In an attempt to escape from our addiction to fossil fuels, policy-makers have begun to look to new sources of energy. In the past decade, a laundry list of living matter – trees, logging slash, agricultural crops, grasses, peat, algae, etc. Read more >

On the Ground 2011 concludes that the principal drivers for PEFC’s current weaknesses include weak standards, weak governance, poor or non-existent stakeholder consultation, a lack of transparency, an inadequate dispute resolution system and... Read more >

This report was prepared by the Centre for Spatial Economics (C4SE) at the request of Greenpeace Canada in September 2011. It assesses the economic impact on the immediately surrounding area of a nuclear accident at each of the Pickering and... Read more >

Ranking supermarkets on seafood sustainability 2011 edition Read more >

The widespread and increasingly intensive use of glyphosate in association with the use of GM (genetically modified) crops poses further risks to the environment and human health. Read more >

A new Greenpeace report shows the McGuinty government has mismanaged Ontario’s Boreal Forest, has let down northern communities and has failed to save threatened woodland caribou. Read more >

In an effort to distance themselves from the powerful, but negative, images of open-pit mining in the Alberta tar sands, many oil companies are now touting the advantages of their in situ (or underground) operations. Read more >

YOUR ELECTION GUIDE TO TACKLING THE TAR SANDS Read more >