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Greenpeace Canada E-news August 2010

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Government put on notice: Canada is not a petro-state!

Canadians are concerned about the cosy relationship between the tar sands industry and the federal government. On August 3rd, Greenpeace drove this message home in Calgary, the heart of Canada's oil industry, with a banner declaring "separate oil and state".

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Greenpeace volunteers unfurl a banner from the Calgary tower that reads: Separate Oil and State
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A projection on a nuclear cooling tower in Pickering that reads 'Don't Nuke Green Energy'
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Don't nuke green energy!

Premier McGuinty wants to nuke Ontario's green future by spending $26 billion to build new, dangerous and untested reactors at Darlington, locking the province into a nuclear future and limiting the growth of green energy. Join us on the Ride for Renewables to demand clean energy in Ontario.

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Greenpeace activist in vancouver stands in front of a mock pipeline spill
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Vancouver takes action against Enbridge

On July 27, Greenpeace activists occupied Enbridge's office in downtown Vancouver, demanding the pipeline giant withdraw its Northern Gateway Pipelines application. The action came two days after an Enbridge pipeline spilled more than three million litres of crude oil in Michigan.

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The Esperanza in London, displaying a banner that reads 'go beyond oil'
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Greenpeace ships are on a mission to go beyond oil

This year, repeated disasters like the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have shown the true cost of our reliance on fossil fuels. Now, two Greenpeace ships, the Esperanza and the Arctic Sunrise, are setting off on journeys to confront our addiction to oil.

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Sarah Slean performing at the Amchitka tribute concertSarah Slean performs at the Amchitka tribute concert in Toronto. © Greenpeace

Toronto musicians celebrate Amchitka:
the 1970 concert that launched Greenpeace

In late June, 10 of Toronto's finest musicians played a concert in support of Amchitka, the 1970 concert that launched Greenpeace. The night was magical, as each artist played a song from the album.
The two-disc set of live performances from Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs, is available exclusively through Greenpeace at www.amchitka-concert.com. All proceeds from sales go to Greenpeace.

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Photos from the Arctic Sunrise
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Photos from the Arctic Sunrise
Recent Blog Posts

18 August     Ecologist publishes Greenpeace commentary on CBFA

17 August     Stop Darlington: Ride for renewables!

10 August     Walking to heal a wounded earth

09 August     Saving the last ocean: take a pass on Chilean sea bass

29 July          Take action, from the comfort of your own home

27 July          Hamba Kahle Dorothy Stowe



Dorothy Stowe© Greenpeace

Dorothy Stowe, 1920 - 2010

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Greenpeace co-founder and social justice advocate Dorothy Stowe, on July 23, 2010 in Vancouver. She was 89.

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Northern Goshawk sticker© Greenpeace

Great Bear Rainforest: Key species of the month

As a top predator, the northern goshawk regulates prey populations, but it is also an 'ecosystem engineer'. Each breeding pair builds and maintains multiple nests within its home range, but uses only one per year. The remaining nests are used by other birdslike forest owls, ravens, and Great Blue Herons, many of which can't build their own nests.

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