Greenpeace tar sands movie

Environmental groups that oppose oil sands mining have pointed to. Greenpeace is working to end the expansion of the tar sands and accelerate a transition to clean energy that protects local communities, workers and our environment. Teck frontier, one of the largest tar sands mining. Canadas tar sands are dirty, dangerous and managed by awfully nice folks. Canadas tar sands are oil deposits roughly the size of england. Canada oilsands plan collapses over politics and economics. Aerial perspectives on the alberta tar sands, hardly seems a film that will inspire controversy, despite being presented by greenpeace canada. The tar sands are located in northern alberta, canada. The scale of oil industry lobbying exposed in these documents is quite extraordinary. Peter mettlers aerial take on the oil sands reveals a landscape that cannot. Thats why greenpeace supporters and people all over the world are rising up in an unstoppable wave of resistance to say no to tar sands expansion and yes to a clean energy transition and respect for the rights of indigenous communities.

This movement is led by many indigenous communities who have long been standing up against tar sands. Extracting the crude oil creates strong impacts on land, air, water and global climate. A developer has abandoned a nineyear effort to extend mining, sparing justin trudeau a choice between energy interests and. Starting tomorrow the hearing for the teck frontier mine will begin in fort mcmurray, alberta in the heart of the tar sands. We are calling on td to refuse to participate or underwrite any financial agreements or loans which facilitate the construction or expansion of tar sand pipelines. Greenpeace international tar sands cooking video a recipe for. The leader of canadas biggest oilproducing province has declared she sees no longterm future in fossil fuels, predicting alberta would wean. We all know tar sands oil is a recipe for climate disaster. Petropolis a film by peter mettler available on dvd and on demand.

Tecks proposed frontier mine teck mine is a new open pit mine to extract bitumen from the alberta tar sands. Sacred land film project marlene orr fears health impacts from the tar sands. The emissions it creates would contribute to alberta blowing past its socalled oil sands emissions cap and make it almost impossible for canada to meet its international climate commitments. There are also plans to extensively expand the oil sands in the near future. I live just a few hours away from the heart of the monster the alberta tar sands oil fields. Greenpeace international canadas tar sands pipelines. New oil pipelines would help ship this oil abroad, putting drinking water, rivers. Climate change and the threats of nuclear energy are real. The greenpeace blockade began at 8 am tuesday 15 september 2009 when 25 activists went into the. When hundreds of activists protesting the keystone xl pipeline were arrested at the white house in 2011, their ultimate target lay thousands of miles away.

Aerial perspectives on the alberta tar sands icarus films. Renewable energy is better for our health and for our planet. The total size of the tar sands is 140,000 square kilometres. Please join our volunteer group so we can be in touch with you about our meetings. They lie under 54,800 square miles of boreal forest, an area the size of florida. Petropolis by peter mettler 2009 films for the earth. Tar sands and nuclear development are destroying our valuable but fragile ecosystems, as well as carrying many safety and health risks. Together we must transition away from oil, and create renewable, citizen powered energy systems that are not only better for the planet, but are fairer for people too. Greenpeace canada is campaigning against td bank for its financing of four tar sands pipelines. Greenpeace activists, using their signature stunts, have on several occasions. Canadas tar sands are vast deposits of some of the dirtiest oil on earth. Canadas tar sands pipeline plan threatens bay area the threat to san francisco bay from the proposed trans mountain pipeline expansion is tangible and toxic.

The tar sands, a mixture of sand and a heavy crude oil called bitumen are mined in open pits after. Environmentalists push to keep canadian crude in the ground. If approved and built, it would be one of the tecks proposed frontier mine teck mine is a new open pit mine to extract bitumen from the alberta tar sands. Suddenly, the viewer is over an industrial wasteland like none other. To get tar sands out of the ground, the worlds largest shovels carve into the earth, turning one of the planets most diverse forest ecosystems into vast, open pit strip mines. Mike hudema, who works with greenpeace canada as a climate and. We know the future we want, and renewables are how we get there. Greenpeace canada tar sands campaign wiebos war film. First nations communities in the tar sands report unusually high levels of rare cancers and autoimmune diseases. Tar sands wealth comes with environmental costs by faisal moola, david suzuki on december 9th, 2008 at 4.

Greenpeace is also concerned with the social and health costs of the tar sands. Everything you need to know about the tar sands and how. John sauven, executive director of greenpeace uk, said. A film by peter mettler produced by greenpeace canada. Aerial perspectives on the alberta tar sands the globe and mail. Why we need to defund tar sands pipelines greenpeace usa. Greenpeace action against tar sands oil facility in alberta, canada. Dozens of greenpeace activists shut down shells sand oil mining fields at alberta, canada on tuesday to draw attention to their protests. Welcome to the greenpeace halifax local group page. Aerial perspectives on the alberta tar sands offers an unparalleled. 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. A film by peter mettler 2009, 43 minutes, produced by greenpeace canada and grimthorpe film inc. Here in canada, the tar sands are huge deposits of bitumen, a tarlike substance thats turned into oil through energyintensive processes that pollute rivers, lace.