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Greenpeace Canada Monthly Environmental E-news | June 2009 |
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Greenpeace seafood tour gets industry attention
Greenpeace toured supermarkets across Canada this spring with a simple message: stock sustainable seafood. We’re urging supermarkets to stop selling species on our Redlist. And we’re drawing attention to the grave impacts of overfishing on the world’s oceans. We’re also getting noticed. The seafood industry magazine Intrafish wrote recently that, “It seems every time Greenpeace goes to the grocery store change happens.”
Find out more about Greenpeace’s seafood tour.
Find out how your supermarket scores and take action.
Read oceans campaigner Sarah King’s blog.
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Greenpeace makes an impact in the Amazon
Just two weeks after our exposé 'Slaughtering the Amazon' showed how the Brazilian cattle industry is decimating the Amazon rainforest, we are seeing a stampede as companies and the World Bank start to sever their links with the slaughterhouses and farms involved.
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Greenpeace China and Oxfam Hong Kong release new report about climate change and poverty
According to a new report jointly released by Greenpeace China and Oxfam Hong Kong, climate change is hitting China’s poor the hardest while seriously weakening the country’s poverty alleviation efforts. The report, “Climate Change and Poverty: a case study of China”, also urges the government to commit to an ambitious climate rescue plan.
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Greenpeace teams up with Yes Men to bring you some good news
Readers of a free copy of the International Herald Tribune this month may have done a double take when they saw headlines like “Markets Soar on News of Copenhagen Climate Deal” and “Atmosphere Named World Heritage Site.” That’s because the newspaper, datelined six months into the future, was brought to them by Greenpeace and the Yes Men.
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Greenpeace International names new Executive Director
This November, the well-known activist Kumi Naidoo will take over from Gerd Leipold as Executive Director of Greenpeace International.
Green tips: The top three ways to talk about the environment (from the most persuasive environmentalists we know)
Many of you have asked us how to talk to friends, neighbours, colleagues and family about the environment. We tried to get you answers from the most persuasive and knowledgeable environmentalists we know: Greenpeace Canada phone outreach staff.
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