Greenpeace Protests Oil Sands in Canada

Greenpeace activists call this a crime scene. Twenty-five demonstrators occupied these oil sands in northern Alberta, in Canada on Tuesday — unfurling banners and chaining themselves to equipment. The activists from Canada, the U.S. and France forced the company to temporarily suspend production at the 155,000 barrel a day site. A Greenpeace spokesman said open pit mining operations replace natural forests with a landscape of toxic lakes. But he labeled Shell's Albian Sands site as the worst offender. [Mike Hudema, Spokesman, Greenpeace Canada]: "The tar sands are the largest industrial project on the face of the planet. They emit more emissions than entire countries. By 2020, they'll emit more emissions than the entire Czech Republic, twice as much as Peru, and over 10 times that of Costa Rica. At a time when we are in a global climate crisis, when over 300,000 people will die this year because of climate change, a million more will become climate refugees. A project like this simply can't go on." Shell says it is improving its environmental performance by developing a carbon capture and storage project for its oil sands operations. After getting its message across, Greenpeace ended the protest peacefully on Wednesday.

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[MetalFukar]

didn;t even shut down production, they chained there selves to the wrong pieces of equipment, Shell moved 150,000 tons of tarsands while this was going on lol.

[coryloveswomenlots]

get the fuck out of the oilsands u fuckin pussys and get a real job FUCK HEADS

[Simpsizzle15]

@noftchks1 hey not everyone in ontario is a hippy... only like 95%

[Simpsizzle15]

idiot has his facts wrong. oil sands accoutn for .1% of world carbon emissions. roughly the same amount produced by the state of Minnesota, and the same as the oil production in california. and how can you measure deaths from climate change?

[MrOlred77]

it came from the ground and its going back into the ground these people need to learn to leave well enuff alone but that will never happen!!!!! until then do your homework greenpeace, come up with some hard proof fact instead of stats... until that time no one will ever be on your side in our lifetimes.. so go get real jobs and stop wasting your time on petty bullshit.... nobody cares about you.....

[BGCAMERON]

It's official, neanderthals have computers and can actually type and spell. But on another front they can only imagine 30 seconds into the future.

[DarthSchwartz]

idiots.

[wvajim]

Greenpeace wants to whine and cry about the environment, but are the worlds biggest hypocrites and terrorist. THey don't seem to mind the oil when they are cruising the world in those old fuel guzzling ice breakers they have fun in.

[noftchks1]

They're crusaders, They imagine that the whole world is on their side.

And they imagine that they are heroes for saving the planet, when all they are really doing is getting in the way.

Greenpeace:

If the oilsands shut down, how many men would be out of work? How many families would be pushed into poverty?

You enjoy the benefits that oil provides this province, yet you fight it. Why don't you move to Ontario with the rest of the hippies?

[ytillaer]

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[sixinafour]

It would be great if Canadian Afghan Vets could be hired

as work site security contractors.That would be the only

way to deal with this Domestic taliban problem.Plus the

Vets' will stand behind their work !!!!!!

Alberta rocks !!!!!

drt 2 oil

[simontimon2]

those stupid girly men the day they turn 30 is the day they turn into conservatives