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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace report warns of risks to banks betting on tar sands pipelines
30 October 2017 (TORONTO) — A new report by Greenpeace and Oil Change International warns of major banks’ exposure to financial and reputational damage due to their financing of tar…
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Whether by land or by sea resistance to tar sands pipeline continues to grow.
As three tar sands pipelines (Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain, Enbridge Line 3, and TransCanada Keystone XL) try to press forward the resistance to them is rising up, growing and taking action by land and by sea.
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World’s 8th largest banks says it won’t finance tar sands pipelines
There was some great news out of France this week, as BNP Paribas, the largest bank in France and 8th largest in the world, publicly stated that it will cut ties with tar sands pipelines and the companies behind them.
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U.S. Court Dismisses Resolute’s Racketeering Case Against Greenpeace
SAN FRANCISCO, October 16, 2017 — Today, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a decision [1] dismissing all claims in the controversial case that…
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French bank BNP Paribas the latest to reject financing of tar sands pipelines
11 October 2017 (TORONTO) — French bank BNP Paribas has publicly stated that it will no longer finance “pipelines that primarily carry oil and gas from shale and/or oil from tar sands,” and…
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Why does the government ignore the nuclear threat to Toronto?
The Wynne government’s willful blindness has left millions of Torontonians at risk. But we still have a chance to do something about it. With Fukushima, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island,…
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Consent vs. Communication: A Tale of Two Forest Certification Systems
This is a very interesting time to be in the midst of campaigning for safeguarding forests in Canada. First, last week was National Forest Week, a week to acknowledge the…
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VICTORY! People Power Just Stopped Another Pipeline. Bye-bye Energy East!
Wow, what incredible news to wake up too.
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Greenpeace reacts to cancellation of Energy East pipeline
5 October 2017 – Responding to the announcement from TransCanada that they are cancelling their proposed Energy East pipeline from the Canadian tar sands, Greenpeace campaigner Patrick Bonin said: “This…
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My week on a plastic beach helping to name and shame its polluters
It was more devastating than I imagined, and that’s saying something considering the descriptions and pictures I’ve been exposed to over the years. The plastic pollution covering Freedom Island in…
