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ADVISORY: Indigenous leaders, Scientists, Doctors, Artists and Youth unite in call for The Pact for a Green New Deal
Media Advisory FOR DISTRIBUTION ON May 3rd, 2019 MONTREAL (May 3rd, 2019) – A diverse cross-section of civil society endorsers will hold a press conference in three cities across Canada…
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You made BBVA pull the plug on tar sands pipelines!
Last month, BBVA, a global bank headquartered in Spain, announced its updated project finance policy, where it specifies that the transportation of tar sands has been explicitly added to its…
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STATEMENT: Going forward with Trans Mountain is a step back for the climate
February 22, 2019 (VANCOUVER) - In response to the Trans Mountain Expansion Project reconsideration hearing (ordered by the Federal Court of Appeal) which today announced it will impose 156 conditions
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Youth March for Climate Justice in Ottawa
18 February, 2019 (OTTAWA) – Following a four-day youth climate convergence conference, volunteers from PowerShift:Young& Rise – an intersectionnal growing movement that gathered youth from all backgrounds across Canada – are marching…
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Youth have the Power to Shift, so Rise.
It’s clear: we have 12 years to act. We are living in a climate emergency where floods, wildfires and rising sea levels are impacting us around the world- but you…
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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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Media Advisory: Greenpeace volunteers to greet Ontario’s Environment Minister
10 December, 2018 (TORONTO) – Volunteers from Greenpeace Canada will be set up outside 401 Bay Street tomorrow morning to challenge Ontario’s Environment Minister Rod Phillips as he details the…
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PRESS RELEASE: Urgent Action Needed to Ensure Indigenous Women Are Not Sterilized Without Their Consent
(December 10, 2018) – Across Canada and as recently as 2017, Indigenous women report being forcibly or coercively sterilized. Some women were incorrectly told the procedure is reversible. Others were separated…
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PRESS RELEASE: Rally outside First ministers meeting in Montreal to remind them of the urgent need to take bold climate action
December 7, 2018 (MONTREAL) – This morning, a welcoming committee of various citizen and environmental groups warmly welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his provincial counterparts in Montreal. The group…
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ADVISORY: Welcoming Committee at the Premiers Meeting
Climate Advocates plan Welcoming Committee At First Ministers Meeting to call out failures on climate change and need for urgent action December 6, 2018 ( MONTRÉAL) – Climate action supporters,…