Greenpeace storms Alberta oil facility

More than a dozen Greenpeace activists are occupying three smokestacks and a crane at an an oil upgrader that’s still under construction near Edmonton on Saturday. A Greenpeace activist outside the Scotford upgrader, which transforms heavy oil into a synthetic that can later be refined into gasoline, said the group stormed the facility to unfurl banners reading "Climate SOS." "It’s dirty, dirty oil," said Melina Laboucan-Massimo . "It’s the bottom of the barrel that we are dealing with here." Three people were arrested in the incident that involved about 20 Greenpeace supporters from Canada, France, Brazil and Australia.

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