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Can Statoil wash its hands of the Tar Sands?

Feature story | May 15, 2009 at 13:07

The largest industrial project in the world. The largest capital investment in history. The world’s second largest oil field. The Canadian Tar Sands show just how desperate the oil industry is to feed its carbon habit. Now, thanks to a Greenpeace...

Greenpeace takes the Stop the Tar Sands campaign to Scandinavia to tackle Statoil

Feature story | May 15, 2009 at 15:42

Greenpeace is part way through a six week campaign in Scandinavia to increase international pressure on Canada and Alberta to stop the tar sands.

Alberta caribou conservationists ask for help south of the border

Blog entry by Catharine Grant, Forest Campaigner | February 21, 2013 1 comment

Conservation groups in Alberta are hoping that US environmental groups will help raise awareness about the plight of woodland caribou in the tarsands region of the province. In Alberta, the main threat to caribou - a threatened species...

Federal government taken to court AGAIN over refusal to protect caribou

Blog entry by Catharine Grant, Forest Campaigner | February 23, 2012

Alberta conservation groups and First Nations filed a court order today to force Environment Minister Peter Kent to issue an emergency order to protect imperilled woodland caribou herds in Alberta. This is the second time the Minister...

Defend our Coast: October 22, 2012

Video | November 1, 2012 at 16:21

On October 22, 2012 thousands of Canadians gathered at the B.C. legislature in Victoria to defend the west coast from tar sands pipelines and tankers, and tell the B.C. and federal governments that our coast is not for sale. For more info...

Memo: Tarsands expansion not good for Caribou!

Blog entry by Corinna Thomassen-Darby | July 13, 2012

Environment Minister Peter Kent needs to wake up and smell the smog. While the government drags its feet organizing, reviewing, editing, and finalizing it’s legally required national caribou recovery strategy, industrial expansion in...

Killing wolves is not the answer

Blog entry by Catharine Grant, Forest Campaigner | September 13, 2011 1 comment

Update: Take action now! Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent says that thousands of wolves may be shot in an effort to safeguard woodland caribou populations in Alberta . Instead of focussing on the real cause of caribou...

Demonstrations ramp up at COP16

Blog entry by Melina Laboucan-Massimo | December 7, 2010

Last week inside the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun there were a number of protests at the Moon Palace. These actions took place alongside a vast array of civil society events during the week and into the weekend...

Alberta's 20-year plan for oilsands development is short on specifics

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | February 16, 2009

EDMONTON — Alberta has released a 20-year plan intended to give its oilsands developments a cleaner environmental image around the globe, but the strategy is light on specifics. The government report calls for action to reduce...

Workcamp Slated to Add To Mess in Alberta's Heartland

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | October 9, 2008 2 comments

.calSunDate { margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:5px; font-weight:bold; } Thu, October 9, 2008 Opponents target upgrader, work camp Residents near Gibbons have joined forces with Greenpeace in an...

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