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Greenpeace activists unveil welcoming banners for President Obama. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace welcomes President Obama

President Obama was extended a warm Canadian welcome this morning when Greenpeace activists unveiled two large banners on the Alexandra Bridge in Ottawa that read “Welcome President Obama” and “Climate Leaders Don’t Buy Tar Sands”.

Jim Flaherty Enlarge Image

Harper wrong to support false energy solutions and underfund green economy

Greenpeace today condemned the Harper government for giving as much as $750 million dollars to nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage instead of investing those funds in the green economy Canada needs for the future.

Dave Martin at Fossil of the day where Canada won an unprecedented four “Fossil of the Day” on December 4th, 2008 Enlarge Image

Canada a key climate villain in Poznan

Greenpeace has identified Canada as one of the main “climate villains” at the disappointing United Nations climate change conference that ran from Dec. 1 to 12 in Poznan, Poland.

The Harper government played a significant role in ensuring that the conference did not respond to the urgency of addressing global warming in Poznan.

Greenpeace Poland director Maciej Muskat and Solar Generation Student Delegates mark the opening of the UN climate talks in Poznan by unveiling a 3 metre high sculpture depicting the earth on the brink of destruction from a ‘tidal wave’ of CO2. The sculpture, ‘Planet Earth: Tipping Point’, by Dutch artist Ruut Evers, shows the fragile planet cowering beneath a giant ‘wave’ made of wood and coal. It will remain on display for the duration of the climate talks, serving as a daily reminder to government negotiators that the stakes couldn’t be higher. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace pressures Ottawa on Tar Sands at UN Climate Conference

Greenpeace is using its influence at the United Nations climate change conference in Poznan, Poland to marshal international support for its efforts to stop tar sands development and focus world attention on Canada’s refusal to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

The tar sands is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.

Energy [R]evolution 2009 Enlarge Image

A Canadian Energy [R]evolution

Greenpeace released the Energy [R]evolution report in May 2009. It shows how Canada can make significant reductions in its greenhouse gas emissions and become a world leader in the fight against global warming.

A flotilla of fishing boats greeted the Greenpeace flagship, SV Rainbow Warrior, as she sailed into Bali for the UN CLimate Change Conference. Enlarge Image

Canada's obstruction pushes global warming talks to the brink

The failure of climate change talks in Bali, Indonesia to produce hard emission reduction targets for greenhouse gases puts off for tomorrow what could have been done today, says Greenpeace Canada.

Suncor processing facility and upgrader in the Alberta tar sands. Enlarge Image

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.

Greenpeace installs solar panels on a school. Enlarge Image

Energy revolution = money saved

US$180 billion. Per year. That's the massive amount of money the world could save by moving to a renewable energy future. The Future Investment report demonstrates that a safe renewable energy future would not only cut our global CO2 emissions from the electricity sector in half by 2030, it would also cost 10 times less than a ‘business as usual’ fossil-fuel future would.

Amidst scorching heat, an elderly fisherwoman gathers a few remaining shell catch in Lam Takong Dam, where waters have dried up due to prolonged drought. Greenpeace links rising global temperatures and climate change to the onset of one of the worst droughts to have struck Thailand, Cambodia,Vietnam and Indonesia in recent memory. Severe water shortage and damage to agriculture has affected millions. Enlarge Image

New climate impacts report warns time is running out

The new report was agreed after almost a week of negotiations, at the end of a tense 24-hour marathon session which became increasingly political. The second of a series of four to be released throughout 2007, this report documents the widespread effects that rising temperatures are already having on ecosystems and human activities and assesses the changes projected from human induced climate change over the next century.

The Harper government's Clean Air Act is smog and mirrors. It won't lead to cleaner air, and it doesn't require anyone to act to stop climate change. Enlarge Image

Canada’s Kyoto Commitment Must be Honoured

The Harper government’s so-called Clean Air Act (October 2006) is nothing more than ‘smog and mirrors’ — a deceptive double-speak that would in fact allow global warming emissions to increase. The climate crisis is rapidly worsening, and that crisis demands immediate action.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has officially listed the polar bear as a 'threatened' species, due to the meltdown of its sea-ice habitat caused by global warming. Enlarge Image

Victory! Polar Bear Protected!

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has officially listed the polar bear as a 'threatened' species, due to the meltdown of its sea-ice habitat caused by global warming.

Put Some Energy Into a Smart, Green Strategy Enlarge Image

A plan for Green energy in Ontario

Greenpeace and a coalition of environmental groups have released a report outlining how Ontario can meet the province's energy needs through a mix of clean energy and efficiency projects. In fact, energy efficiency and low-impact renewable energy sources are capable of providing twice the projected electricity needs of Canada's most populous province by 2020. No need for new nuclear plants.

Stop the Tar Sands Donate for action on global warming in 2009