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In photos: activists put their bodies on the line to stop a destructive oil pipeline
If a giant oil company threatened to build a dangerous pipeline through your backyard, what would you do?
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Kinder Morgan site blocked for the second day as Greenpeace founder joins sit-in
Unceded Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, Canada - Activists, including a founding member of Greenpeace, blocked the front gates to Kinder Morgan’s construction site in Vancouver today.
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Will you stand up to protect the Pacific from this oil giant?
Tar sands are one of the planet’s biggest carbon bombs. The new pipeline will take millions of barrels of some of the world’s dirtiest oil from Canada onto tanker ships.
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Bearing witness to an oil spill made my heart ache, but also made me determined
Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.
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Greenpeace and Nature and Youth take the Norwegian Government to the Supreme Court
Oslo, Norway - Today, Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth are appealing the judgement in their case against the Norwegian Government for Arctic oil drilling.
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Decision made in case against Arctic Oil in Norway: Right to a healthy environment acknowledged
Oslo, Norway – In the case brought against the Norwegian Government by Greenpeace Norway, Nature and Youth and the Grandparents Climate Campaign for granting new oil licenses to drill in the Arctic, the Oslo District Court has reached a decision today.
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The wave is rolling!
This is our chance to take a look at what happened inside and outside the courtroom and at the growing movement of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to defend and restore our planet.
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World’s eyes on Norway as historic climate trial begins
Oslo, Norway 13 November 2017 – Tomorrow, environmental organisations Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth take on the Norwegian government in court for opening up new areas in the Arctic to oil drilling. They are arguing that drilling for oil violates the Paris Agreement as well as the Norwegian constitution. Winning the case could set…
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Mazaska Talks: how you can help stop dirty oil projects
Last week, people around the world called on banks financing harmful fossil fuel projects to clean up their acts. Projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline and tar sands pipelines threaten a healthy environment and do not have consent from Indigenous communities whose territories they cross. Responsible banks should not be supporting them.
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The Arctic Sunrise has been seized. Here’s why:
The message is clear: Norway, it’s time to choose people over oil. 35 activists from 25 countries around the world are in the Barents Sea to demand an end to Arctic drilling.