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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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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 forestry standard a defining moment for Canadian logging industry
Toronto – Responding to the announcement today of a new Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standard, Shane Moffatt, Head of Nature and Food Campaign with Greenpeace Canada commented: “In the middle…
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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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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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Greenpeace welcomes Montreal’s commitment to reducing single-use plastic
In response to the City of Montreal’s announcement concerning its single-use plastic reduction strategy, Agnès Le Rouzic, Oceans & Plastic Campaigner at Greenpeace Canada, said: “We welcome the Plante administration’s…
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Greenpeace activists ship plastic monster back to Nestlé
(Montreal) – Greenpeace activists in Canada, the U.S., Switzerland, and several other countries around the world [1] unveiled “plastic monsters” covered with branded plastic packaging at Nestlé offices and consumer…
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Greenpeace will challenge Ford gas pump stickers as misleading advertising
In response to the Ford government’s announcement that it will introduce legislation requiring gas companies to put carbon price stickers on pumps, Greenpeace Canada said it would challenge these stickers…
