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What is happening to 100 million hectares of forests in Russia?
Right now, vast swathes of Russia are covered in “illegal” forests. 10% of all the forest in Russia (that’s an area about twice the size of Spain) lies in areas…
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STATEMENT: Walmart Canada heeds to public pressure and addresses plastic pollution
(MONTRÉAL) – In response to the announcement of Walmart Canada’s Charter on Plastics, a commitment to reduce plastic waste across its operations, Greenpeace Canada’s spokesperson for the Oceans & Plastics…
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Federal Court Dismisses Racketeering Counts Against Greenpeace
Federal Court Dismisses Racketeering Counts Against Greenpeace (San Francisco) – Today, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a landmark decision [1] dismissing all claims…
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Ford government’s gutting of climate plan panned by 99% of consultation participants
More than 11,000 Ontarians participated in the Ford government’s public consultation on its Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, making it one of the largest responses in the 25-year history of…
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Greenpeace Canada open letter of support for the Unist’ot’en Camp
Greenpeace Canada stands in solidarity with the Unist’ot’en Camp and Gitdumt’en Checkpoint against the injunction brought on behalf of the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline project. The project is an unwarranted, unwelcome…
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COP24 ends without firm promises to raise climate action and ambition
December 14, 2018 (Katowice, POLAND) – Just two months after the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned we have 12 years left to save the world, COP24 ended…
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STATEMENT: Alberta’s Boreal forest protection agreement: desperately needed during this time of mass animal extinction and forest depletion
14th December, 2018 (Vancouver) – In response to the Alberta agreement between Indigenous, federal and provincial governments as well as industry to propose a Biodiversity Stewardship Area (BSA) that will…
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Forest-destroying palm oil companies have nowhere to hide
You made it happen! After an incredible few months, and 1.3 million of you taking action, the world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar, just launched a groundbreaking plan.
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Breakthrough as world’s largest palm oil trader gives forest destroyers nowhere to hide
Singapore, Monday 10 December 2018 - The world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar International, has published a detailed action plan to map and monitor all of its suppliers.
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PRESS RELEASE: Climate emergency demands action, and COP24 must deliver ambition
While there are some bright spots, Canada’s current efforts fall far short of what scientists and doctors are telling us is required to protect our health and meet our commitments…
