print

Sort on: Relevancy | Newest first | Oldest first
9 results found
 
Greenpeace activists interrupt Syncrude tar sands operation

Greenpeace activists interrupt Syncrude tar sands operation

Feature story | July 23, 2008 at 17:00

Greenpeace activists entered Syncrude’s Aurora North Tar Sands facility earlier today, erecting a banner that transformed the opening of a tailings pond pipe into the “mouth” of a giant skull, spewing toxic sludge into the same tailings pond that...

Alberta: where we only prosecute tarsands violations 1% of the time:

Alberta: where we only prosecute tarsands violations 1% of the time:

Blog entry by mhudema | July 24, 2013

New study reveals shocking details about provinces tar sands regulation and enforcement.   The Alberta government has made a lot of ‘world class’ claims relating to its management of a growing tar sands industry. Over the past few...

Greenpeace condemns Syncrude lawsuit

Press release | August 28, 2008 at 17:00

Greenpeace today condemned a lawsuit launched against it by Syncrude, Canada’s largest tar sands producer and polluter. The civil suit follows a Greenpeace action at Syncrude’s "Aurora" site in northern Alberta on July 24th when activists...

It's official: Syncrude is a tar sands criminal

It's official: Syncrude is a tar sands criminal

Blog entry by Mike Hudema and Sheila Muxlow | October 25, 2010 3 comments

After a two-and-a-half-month trial, tar sands oil giant Syncrude has been found guilty of the criminal charges laid in connection with the deaths of 1,606 ducks that in one of its mining tailings lakes in April 2008. Syncrude was...

*UPDATE* Will Syncrude Duck Responsibility?

Blog entry by Bruce Cox | September 14, 2009 1 comment

Syncrude pleads : NOT GUILTY by reason of “we feel really, really, really, really bad about the dead ducks.” So this morning Syncrude lawyers entered a "not guilty" plea to both federal and provincial charges in the death of 1,600...

Will Syncrude Duck Responsibility?

Blog entry by Bruce Cox | September 14, 2009 5 comments

“We’re very saddened and sorry that this occurred” So read the Syncrude press release of April 8th, 2008 apologizing for the death of what was then believed to be 500 waterfowl, mostly ducks, on their toxic tailing ponds in the...

Tar Sands: an investment nightmare

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | October 20, 2008 3 comments

OIL SANDS-PART 3: Biggest Customer Has Second Thoughts Chris Arsenault* FT. MCMURRAY, Oct 20 (IPS) - As Canada's tar sands extraction expands full steam ahead, a perfect storm of internal and external opposition could...

Oil Pressure: the fight to stop the tar sands

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | November 9, 2008 5 comments

Oil pressure What happens in Northern Alberta is no longer a provincial issue. Now the world is watching — the oilsands have gone global You either loved it or hated it last week when Maude Barlow, chairwoman of the...

Tar Sands Show Down Part 1

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | October 17, 2008 2 comments

OIL SANDS-PART 1: Showdown at Ft. McMoney http://www.ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=44299 Chris Arsenault* FT. MCMURRY, Canada, Oct 16 (IPS) - The sun rises in a bright, red line over flat land, small lakes, boreal...

1 - 9 of 9 results.