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PRESS RELEASE: Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Danone, Mars, PepsiCo. and Unilever sign global plastics pledge but still haven’t prioritized reduction
29 October, 2018 (BALI, INDONESIA) — Greenpeace has cautiously welcomed the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment announced today by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), but note that it allows for…
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Canada’s Boreal Forest can help tackle climate change
24 October (MONTREAL) – In response to the new online map produced by the Prairie Climate Centre at the University of Winnipeg showing the devastating projected impact of climate change…
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STATEMENT: ‘No one gets to sit out’ fight against climate change
23 October, 2018 (TORONTO) In response to the federal government’s announcement on carbon pricing, Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist at Greenpeace Canada said: “This move makes it clear that no…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Order of Canada Officer Robert Bateman joins environmental organizations to push governments to act on the B.C. caribou crisis
VICTORIA (18 October 2018) — Order of Canada Officer, naturalist, and artist Robert Bateman will join B.C. environmental organizations in a press conference to inform the public of the provincial…
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Words of wisdom from the youth…
In September, as you may remember, we went to Finland to to stand in solidarity with the Sámi, Indigenous Peoples living in the Finnish boreal forest. By we, I mean…
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One more year of inaction for the boreal caribou
One year ago today, came a critical moment for endangered species in Canada… After 5 long years, the deadline for provincial governments to unveil their plans to protect the boreal…
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This morning the Teck Frontier tar sands mine hearing began in Fort McMurray.
This morning the Teck Frontier tar sands mine hearing began in Fort McMurray. The Teck Frontier mine, if approved and built, would be one of the largest tar sands mines…
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It Shouldn’t Take A Lawsuit To Make Doug Ford Listen To Ontarians
Premier Ford can’t use the notwithstanding clause to get around the legal challenge brought by Greenpeace and Ecojustice Three hours after a judge granted an urgent hearing for Greenpeace’s lawsuit over the…
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#WingsOfParadise: Drawing attention to rainforest destruction
For too long the story of Indonesian forests has been painted with the darkness of burning rainforests, disappearing species and displaced communities. Greedy palm oil companies, that only seem to…
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Greenpeace investigation exposes how world’s biggest brands are still linked to rainforest destruction in Indonesia
September 19 2018 (MONTRÉAL)- Palm oil suppliers to the world’s largest brands, including Unilever, Nestlé, Colgate-Palmolive and Mondelez, have destroyed an area of rainforest almost twice the size of Singapore…