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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace report warns of risks to banks betting on tar sands pipelines
30 October 2017 (TORONTO) — A new report by Greenpeace and Oil Change International warns of major banks’ exposure to financial and reputational damage due to their financing of tar…
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U.S. Court Dismisses Resolute’s Racketeering Case Against Greenpeace
SAN FRANCISCO, October 16, 2017 — Today, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a decision [1] dismissing all claims in the controversial case that…
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French bank BNP Paribas the latest to reject financing of tar sands pipelines
11 October 2017 (TORONTO) — French bank BNP Paribas has publicly stated that it will no longer finance “pipelines that primarily carry oil and gas from shale and/or oil from tar sands,” and…
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Greenpeace reacts to cancellation of Energy East pipeline
5 October 2017 – Responding to the announcement from TransCanada that they are cancelling their proposed Energy East pipeline from the Canadian tar sands, Greenpeace campaigner Patrick Bonin said: “This…
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Nestlé, Unilever, P&G among worst offenders for plastic pollution in Philippines in beach audit
Montreal, September 21, 2017 – Following a week-long beach clean up on Freedom Island, a critical wetland habitat and Ramsar site [1] spanning 30 hectares in Manila Bay – one…
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PRESS RELEASE: New report reveals one spill a week in U.S. from three tar sands pipeline companies
3 August 2017 (EDMONTON) — A map and policy brief released today by Greenpeace detail a legacy of spills — roughly one every week in the United States since 2010…
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Clyde River’s case against seismic testing at the Supreme Court of Canada
The Inuit community of Clyde River, Nunavut, has been awaiting on justice after 3 years of fighting a dangerous Arctic oil exploration project that threatens their right to eat and…
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STATEMENT – Greenpeace reaction to Desjardins moratorium on pipeline financing
8 July 2017 (MONTRÉAL) — In response to the announcement by Desjardins that it is putting a moratorium on investments in and financing of oil pipelines, Greenpeace Canada Climate and…
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PRESS RELEASE: Dutch Bank ING the latest to reject financing of Kinder Morgan pipeline
28 June 2017 (TORONTO) — Dutch bank ING has publicly stated that it will not finance oil pipeline projects from the Canadian tar sands, including the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain…
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PRESS RELEASE – Greenpeace activist climbs BC Legislature flagpole to deliver hopeful message to N.D.P. and Greens
30 May 2017 (LEKWUNGEN TERRITORY/VICTORIA) — This morning, a Greenpeace activist climbed a flagpole at the B.C. Legislature to deliver a celebratory message. The activist unfurled a banner reading, “People…