From Greenpeace.ca:
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada — Braving toxic fumes and the same toxic tailings waste that earlier this year killed 500 ducks, Greenpeace activists entered Syncrude’s Aurora North tar sands operation early this morning and blocked a pipe into the two-kilometre wide tailings pond.
While the tarsands tailings ponds are a concern, an even greater concern is the state of security at these mines. If activists can make it on-site with a rolled-up 60-foot banner, what’s stopping whackos with more sinister intentions from bringing an explosive device on-site?
From CBC.ca:
Greenpeace activists said they entered the site around 8 a.m. Thursday, and easily got by Syncrude security and made it to the lake of waste water.
Dave Martin, who speaks for the organization, talked to CBC News from the side of the tailings pond.
“It’s the pond where 500 ducks were killed in April, and we have another team putting up a banner on another major outflow pipe of tailings. We’ve got about a 60-foot large-scale banner we are putting up on the sides of the berm,” Martin said.
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