Tar Sands

Rebecca from Belfast – Why Barclays needs to stop funding tar sands pipelines

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 24th July 2018
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My name’s Rebecca and I am a self-published author, writing science fiction based on current environmental issues. I’ve been running the Belfast Greenpeace group since February this year and of the campaigns I’ve been involved in, I find the current pipelines campaign against Barclays really important. Read More

Why Greenpeace blocked Barclays’ HQ

Posted by Aakash Naik - 19th July 2018
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40 Greenpeace activists take over the main entrance to Barclays Bank’s corporate headquarters near Canary Wharf in London’s docklands.

Earlier today 40 Greenpeace UK volunteers took over the main entrance to Barclays Bank’s corporate headquarters near Canary Wharf in London’s docklands.   Six of them were climbers who scaled the entrance’s portico, where they recreated a tar sands oil leak dripping down from the bank’s logo. The team… Read More

Holding Barclays to account

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 16th July 2018
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Toxic tar sands pipelines don’t just happen – they need funding, serious amounts of funding. And that money comes -in part at least- from banks, like Barclays… It’s kind of a simple story, really, big projects need big money – without finance from banks, it’s really tough for… Read More

Martin from Manchester – Why I’m standing up to Barclays

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 6th July 2018
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Why am I taking action against Barclays bank for funding toxic oil pipelines including the Transmountain Pipeline? Because tar sands may be the final proof that humanity are in grave trouble. The threat of climate change has been there my entire adult life. I was still… Read More

Who Are the Dirty Dozen Banks?

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 28th June 2018
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Who are the Dirty Dozen banks, and why is Greenpeace putting them on a global petition to supporters worldwide? Greenpeace is asking these banks to make stronger commitments when it comes to the financing of tar sands pipelines. For some, that means taking the obvious step of committing to… Read More

Climate leaders don’t build tar sands pipelines

Posted by Hannah Martin - 19th June 2018
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The entrance to the Canadian High Commission in Trafalgar Square was been blocked by Greenpeace campaigners who built a huge oil pipeline around the building.

You may have seen the news recently that Justin Trudeau has gone hell for leather and committed to a bail-out for the controversial Trans Mountain Expansion Project – a tar sands pipeline due to be built in Canada.  The Canadian Finance Minister, under pressure from Kinder Morgan,… Read More