns 40 today. Coincidentally, September 15 th is also the International Day of Democracy . Appropriate, really. Certainly provides a good launching point for some reflection on Greenpeace’s global journey and its role...

A range of environmental, civil liberties and social justice organisations today urged Ontario Attorney General John Gerretsen to ensure the passage of Bill 83: The Protection of Public Particiaption Act 2013 . The law is widely...

Why is NDP leader Thomas Mulcair being denounced so vehemently for talking about Dutch disease? The term simply describes the effects of a resource boom. And there is no real debate as to whether or not the tar sands boom has driven...

I was disappointed to read yesterday’s  report in the  Globe and Mail  about Greenpeace being under surveillance as a security threat and labelled by our government as ‘extremists’. Disappointed, but not surprised. Once again,...

Early November marked the 18th anniversary of the tragic murder of outspoken writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues by the Nigerian government. Saro-Wiwa and the others had waged a long campaign to stop...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent yesterday in meetings developing a strategy and response to the uprising unfolding in Libya. Following on the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous decision to condemn Libyan President Muammar...

Police look on as Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo addresses supporters in the garden of Greenpeace's Toronto office during the G20. “the most massive compromise of civil liberties” “a mass violation of...