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Deep-sea mining isn’t innovation: it’s ecological theft
Right now, countries are gathering at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Jamaica to debate whether companies should be allowed to mine the deep ocean for profit. The frontliner? Canada-based…
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Greenpeace Canada organizes a collective ground mural in support of deep sea mining moratorium
VANCOUVER – Greenpeace Canada, local Indigenous artists, volunteers and supporters gathered today outside the Vancouver headquarters of The Metals Company (TMC) to paint a collective street mural and expose the…
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5 things to know about the Canadian company trying to start deep sea mining: The Metals Company
What makes Vancouver-based The Metals Company (TMC), a little-known company that isn’t even making any money, a threat to the ocean, international conventions, transparency and the clean energy transition?
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Greenpeace Canada’s reaction to the opening of the UN Oceans Conference
TORONTO – The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), which is taking place this week from 9 to 13 June, is the most significant political moment on oceans since the agreement of the…
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Poilievre wants to repeal Bill C-69 (Environmental Assessment Laws)—what does this mean for nature?
Bill C-69, passed in 2019, created the ‘Impact Assessment Act’ to ensure that major projects consider effects on biodiversity, water, communities, and Indigenous rights — not just profit. In other…
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Greenpeace welcomes Liberal Nature Platform, 100,000 Canadians seek nature accountability law
MONTREAL – Earlier this week, the Liberals led by Mark Carney announced plans for nature protection in Canada, unveiling a series of commitments aimed at conserving biodiversity, bolstering Indigenous stewardship,…
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UN biodiversity COP16 delivers new protections but fumbles nature finance, sends call for action to upcoming climate talks at COP29
Greenpeace welcomes COP16’s establishment of a new body dedicated to Indigenous Peoples’ rights, roles, territories and knowledge, progress on ocean protections, and on integration of biodiversity and climate action. But a last-minute and anti-climatic suspension of negotiations leaves disappointment about closing the finance gap.
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Urgent call for Canada to act on Bill C-73 at COP16
Ecojustice, Greenpeace Canada, the David Suzuki Foundation are calling on House leaders and the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development to prioritize Bill C-73, the Nature Accountability Act
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UN Biodiversity COP16 is a chance for nature to recover
Governments come together for two weeks of negotiations in Cali, Colombia, to progress on the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
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Greenpeace marine investigation exposes destructive fishing practices in the North Pacific Ocean
Ahoy, ahoy! We’ve just returned from another marine investigation, this time on the high seas of the North Pacific Ocean.
