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21 November 2008
Greenpeace congratulates RONA (TSX:RON) for instituting new measures that will help conserve Canada’s forests. The home improvement chain today announced the adoption of their first procurement policy for wood products that Greenpeace believes positions the company as a leader within the lumber and home renovation sector on forest sustainability.
17 November 2008
The Ontario government has approved a controversial logging plan that will destroy critical woodland caribou habitat and undermine key conservation commitments by Premier McGuinty, say Greenpeace and Earthroots. Every tree logged in the Ogoki forest will be pulped to make toilet paper, junk mail, and other disposable paper products.
17 November 2008
Canada plays a key role in protecting the bluefin tuna, but needs to take a stronger position at the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) which opens today in Marrakech, says Greenpeace Canada.
13 November 2008
Greenpeace opened its first office in Africa today, in Johannesburg, announcing a long-term commitment
to building a strong presence in Africa dedicated to tackling the most
urgent environmental problems facing the continent - climate change,
deforestation and overfishing.
12 November 2008
Energy Minister George Smitherman's goal of increasing the amount of green energy in the province's electricity plan can only be met by replacing ageing nuclear stations with new green sources of energy over the next decade, says a Pembina Institute report released by a coalition of environmental groups today.
Recent Reports
05 November 2008
Unless the McGuinty government changes its electricity strategy to one of prioritizing quick-to-deploy green
energy, Ontario may fall short of meeting its greenhouse gas emission targets and drive up the risk of nuclear
accidents.
Ontario's climate plan is built on a faulty foundation: the Ontario Power Authority's (OPA) proposed long-term
electricity plan—which assumes the province's ageing nuclear stations will operate better than they ever have
historically and that a massive nuclear construction programme will be on time and on budget.
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