{"id":28463,"date":"2020-01-30T15:39:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T20:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?page_id=28463"},"modified":"2025-07-28T04:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:58:39","slug":"reject-teck-frontier-the-new-oil-sands-mine-mega-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/reject-teck-frontier-the-new-oil-sands-mine-mega-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Reject Teck Frontier, the new oil sands mine mega-project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \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\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            Reject Teck Frontier, the new oil sands mine mega-project\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n                        <p style=\"font-size:1.25rem\">\n                            The massive Teck Frontier oil sands mine would be one of the largest &#8211; and possibly <em>the<\/em> largest &#8211; oil sands mines ever built. And the Trudeau government <strong>has to decide whether to approve or reject it by the end of February<\/strong>.\n                        <\/p>\n                    \n\n                \n                        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\">\n                            <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/54729\/action\/1?locale=en-US\" target=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                                Ask Justin Trudeau\u2019s cabinet to reject Teck\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"792\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/01\/f0599687-gp01ulv.jpg\"\n                        alt=\"\"\n                        sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/01\/f0599687-gp01ulv.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/01\/f0599687-gp01ulv-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/01\/f0599687-gp01ulv-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/01\/f0599687-gp01ulv-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/01\/f0599687-gp01ulv-510x337.jpg 510w\" class=\"wp-image-28309 size-full\"\n                    \/>\n                <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;no_image&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The problem&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Approving a massive new oil sands mine to operate until 2067 would be a complete contradiction of Canada commitment to zero-out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. &lt;strong&gt;There isn\\u2019t any space for new oil and gas projects within a carbon budget that keeps warming below 1.5 degrees.&lt;\\\/strong&gt;nn&lt;strong&gt;Teck Frontier would also fuel ecological collapse&lt;\\\/strong&gt; by irreversibly damaging old-growth boreal forest and wetland habitat for endangered species, including the last remaining free-roaming buffalo herd and the critically endangered Whooping Crane.nnAnd it\\u2019s not just risky for our environment. Major banks and pension funds are pulling their money out of oil expansion because they see that the future is in renewable energy.&quot;,&quot;attachment&quot;:0,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The solution&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;We need the Prime Minister to work with other parties to implement a &lt;a href=u0022https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/canada\\\/en\\\/story\\\/26498\\\/climate-response-plan\\\/u0022&gt;climate emergency response plan&lt;\\\/a&gt; that acts at the speed and at a scale equal to the crisis. A plan that:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Is aligned with the best available science, so will eliminate all carbon emissions before 2050 to avoid the worst effects of climate change.&lt;\\\/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Has targets for 2025 and 2030 consistent with getting there, and independent reporting on whether we are on track.&lt;\\\/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ensures everyone in my community has a good job, because the big changes we need to make to solve the climate crisis can also address its twin scourge of growing inequality.&lt;\\\/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Takes back the power and stop letting Big Oil companies influence government decisions. Your policies must be for the people, not the millionaires. This begins with an end to subsidies to fossil fuels and the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, including the cancellation of the Transmountain expansion pipeline.&lt;\\\/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stops putting extractive industries interests before Indigenous rights. He should implement free, prior and informed consent for all indigenous communities coast to coast to coast.&lt;\\\/li&gt;&lt;\\\/ul&gt;&quot;,&quot;attachment&quot;:0,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false}]}}\"><\/div><div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;no_image&quot;,&quot;columns_title&quot;:&quot;What you can do&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Email Justin Trudeau\\u2019s cabinet&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Ask Justin Trudeau\\u2019s cabinet to reject Teck&quot;,&quot;attachment&quot;:0,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/act.greenpeace.org\\\/page\\\/54729\\\/action\\\/1?locale=en-US&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;Add my name&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How to reject a tar sands mine in 6 easy steps&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Join the movement to Reject Teck by taking part in the following online actions.&quot;,&quot;attachment&quot;:0,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/canada\\\/en\\\/story\\\/28321\\\/what-is-teck-frontier-and-how-to-reject-a-tar-sands-mine-in-6-easy-steps\\\/&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;Take action now&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Donate to Greenpeace&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Your gift contributes to our work to reject Teck and fight tar sands expansion.&quot;,&quot;attachment&quot;:0,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;act.greenpeace.org\\\/page\\\/11241\\\/donate\\\/1?locale=en-US&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;Donate&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false}]}}\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reject Teck Frontier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":28309,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_hide_page_title_checkbox":"on","p4_title":"","p4_subtitle":"","p4_description":"","background_image_id":"","background_image":"","p4_button_title":"","p4_button_link":"","p4_button_link_checkbox":"","p4_og_title":"Ask Justin Trudeau\u2019s cabinet to reject Teck Frontier","p4_og_description":"<p>Justin Trudeau, don\u2019t fuel the fires of the climate crisis<\/p>","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,32],"class_list":["post-28463","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","tag-climate","tag-oil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28463"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71664,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28463\/revisions\/71664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}