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“Issue With Tissue” Sustainability Scorecard Flunks Charmin and Other Toilet Paper Brands

February 20, 2019 Press ReleaseCanada

NRDC/Stand.earth Report Exposes the “Tree-to-Toilet Pipeline” Destroying Canada’s Boreal Forest

Canadian Logging Company Attack on Environmentalists’ Free Speech Fails

January 23, 2019 Press ReleaseCanada

In a victory for free speech, a U.S. federal court dismissed all claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in a lawsuit brought by a Canadian logging company against environmental groups Greenpeace and Stand.earth, advocates seeking to…

Conservation Groups Respond to Decision not to Issue Emergency Protections for Endangered Whales

November 2, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

The federal government announced today that it refuses to issue an emergency order to protect endangered killer whales under the Species at Risk Act, despite the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans’ recommendation…

Canada Urged to Expand Fisheries Closures to Save North Atlantic Right Whale

November 1, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Wildlife and animal-protection groups submitted recommendations today urging Canada’s fishery management agency to continue and expand protections for critically imperiled North Atlantic right whales. Following an unprecedented 12 right whale deaths in Canadian waters in 2017, Fisheries and Oceans Canada…

Ohio’s Largest Solar Farm Development Announced

September 28, 2018 Press ReleaseOhio

Following a historic announcement of projects that would more than double renewable energy in Ohio, AEP applied yesterday to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to facilitate the development of the largest solar energy farm in the state’s history through a low…

AEP Files for Largest Renewable Energy Increase in Ohio’s History

September 19, 2018 Press ReleaseOhio

American Electric Power (AEP) filed an amended Long-Term Forecast Report today at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), the first step in demonstrating the need for at least 900 Megawatts of new renewable energy, which would more than double…

Conservation groups take Canadian ministers to court to protect endangered orcas

September 5, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Six conservation organizations are launching a new lawsuit aimed at protecting endangered Southern Resident killer whales.

Walmart To Ban Deadly Paint Strippers from Shelves and E-commerce

August 20, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States, Canada, Mexico, International

EPA does nothing as the world’s largest retailer joins Lowe’s, Sherwin Williams and Home Depot to pull dangerous methylene chloride from the marketplace

“Amazon of the North”: Canada’s Boreal Forest Could Save the Planet – But Only If Trudeau’s Government Saves It First

July 25, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Clearcutting Canada’s boreal forest threatens Indigenous Peoples’ rights, the survival of wildlife like the iconic boreal caribou, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commitment to combat climate change, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The…

Major U.S. Companies Urge Canadian Governments to Sustainably Manage Boreal Forest

June 25, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Seventeen companies representing a range of sectors using paper and pulp products that may be sourced from Canada’s boreal forest, including Gap Inc., Hallmark, Seventh Generation, and Clif Bar & Company, urged government leaders in Canada to protect threatened areas…

Trudeau’s Bad Bailout: Making a Bigger Mess of TransMountain Tar Sands Pipeline

May 29, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

The Trudeau government has announced a plan for the Canadian government to buy Kinder Morgan’s existing 300,000 bpd TransMountain tar sands pipeline and the 550,000 bpd expansion project this morning, even as the pipeline was shutdown after spilling over the…

Largest Area of Boreal Forest in the World Protected Under Partnership with Alberta, Tallcree First Nation

May 16, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

The world’s largest area of protected boreal forest will be created in partnership with the Government of Alberta, the Tallcree First Nation and the Canadian government, along with an industry group and environmental organization.

NAFTA Ruling Forces Investigation of Tar Sands Tailing Pond Pollution

May 10, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

The North American Free Trade Agreement’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has called for an investigation of Canada’s failure to enforce the nation’s Fisheries Act with respect to toxic materials leaking from massive tar sands tailings ponds. The ruling comes…

BC Premier Wisely Cautious About Risky Tar Sands Oil Plans

March 8, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Highlighting the ongoing threats from shipping diluted bitumen—or tar sands oil—a coalition of environmental and conservation organizations today welcomed a move by the premier of British Columbia to propose resolving safety and spill response concerns before a risky new Kinder…

Deadline Passes for Protection of Endangered Killer Whales

March 2, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Canadian ministers fail to recommend emergency order by conservation groups’ deadline