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From readers of USA Today, to the CEO of Staples, to the government leaders of Chile and Canada, we’re changing people’s minds about what’s acceptable when it comes to the paper and wood products that we use every day. Our campaigns have been featured on CNN, CBC, the Today Show, National Public Radio, and in newspapers including the Globe and Mail, USA Today and The New York Times.

Will Craven, our US Media Officer, can be reached at 415.863.4563, extension 314 and uspress (at) forestethics.org.

Andrew Frank, our Canadian Media Officer, can be reached at canadapress (at) forestethics.org.

New Campaign Aims to Formalize Strong Public Sentiment Against Oil Tanker Traffic On B.C. Coast Into Permanent Official Ban
March 11th, 2010
Proposed New Pipeline Will Require 200 Oil Tankers To Traverse BC Coast Annually
FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES WARNED OF GREENWASH RISK
by William Craven: 415.407.3426
March 9th, 2010
Notice Advises of Deceptive Claims by “Sustainable Forestry Initiative”
PRESS RELEASE: US FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES - WHOLE FOODS AND BED, BATH & BEYOND - REJECT TAR SANDS OIL FROM THEIR TRANSPORTATION FUEL
February 10th, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: WHOLE FOODS, BED BATH & BEYOND REJECT CANADA’S TAR SANDS
February 10th, 2010
New guidelines affect refineries supplied by Canada’s Tar Sands
PRESS RELEASE -- Protect Nature to Protect Us
January 28th, 2010
Landmark Report Urges British Columbia To Conserve At Least 50% of Its Land Base As Part of Expanded Climate Change Strategy
SEATTLE PASSES ‘DO NOT MAIL’ JUNK MAIL RESOLUTION
January 25th, 2010
Seattle Calls On Washington State To Give Citizens Choice Over Junk Mail
SEATTLE PASSES ‘DO NOT MAIL’ JUNK MAIL RESOLUTION
William Craven: 415.407.3426
January 25th, 2010
Seattle Calls On Washington State To Give Citizens Choice Over Junk Mail
Thousands Of Children's Faces From All Over Canada Projected On Buildings In Ottawa And Vancouver To Send Global Warming Message To Harper On Close Of Parliament: "Please remember who you’re representing in Copenhagen"
December 10th, 2009
December 10, 2009, Ottawa - Thousands of photographs of children from every province and territory will be projected on high-visibility buildings around Ottawa and Vancouver today as part of a ‘global warming photo wall’ to remind Prime Minister Stephen Harper who he is representing in Copenhagen as Parliament recesses for the year.
4th Annual Holiday Catalog Environmental Scorecard Released-- Some Companies Are Green, Some Are Grinches
December 8th, 2009
This holiday season, the catalog and direct mail industry is showing strong trends toward ‘greener’ forest and paper policies despite several laggards playing ‘grinch’ according to environmental group ForestEthics in its 4th annual ‘Naughty/Nice List’: a scorecard on the catalog & direct mail industry.
Canadian Moms Video Goes Viral
November 14th, 2009
Kids picture projection on Parliament Hill to open UN climate change meeting
Phony Forest Protection Program Exposed at World’s Largest Green Building Conference
November 12th, 2009
USA Today ad, floating banner escalate campaign begun with FTC and IRS complaints
Canadians Take a Stand Against Global Warming with Moms Against Climate Change
October 30th, 2009
ForestEthics has partnered to launch a campaign to demand change at the United Nations Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen this December.
Phony Forest Protection Scheme Tied to Massive Landslides
October 23rd, 2009
Greenwashing by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) led to devastating landslides, according to a Sierra Club complaint filed against Weyerhaeuser and made public today.
New Radio Ads Ramp Up Climate Push in Swing Ridings of Kitchener, Waterloo, and London
October 13th, 2009
Parents Urged to Use Their Unique Voting Power to Protect Kids' Future
12 Fortune 500 Companies Called Out for Dirty Tar Sands Oil Habits
September 30th, 2009
The 'Dirty Dozen’: 7-Eleven, Coca-Cola, HJ Heinz, Hershey’s, Kraft Foods, Kroger, Levi Strauss, The Pantry, Sara Lee, Supervalu, SYSCO, and Whole Foods.
ForestEthics calls on Minister of Forests to clarify BC’s position on logging protected areas
September 22nd, 2009
ForestEthics is calling on Forests Minister Pat Bell to clarify his government’s position on the question.
On eve of Prime Minister Harper's visit to White House, American environmentalists escalate international campaign to oppose Tar Sands
September 15th, 2009
PHONY ‘GREEN’ CERTIFICATION LABEL MISLEADS CONSUMERS, CHEATS TAXPAYERS
September 11th, 2009
ForestEthics reports Sustainable Forestry Initiative to FTC and IRS
RESIDENTS OF KITCHENER WATERLOO URGED TO USE UNIQUE VOTING POSITION TO ASK FOR STRONGER FEDERAL LAWS
September 9th, 2009
Kitchener Waterloo, ON – A new public outreach campaign starting today is asking residents of Kitchener Waterloo to use their unique voting position to ask for stronger climate change laws in the next federal election, whenever it will be called.
Fortune 500 Companies Receive F’s in 3rd Annual Green Grades Report Card
August 26th, 2009
Office supply sector companies got their Green Grades report cards today.
As Sears Stalls on Eco-Policy, Caribou Population Pushed to Brink
August 17th, 2009
CHICAGO—Sears Holding Company (NASDAQ: SHLD) was accused today of stalling on the release of a robust paper policy...
Environmentalists Say BCUC Decision Is “Not in the Public Interest”
July 31st, 2009
Group says decision to shut-out renewable energy is short-sighted and locks British Columbia into an uncertain future dependent on fossil fuels.
INDUSTRIES ACROSS CANADA WILL BE FORCED TO CUT UP TO 96 MILLION TONNES OF EMISSIONS IF TAR SANDS PROTECTED IN FEDERAL CLIMATE POLICY
July 28th, 2009
Vancouver – B.C. industries, such as pulp, paper and oil and gas, would be forced to reduce their carbon emissions...
CLINTON, STATE DEPT., ASKED TO STOP WORLD’S DIRTIEST OIL
June 24th, 2009
WASHINGTON- Hillary Clinton’s power as U.S. Secretary of State to stop proposed pipelines from crossing the U.S. border has put her at the center of the rapidly escalating controversy over oil from Canada’s Tar Sands.
SAN FRANCISCO PASSES FIRST ‘DO NOT MAIL’ RESOLUTION IN NATION
March 31st, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today passed a resolution calling on California to create a Do Not Mail Registry...
RARE FOREST MAMMAL FACES “EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION” FROM HEALTHY HABITAT TO LAND OF STATE’S LARGEST FOREST DESTROYER
February 25th, 2009
Full-Page Tar Sands Ad in USA Today: “President Obama, you'll never guess who's standing between us and our new energy economy.”
February 17th, 2009
Vancouver/Toronto – The Mikisew Cree, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations and environmental group ForestEthics have placed a full-page ad in USA Today highlighting the human and environmental damage wrought by Canada's Tar Sands.
Canada Places ‘Personal Ad’ to Obama in US Newspapers ahead of his Feb. 19 Visit
February 12th, 2009
San Francisco – Environmental group ForestEthics placed personal ads in three large-circulation papers and Craigslist portals across North America today to highlight growing concerns surrounding Canada’s Tar Sands oil developments ahead of President Obama’s trip to Canada next Thursday. The United States gets more of its oil from Canada than from any other nation and much it comes from Alberta’s Tar Sands, home to the dirtiest oil in the world.
Tar Sands Pipeline Delay Makes Room for Alternatives
January 19th, 2009
MONTREAL and TORONTO – Conservationists celebrated news that Enbridge will shelve its controversial “Trailbreaker” project to reverse the flow of oil in the Montreal-Sarnia pipeline in order to bring tar sands oil to and through Montreal for export. Groups see this decision as an opportunity.
Syncrude cannot duck from charges in death of 500 waterfowl
January 7th, 2009
EDMONTON – One of Canada’s largest oil companies is under legal fire today for causing the death of several hundred ducks in a massive toxic tailings pond in Alberta’s Tar Sands last year. Ecojustice lawyer Barry Robinson launched a private prosecution against Syncrude Canada on behalf of concerned Alberta resident, Jeh Custer.
New Figures Detail Logging Giant’s Vast Herbicide Use
December 18th, 2008
Statistics released today by international environmental group ForestEthics show for the first time the total quantity and variety of toxic herbicides used by Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) as part of their controversial logging practices.
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO FINANCE MINISTERS: “NO FINANCIAL BAILOUT FOR TAR SANDS”
December 17th, 2008
Saskatoon -- On the day Canadian finance ministers are meeting in Saskatoon to discuss financial breaks for Tar Sands, environmental groups took out an ad in the local Saskatoon paper, the Star Phoenix, that asks ‘How will Canada’s finance ministers spend your money?’
3rd Annual Catalog Environmental Scorecard Released
International environmental group ForestEthics today released its 3rd annual ‘Naughty and Nice’ scorecard ranking the catalog industry—and for the first time, financial junk mailers—on the eco-friendliness of their paper.
Environmental Groups Praise “Landmark Step” Towards Responsible Coalbed Methane Development
December 9th, 2008
December 9, 2008 (Vancouver) – The B.C. government has taken a landmark step in resolving concerns around coalbed methane (CBM) development, according to environmental groups.
Residents, NGOs Applaud Shell Methane Moratorium in Sacred Headwaters
December 5th, 2008
December 5, 2008 (Smithers, BC) – Concerned citizens and NGOs are applauding the announcement today of a two-year moratorium on coalbed methane drilling in northern BC’s Sacred Headwaters.
Ministry of Environment Approves Development that Threatens Species-at-Risk
November 17th, 2008
(Toronto) The Ministry of Environment announced its decision this week to allow a controversial logging plan to go forward in the Ogoki Forest, which is critical habitat for the threatened woodland caribou.
New Poll Finds Majority of Quebecers Want Tar Sands Pipeline Proposal Delayed Until Stronger Environmental Laws in Place
October 1st, 2008
Montreal – In a new poll released today, more than seventy per cent of Quebecers say a proposal to transport oil by pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands to Montreal must be delayed until stronger environmental laws are in place to control greenhouse gas emissions from the Tar Sands.
Climate Change Activists to Stage Protest at Reception at Canadian Embassy for Alberta Premier, Ed Stelmach in DC Promoting World's Dirtiest Fuel
January 15th, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - January 15 - Oil Change International, ForestEthics, and other environmental activists will stage a protest outside the Canadian Embassy starting at 6 p.m. during a reception for Ed Stelmach, premier of Alberta, on his first visit to the US on Wednesday, January 16th.