Executed Nigerian Activist 20th Anniversary Celebrated Around the World
MEDIA ADVISORY Friends of the Earth International LAGOS, NIGERIA, 9 NOVEMBER 2015 – Led by Nigerian activists, social justice campaigners from around the world will commemorate on 10 November the...
View ArticleToo little but not too late to fix Canada’s broken pesticide regulation!
Ottawa – Friends of the Earth Canada welcomes the end of conditional registrations of pesticides announced by the Minister of Health but says that discontinuing the practice won’t fix an...
View ArticlePMRA Must Go!
The Commissioner on Environment and Sustainable Development audit results confirm that Canada must replace the PMRA Friends of the Earth Canada says no trust left for PMRA (January 26, 2016 – Ottawa)...
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A Heavenly Message for Bayer Inc. – Bayer Neonics Non!
(Montreal, QC, April 28, 2016) Around 9 am today Friends of the Earth Canada delivered a heavenly message to draw the attention of Bayer AG stockholders. The multinational corporation is a...
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Un message céleste pour Bayer Inc. : Bayer Neonics Non!
(Montréal, QC, le 28 avril 2016) Vers 9 heures ce matin, Les Ami(e)s de la Terre Canada ont inscrit un message dans le ciel pour alerter les actionnaires de la firme Bayer AG. Cette multinationale est...
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Province-wide bee protection campaign launched – Friends of the Earth calls...
May 5, 2016 (Toronto, Ontario) In response to global concerns about declines in pollinator biodiversity, Friends of the Earth, with the support of Ontario Power Generation, is launching its “Let It...
View ArticleA Fix for the Climate Polluting Canada Pension Plan
June 1, 2016 (Ottawa, ON) Friends of the Earth Canada is calling on Canada’s largest public investor, the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), with $278.9 billion in assets, to stop investing in climate...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups head to court over pollinator-killing pesticides
Neonicotinoid pesticides have been linked to mass bee die-offs and declining pollinator populations. TORONTO, July 6, 2016 — Environmental groups are headed to court in a bid to protect pollinators...
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Who Is Responsible For Wild Bees in Canada?
August 16, 2016 (Ottawa) Friends of the Earth Canada says Canada urgently needs a study of the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides used on canola crops in light of a new study out of Britain. The study...
View ArticleMoney Hidden in Tax Havens Can Power Half the World with 100% Renewable Energy
Time for G20 to act (Friends of the Earth International – Press Release, Amsterdam – 2 Sept. 2016) Globally every year up to $600 billion dollars of government tax revenue is lost through tax...
View ArticleCoalition of environmental and human rights organizations calls on the Pope...
VATICAN, 5 OCTOBER 2016 – Out of concern for the increasing violence against environmental defenders, a coalition of 76 environmental and human rights organizations from 19 countries asks the Pope to...
View ArticleNew law would create Human Rights Ombudsperson to investigate violations...
Ottawa, Nov 2, 2016 – The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability released yesterday detailed model legislation, providing the Canadian government with a blueprint for how to create an effective...
View ArticleSecret TiSA Trade deal equally as dangerous as TPP and TTIP
SECRET TISA TRADE DEAL EQUALLY AS DANGEROUS AS TPP AND TTIP finds new Friends of the Earth International report 1 December 2016 – While the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) appears to be dead [1] and...
View ArticlePrevent Mesothelioma and other Asbestos Diseases in Canada
Organizations call on Prime Minister for an Immediate Asbestos Ban and Expert Panel Review IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Toronto, 7 December 2016 – Over 60 health, labour, and environmental organizations from...
View ArticleDozens of International Organizations and Networks Call for an End to State...
December 19, 2016 Today, nearly fifty international organizations and networks sent the following letter to Ecuadorian authorities urging an immediate end to the militarization and the State of...
View ArticleClean Fuel – climate solution or environmental disaster?
Ottawa, February 24 – Friends of the Earth Canada is raising serious questions about the environmental implications of the proposed federal “Clean Fuel Standard”. In a discussion paper the group...
View ArticleLe Comité de la Chambre des communes débute les audiences sur les pesticides...
Pour publication immédiate 6 mars 2017 English version Une coalition d’ONG qui demande l’interdiction des néonicotinoïdes pour protéger la biodiversité et la sécurité alimentaire à long terme invitée à...
View ArticleHouse of Commons committee to open hearings on neonic pesticide with...
For immediate release (update) March 6, 2017 Version française 11th-hour invitation to testify issued to coalition of NGOs pressing government to proceed with proposed phase-out to protect biodiversity...
View ArticleOn the defeat of Bill C-291 Mandatory Labelling of GM Foods
Statement by Friends of the Earth Canada CEO, Beatrice Olivastri: An impressive majority of Canadians say they want mandatory labelling of genetically modified food (88% according to an Ipsos Reid poll...
View ArticleFriends of the Earth National Poll Finds Majority of Canadians believe...
June 27, 2017, Ottawa – Most Canadians (89%) believe “pesticides” are the most important threat to bees according to a poll conducted on behalf of Friends of the Earth Canada in May by Oracle Poll...
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