At the EU Parliament

Wednesday marked another high point for the Tarnished Earth exhibition. It was officially inaugurated by its sponsors, the Co-Operative, in conjunction with project partners Greenpeace, WWF, Transport & Environment and Friends of the Earth. Seeing the larger-than-life panels displayed prominently across the plaza in front of the EU parliament's main entrance is humbling: who would have thought that what started as a media tour to Alberta in 2007 would end up being seen by Europe's decision makers four years later?

Needless to say I am chuffed. Moreover, the MEPs present applauded the initiative and took their time viewing these rather negative images of the tarsands industry in northern Canada. Now we hope that this exhibition will result in successfully influencing opinion of EU lawmakers to keep the tarsands out of European fuel imports.