Blogposts tagged 'Tar Sands'

Major victory over Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, but more battles to come

Posted by bex - 19 January 2012 at 4:34pm - 7 Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Colin O'Connor
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.

Article tagged as: barack obama, canada, climate change, keystone xl pipeline, oil, successes, tar sands

Canada: climate criminal

Posted by Rex Weyler - 12 January 2012 at 3:14pm - 4 Comments
At dawn on the opening day of the UN climate summit in Durban, Greenpeace brands
All rights reserved. Credit: Eye in the Sky / Greenpeace
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.

Article tagged as: canada, climate change, deep green, go beyond oil, kyoto, oil, rex weyler, tar sands

As Canada protects the polluters, the people hold the key to stopping tar sands expansion

Posted by bex - 13 December 2011 at 1:52pm - 3 Comments

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.

Article tagged as: canada, climate change, go beyond oil, kyoto protocol, oil, tar sands

Getting to market: emerging investor risks in the tar sands

Publication date:  13 December, 2011

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.

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Article tagged as: canada, climate change, investment, oil, reports, tar sands

Ministry blocks anti-tar sands law, so we block ministry's front door

Posted by jamie - 28 November 2011 at 11:13am - 0 Comments

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.

Article tagged as: canada, climate change, department for transport, energy, oil, tar sands, transport

EXPOSED: Canada's secret tar sands lobbying of UK ministers

Posted by petespeller - 27 November 2011 at 12:29am - 4 Comments
Syncrude Oil Operations in Alberta Tar Sands
All rights reserved. Credit: Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
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.

Article tagged as: canada, fuel qualities directive, go beyond oil, norman baker, oil, tar sands

Shutting the door on tar sands fuel in Europe

Posted by Charlie Kronick - 14 October 2011 at 4:15pm - 5 Comments
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.

Article tagged as: climate change, european commission, keytone xl pipeline, tar sands

Photo essay: Oil on Lubicon Land

Posted by bex - 23 June 2011 at 9:32am - 5 Comments

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.

Article tagged as: alberta, canada, go beyond oil, oil, oil spills, photo essays, rainbow pipeline, tar sands, videos

BP AGM Live coverage feed

Posted by jamess - 14 April 2011 at 8:42am - 1 Comment

Today was the first BP Annual General Meeting since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill - where both furious investors and protesters voiced their frustrations at BP's abysmal handling of the disaster. Greenpeace were there - here's our live feed of tweets, news, images and videos from the event at Excel London:

Article tagged as: agm, BP, climate change, deepwater horizon, fossil fuels, go beyond oil, gulf of mexico, oil spill, tar sands

Deepwater Horizon, one year on: BP faces the AGM music

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 13 April 2011 at 5:22pm - 0 Comments

A week before the year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the worst oil spill in history, BP’s Annual General Meeting tomorrow couldn’t be more poignantly timed. Especially with angry investors preparing to vote against the oil giant’s annual report – in unprecedented numbers.

Article tagged as: BP, climate change, deepwater horizon, fossil fuels, go beyond oil, gulf of mexico, oil spill, tar sands
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