[news] Greenpeacers Arrested Protesting Oil Sands in Northern Alberta

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta, Canada - 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, two Greenpeaceers blocked the pipe by shutting down the valve before chaining and locking themselves to the control box.  


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