Gulf needs to be protected from Oil and Gas

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release October 4, 2010 OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada today is reacting with concern and distress over the choice of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (CNLOPB) to allow oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. ...

Oil well threatens belugas

Media Release For Immediate Release August 31, 2010 The Green Party of Canada is calling on Prime Minister Harper to protect endangered beluga whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence by putting a moratorium in place on oil and gas development in this sensitive ecosystem. The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board has approved preliminary work and ...

BP Spill a wake up call to coastal landowners in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Media Release 19 July 2010 PICTOU COUNTY - As Canadians watch the horrifying footage of the devastation occurring in the Gulf of Mexico, we turn our eyes to our own shores and the need to prevent such a tragedy here. The Green Party of Canada has joined forces with the powerful Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition (SOS) in calling for a moratorium on oil and gas development in the Gulf of St. Lawrence....

GPC and SOS call for a moratorium on oil and gas development in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release July 5, 2010 OTTAWA -- Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada and one of the founding members of the Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition (SOS) is calling for a moratorium in the Gulf of St. Lawrence along with inshore fishers, First Nations, environmentalists and concerned landowners....