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You made BBVA pull the plug on tar sands pipelines!
Last month, BBVA, a global bank headquartered in Spain, announced its updated project finance policy, where it specifies that the transportation of tar sands has been explicitly added to its…
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Ontario government in court today over failure to consult when scrapping cap and trade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2019 2018 election was no substitute for following the law, say Ecojustice and Greenpeace Canada TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s decision to scrap the province’s…
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Greenpeace Canada to Toronto City Council: Hold oil companies accountable for their fair share of climate costs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22nd, 2019 Greenpeace Canada to Toronto City Council: Hold oil companies accountable for their fair share of climate costs TORONTO — Greenpeace Canada has urged Toronto…
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Oil companies just gave Toronto 6ix Reasons to Sue. Here’s Why.
In the 5 years that I’ve lived in Toronto, like millions of my fellow Torontonians, I’ve gone through heat waves, floods and wind storms. In addition to the emotional and…
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Youth Climate Strikes Are Coming: How To Support
On Friday, in over 1325 places, in 98 countries young people around the world will walk out of their classrooms to push for urgent action on the growing climate crisis.…
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STATEMENT: Going forward with Trans Mountain is a step back for the climate
February 22, 2019 (VANCOUVER) - In response to the Trans Mountain Expansion Project reconsideration hearing (ordered by the Federal Court of Appeal) which today announced it will impose 156 conditions
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U.S. Federal Court Dismisses $900 Million Pipeline Company Lawsuit Against Greenpeace
TORONTO — Today, the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota issued a landmark dismissal [1] of all claims against all defendants in the USD$900 million case…
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Major insurance company Aegon divests from tar sands
The financial company will also sell its investments in pipeline companies Transcanada and Enbridge in Canada and the US. Friday 1 February 2019 (MONTRÉAL) – Insurance company Aegon (number 19…
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STATEMENT: Greenpeace Canada reaction to win on Supreme Court orphan wells case
31 January 2019 (TORONTO) — In response to today’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that bankrupt energy companies cannot abandon their environmental clean-up responsibilities, Nader Hasan, counsel…
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Technical failures increase risk of contaminated Fukushima water discharge into Pacific
Tokyo, 22 January 2019 – The nuclear water crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has been compounded by multiple technical failures and flawed decision making driven by short term cost…