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Point of No Return: Greenpeace releases report critical of Canada’s tar sands

| January 22, 2013 | 0 Comments
Point of No Return: Greenpeace releases report critical of Canada’s tar sands

Canada’s tar sands ranked fifth of the 14 largest carbon intensive projects in the world, according to a new report from Greenpeace International.

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Thousands sign petition to urge Alberta’s Premier to meet the public for an independent pipeline review

| September 6, 2012
Thousands sign petition to urge Alberta’s Premier to meet the public for an independent pipeline review

Over 5,000 people sign a petition asking Alberta Premier Alison Redford to meet with the public for an independent review of pipeline safety in Alberta.

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Robert Bateman helps crown Vancouver artist as winner of Great Beart Got Talent contest

| July 15, 2012
Robert Bateman helps crown Vancouver artist as winner of Great Beart Got Talent contest

BC artist Laura Wasylyshen wins the Great Bear’s Got Talent contest with her work “Spirit in the Water.”

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Greening Businesses, NeighbourWoods, Butt Litter – GCNews #774

| May 21, 2012 | 0 Comments
Greening Businesses, NeighbourWoods, Butt Litter – GCNews #774

21 May 2012 – Published by Green Communities Canada

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To the Arctic (2012)

| April 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
To the Arctic (2012)

An extraordinary journey to the top of the world, To The Arctic 3D is the ultimate tale of survival. The film takes audiences on a never-before-experienced journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month- old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. Captivating, adventurous, and intimate footage brings moviegoers up close and personal with this family’s struggle to survive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls, and majestic snowbound peaks.

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Alberta groups support Dene Suline in their battle for traditional territory

| June 8, 2011 | 0 Comments
Alberta groups support Dene Suline in their battle for traditional territory

Greenpeace and Sierra Club Prairie have offered their support to the Dene Suline who have erected a Peace Camp just north of Cold Lake, Alberta.

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European investors question Statoil’s stake in Alberta’s tar sands

| May 26, 2011 | 0 Comments
European investors question Statoil’s stake in Alberta’s tar sands

Major European investment funds and banks spoke out last week against Statoil’s contentious presence in the Alberta tar sands by supporting a motion at the company’s AGM in Norway and citing economic and sustainability concerns.

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Residents feel effects after oil spill in Alberta’s Peace Region

| May 7, 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents feel effects after oil spill in Alberta’s Peace Region

Little Buffalo community members, including school children, experience nausea, burning eyes and headaches after one of the largest pipeline spills in Alberta history leaked nearly 30,000 barrels of oil into Lubicon traditional territory in the Peace Region of Northern Alberta.

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Groups call for removal of Bruce Carson from Tar Sands panel

| March 19, 2011 | 0 Comments
Groups call for removal of Bruce Carson from Tar Sands panel

Edmonton – Following the launch of an RCMP investigation into Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former senior policy advisor Bruce Carson, Alberta environmental and Indigenous groups are calling for the immediate and permanent removal of Carson from the provincial tar sands water monitoring panel.

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Greenpeace video depicts oil-based love for Peter Kent

| February 14, 2011 | 4 Comments
Greenpeace video depicts oil-based love for Peter Kent

Toronto — Oil and state are a perfect match on Valentine’s Day, suggests a new video released today by Greenpeace.

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