{"id":1179,"date":"2018-06-15T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?page_id=1179"},"modified":"2024-06-05T12:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T16:23:59","slug":"join-the-wave-of-resistance-against-oil-pipelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/join-the-wave-of-resistance-against-oil-pipelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the wave of resistance against oil pipelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            Join the wave of resistance against oil pipelines\n                        <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1.12rem\">\n                            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.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2499\" height=\"1668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP0STRN51_PressMedia.jpg\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP0STRN51_PressMedia.jpg 2499w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP0STRN51_PressMedia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP0STRN51_PressMedia-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP0STRN51_PressMedia-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP0STRN51_PressMedia-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP0STRN51_PressMedia-510x340.jpg 510w\" class=\"wp-image-2204 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;People power stops pipelines&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Across North America, destructive pipelines are being met with Indigenous-led resistance and solidarity from people around the world \\u2014 and it&#039;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\\u2019s two biggest banks.&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Oil companies are trying to shut us up and shut us down&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;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\\u2019re 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.&quot;}],&quot;className&quot;:&quot;is-style-no_image&quot;,&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;no_image&quot;}}\"><\/div><div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;tasks&quot;,&quot;columns_title&quot;:&quot;What you can do&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sign the petition&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Tell the Dirty Dozen banks not to fund pipelines that threaten Indigenous Rights.&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;SIGN THE PETITION&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/act.greenpeace.org\\\/page\\\/24225\\\/petition\\\/1&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Organize in your community&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Download the toolkit to tell TD to stop funding tar sands pipelines.&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;DOWNLOAD&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;\\\/canada\\\/en\\\/issues\\\/transform-energy\\\/2458\\\/notpipelines-action-toolkit\\\/&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Donate to Greenpeace&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;ETP is suing Greenpeace for $900 million. The case is meritless, but that\\u2019s not the point. This lawsuit costs us our money and our time.&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;DONATE&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/act.greenpeace.org\\\/page\\\/11241\\\/donate\\\/1&quot;}],&quot;className&quot;:&quot;is-style-tasks&quot;}}\"><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-hydrate=\"planet4-blocks\/gallery\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;gallery_block_style&quot;:1,&quot;multiple_image&quot;:&quot;3272,1929,3590,1926,1919,1851,1848&quot;,&quot;gallery_block_title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;gallery_block_description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;gallery_block_focus_points&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_data&quot;:[],&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS6YU_PressMedia-1984x1366.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS6YU_PressMedia-1984x1366.jpg 1984w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS6YU_PressMedia-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS6YU_PressMedia-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS6YU_PressMedia-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS6YU_PressMedia-494x340.jpg 494w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:&quot;(max-width: 1984px) 100vw, 1984px&quot;,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;Bridge Blockade&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;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\\u2019s 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.&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Greenpeace&quot;},{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STOGRC.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STOGRC.jpg 1200w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STOGRC-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STOGRC-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STOGRC-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STOGRC-510x340.jpg 510w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;Canadian Tar Sands Aerials&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Aerial shots of the enormous tailings ponds at the Syncrude mine in the Canadian tar sands.\\n\\nCanada&#039;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.&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 William Akehurst&quot;},{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS983.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS983.jpg 1200w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS983-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS983-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS983-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/GP0STS983-510x340.jpg 510w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;Greenpeace Canada Activists Climb Olympic Park Tower in Montreal&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;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\\u2019s Olympic Park tower (the world&#039;s tallest inclined building) deploying a giant (10 x 25 meter) banner which reads, \\&quot;Don\\u2019t Dirty our Money: Stop Pipelines\\&quot;, sending a powerful message to Prime Minister Trudeau.&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Greenpeace&quot;},{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRASV.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRASV.jpg 1200w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRASV-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRASV-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRASV-1024x779.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRASV-447x340.jpg 447w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;Holographic Projection at TD Bank in Toronto&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Sacheen Seitcham, Musqueam &amp; Cree Land Defender, projected as a holographic image above a banner reading, \\&quot;TD, Stop Financing Tar Sands Pipelines\\&quot;.\\n\\nPhoto 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.&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Salvatore Sacco&quot;},{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STS1C1.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STS1C1.jpg 1200w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STS1C1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STS1C1-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STS1C1-1024x545.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STS1C1-510x272.jpg 510w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;Kinder Morgan Emergency Rally in Montreal&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;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\\u2019s new Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project. Participants in today\\u2019s rally are voicing their opposition to any use of taxpayer money to fund Kinder Morgan\\u2019s controversial project, which has failed to obtain consent from impacted First Nations, undermines Canada\\u2019s 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\\u2019s pipeline for months and are standing up once again to a new tar sands pipeline \\u2014 just as they did to help defeat TransCanada\\u2019s Energy East pipeline last year.&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Anonymous&quot;},{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRQN8.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRQN8.jpg 1200w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRQN8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRQN8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRQN8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRQN8-510x340.jpg 510w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;Land Defenders Protest at Kinder Morgan Tank Farm in British Columbia&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Dozens of Kinder Morgan&#039;s new pipeline project opponents protest outside Kinder Morgan\\u2019s terminal gate in Burnaby, British-Columbia.&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Amy Scaife&quot;},{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRZPI.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRZPI.jpg 1200w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRZPI-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRZPI-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRZPI-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-canada-stateless\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/GP0STRZPI-462x340.jpg 462w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;Activists Block a Kinder Morgan Facility in Seattle&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Greenpeace and Mosquito Fleet activists block a Kinder Morgan barge from entering the company\\u2019s Seattle facility by locking themselves to the pier and displaying banners. \\&quot;The company&#039;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,\\u201d said Greenpeace activist and Seattle resident Samantha Suarez.&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Emma Cassidy&quot;}]}}\"><section class=\"block carousel-wrap \"><\/section><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pipelines are expensive to build and require billions of dollars in funding from banks. Some banks are already backing away from tar sands pipelines because they\u2019re a risky investment that threaten the climate. 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