Together, we are building a wave of resistance against the tar sands oil pipelines scarring North America and fighting back against corporate attempts to silence dissent with bullying lawsuits. We stand in solidarity with Indigenous allies to protect water, land, wildlife and the right to protest.
Across North America, destructive pipelines are being met with Indigenous-led resistance and solidarity from people around the world — and it's working. Two out of five proposed new tar sands pipelines have now been canceled in the face of legal challenges, widespread public opposition and changing economics. After mass protests, Kinder Morgan halted work on the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion, and a month later dropped the project with a bailout from the Canadian government. Banks around the world have scaled back financing for tar sands projects, including BNP Paribas and HSBC, Europe’s two biggest banks.
Pipeline companies like Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, are taking extreme measures to stop people from protecting their land, water and Indigenous rights. In this case, they’re waging a baseless $900 million dollar lawsuit against Greenpeace and others. Energy Transfer Partners wants to drain the resources of anyone who disagrees with them and intimidate those who dare speak out. But this reprehensible behaviour and attempts to divide the movement will only make us stronger.
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ETP is suing Greenpeace for $900 million. The case is meritless, but that’s not the point. This lawsuit costs us our money and our time.
ETP is suing Greenpeace for $900 million. The case is meritless, but that’s not the point. This lawsuit costs us our money and our time.
Activists formed an aerial bridge blockade in the path of a Trans Mountain tar sands oil tanker traffic. The tar sands oil tanker was docked at the Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal. The blockade is part of wave of growing resistance against the controversial Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline and tanker project (TMX). The activists suspended from the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia. © Greenpeace
Aerial shots of the enormous tailings ponds at the Syncrude mine in the Canadian tar sands. Canada's tar sands are an oil reserve the size of England. Extracting the crude oil called bitumen from underneath unspoiled wilderness requires a massive industrialized effort with far-reaching impacts on the land, air, water and climate. Greenpeace is calling on oil companies and the government to stop the tar sands, for the sake of people and the planet. © William Akehurst
Days before the federal government is slated to move forward with spending $4.5 billion of public money to buy the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline, five activists with Greenpeace Canada climbed Montreal’s Olympic Park tower (the world's tallest inclined building) deploying a giant (10 x 25 meter) banner which reads, "Don’t Dirty our Money: Stop Pipelines", sending a powerful message to Prime Minister Trudeau. © Greenpeace
Sacheen Seitcham, Musqueam & Cree Land Defender, projected as a holographic image above a banner reading, "TD, Stop Financing Tar Sands Pipelines". Photo taken as part of an action on behalf of Indigenous community members voicing their opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline, outside the head office of TD Bank in Toronto, Canada. © Salvatore Sacco
More than 1,000 people, including First Nations leaders, local artists and thought leaders, gathered at the Quartier des spectacles in downtown Montreal this afternoon to reiterate their opposition to Kinder Morgan’s new Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project. Participants in today’s rally are voicing their opposition to any use of taxpayer money to fund Kinder Morgan’s controversial project, which has failed to obtain consent from impacted First Nations, undermines Canada’s obligations under the Paris Agreement, and poses significant threats to marine life and clean drinking water. Quebecers have been demonstrating their opposition to Kinder Morgan’s pipeline for months and are standing up once again to a new tar sands pipeline — just as they did to help defeat TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline last year. © Anonymous
Dozens of Kinder Morgan's new pipeline project opponents protest outside Kinder Morgan’s terminal gate in Burnaby, British-Columbia. © Amy Scaife
Greenpeace and Mosquito Fleet activists block a Kinder Morgan barge from entering the company’s Seattle facility by locking themselves to the pier and displaying banners. "The company's Trans Mountain Pipeline tramples Indigenous rights, threatens communities and their access to clean water, and the increased tanker traffic from the pipeline could decimate marine wildlife including the 76 remaining Southern Resident orcas,” said Greenpeace activist and Seattle resident Samantha Suarez. © Emma Cassidy