Posted by mhudema on July 25, 2008
Greenpeacers Arrested Protesting Oil Sands in Northern Alberta
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta, Canada, July 24, 2008 (ENS) - Eleven Greenpeace activists entered Syncrude’s Aurora North Tar Sands facility north of Fort McMurray today, erecting a banner that transformed the opening of a tailings pond pipe into the “mouth” of a giant skull, spewing toxic sludge.
Shortly after 8:00 am, Greenpeaceers attempted to block the pipe, but the strength of the water pressure prevented the closure from being completed, said a spokesperson for the group.
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Posted by mhudema on July 25, 2008
Brazen protesters tag Syncrude pond
Greenpeace activists ticketed for trespassing on oilsands site
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| Alexandra Zabjek |
| The Edmonton Journal |
Friday, July 25, 2008
EDMONTON - A new chapter in activism against Alberta’s oilsands was opened Thursday when a group of protesters entered Syncrude’s Aurora mine site north of Fort McMurray and unfurled banners on the edge of a controversial tailings pond.
“To actually go onto the (oilsands) sites themselves, that’s a new thing and I think we can expect to see more of that in the future as greater awareness is brought to what’s going on up north,” said Paul Joosse, a University of Alberta PhD student who studies environmental social movements.
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Posted by mhudema on July 25, 2008
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Posted by mhudema on July 25, 2008
Eleven Greenpeace oil sands protesters arrested and issued trespassing tickets for attempt to block pipeline, then released.
The RCMP in Fort McMurray Alberta arrested 11 Greenpeace activists. The activists were charged for trespassing at the Syncrude Canada Ltd. Aurora oilsands site at around 12:30 p.m. MT Thursday.
Syncrude employees found the activists at the tailings pond, and called the RCMP.
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Posted by mhudema on July 25, 2008
Greenpeace Blocks Pipe At Syncrude Oil Sands Waste Pond
July 24, 2008: 05:31 PM EST
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Shortly after 1 p.m. EDT, 10 activists capped the pipe that discharges toxic waste products into the so-called tailings pond at Syncrude’s Aurora North mine near Fort McMurray, Greenpeace said in a new release.
They also raised a skull-and-crossbones banner over another pipe, and another on the banks of the pond reading “World’s Dirtiest Oil: Stop the Tar Sands.”
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Posted by mhudema on July 25, 2008
Greenpeace activists arrested near Fort McMurray
 Greenpeace posted this picture on their website Thursday afternoon of a banner they put up near a tailings pond which read ‘World’s Dirtiest Oil: Stop the Tar Sands.’  Another photo posted on the Greenpeace website Thursday afternoon. |
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Updated: Thu. Jul. 24 2008 8:09 PM ET
Eleven Greenpeace activists were arrested at the Syncrude Aurora Oilsands site for trespassing onto the property Thursday afternoon.
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Posted by mhudema on July 25, 2008
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July 25, 2008
Greenpeace posts banner at Syncrude tailings pond
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By CAROL CHRISTIAN, SUN MEDIA
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FORT McMURRAY — Greenpeace activists were arrested after breaking into Syncrude Canada’s Aurora site yesterday to post banners at the tailings pond where an estimated 500 migratory birds died in April.
The protesters said they tried to block a pipe that flows into the tailings pond, about 75 km north of Fort McMurray or 525 kilometres north of Edmonton, but the attempt was cut short by security.
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