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Tell TD to Dump Kinder Morgan
UPDATE: We've launched a petition calling on TD to stop funding tar sands pipelines. Add your name now!TD bank says that it wants to integrate environmental responsibility into every aspect of its business. We think that’s an admirable goal and have written to their CEO in the spirit of helping him achieve that goal.
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You did it! Big win for the Arctic
Well, here’s some amazing news to help close out this rollercoaster of a year: the Canadian government has announced a moratorium on all new oil and gas projects in Canadian Arctic waters for the next five years, and the US government has removed most of its Arctic waters from oil and gas leasing permanently (you…
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Tar Sands in the Atlantic: TransCanada’s Proposed Energy East Pipeline
A new report released today by the US - based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in partnership with numerous Canadian and U.S. groups, shows the proposed Energy East pipeline would drive a 300 to 500 per cent increase in crude tanker traffic down the Atlantic coast from Saint John, New Brunswick to the U.S. Gulf…
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Shell’s retreat from Canadian Arctic creates space for Arctic protection
Earlier this week on World Oceans Day we were greeted with some wonderful and exciting news: Shell announced it was giving up all its offshore exploration permits in the Canadian Arctic!
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Building a Solar Dream in a Tar Sands Nightmare
After dealing with three decades of intensive oil, gas, logging, fracking and tar sands exploitation in our homeland, my community of Little Buffalo decided to forge a new future and become powered by the sun.
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TransCanada vastly exaggerating Energy East’s ability to reduce overseas oil imports
By repeating false information, TransCanada is misleading Canadians and investors in a desperate attempt to justify its Energy East pipeline and tanker proposal.
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Economics of Transporting and Processing Tar Sands Crudes in Quebec
This report examines the economics of transporting and processing Alberta tar sands crudes in Quebec.
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So Glad You Asked 2: Greenpeace response to some well worn questions.
We generally get the same straw man arguments over and over again so over the next little while I wanted to take some time to answer them. The first “Answering the Critics”…
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The Rainbow Spill: A Case of Crime and (No) Punishment
The 2011 Rainbow pipeline spill near the Lubicon Cree community of Little Buffalo was one of the largest in Alberta’s history.
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Why Enbridge is afraid of Ta’Kaiya Blaney
In my work for Greenpeace I meet special people pretty regularly. And by special, I mean people who do the most unexpected things in the most wonderful ways.