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“The Sensible Environmentalist” Talks Nuclear Energy

Politic365 -
He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International.

KFC accused of using rain forest wood for packaging

Hamilton Spectator -
“The colonel's secret is out,” Shane Moffatt, forest campaigner with Greenpeace Canada, told the Star. “They're keeping their chicken fresh with packaging from rainforests.

California bid for labeling of GE foods resonates with Greenpeace Canada

Straight.com -
By Stephen Thomson, May 3, 2012 A veteran Greenpeace Canada campaigner sees hope in an effort in California to bring in mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food sold in grocery stores.

Federal minister in Alberta to show support for oil sands

CTV.ca -
"The oil sands, the world's third largest proven oil reserves are responsible directly and indirectly for the jobs of some 400000 people across Canada." The public show of support from the federal Conservatives comes not long after controversial ...

Monmouth-Roseville students take part in international event

Monmouth Daily Review Atlas -
... high school students had the opportunity to take part in a video conference with Emily Hunter, an environmental advocacy journalist and daughter of a founder of Greenpeace. Her parents are Bobbi and Robert Hunter, famous Canadian environmentalists.

Forest conservation pact failing: environmentalists

Canada.com -
The 2010 pact, which saw a truce between forestry companies, hasn't delivered, according to a status report by Canopy, Greenpeace and ForestEthics. “There are no new protected areas of endangered forests, no defined protections for endangered caribou ...

Viewpoint: Canada's green image tarnished by new policies

BBC News -
After all, in the popular imagination, this is a country of virgin forests and pristine lakes, home of Jack London's White Fang, not to mention the birthplace of Greenpeace. Quite simply, Canada was not supposed to act like this. The move, of course, ...

Trot carefully: These are fishy political machinations

The Labour Spokesman -
He only addressed the issue of the project's location and the issue of Greenpeace, but did not bother to address everything else that was raised in the article.

Charity rewrote grant outline for consistency

Toronto Sun -
The Geneva-based Oak Foundation said Thursday it retroactively rewrote grant descriptions for Tides Canada, Greenpeace Canada, Forest Ethics and the West Coast Environmental Law Foundation as part of an edit across all their programs to make them match ...

Thousands join national Black Out Speak Out campaign

Canada NewsWire (press release) -
TORONTO, May 24, 2012 /CNW/ - Every day, more Canadians and organizations stand with environmental groups against the federal government's attacks on nature and democracy.

Federal Budget 2012: Opposition to budget bill galvanizing

Toronto Star -
The whole thing has set off alarm bells, says Greenpeace Canada spokesperson Keith Stewart. “People - and not just within the environmental movement - are looking at this as an attack on nature and democracy.

Safeway Named Most Sustainable Seafood Grocer by Greenpeace USA for Second ...

MarketWatch (press release) -
PLEASANTON, Calif., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- For the second year in a row, Greenpeace USA has ranked Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) number one in the US on its grocery sustainability scorecard, which rates the Top 20 national grocery retailers ...

Paul Watson: the man behind Sea Shepherd

ABC Online -
The 61-year-old Canadian, an early member of Greenpeace who also spent time as a merchant seaman, was named as one of Time Magazine's environmental heroes of the 20th Century in 2000.

Foreign charity waters down anti-oilsands grants

Toronto Sun -
QMI Agency has independently verified the Oak Foundation edited the description of its grants to Greenpeace Canada. Back in December, QMI Agency reported the Oak Foundation had given Greenpeace Canada $860000 in part "to create financial and political ...

Bonn Climate Talks End In Discord And Disappointment

OPB News -
Canada and Japan have dropped out, and the US never ratified the 1997 accord. A plenary session at the UN climate talks in Bonn, where talks of a rift over the future of the Kyoto protocol were downplayed.

Where tar sands meet the Salish Sea | Energy Matters column

Islands' Weekly -
... according to Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace. Despite the high energy and environmental costs to extract, tar sands are rising in prominence as a major source of oil.

Ontario accused of mimicking Ottawa in hiding environmental changes in omnibus ...

Written by
National Post -
More than 50 environmental groups, including Greenpeace, the Canadian Wildlife Federation and the David Suzuki Foundation, have signed a petition to Ontario's Liberal premier, Dalton McGuinty, accusing him of “burying changes that weaken protection for ...

Canadian environmental organizations to blackout website to protest Bill C-38

Vancouver Sun -
Groups taking part in the Black Out campaign include Greenpeace Canada, Environmental Defence, Equiterre, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Sierra Club of Canada, Pembina Institute, Nature Canada, Ecojustice and World Wildlife Fund Canada.

Greens warn of a return to era of 'dirty coal'

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The Independent -
Joss Garman, a senior campaigner for Greenpeace, said ending the era of dirty coal had been a flagship pledge from both parties in the coalition.

NDP wants 'Trojan horse' omnibus bill split up

CTV.ca -
(Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS) A range of groups, including the David Suzuki Foundation, World Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club, launched an ad campaign Monday called 'Black Out, Speak Out' that urges Canadians to darken their ...
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