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IPCC report points to stark choices ahead, but reason for hope and action
7 October, 2018 (CANADA) – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today revealed the massive and urgent task ahead of us to limit global warming while also providing a…
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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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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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It Shouldn’t Take A Lawsuit To Make Doug Ford Listen To Ontarians
Premier Ford can’t use the notwithstanding clause to get around the legal challenge brought by Greenpeace and Ecojustice Three hours after a judge granted an urgent hearing for Greenpeace’s lawsuit over the…
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#WingsOfParadise: Drawing attention to rainforest destruction
For too long the story of Indonesian forests has been painted with the darkness of burning rainforests, disappearing species and displaced communities. Greedy palm oil companies, that only seem to…
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STATEMENT: Presumed death of another Southern Resident orca shows species need protection from federal government, not more threats
VANCOUVER – In response to the apparent death of J50, a Southern Resident orca Greenpeace Canada spokesperson Mike Hudema said: “It’s heartbreaking to learn of the death of another Southern…
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It was an amazing day. What the TransMountain pipeline denial means.
It was an amazing day. What the TransMountain pipeline denial means. It was an amazing day. A decision over 9-years in the making, quashing the TransMountain pipeline. The decision upheld…
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PRESS RELEASE: “Massive” court decision overturns Trans Mountain pipeline project approval, opportunity for Prime Minister Trudeau to drop pipeline plans
August 30, 2018 (Vancouver) – In response to today’s Federal Court of Appeal ruling related to the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline, Greenpeace Canada spokesperson Mike Hudema said: “This is a…
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The Answer To A Baking Planet, Is Us.
Last week, the National Academy of Sciences published a report stating (according to the CBC): “The world is at risk of entering “hothouse” conditions with average temperatures 4-5 C higher…
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A Mother’s Cry to Justin Trudeau
It’s been absolutely heartbreaking to watch. For the last seven days a grieving mother orca has carried the body of her dead calf. The calf was the first in three years to be born into the endangered Salish Sea orca population, but it died within just hours.