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Breaking News: Greenpeace activists scale Vancouver Convention Centre to protest global brands’ role in climate crisis
Vancouver — As hundreds of CEOs and senior managers of some of the world’s leading brands gather inside the Vancouver Convention Centre, Greenpeace climbers have scaled the building and are staging…
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STATEMENT: Kenney’s ‘war room’ is a distraction from the battle we should be fighting, and that is climate change
June 7, 2019 – (TORONTO) – In reaction to the Alberta government’s update on its $30 million ‘war room’ that will attack environmental organizations raising concerns about the environmental impacts…
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Environmental Groups: All Federal Parties Must Reject CAPP’s Election Demands on Energy Development and Climate Change
June 5, 2019 (OTTAWA) —Major Canadian environmental groups are asking all federal parties to reject a set of demands proposed yesterday by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s…
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New Executive Director focuses on a Greenpeace for a new generation
Toronto – With great enthusiasm and pleasure, Greenpeace Canada’s Board of Directors announces the appointment of Christy Ferguson to the position of Executive Director. The 42-year-old new mother has been…
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EVENT ADVISORY ‘The Pact’ Sparks Over 150 Community-Led Town Halls to Shape Canadian Green New Deal
MPs invited to attend while in home ridings May 16, 2019 (CANADA) – The first of more than 150 planned town halls to develop what a Green New Deal for…
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Green New Deal Launch
Large, Diverse, Non-partisan Coalition of Youth, Artists, Scientists, Indigenous Leaders and Groups Calls for Green New Deal for Canada Urgent climate action must cut emissions in half within 11 years…
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ADVISORY: Indigenous leaders, Scientists, Doctors, Artists and Youth unite in call for The Pact for a Green New Deal
Media Advisory FOR DISTRIBUTION ON May 3rd, 2019 MONTREAL (May 3rd, 2019) – A diverse cross-section of civil society endorsers will hold a press conference in three cities across Canada…
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I Asked My City Hall to Hold Big Polluters Accountable, and They Took the First Step
On April 25th, I joined a dozen other Torontonians in delivering deputations to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee at City Hall in favor of pursuing compensation for costs of climate…
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Updated: Doctors’ group, environmental groups and residents call on Toronto’s City Council to hold big polluters accountable for climate costs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 APRIL 2019 TORONTO — Toronto residents and organizations held a press conference this morning to announce their support for a motion before the City of Toronto…
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REACTION – Kenney sowing division for political gain
In response to the elections of Jason Kenney, Mike Hudema, Greenpeace Canada’s Climate and Energy Campaigner, said: “Common courtesy might suggest that we give Jason Kenney the benefit of the…
