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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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Illegal gold mining has destroyed over 4,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest in just four Indigenous territories in the past two years, warns Greenpeace. As Brazil’s top importer of gold, Canada must act.
MONTREAL – Illegal gold mining remains rampant in the Amazon rainforest despite government efforts to curb it, reveals new analyses of satellite data from 2023 to 2024. The Greenpeace investigation…
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Politics of Exclusion: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s Voting Track Record 2004-2024
Pierre Poilievre speaks with conviction. “We are Conservatives,” he says. “We don’t believe in big fat government programs. We don’t believe in giving money.” At first, it might sound like…
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Pierre Poilievre’s positions on climate change, biodiversity and social justice
Pierre Poilievre's Conservative party is opposed to all major federal climate policies, would undermine biodiversity protections and takes us backwards on economic and social justice issues.
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Greenpeace Canada reaction to Mark Carney becoming Prime Minister
In response to Mark Carney becoming Prime Minister and appointing his first cabinet, Greenpeace Canada’s senior energy strategist Keith Stewart said:
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Greenpeace Canada reaction to Jackson Wijaya about to become the beneficial owner of both Domtar, formerly Paper Excellence, and Asia Pulp and Paper
Despite Paper Excellence’s constant denial regarding its relationship with APP, the elusive Jackson Wijaya has become the beneficial sole owner of both Domtar and Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) making the link undeniable.
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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 sets sail to stop deep-sea mining
In case you haven’t heard, the Norwegian government plans to open Arctic waters for deep-sea mining. And the spot they have in mind — an area located in the Norwegian…
