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Tar Sands destruction = Climate Change

09/16/09

12:19:04 pm, by NicS, 209 words

Categories: Environment, BC Politics, Oil & Gas, Energy, Our Changing World

Tar Sands destruction = Climate Change

Yesterday Prime Minister Harper met with President Obama. Green Peace Canada and the environmental movement in the US and Canada are protesting the Tar Sands now in order to pressure Harper & Obama to take action on climate change by stopping Tar Sands oil production, which represents the most environmentally destructive project on Earth.

The video and quote I have reposted below is from Green Peace Canada who are there in northern Alberta protesting the environmental crimes that are taking place.

This link is from TIFF and is a preview of Petropolis a film clearly showing how environmentally unsound the Tar Sands are.

The activists are still there, determined to make the biggest impact possible.
Action on climate change is going to require us to take action ourselves to put pressure on governments at all levels. The LRC, WCWC and other groups have done the outreach and collected over 10000 petition
signatures to stop Gateway- Gordo has just brushed us off.

Time to step it up people- get involved. Meet, collaborate, and get inspired- ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN BC IS UP TO YOU!

I plead with you to get out there and take a risk, because thecost of doing nothing is just too great.

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