Powerful, corrupting and polluting, the oil industry has no place in our collective future.
Here in Canada, the tar sands are huge deposits of bitumen, a tar-like substance that’s turned into oil through energy-intensive processes that pollute rivers, lace the air with toxins and emit more global warming-causing pollution than the entire province of British Columbia.
Tar sands companies want to build new pipelines to expand output, but these pipelines will threaten rivers, streams and land across the country, and the increased tanker traffic required to carry the oil will impact our coastlines.
The social and health costs of the tar sands are already high. First Nations communities in affected areas report unusually high levels of rare cancers and autoimmune diseases. Their traditional way of life is also threatened.
Greenpeace is working to end the expansion of the tar sands and accelerate a transition to clean energy that protects local communities, workers and our environment.
Together we must transition away from oil, and create renewable, citizen powered energy systems that are not only better for the planet, but are fairer for people too.
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Pipelines are expensive to build and require billions of dollars in funding from banks. Some banks are already backing away…
Take actionThe Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is a proposal to build a new 1,150 km pipeline between Alberta and the BC…
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16 October (TORONTO) In response to Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer’s report saying that cancelling cap-and-trade will cost the province $3 billion, Greenpeace Canada senior energy strategist Keith Stewart said: “The…
10 October, 2018 (VANCOUVER) – International financial services company, NN (Nationale-Nederlanden) Group, has announced it is withdrawing from 10 tar sands oil companies and four controversial pipeline companies over environmental…
9 October, 2018 (Vancouver) Greenpeace Canada has been notified that all charges relating to the 38-hour tanker blockade on the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge have been dropped. Greenpeace lawyers were notified…
August 2018
This is a formal request from Greenpeace Canada and Democracy Watch to Ontario’s Chief Electoral Officer into whether an ad campaign by a front group for the Canadian Association of…
April 2018
Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML) has disclosed that it is exposed to physical and transition risks related to climate change that could block the construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion…
October 2017
This report is written for banks, their institutional shareholders, and for those financial institutions considering financing or arranging finance – through the purchase or underwriting of corporate bonds or shares…
July 2017
Greenpeace Canada submits that, as the risks of climate change are material to the market price or value of securities, disclosure of climate risks should be mandatory.
July 2016
A new report released today by the US - based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in partnership with numerous Canadian and U.S. groups, shows the proposed Energy East pipeline would…
October 2014
By repeating false information, TransCanada is misleading Canadians and investors in a desperate attempt to justify its Energy East pipeline and tanker proposal.
June 2014
This report examines the economics of transporting and processing Alberta tar sands crudes in Quebec.
April 2013
The 2011 Rainbow pipeline spill near the Lubicon Cree community of Little Buffalo was one of the largest in Alberta’s history.
