Greenpeace. July 9th 2023 is a turning point for the deep sea mining industry but also for

Greenpeace. The original version of this text was published in La Presse. Looking outside my

Spring is ending, summer is nearly here, and Action season is starting!

Greenpeace volunteers do incredible things from scaling buildings, hanging from bridges, and dropping banners from massive heights. Around the world, you’ll see them blocking environmental destruction at the source and holding politicians and corporations to account! They march in rallies, lobby their politicians, work with allies, run social media accounts, and talk to people every single day about the world’s injustices and what needs to be done to change course for a healthy future. Photo by Pixabay

At a press conference in Montreal’s Hotel10 during COP15, global Indigenous leaders from Brazil, Canada, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Indonesia gathered to call for nature protection that centres Indigenous rights and shifts power from industry to Indigenous Peoples and local communities. © Toma Iczkovits Greenpeace

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News and ways to get involved. ©Desiree Laverne.

Greenpeace Plastic Crisis – Nina, a young plastic activist from Indonesia picks up plastic trash (The Recycling Myth). © a&o buero

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Caribou Crisis: Montreal – In reaction to Quebec Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks (MFFP) Pierre

On March 29, the federal government released its long-awaited emissions reduction plan that charts a course for the country to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent by 2030. Photo by Chris LeBoutillier / Unsplash

Greenpeace Southwest Atlantic Ocean, Blue Hole, Argentina 2022. Tour Travesía 2022 Arctic Sunrise. As the Greenpeace team navigate the Southwest Atlantic, hundreds of fishing boats plunder the sea. We call for an urgent Global Ocean Treaty to protect marine ecosystems such as the home of the iconic Southern Right Whale. © Esteban Medina San Martin / Greenpeace

Greenpeace is in the Northern Indian Ocean to bear witness to the destructive fishing practices of under documented fishing fleets which it is estimated cause the bycatch of 80-100,000 cetaceans per year. by Dina Ni

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MONTREAL – Greenpeace Canada stands strong in opposition to Quebec’s Bill 21, as well as

Poll: 7 in 10 Canadians believe banks committed to net-zero emissions should not finance fossil fuel expansion & support federal requirements for banks to act on climate. © Photo by Loïc Manegarium from Pexels.

In response to the Speech from the Throne delivered to Parliament today, Greenpeace Canada released the following statement.

At the eleventh hour before COP26, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has produced a plan that

Today we need huge, unprecedented change. For billions to unite as a movement, taking action around the world and demanding a green and peaceful future. And it is possible.

Fossil Fuel Subsidies, what you can do to get rid of them once and for all. “We’ve subsidized oil companies for a century. That’s long enough.” – President Obama, State of the Union Address, 2012.

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Earlier today Greenpeace activists gathered in front of the headquarters of global steel giant ArcelorMittal in Luxembourg

Smallholder farmers produce 75% of the food consumed in Kenya today. Yet the Kenyan government is facilitating their exploitation and oppression by Multinational Corporations

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