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FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — A small group of Greenpeace activists has broken into a Syncrude Canada Ltd. operation in northern Alberta to draw attention to its campaign against oilsands development.
The protesters say they have blocked a pipe that flows into the same Aurora North tailings pond where 500 ducks died last April.
Greenpeace spokesman David Martin said they have also unfurled a skull and crossbones banner that reads “World's Dirtiest Oil: Stop the Tar Sands.”
Mr. Martin said that while they expect to be arrested, there was no immediate response from Syncrude security or police.
Syncrude officials were not immediately for comment.
Following an investigation Alberta is considering whether to charge Syncrude over the dead duck incident under the province's environmental laws.
