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REACTION – Ford Government hands a rotten egg to Ontario’s wildlife just in time for Easter18 April, 2019Responding to today’s proposals by the Ontario government to amend the Endangered Species Act, Head of Forest Campaign with Greenpeace Canada Shane Moffatt commented: “The Ford government is proposing to…
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REACTION – Kenney sowing division for political gain17 April, 2019In response to the elections of Jason Kenney, Mike Hudema, Greenpeace Canada’s Climate and Energy Campaigner, said: “Common courtesy might suggest that we give Jason Kenney the benefit of the…
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Canadian tar sands emissions now larger than entire provinces ofQuebec, British-Columbia or Manitoba.16 April, 2019April 16, 2019 (TORONTO) – According to Canada’s submission to the United Nations (2019 National Inventory Report 1990-2017), Canada’s 2017 national emissions increased by 8 MT bringing it up to…
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Greenpeace activists ship plastic monster back to Nestlé16 April, 2019(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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Premier Ford’s 2019 budget is “the most anti-environmental budget in Ontario” since Walkerton11 April, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 APRIL 2019 TORONTO — Keith Stewart, Senior Energy Strategist with Greenpeace Canada, said the following in response to the 2019 Ontario budget: “The 35 per cent…
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30×30: groundbreaking scientific study maps out how to protect a third of the world’s oceans by 20303 April, 2019CANADA – As governments meet at the UN to negotiate towards an historic Global Ocean Treaty, a groundbreaking study by leading marine biologists has mapped out how to protect over a third…
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Ontario government in court today over failure to consult when scrapping cap and trade1 April, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2019 2018 election was no substitute for following the law, say Ecojustice and Greenpeace Canada TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s decision to scrap the province’s…
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Greenpeace Canada to Toronto City Council: Hold oil companies accountable for their fair share of climate costs22 March, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22nd, 2019 Greenpeace Canada to Toronto City Council: Hold oil companies accountable for their fair share of climate costs TORONTO — Greenpeace Canada has urged Toronto…
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STATEMENT: Greenpeace horrified by whale’s death from plastic waste and deplores lack of international action to combat plastic pollution in oceans18 March, 2019(MONTRÉAL) – In response to the news that a whale washed ashore in the Philippines on Saturday with 40 kilos of plastic bags in its gut, Agnès Le Rouzic, Greenpeace…
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STATEMENT: B.C. negotiates caribou conservation plans while speeding up logging: Greenpeace calls out insincerity14 March, 2019“It is disingenuous of the B.C. government to say they’re working on caribou conservation plans while at the same time giving the go-ahead to logging in some of these very…