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G7 Ocean Plastic Charter : largest corporate polluters among named signatories
September 21, 2018 (VANCOUVER) – Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestle Canada and other big corporations pledged to help reduce plastic pollution in support of the Ocean Plastics Charter, a campaign endorsed by…
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65% of surveyed Canadians agree governments should act quickly to ban single-use plastics
In light of Minister McKenna’s announcement of a ‘Zero Waste Strategy’ Greenpeace Canada: 65% of surveyed Canadians agree governments should act quickly to ban single-use plastics September 20, 2018 (VANCOUVER)…
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With orca mother finally releasing her dead calf, Greenpeace Calls for greater efforts to protect endangered orcas
13 August 2018 (VANCOUVER) — More needs to be done to protect the already endangered Southern Resident orca population currently dealing with the death of the first baby born to…
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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace Canada activists climbed Montreal’s Olympic Park tower to protest the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Three days before the federal government is possibly slated to move forward with spending $4.5 billion of public money to buy the Trans Mountain and expansion infrastructure (TMX), activists called…
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REACTIVE: Starbucks to remove fossil fuel derived plastic straws globally, debut new lids in Vancouver, Seattle
Vancouver, BC – Starbucks has announced today that it is removing fossil fuel derived plastic straws from its 28,000 stores globally by 2020, including its over 1000 stores in Canada.…
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So Glad You Asked 2: Greenpeace response to some well worn questions.
We generally get the same straw man arguments over and over again so over the next little while I wanted to take some time to answer them. The first “Answering the Critics”…
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STATEMENT – Canada needs to listen to market demands and protect caribou, says Greenpeace
Le 27 juin 2018 (Montréal) – En réaction à la lettre de dix-sept entreprises américaines, qui utilisent des produits de pâtes et papiers de la forêt boréale du Canada et…
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Greenpeace Canada’s annual photo competition is back again!
We want to see your gorgeous forest photographs. Please submit them to the 2018 Greenpeace Canada photo contest for a chance to be featured in the 2019 Greenpeace Canada small calendar.
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STATEMENT: Trudeau’s announcement of G7 Ocean Plastics Charter indicates the agreement will fail to adequately address plastic pollution crisis
G7 Summit June 9, 2018 (QUÉBEC CITY) – Following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Chair’s Press Conference about the final communique of the 2018 G7 Summit and his announcement of the…
