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The Pact for Green New Deal
The climate crisis is here. Arctic permafrost is melting, forests, towns, and Indigenous territories are burning. Climate change, pollution and environmental destruction have exacerbated systemic injustices, and states of emergency…
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Vancouver puts big polluters’ climate responsibilities on the discussion table
This just in from the west coast: Vancouver has become the latest big city in North America to formally discuss holding big fossil fuel polluters accountable for climate change! …
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STATEMENT: This Is Not A Plan
June 19th, 2019 (Toronto) – In response to the Conservative’s ‘Real Plan’ to allegedly protect the environment, Greenpeace Canada Climate & Energy campaigner Keith Stewart said: “This is a plan only…
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18 hours 17 minutes
18 hours and 17 minutes, that’s how much time it took between the Government of Canada declaring a climate emergency and the Government approving a massive new tar sands pipeline…
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STATEMENT: The Trans Mountain Expansion Will Not Happen
June 18, 2019 (Vancouver) – In response to the federal Cabinet approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Greenpeace Canada Climate & Energy campaigner Mike Hudema said: “For the Trudeau government…
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Day 8 #BPShutdown: Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise arrives on the scene
We are in the midst of a #ClimateEmergency. Thousands of people around the world, from heads of state to school-age strikers are calling for an immediate and just transition to…
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Plastics or pipelines? We don’t want either!
The week started well. On Monday, the Trudeau government officially joined the fight against plastic pollution. It announced a move towards banning single-use plastics*. But next week, this very same…
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Environmental Groups: All Federal Parties Must Reject CAPP’s Election Demands on Energy Development and Climate Change
June 5, 2019 (OTTAWA) —Major Canadian environmental groups are asking all federal parties to reject a set of demands proposed yesterday by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s…
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New Executive Director focuses on a Greenpeace for a new generation
Toronto – With great enthusiasm and pleasure, Greenpeace Canada’s Board of Directors announces the appointment of Christy Ferguson to the position of Executive Director. The 42-year-old new mother has been…
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EVENT ADVISORY ‘The Pact’ Sparks Over 150 Community-Led Town Halls to Shape Canadian Green New Deal
MPs invited to attend while in home ridings May 16, 2019 (CANADA) – The first of more than 150 planned town halls to develop what a Green New Deal for…