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Greenpeace activists board oil platform in Russian Arctic

Feature story | August 24, 2012 at 8:00

Early this morning a team of Greenpeace activists including Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo and Canadian activist Terry Christenson boarded energy giant Gazprom’s Arctic oil platform Prirazlomnaya off the North-eastern...

Greenpeace warns premiers: don’t fall for Harper’s Shell game

Feature story | July 23, 2012 at 9:00

As the premiers meet to discuss national energy policy, a new report from Greenpeace Canada released today warns them: don’t look to Ottawa for leadership. “Harper’s Shell Game” uses documents obtained under the Access to Information to argue...

Ontario’s nuclear emergency plans are inadequate, post Fukushima

Feature story | July 19, 2012 at 10:24

In light of the Fukushima disaster, re-building the Darlington nuclear station should not be approved before the federal and provincial governments have publicly reviewed the adequacy of Ontario's nuclear emergency plans, say environmental...

Apple’s clean energy plans still cloudy despite coal-free pledge

Feature story | July 13, 2012 at 10:29

Apple’s clean energy policies have significantly improved, but the company still gets low scores for its energy choices when compared with sector leaders, a new Greenpeace International analysis reveals.

Good news for tigers! Top Canadian buyer drops rainforest paper supplier

Feature story | July 9, 2012 at 8:00

Major Canadian office supplier White Paper Co. is severing ties with Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) because of its links to rainforest destruction. APP is the subject of a global campaign by Greenpeace for its involvement in illegal logging and...

First Canadian retailer stops selling farmed salmon!

Feature story | June 28, 2012 at 6:00

Three years after Greenpeace’s first ranking of Canada’s eight largest supermarket chains on seafood sustainability, Overwaitea Food Group has become the first chain to attain a “green” rating, in part due to its complete removal of open net-pen...

Stars launch international campaign to save Arctic

Feature story | June 20, 2012 at 15:40

Hollywood actors, business leaders, polar explorers and rock stars, including Canadian Bryan Adams, have joined with Greenpeace today to launch a bid for a global sanctuary in the Arctic. The campaign to "Save the Arctic" is demanding that oil...

Endangered Species Act not for target practice

Feature story | June 5, 2012 at 12:37

Greenpeace, with environmental groups Ontario Nature, David Suzuki Foundation, and Earthroots are calling on the Ontario government to stop punching holes in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) big enough to drive a mega quarry or massive clearcut...

Greenpeace campaign against pipeline has wind in its sails

Feature story | May 29, 2012 at 11:30

Two Greenpeace activists rappelled off Vancouver's iconic Lions Gate Bridge with a 12 by 35 metre “save our coast, no tar sands pipelines” banner this morning, as Western premiers meet in Edmonton to discuss tar sands. The activists hang above...

Thousands Join Black Out Speak Out Campaign

Feature story | May 25, 2012 at 14:38

Every day more Canadians and organizations stand with environmental groups against the federal government’s attacks on nature and democracy.

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