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To: CommanderCricket who wrote (108130)	8/29/2008 2:31:26 PM
From: Tommy Moore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206097

Mr. Mike Hudema of Greenpeace reports GREENPEACE CONDEMNS SYNCRUDE LAWSUIT Greenpeace has condemned a lawsuit launched against it by Canadian Oil Sands Trust's Syncrude, Canada's largest tar sands producer and polluter. The civil suit follows a Greenpeace action at Syncrude's Aurora site in Northern Alberta on July 24 when activists deployed two banners at the same toxic tailings pond where 500 ducks were killed last April. Although Syncrude acknowledged the civil disobedience action by Greenpeace did not affect production and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police found no criminal behaviour in the peaceful protest, the company is seeking an injunction against Greenpeace, $20,000 in general damages and $100,000 in punitive damages, in addition to legal costs. "This is a punitive lawsuit designed to financially cripple a non-profit organization and intimidate critics of the tar sands," said Mike Hudema, a tar sands campaigner with Greenpeace Canada. "Syncrude does not want a lantern hung on the world's dirtiest oil project." Syncrude has two active tar sands mining and upgrading facilities north of Fort McMurray, Alta. The company produces 350,000 barrels of synthetic crude per day, and released over 12.6 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2006 alone -- the highest in the industry. Syncrude was recently ranked dead last amongst tar sands operators for its environmental record. "It's ironic that with all of Syncrude's environmental damage in the tar sands, we are the ones facing court," said Mr. Hudema. "Syncrude has clearly violated Alberta's environmental laws but the province has still not pressed charges." Greenpeace says the Syncrude claim resembles a typical SLAPP lawsuit (strategic lawsuit against public participation) which is generally intended to intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense and punitive damages.