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STATEMENT: Trudeau government still not hearing concerns about troubled Trans Mountain pipeline
October 3, 2018 (VANCOUVER) In response to the Trudeau government’s announcement on the Trans Mountain pipeline, Mike Hudema, climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada said: “Throughout this process, the…
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MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT: Greenpeace to reveal Plastic Polluters’ investigation results in Canada and worldwide
October 2nd, 2018 (MONTRÉAL) – On Tuesday October 9th, 2018, Greenpeace Canada will be revealing the results of the Plastic Polluters Brand Audits conducted three weeks prior on World Clean…
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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace urges Ontario legislature to support private members bill on climate liability
October 1, 2018 (TORONTO) — Today, Greenpeace Canada urged all parties in the Ontario legislature to support the Liability for Climate-Related Harms Act, a private member’s bill proposed by NDP…
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Documenting plastic pollution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Much of the plastic that we throw “away” ends up in our oceans. The Arctic Sunrise ship is journeying to the largest trash vortex in the ocean with the goal…
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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace thanks the defenders who stood up to Trans Mountain in Globe and Mail ad
September 26, 2018 (VANCOUVER) — Today Greenpeace Canada is running an ad in the Western Globe and Mail to thank defenders of the land for their efforts to stop the…
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This morning the Teck Frontier tar sands mine hearing began in Fort McMurray.
This morning the Teck Frontier tar sands mine hearing began in Fort McMurray. The Teck Frontier mine, if approved and built, would be one of the largest tar sands mines…
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G7 Ocean Plastic Charter : largest corporate polluters among named signatories
September 21, 2018 (VANCOUVER) – Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestle Canada and other big corporations pledged to help reduce plastic pollution in support of the Ocean Plastics Charter, a campaign endorsed by…
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STATEMENT: Trudeau continues to treat Trans Mountain expansion process as a “box-checking exercise”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2018 (Toronto) In response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement on the Trans Mountain pipeline, Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada said: “By…
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65% of surveyed Canadians agree governments should act quickly to ban single-use plastics
In light of Minister McKenna’s announcement of a ‘Zero Waste Strategy’ Greenpeace Canada: 65% of surveyed Canadians agree governments should act quickly to ban single-use plastics September 20, 2018 (VANCOUVER)…
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Feds miss opportunity to use law to tackle plastic pollution
September 20, 2018 (OTTAWA) – Ecojustice lawyer, James Gunvaldsen Klaassen, made the following statement in reaction to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna’s failure to address a request…
