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STATEMENT: Canada must use G7 presidency to tackle plastic pollution at the source
May 11, 2018 (TORONTO) – In response to Minister McKenna’s recent comments comparing the upcoming G7 plastics charter to the Paris Climate Agreement, Greenpeace Canada plastics campaigner, Farrah Khan, said:…
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Greenpeace Canada activists expose and occupy Kinder Morgan “monster drill”
Two Greenpeace Canada activists have occupied one of the most important pieces of equipment Kinder Morgan needs to build its new tar sands pipeline, and they are calling on people…
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Greenpeace occupies Environment and Climate Change Canada with 51 tombstones to denounce failure on caribou protection
Beginning at 7:00 am, activists dressed in black attire have started the ongoing action this morning. Depicting a caribou cemetery, one gigantic tombstone (measuring 7 feet high x 4 feet…
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Banking giant HSBC rules out financing controversial Keystone XL pipeline
20 April 2018 (TORONTO) — HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, confirmed today that it will no longer provide project finance for new tar sands projects, including the construction of any pipelines.…
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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace launches Plastic-Free Future Action Toolkit
For Earth Day Greenpeace is known for driving hard-hitting campaigns that expose environmental problems and hold corporations and governments accountable. Through the launch of a how-to guide entitled A Million Acts…
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PRESS RELEASE: Alberta Securities Commission reviewing Greenpeace complaint of inadequate disclosure of climate risk by Kinder Morgan
9 April 2018 (TORONTO) — The Alberta Securities Commission has agreed to review a complaint from Greenpeace Canada alleging incomplete disclosure of climate-related risks in Kinder Morgan Canada’s (KML) first…
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Greenpeace Canada reacts to Kinder Morgan pipeline activity suspension: “The writing is on the wall”
8 April 2018 (VANCOUVER) — In response to Kinder Morgan Canada’s announcement that it intends to suspend all non-essential activities and related spending on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project in…
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STATEMENT: Greenpeace Canada remains a member of the Forest Stewardship Council
27 March 2018 (Montreal) – In reaction to Greenpeace International not renewing its membership with the Forest Stewardship Council, Shane Moffatt, Head of Forest at Greenpeace Canada said: “Greenpeace International…
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PRESS RELEASE – Greenpeace slams Coca-Cola plastic announcement as ‘dodging the main issue’
More plastic production means more ocean plastic pollution Friday 19th January, 2018 — Greenpeace today criticised Coca-Cola’s new global plastics plan for failing to address the urgency of ocean plastic…
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US Bank ends its credit relationship with Enbridge Inc.
Another bank moves away from funding tar sands pipelines 2 November 2017 (TORONTO) – In a press release MN350 and Honor the Earth made public that US Bank was ending…