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PIPELINE REPORT: Enbridge found to average one pipeline incident every 20 days
And new pipelines are not risk free November 14, 2018 (WASHINGTON, DC)– A new Greenpeace USA report “Dangerous Pipelines: Enbridge’s History of Spills Threatens Minnesota Waters”[1] found that from 2002 to…
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REACTIVE: TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project blocked
November 9, 2018 (ALBERTA) – In response to a federal judge ruling that the Trump administration violated bedrock U.S. environmental laws when approving a federal permit for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone…
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STATEMENT: ‘No one gets to sit out’ fight against climate change
23 October, 2018 (TORONTO) In response to the federal government’s announcement on carbon pricing, Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist at Greenpeace Canada said: “This move makes it clear that no…
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STATEMENT: Ford cancelling cap-and-trade bad for Ontario’s budget, worse for the environment
16 October (TORONTO) In response to Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer’s report saying that cancelling cap-and-trade will cost the province $3 billion, Greenpeace Canada senior energy strategist Keith Stewart said: “The…
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PRESS RELEASE: International investment group managing 240 billion euros becomes latest investor to withdraw from tar sands, pipeline companies
10 October, 2018 (VANCOUVER) – International financial services company, NN (Nationale-Nederlanden) Group, has announced it is withdrawing from 10 tar sands oil companies and four controversial pipeline companies over environmental…
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PRESS RELEASE: Charges dropped for high-flying Ironworkers Memorial Bridge activists, but many still face jail time for resisting Trans Mountain
9 October, 2018 (Vancouver) Greenpeace Canada has been notified that all charges relating to the 38-hour tanker blockade on the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge have been dropped. Greenpeace lawyers were notified…
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STATEMENT: Trudeau government still not hearing concerns about troubled Trans Mountain pipeline
October 3, 2018 (VANCOUVER) In response to the Trudeau government’s announcement on the Trans Mountain pipeline, Mike Hudema, climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada said: “Throughout this process, the…
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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace urges Ontario legislature to support private members bill on climate liability
October 1, 2018 (TORONTO) — Today, Greenpeace Canada urged all parties in the Ontario legislature to support the Liability for Climate-Related Harms Act, a private member’s bill proposed by NDP…
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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace thanks the defenders who stood up to Trans Mountain in Globe and Mail ad
September 26, 2018 (VANCOUVER) — Today Greenpeace Canada is running an ad in the Western Globe and Mail to thank defenders of the land for their efforts to stop the…
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STATEMENT: Trudeau continues to treat Trans Mountain expansion process as a “box-checking exercise”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2018 (Toronto) In response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement on the Trans Mountain pipeline, Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada said: “By…