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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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The Canadian government should not be writing blank cheques for a Texas oil-giant
Right now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is thinking about using our tax dollars to bail out a Texas oil company’s failing pipeline and tanker project. The federal government announced today…
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Greenpeace Canada responds to federal government’s willingness to indemnify Trans Mountain Expansion
16 May 2018 (VANCOUVER) — In response to the federal government’s announcement that it is willing to indemnify the Trans Mountain Expansion Project against risks posed by opposition from the…
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PRESS RELEASE: 120 personalities and organizations in Quebec call for an emergency mobilization against the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline
The declaration, entitled “All together against Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline and for a just transition”, has been signed by 120 personalities and organizations in solidarity with the First…
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Breaking: Greenpeace USA & Mosquito Fleet activists block barge from entering Kinder Morgan’s Seattle facility
15 May 2018 (SEATTLE / VANCOUVER) — Today, Greenpeace USA and Mosquito Fleet activists blocked an oil barge from entering Kinder Morgan’s Seattle facility by locking themselves to the pier.…
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STATEMENT: Canada must use G7 presidency to tackle plastic pollution at the source
May 11, 2018 (TORONTO) – In response to Minister McKenna’s recent comments comparing the upcoming G7 plastics charter to the Paris Climate Agreement, Greenpeace Canada plastics campaigner, Farrah Khan, said:…
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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 Canada activists expose and occupy Kinder Morgan “monster drill”
Two Greenpeace Canada activists have occupied one of the most important pieces of equipment Kinder Morgan needs to build its new tar sands pipeline, and they are calling on people…
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Five Ways People Are Standing Up To Oil Pipeline Companies
All over the world, people are getting more concerned about the threats posed by major new oil pipelines. They’re prone to spills and, as a result, they’re a serious risk to clean water and the wildlife, ecosystems and communities living along their routes.
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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,…