A major success for people power as a vote on tar sands oil in the EU today
I’m having one of those moments when I’m genuinely in awe of
what people power can do when there’s enough of us working together to take on
the most polluting companies in the world.
Rubbish piled up on the barren ground of the tar sands outside Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
President Obama has just said no to the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which was to carry tar sands oil from Alberta to Texas. Despite a fierce lobbying campaign by oil companies and by Canada's Harper government, Obama spiked the pipeline - in part thanks to an unprecedented and global grassroots uprising.
At the UN climate summit in Durban, Greenpeace brands the Harper government 'CLIMATE FAIL'
At the dawn of the 21st century a new political regime has transformed Canada from global hero – once standing up for peace, people, and nature – to global criminal, plunging into war, eroding civil rights, and destroying environments.
Posted by bex -
13 December 2011 at 2:52pm -
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With
the decision by Canada to pull
out of the Kyoto protocol,
it's clear that the Canadian government cares more about protecting
the polluters (particularly the tar sands industry) than the people.
But our new report shows that the people hold the key to stopping the
growth of tar sands oil production - and investors would be wise to
take note.
International oil companies continue to rely on Canadian tar sands for future growth. Tar sands extraction projects are again expanding and the industry ambition is to grow production from today’s level 37 per cent by 2015 and an extraordinary 138 per cent by 2025. Significant risks however still face the industry. Major environmental constraints remain - particularly greenhouse gas emissions and water use - as well more conventional challenges, including labour, equipment and service cost inflation in the region.
Posted by jamie -
28 November 2011 at 12:13pm -
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Right now, 50 activists are blockading the Department for Transport with two immobilised cars parked in front of the entrance. Why? Because our government is trying to scupper EU legislation that will block tar sands oil - the dirtiest, most polluting form of oil there is - from being sold at UK petrol pumps.
View of smoke plumes emitted from the Syncrude upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray.
Documents obtained by The Cooperative and
Friends of the Earth Europe through Freedom of Information requests and shared
with Greenpeace reveal numerous high-level meetings between Canadian
ministers, oil executives and British government officials focused on the UK’s
position on a new EU policy that would significantly restrict tar sands oil
coming into Europe.
Posted by Charlie Kronick -
14 October 2011 at 5:15pm -
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Greenpeace supporters deliver messages protesting about tar sands to Whitehall
Last
week, the European Commission announced
a key change to legislation that could virtually stop the import of fuel made
from tar sands into the EU. If it becomes law, it would make tar sands projects
an even more risky bet for energy companies and investors.
Posted by bex -
23 June 2011 at 10:32am -
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From deepwater drilling in the Arctic to the Tar Sands in Canada, oil companies are going to ever greater extremes to squeeze the last drops of oil from the Earth. And where oil companies pile in, environmental destruction follows.
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