Photo essay: Oil on Lubicon Land
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,...
View ArticlePolar Bear on Sea Ice in Labrador, Canada
Greenpeace / Jiri Rezac All rights reserved 6 June, 2011
View ArticleEXPOSED: Canada's secret tar sands lobbying of UK ministers
All rights reserved. Credit: Jiri Rezac / GreenpeaceView of smoke plumes emitted from the Syncrude upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray.Documents obtained by The Cooperative and Friends of the Earth...
View ArticleCampaigners blockade DfT in direct action over oil lobbying
28 November, 201150 activists chained outside ministry on opening day of UN climate talks Direct action follows fresh oil lobbying revelationsAs the UN climate talks opened this morning more than fifty...
View ArticleMinistry blocks anti-tar sands law, so we block ministry's front door
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...
View ArticleGreenpeace direct action at transport ministry ends with 16 arrests
28 November, 2011Sixteen environmental activists were arrested outside the Department for Transport in London today after they used chains, plywood boards and cars to blockade the entrances “to stop...
View ArticleGetting to market: emerging investor risks in the tar sands
Publication date: 13 December, 2011International oil companies continue to rely on Canadian tar sands for future growth. Tar sands extraction projects are again expanding and the industry ambition is...
View ArticleAs Canada protects the polluters, the people hold the key to stopping tar...
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....
View ArticleCanada: climate criminal
All rights reserved. Credit: Eye in the Sky / GreenpeaceAt the UN climate summit in Durban, Greenpeace brands the Harper government 'CLIMATE FAIL'Image caption: At the UN climate summit in Durban,...
View ArticleMajor victory over Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, but more battles to come
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Colin O'ConnorRubbish piled up on the barren ground of the tar sands outside Fort McMurray, Alberta, CanadaImage caption: Rubbish piled up on the barren...
View ArticleIn awe of people power after major tar sands success
All rights reserved. Credit: Jiri Rezac / GreenpeaceA major success for people power as a vote on tar sands oil in the EU todayImage caption: A major success for people power as a vote on tar sands...
View ArticleKFC Canada gets a friendly reminder: sustainable packaging needed
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceIs KFC taking the biscuit?Image caption: Is KFC taking the biscuit? KFC headquarters in the US still has its head in the sand about its links to forest...
View ArticleTar Sands
www.waterconserve.org All rights reserved Javascript is required to view this map.5 June, 2013
View ArticleWhen will companies learn that suing campaigners won't silence us?
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceThe sun rises over the Boreal Forest, which is under threat from Resolute Forest ProductsImage caption: The sun rises over the Boreal Forest, which is under...
View ArticleCanada's largest forest destroyer gets its knuckles rapped for forest...
All rights reserved. Credit: Markus MautheResolute Forest Products is the biggest logging company in Canada and the world's largest FSC-certified logger. But on Wednesday, its forest destruction...
View ArticleMy friends are being sued for standing up to loggers. Will you stand with them?
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceThe Broadback Valley "Endangered Forest", one of Quebec’s last intact Boreal forests.Image caption: The Broadback Valley "Endangered Forest", one of Quebec’s...
View ArticleSending a resolute message to a forest destroyer
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceResolute Forest Products is suing two of my colleagues for exposing its destruction of Canada's Boreal Forest. So this morning ten Greenpeace activists went to...
View ArticleWhy Greenpeace can't - and won't - endorse farmed salmon
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Daniel BeltraGreenpeace doesn’t endorse farmed salmon. There you go, that’s it in black and white. Next time you see someone say we do – feel free to forward a...
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