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IGC4 postponement: Greenpeace’s response
The fourth and final round of negotiations towards a Global Ocean Treaty, due to take place later this month at the UN in New York has been postponed due to concerns around the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Commenting, Dr Sandra Schoettner of Greenpeace’s Protect the Oceans campaign said:
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Next steps on plastic for Canada – from science to a strong single-use plastic ban
In 2019, with the federal election just around the corner, the Trudeau government made a promise to ban single-use plastics by 2021. An important, albeit overdue, step in that process has now been completed with the release of the Draft Science Assessment on Plastic Pollution. So what next? Now’s the moment for the feds to…
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Misogyny, a weapon for climate deniers?
When I first saw the story of an oil & energy company printing a sticker sexualizing a teenager — also known as Greta, the climate activist — I tried to…
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Next steps on plastic for Canada – from science to a strong single-use plastic ban
In 2019, with the federal election just around the corner, the Trudeau government made a promise to ban single-use plastics by 2021. An important, albeit overdue, step in that process has now been completed with the release of the Draft Science Assessment on Plastic Pollution. So what next? Now’s the moment for the feds to…
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Liberal voters across canada visit their MPs concerned they’ve been fooled on climate
Federal government’s Teck Frontier Mine approval would greatly undermine Canada’s ability to follow through on climate promises For immediate release TORONTO, February 13, 2020 — Voters in more than 100…
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Air pollution from fossil fuels costs Canada US$38 billion every year: Greenpeace
A new Greenpeace report shows that air pollution from burning fossil fuels is also attributed to an estimated 21,000 premature deaths.
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What you might not know about Indigenous law and the raids on Wet’suwet’en
The complexity of what laws and whose laws apply is something you won’t often see reflected by media organizations. With the help of Ricochet journalists, we summarized what you need to know.
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What is Teck Frontier and how to reject a tar sands mine in 7 easy steps
Teck’s proposed Frontier Mine (“Teck mine”) is a new open pit mine to extract bitumen from the Alberta tar sands. If approved and built, it would be one of the…
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Greenpeace Canada solidarity statement with Wet’suwet’en people
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 January 2020 Federal and provincial support for Coastal Gaslink Pipeline violates Indigenous rights and fuels the climate emergency by pouring more gas on a burning planet…
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Australian bushfires: what you can do
My heart has been breaking watching the ecological catastrophe playing out in Australia over the past several months. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and dozens of human lives have…
