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BREAKING: Greenpeace USA climbers block Houston ship channel, halting oil industry operations as election debates get underway in U.S. and Canada
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 September 2019 Toronto – Contradicting Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s claim that Greenpeace only targets Alberta oil production, 22 Greenpeace U.S.A climbers have formed a blockade on…
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A call to go on strike for the climate on September 27th
Montreal, September 10th 2019 – Rising up to the climate crisis, unions, students, non-governmental groups, health professionals and environmental groups are calling on mass civil society across Quebec to participate…
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Avoiding the back to school/work plastic blues on your next shopping mission
How is it the end of (northern hemisphere) summer already?! I don’t know about you, but I am so not ready to give up patio lunches, say goodbye to the…
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40 000 signatures against GNL Québec project
A pivotal issue in the federal election campaign, say environmental and citizen groups Quebec City September 5, 2019 – With the federal election campaign soon to be underway, a petition…
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Greenpeace calls on fast food giants to take a stand against Bolsonaro’s Amazon destruction
Manaus, Brazil – As fires continue to ravage the Amazon, Greenpeace International has launched a campaign asking fast-food giants Burger King, McDonald’s and KFC to reject goods linked to environmental…
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REACTION – Global Ocean Treaty negotiations at the UN
New York – Over 190 countries came together at the United Nations to negotiate a historic Global Ocean Treaty [1] that could help protect at least 30% of our seas…
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REACTION: Working hand in hand with First Nations
Toronto – Reacting to Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde’s call for federal party leaders in Canada to commit to work with First Nations on a national…
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Greenpeace captures images of fires in the Amazon
Manaus, Brazil – Greenpeace Brazil has captured images of the fires that have been ravaging the Amazon forest for the past three weeks in a flyover in the states of…
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Amazon in Flames
For all of them, and for us here in Canada, these fires bring complete and utter heartbreak. We know that the Amazon helps absorb massive amounts of carbon dioxide. We know that if we lose the lungs of our planet, precious species will go extinct, Indigenous and rural communities will lose their land, and we…
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REACTION: WHO’s report – research must go on
Montréal – In response to the WHO report into the effects of microplastics on human health, Greenpeace Canada Head of Oceans and Plastics campaign responded: “This WHO report clearly acknowledges…
