U.S. Activist Takes On Syncrude

She also included on her website images some might construe as negative about Alberta, such as a tourist promotion offering a gas-guzzling Hummer as a prize and a shot that shows a Fort McMurray street clogged with fuel-wasting pickup trucks. Ms. Moore says that after the tour of the site, she was “frankly appalled” by the huge impact of the oil sands, and she felt compelled to speak out to Americans. She estimated that Syncrude's annual greenhouse-gas releases of about 10 million tonnes equal the emissions of the coal-fired power plants supplying Chicago with electricity. “People need to know about this,” she said. She decided that the way to reach a wider audience was to create an anti-Syncrude website, www.oilsandsofcanada.com. It began in March and cost her $3,600 (U.S.) to set up. It has been one of the side roads on the information highway, with only about 240 hits. Despite this low profile, the site irked the company, and its legal department demanded that nine of about 73 images be removed. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070502.woilsands0503/BNStory/National/home

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