Canadian Greenpeace Website Takes Aim at Alberta Oilsands. By James Emery, Cochrane Times (Alberta), July 2, 2008. "Greenpeace has launched a new web site that takes aim at Alberta's oil sands development and says it can save tourists the trip of having to see the pollution and toxins it produces for themselves. TravellingAlberta.com was launched June 24 and is a tongue-in-cheek travel site that uses humour to try and communicate their message of how destructive they believe the oilsands development is to the environment... The site was launched 'in reaction to the provincial government announcing a $25-million public relations campaign to try and tell the world that the tar sands are being managed environmentally and really to sort of counter that claim,' said Mike Hudema, tar sands campaigner for Greenpeace Canada... 'One of the biggest reasons people come to Alberta is because of Alberta's natural beauty,' Hudema continued. 'People come here for clean and running streams, intact forests, and a lot of that is being lost with this development.' The site is a staunch attack on the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and their website www.canadasoilsands.ca, but a spokesperson said they're not concerned with Greepeace's newest campaign."
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