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Cut and Run

A new Greenpeace report reveals that Kimberly-Clark devastated Ontario’s Kenogami Forest while promoting itself as a leader in environmental and social responsibility. The tissue giant and maker of Kleenex and Cottonelle meets with its shareholders today in Irving, Texas.

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Turning Up the Heat

Logging in Canada’s Boreal Forest is exacerbating global warming by releasing greenhouse gases and reducing carbon storage, says a new Greenpeace report released today. It also makes the forest more susceptible to global warming impacts like wildfires and insect outbreaks, which in turn release more greenhouse gases.

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Wood shipment tracked, blocked (updated)

We've tracked a shipment of suspect wood from the Amazon to France on board the cargo ship Galina III. Some hours ago our activists climbed on the ship. Once our activists were onboard, the ship missed its chance to go into port. Its next chance is at dawn with the new tide, but for now it is headed back out to sea with our activists occupying its cranes.

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Logging giant AbitibiBowater involved in risky business

Quarterly and year end results released by logging giant AbitibiBowater today raise serious questions about the direction of the company. By not curbing its destructive logging practices in Canada’s Boreal Forest, AbitibiBowater is taking serious risks on the both the financial and environmental front.

2007: A year of action

Last year was an active one. Throughout 2007, Greenpeace Canada repeatedly took direct action, confronting both governments and corporations for destroying the environment. As we head into another year full of challenges and possibilities, we look back at the previous 12 months and toast some of the high points.

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New agreement extends protection of Great Bear Rainforest

After more than a decade of standing in solidarity with First Nations at the blockades, appealing to international corporations and negotiating with governments, Greenpeace's Great Bear Rainforest campaign celebrates the Haida Nation's success in acquiring new protected areas in the Great Bear Rainforest.

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Kyoto for Canada!

When Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol in December 2002, it agreed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by six per cent below 1990 levels by between 2008 and 2012. However, GHG emissions were not reduced. By the end of 2005, they had actually increased by 25 per cent above the 1990 level, and a third above our Kyoto target, placing Canada among the worst countries in the world in terms of reducing emissions.

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Palm oil blockade

On the morning of the second day of the blockade, eight activists added to the pressure by climbing on the nearby tanks of palm oil and hanging a banner saying "Palm Oil Kills Climate & Forests". They were later taken into custody.

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Palm oil: Cooking the Climate

If, as you read this, you're tucking into a KitKat or dipping into a tube of Pringles, you might be interested to know that these products contain palm oil that is linked to the destruction of forests and peatlands in Indonesia. As our new report "How the palm oil industry is cooking the climate" shows, it's a recipe for disaster.

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Greenpeace named “Best Green Group” by NOW Magazine

Greenpeace Canada was awarded “Best Green Group” honours by NOW Magazine, in their annual “Best of Toronto” issue this week. Recent “kick-ass stunts” by Greenpeace campaigners against nuclear power, climate change and Boreal Forest destruction received top mention in the Toronto weekly.

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