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An open letter to Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver

Blog entry by Christine Leclerc | January 10, 2012

Between 1999 and 2008 Enbridge pipelines spilled oil 610 times . That's more than one spill a week for nine years. Record numbers of people have registered as intervenors in the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Joint Review Panel... Read more >

Victory! Facebook 'friends' renewable energy

Feature story | December 16, 2011 at 17:00

After 20 months of mobilising, agitating and negotiating to green Facebook, the Internet giant has today announced its goal to run on clean, renewable energy. More than 700,000 people from all over the world joined to make this victory possible! Read more >

Harper government Kyoto withdrawal issues death sentence to world's most vulnerable

Blog entry by Christine Leclerc | December 12, 2011

Environment Minister Peter Kent, just back from COP17 in Durban, has announced Canada's pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is a cornerstone of international climate negotiations and plays a key role in addressing the... Read more >

Greenpeace led international project receives $2.7M Global Environmental Facility...

Feature story | December 12, 2011 at 10:27

Last month the Greenpeace led SolarChill project received a $2.7M grant from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). The grant will enable the Solarchill Project, led by Vancouver based Greenpeace associate Janos Maté, and his international team... Read more >

Fame Drain, Toxic Relationships & more!

Feature story | December 5, 2011 at 9:00

Greenpeace’s GP In Touch uses humour and a little star power to bring home a big point. Fact is, the ridiculously cozy relationship between our publicly elected officials and the private oil industry is a scandal worthy of the trashiest gossip rags. Read more >

It’s time to Draw the Line at the tar sands – Add your voice!

Blog entry by Hilary Tam | December 2, 2011 1 comment

We’ve heard from lots of people who’ve had it with the reckless expansion of the tar sands. And while we love to hear their personal stories about why they want to “draw the line” at the tar, we thought it’d be much more interesting to... Read more >

Tutu Calls on Canada to be a Climate Leader

Blog entry by Tzeporah Berman & Monica Davies | December 2, 2011

The advert that appeared in numerous Canadian newspapers this week, condemning Canada's weak position against climate change and its proximity to big oil companies.   During the COP17 climate talks earlier in the week, it was... Read more >

First Nations reaffirm commitment to stop tar sands pipeline and tankers on...

Blog entry by Melina Laboucan-Massimo | December 1, 2011

December 1 st marks the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Save the Fraser Declaration . Today in Vancouver the Yinka Dene Alliance is holding a press conference to commemorate the precedent-setting declaration, which took... Read more >

Can we have the old Canada back?

Blog entry by Tzeporah Berman | November 30, 2011

Oh Canada, do you remember when scientists identified a grave environmental threat caused by the release of gases from everyday objects used by billions of people around the world? And do you remember how we were forced to come... Read more >

Greenpeace raises a windmill in the face of a chill breeze from Peter Kent

Blog entry by Keith Stewart | November 27, 2011

Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent says he's going to the  United Nations climate conference that opens tomorrow in Durban, South Africa to promote oil exports from the tar sands . I was trying to think of an analogy (“like... Read more >

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