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STATEMENT – First Nations to the rescue for Val-d’Or caribou, says Greenpeace
June 21, 2018 (Montreal) – Following the announcement of Lac Simon Anishinabe Nation, in collaboration with the Kitcisakik and Long Point First Nations, that they will receive $1.26 million over…
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Plastic pollution reaches the Antarctic
The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise was in the Antarctic at the beginning of 2018 It’s not what we wanted to find. When Greenpeace set sail to the Antarctic earlier this…
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STATEMENT: New Protected Areas Network in Alberta is a major milestone for forest conservation, says Greenpeace
May 16, 2018 (Vancouver) – In response to yesterday’s announcement to create the largest stretch of protected Boreal forest on the planet, including a new agreement between the Tallcree First…
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Greenpeace Canada’s annual photo competition is back again!
We want to see your gorgeous forest photographs. Please submit them to the 2018 Greenpeace Canada photo contest for a chance to be featured in the 2019 Greenpeace Canada small calendar.
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Greenpeace occupies Environment and Climate Change Canada with 51 tombstones
You may have seen the wake-up call this morning outside of Ottawa. Fifty one tombstones, in memory of Canada’s woodland caribou herds lined up as a reminder to Catherine McKenna,…
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Greenpeace occupies Environment and Climate Change Canada with 51 tombstones to denounce failure on caribou protection
Beginning at 7:00 am, activists dressed in black attire have started the ongoing action this morning. Depicting a caribou cemetery, one gigantic tombstone (measuring 7 feet high x 4 feet…
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STATEMENT: Greenpeace Canada remains a member of the Forest Stewardship Council
27 March 2018 (Montreal) – In reaction to Greenpeace International not renewing its membership with the Forest Stewardship Council, Shane Moffatt, Head of Forest at Greenpeace Canada said: “Greenpeace International…
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Greenpeace calls out Minister Blanchette’s failure on caribou outside Quebec legislature
Early this morning, a group of Greenpeace activists visited Quebec’s legislature to denounce the failure of the Minister of Forests, Fauna and Parks, Luc Blanchette, to protect caribou. We brought a life-size “caribou coffin” and banner reading: No real action, No caribou. We also brought with us the voices of over 23,000 of you who…
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License to krill
Greenpeace investigations reveal how krill-fishing companies are expanding operations in the fragile Antarctic ocean, putting an entire food web at risk.
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Diving to the Antarctic sea floor is a scientist’s dream come true
Most people would be surprised about how many species of cold-water corals and amazing sponges you’d find on the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean. Even as the scientist who has identified three quarters of the registered seafloor communities designated for special protection in the Antarctic, I’ve never seen them myself either!