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Stop the Tar Sands

Stop the Tar Sands

Topic | December 2, 2009 at 13:59

The tar sands of Northern Alberta, Canada – also called oil sands – are one of the largest remaining deposits of oil in the world. Developing the tar sands has created the biggest industrial development project, the biggest capital investment...

Activists stop climate crime in the tar sands

Activists stop climate crime in the tar sands

Feature story | September 19, 2009 at 0:00

What is soon to be bigger than England and account for more greenhouse gas emissions than the Czech Republic? The tar sands of northern Alberta, Canada - the largest energy project and the largest industrial project on the face of the planet.

Tar sands destruction hits home, but the world stands UP!

Tar sands destruction hits home, but the world stands UP!

Blog entry by Melina Laboucan-Massimo | June 20, 2011 5 comments

The impact of Canada's tar sands really hit home for me last month, when a pipeline ruptured, in what was one of the largest oil spills in Alberta’s history only 7 km from where my family lives. Over 28,000 barrels of oil from a...

Message to Obama: Climate leaders don’t buy tar sands

Press release | September 15, 2009 at 17:32

Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada - 15 September 2009 - As Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper prepares to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington, 25 Greenpeace activists from Canada, the US, and France have blocked a mining operation at...

#climateaction now

Blog entry by laurak | October 3, 2009 28 comments

Updates from action at tar sands upgrader expansion site : 5:00am local time - Sunday Oct 4 After occupying the expansion site of a Shell tar sands upgrader for 24 hours all Greenpeace activists have now been removed from the...

Reflecting on the first action in the tar sands

Blog entry by laurak | September 30, 2009 8 comments

UN & G20 vs tar sands: battle for our climate

Blog entry by laurak | September 24, 2009

What a busy - and ironic - week of meetings we are coming to the end of right now. It kicked off with 100 heads of state and government at the UN headquarters in New York, and has now moved on to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - host of the...

Anti-nuclear activism: jellyfish stand up to be counted

Blog entry by Justin | November 13, 2008 1 comment

Well, they’re not standing up exactly, being jellyfish, but they’re certainly being counted. Late last month, the staff at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California found out just what happens when jellyfish attack … 'An...

Nuclear News for November 12th 2008

Blog entry by Justin | November 12, 2008

Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed: Mlive.com: A radioactive cheese grater at Genesee Township landfill points out toxic dangers from Chinese products ‘According to the state Department of...

Don’t believe the hype

Blog entry by Justin | November 6, 2008

And while the Nuclear Energy Institute’s president and chief executive officer, Frank L. (Skip) Bowman is boasting about nuclear energy being ‘reliable’ and ‘affordable’, another nuclear reactor project is revising its costs . Duke...

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