Recent Posts Tagged With 'oilsands pollution'

• 16 Greenpeace Activists Arrested in Oilsands Protest

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 20:16 in political action, oilsands pollution, greenpeace arrests, greenpeace oilsands, greenpeace tar sands, oilsands carbon

  Greenpeace activists locked themselves onto a crane and smokestacks while unfurling banners decrying Canada’s oilsands as a major cause of climate change early this morning. Police arrested 16 of the protesters and Shell Canada has vowed to bee...

• Acid Rain From Alberta Oilsands Hurting Northern Saskatchewan Forests

  Posted on Tuesday August 11th, 2009 at 13:20 in environmental health, acid rain canada, acid rain oilsands, acid rain saskatchewan, oilsands canada, oilsands pollution

  A study undertaken by Saskatchewan’s environment ministry recently revealed that PH levels in rain falling in the La Loche area, located in the North of Saskatchewan, qualify as acid rain. The Saskatchewan Environmental Society argues that R...