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Climbers in Vancouver blockade Trans Mountain oil tanker’s route
“Our message to the world is that climate leaders don’t buy pipelines. Our communities will continue resisting dirty tar sands oil every step of the way."
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Greenpeace maps tar sands oil tanker route’s far-reaching risks to communities and endangered wildlife
“The threats posed by the Trans Mountain Expansion Project don't end at the water’s edge."
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6 incredible Pacific Coast species threatened by pipelines
The Salish Sea, which consists of the coastal waters off British Columbia, Canada and the northwestern part of the US west coast, is one of the most biologically diverse inland seas in the world. This area of staggering beauty is home to some of the world’s most iconic wildlife. Over 200 species of birds and…
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G7 leaders release tepid plans for addressing climate change and ocean plastic pollution – Greenpeace response
Québec City, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the closure of what he described as “a successful G7 Summit with ambitious objectives” on the environmental front, including a…
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Plastic pollution reaches the Antarctic
It’s not what we wanted to find. When Greenpeace set sail to the Antarctic earlier this year, we were going to look for the incredible wildlife — tottering penguins, majestic whales, soaring seabirds — that call the Antarctic Ocean home.
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Greenpeace expedition finds plastic pollution and hazardous chemicals in remote Antarctic waters
“We may think of the Antarctic as a remote and pristine wilderness, but from pollution and climate change to industrial krill fishing, humanity’s footprint is clear. These results show that even the most remote habitats of the Antarctic are contaminated with microplastic waste and persistent hazardous chemicals."
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Microplastics in the Antarctic
In early 2018, Greenpeace undertook an expedition to the Antarctic to carry out scientific research, including seabed submarine dives exploring little known benthic ecosystems and sampling for microplastics and persistent…
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Where corporations are failing, people like you are solving the plastic pollution crisis
While corporations stall, everyday people are tackling the plastic pollution crisis head on.
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Activists call on G7 and corporations to end plastic pollution crisis
“It’s time for the world’s largest governments and companies to recognise that we cannot recycle our way out of this problem."
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