Dalton McGuinty's political prisoner begins hunger strike

Last month, we told you about the jailing of Ardoch Algonquin First Nation spokesperson Robert Lovelace for peacefully protesting uranium exploration on his community's land. Now, after more than three months in a maximum security prison, Lovelace, who turned sixty in jail, is on a hunger strike.

• Take action and tell Dalton McGuinty to free Robert Lovelace now
• Learn more about how Dalton's McGuinty's nuclear policy is taking political prisoners
• Learn more about the Ontario Mining Act from Amnesty International
• For more information, visit the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation website

Whale meat exposed

Greenpeace activists in Japan spent the last four months cracking open a major conspiracy at the heart of Japan's government-backed, sham scientific whaling operation.

• See what they discovered for yourself
• Take action now

Greenpeace and greenwashing

Every day, Americans (and Canadians!) are bombarded with advertising about environmentally friendly goods and services. But how many really are green, and how many are just pretending?

• Greenpeace US looks behind the greenwash with its new website, stopgreenwash.org

Victory: Dove does good

Last month we asked you to write Unilever, makers of Dove-brand products, and ask the company to stop using palm oil from Indonesia's Paradise Forests. Congratulations and thank you for taking action! Unilever has now taken the bold step of supporting our call for a moratorium on cutting down trees in Indonesia for palm oil plantations. Read about this swift victory for the environment and find out what our next steps will be in the Paradise Forests.

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Biofuels backfire in Canada

Right now, the Harper government wants to up the percentage of ethanol fuel in Canadian gasoline. At the same time, biofuels like corn ethanol are leading to food shortages around the world. They also might generate more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional oil.

• Read more
• Take action and tell your Member of Parliament that using food for fuel is wrong
• Find out more about biofuels from Greenpeace International
• Check out this blog post from Greenpeace Canada agriculture campaign Josh Brandon

No GE labelling in Canada (for now)

Thank you to the thousands of Greenpeace cyberactivists who wrote to their Members of Parliament to demand labelling for genetically engineered food. Unfortunately, Parliament voted down a mandatory federal labelling program, but our campaign continues as we work with provinces like British Columbia and Quebec where public interest and political promises create fertile ground for provincial labelling legislation.

• Read more
• Find out how your MP voted on labelling legislation here

Greenpeace's summer reading list

To understand environmental issues, we need to look at science and history, at geography and economics, at sociology and politics. Greenpeace's summer reading list takes you from the big picture (global economics) to daily life (the seafood aisle of your grocery store).

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