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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

Trump Administration Recklessly Rushing Review of Proposed Alaskan Copper Mine

February 20, 2019 Press ReleaseAlaska

The Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft Environmental Impact Statement for Pebble Mine, a highly controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Bristol Bay Alaska less than one year after notifying the public of its intent do so.

Rep. Huffman Introduces Bill to Restore Protections to the Arctic Refuge

February 11, 2019 Press ReleaseArctic

Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) is introducing a bill today that would restore protections to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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…

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…

Groups Rally to Oppose Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic Refuge 

June 15, 2018 Press ReleaseArctic

Demonstration Marks Final DOI Scoping Hearing on Proposed Lease Sale 

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…

First Quantum Minerals Abandons Pebble Mine

May 25, 2018 Press ReleaseAlaska

In the latest departure from the proposed Pebble Mine project near Bristol Bay, Alaska, First Quantum Minerals announced today it will terminate its agreement to invest in the dangerous mining project.

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…

Alaska Native Leaders and Fishermen Tell First Quantum: Dump Pebble Mine

May 3, 2018 Press ReleaseAlaska

A delegation representing Alaskan business leaders, Bristol Bay Tribes, commercial fishermen and conservation organizations will appear today at the annual meeting of First Quantum Minerals to give shareholders a message: the Pebble Mine is a bad investment.

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

Pebble Mine Company Announces Plans to File Federal Permit Application

December 21, 2017 Press ReleaseAlaska

The Pebble Limited Partnership today announced it intends to file a federal permit application tomorrow for the proposed Pebble Mine, a controversial project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay that would threaten the most productive wild salmon ecosystem in the world.

GOP’s Tax Scam Raids America’s Last Wildland

December 20, 2017 Press ReleaseArctic

Congress has passed a $1.5 trillion package of tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy that opens the way for oil exploration and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—America’s last truly wild place.