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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…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: G7 Summit : Environmental organizations will be in Quebec City
At the International Media Center June 7, 2018 (QUÉBEC City) – Environmental Defence Canada, Équiterre, Climate Action Network Canada and Greenpeace Canada will be available for interviews at the G7…
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PRESS RELEASE: G7 Summit: Environmental groups call on Minister McKenna to use law, crack down on plastic pollution
June 7, 2018 (OTTAWA) – On the eve of the G7 Summit meeting in Charlevoix, Quebec, environmental groups are calling on Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna…
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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace sends larger-than-life message to leaders one day before G7 Summit: ‘Recycling won’t cut it: Ban single-use plastics’
June 7, 2018 (OTTAWA) – One day before the G7 Summit starts in Charlevoix (Québec), Greenpeace Canada sends a hard-to-miss message to its seven leaders by deploying a giant plastic-bag…
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PRESS RELEASE: Activists call on G7 and corporations to end plastic pollution crisis
On World Environment Day June 5, 2018 (TORONTO) – New data collected through cleanups and brand audits confirms that some of the world’s largest corporations — including Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestlé,…
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STATEMENT: Federal government volunteers to “captain the Titanic of tar sands oil pipelines” and risks $4.5B of Canadians’ money in the process
29 May 2018 (VANCOUVER) — Earlier today, Minister Morneau announced the federal government has reached an agreement with Kinder Morgan Canada to purchase the existing Trans Mountain pipeline and infrastructure…
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PRESS RELEASE: Over 1,000 people attend emergency rally against Kinder Morgan in Montreal
Over 1,000 people attend emergency rally against Kinder Morgan in Montreal urging Trudeau to make a decision in line with the Paris Agreement Access photos at www.act.gp/2LCla4f 27 May 2018…
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Greenpeace supports Squamish Nation in the face of Kinder Morgan court ruling and urges governments to do better on Indigenous rights
24 May 2018 (VANCOUVER) — In response to the B.C. Supreme Court’s ruling against the Squamish Nation in Squamish Nation v British Columbia (Environment), Greenpeace Canada Climate & Energy Campaigner…
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STATEMENT: New Protected Areas Network in Alberta is a major milestone for forest conservation, says Greenpeace
May 16, 2018 (Vancouver) – In response to yesterday’s announcement to create the largest stretch of protected Boreal forest on the planet, including a new agreement between the Tallcree First…
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Greenpeace Canada responds to federal government’s willingness to indemnify Trans Mountain Expansion
16 May 2018 (VANCOUVER) — In response to the federal government’s announcement that it is willing to indemnify the Trans Mountain Expansion Project against risks posed by opposition from the…