Greenpeace Protesters Facing Arrest Over Enbridge Demonstration

I just received this from Stephanie Goodwin of Greenpeace:

"Since yesterday, I along with fifteen Greenpeace volunteers have been on-site at Enbridge's offices in downtown Vancouver, demanding the energy giant withdraw its Northern Gateway pipelines application. We've constructed a mock pipeline that's spewing "oil" onto a large image representing B.C.'s coastal Great Bear Rainforest, while a "cleanup" crew warns passers-by of the dangers of Enbridge's project.

We're here to send a message to Enbridge and the Canadian government: Keep the B.C. coastline oil-free.

You’ve watched in horror for the past three months at the catastrophe unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, as hundreds of millions of litres of crude oil gushed into the ocean.

We need your help to ensure what happened in the Gulf doesn’t happen here.

Please support us: https://secure.greenpeace.ca/pipeline/

As a B.C. resident I travelled to Louisiana to witness firsthand the effects the oil spill is having on the wildlife and coastline. It was tragic – tar balls covered empty beaches and stuck to my boots like glue. Toxic water with thick oil, like peanut butter, continues to wash into marshes while pelicans on shore stand motionless under the weight of the oil covering their feathers. If they do manage to stay clean, the birds and animals risk being poisoned by ingesting the toxic oil while feeding and trying to clean themselves.

I’m back to tell you that what happened there can happen here. We need your help to take on Enbridge and ensure it doesn’t become the BP on B.C.

https://secure.greenpeace.ca/pipeline/

Enbridge, an oil pipeline giant, is planning to build twin pipelines from the tar sands through the Great Bear Rainforest to the B.C. coast.  If successful, the company would bring more than 200 crude oil tankers through the beautiful but rough waters of northern B.C. for the first time.

That’s why we're taking drastic action. We need to stop this before it starts. Greenpeace is working to prevent Enbridge, and other oil companies like Kinder Morgan, from expanding operations in B.C.. It’s not going to be easy, but you can help us right now by making a donation online.

https://secure.greenpeace.ca/pipeline/

The BP oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico teaches us one thing: oil and water do not mix. Not in the Gulf and not on the B.C. coast.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Goodwin

B.C. Director 

Greenpeace Canada"