Greenpeace’s message for Clinton

Meanwhile, in China, Greenpeace prepared for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first official visit by calling on the US and China – the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters – to cooperate to solve climate change.

• Find out more
• Read Greenpeace’s letter to both US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi

Greenpeace Canada Executive Director on
Ontario nuclear-free tour

Greenpeace Canada executive director Bruce Cox will tour 10 cities in Ontario to promote nuclear-free climate change solutions and expose the greenwashing of the province’s proposed Green Energy Act.

• To find out more and attend, click here

Ontario’s nuclear mistake

Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty is planning on spending billions of dollars on dirty, dangerous and expensive new nuclear plants. One Ontario plant up for rebuilding – Pickering – is the closest of any in the world to a major population centre. The reactors at Pickering are the oldest and most dangerous in Canada. Tell Dalton McGuinty to replace nuclear power with green energy today.

• Take action
• For more information about the Pickering nuclear plant, click here
• More information on green energy solutions for Ontario
• Join a Facebook group to shut down the Pickering nuclear plant
• View a video of a catastrophe scenario on 30km.ca

Greenpeace’s surprise for Metro

Metro's annual general meeting received an unexpected guest when Greenpeace showed up to draw attention to the company’s weak efforts on seafood sustainability. Metro focused its AGM on financial results. Ocean protection and seafood were left out of the equation — cue Greenpeace.

• Find out more
• Take action
• Read Greenpeace’s Redlist of seafood to avoid
• Join a Facebook group for Greenpeace’s sustainable seafood campaign
• Order your very own Greenpeace ‘Out of Stock’ t-shirt

Greenpeace exposes illegal e-waste

Following a three-year undercover investigation, Greenpeace has shown once again that electronic waste - like your old television set - still isn't being responsibly recycled like it's supposed to be. Instead, e-waste is being disguised as second-hand goods and shipped off to Nigeria, where it is sold, scrapped or illegally dumped.

• Find out more
• Read UK newspaper The Independent’s coverage of Greenpeace’s work
• UPDATED: Phillips gives in to Greenpeace's requests

The top five reasons technology won’t solve climate change

US President Barack Obama has come and gone, and our climate questions remain unanswered. How will the US tackle oil from Canada's tar sands? What will result from the 'clean energy dialogue' President Obama discussed with Stephen Harper? We don't know. Here is what we do know. Both President Obama and Stephen Harper are touting technology as the solution to climate change. It's isn't. Here are the top five reasons why. To order your very own copy of The Greenpeace Living Guide, click here.

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Take a virtual journey on a Greenpeace ship

Ever wonder what it would be like to participate in a Greenpeace voyage? Now you can find out with Greenpeace ship webcams.

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