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January 25th, 2011
Environmental Groups Create Oilsands Mapping Tool

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Four environmental groups have created a mapping tool allowing users to overlay an oilsands project on a chosen location to compare sizes thanks to Google maps. In the latest effort to bring attention to their anti-oilsands campaign, Greenpeace, Sierra Club Canada, Rainforest Action Network and the Indigenous Environmental Network have created the mapping tool to ask “Tarsands: Imagine if this was your home — what would you do?” Read More