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Publishers of 34 Canadian magazines pledge to shift away from paper containing tree fibre from Canada’s ancient forests, thanks to ongoing pressure from the Markets Initiative coalition, of which Greenpeace Canada has a key role. The coalition has similar commitments from 71 Canadian book publishers including the Canadian publisher of Harry Potter, which prints The Order of the Phoenix on AFF paper.
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Queensland Energy Resources announces an end to the Stuart Shale Oil Project in Australia. Greenpeace has campaigned against the project, which would have produced oil with four times the greenhouse impact as oil from the ground, since 1998. The project cost millions of dollars in government subsidies that should have been spent on renewable energy.