Tar Sands Mine Action - Greenpeace

http://www.greenpeace.org/tarsands

The Greenpeace blockade began at 8 am Tuesday 15 September 2009 when 25 activists went into the Shell mine located in the tar sands development in northern Alberta, Canada. They blockaded a giant shovel and two giant trucks. At one point the whole mining operation was shut down in response to the Greenpeace blockade. The activists stayed for more than 30 hours to focus attention on the urgent need for action on climate change.

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• tar sands
• oil sands
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• tar
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• climate
• protest

[GITMONATIONNORTH]

Try intelligent protesting, you might get a better reaction. You probably flew in planes to get there, drove pick up trucks to get to sight, helicopters to film from above, uniforms, hats, banners and paint all made from petroleum that is coming from the exact sight you are protesting on...sure hope the 19,272 views was worth the cost of gas for your.."protest"...

One volcano eruption produces more toxic chemicals than decades of human consumption of oil....

Thanks for the chuckle...

[owskiONE]

anti-greenpeace mentality i don't get.. the worst thing about tar sands is that it is so incredibly inefficient in extracting oil, as it requires one barrel of oil in energy to extract two barrels from the sand.

hating these people whose objective is to keep the earth in a state where all manner of life can best be sustained doesn't make much sense. Fact is that the earths population is increasing exponentially while many resources and environmental conditions dwindle.. not hard to figure out.

[WesternStar4900SA]

@gangesexcavating But this has nothing to do with this argument, of course it's better. But this guy obviously is a dumb ass.

[timrulz100]

just shut up it is the economy if i were there i would have run you over with my dump truck

[gangesexcavating]

@WesternStar4900SA whats the problem, it`s still more stable than buying from Iran, Libya, corrupt Russia, I could go on and on

[coryzap1]

Get a job you fucking bums!

[WesternStar4900SA]

@117upyours You're fucking dumb, oil comes from tar ya dip shit.

[IMElia87]

Cause you fucking morons decided it would be a good idea to chain your self to one lil material hauler. Your going to get your selves KILLED!!!! BACK THE FUCK OFF I'm SO SICK OF THIS SHIT. GET OVER IT, WERE GOING TO MINE THE FUCK OUT OF IT, AND AIN'T SHIT YOUR GONNA BE ABEL TO DO TO STOP IT. cause let me tell you if your think a politician is going to put a stop it mining, your full of shit, cause the billions in tax money and fines is what fattens their damn pockets! Dumb fucks!!

[IMElia87]

You fucking assholes need to realize that the only fucking thing your doing is causing hard working Americans to get hurt and unable to work, effecting their family their kids, and pushing a mover to cause millions of people to loose there jobs. You guys a fucking retards find something else to do and leave us hard working miners the hell alone cause your going to fuck with the wrong mine, in the wrong state one day, and they ain't going to stop moving their big ass price's of equipment

[IMElia87]

We had dumb asses like your selves storm a surface coal mine in northern west Virginia and 2 miners got hurt and 1 almost died because a stupid fucking green head climbed up on his millions of pounds boom of a drag line (while moving) and he stopped got out of his operators cab and the green fuck climbed down and started fighting with the guy trying to get inside his cad and destroy it and the miner feel over 40' off the drag and landed on the ground and 4 other green heads jumped a worker.