Recent Greenpeace stories from Canada and around the world.
A group of radiation-poisoned Torontonians stricken and dying
on the sidewalk. Rescue teams with Geiger counters, stretchers and gas masks. This was
the scene at several locations in downtown Toronto today where Greenpeace activists
staged the aftermath of an accident at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.
A private member’s bill giving consumers the right to know if the food sold in Canada contains genetically engineered (GE) ingredients was defeated in the House of Commons today by a vote of 101 to 156. The defeat of Bill C-517 effectively protects the economic interests of GE companies like Monsanto over the rights of Canadians to know what they ea
At a news conference today, Greenpeace demanded that Premier Ed Stelmach immediately launch a public inquiry under the Alberta Public Inquiries Act to investigate the deaths of 500 birds at the Syncrude tailings ponds.
Nuclear energy needs uranium. In Ontario, uranium exploration is resulting in political prisoners.
A bill passed in the House of Commons today could see more of our already limited food supply fed to cars and SUVs instead of people, says Greenpeace.
In yet another example of the deadly implications of Alberta’s rampant tar sands development, more than 500 birds are dead or dying in the toxic Syncrude tailing pond at the Aurora North site, despite the fact that the law requires a bird management system be in place to deter the birds from landing on the toxic ponds.
