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American and Canadian Youth Stand Together Against Tar Sands: No Concessions for Dirty Oil
Indigenous people are some of the first people to feel the first impacts of climate change. Many of them are on the front line of the environmental movement too.
American and Canadian Youth Stand Together Against Tar Sands
No Concessions for Dirty Oil
What: American and Canadian youth of indigenous and non-indigenous descent will speak out today against Alberta's tar sands and its influence on the American and Canadian positions at the UN climate conference.
The youth will gather across from the document dispersal centre at the Bella Conference Centre and will showcase a satirical display illustrating how the tar sands are blocking their countries from supporting a fair and just climate treaty in Copenhagen.
Where: The procession will start at the Fossil of the Day booth in
When: Starting at 5:15 p.m., December 11, 2009.
Who: American and Canadian youth representing the Canadian Youth Delegation and other environmental and indigenous organizations.
Why: Tar sands oil is the main reason the United States and Canada are blocking a fair and just climate treaty at the UN climate conference. Production of tar sands oil releases at three times more global warming pollution than conventional oil production, and tar sands developments are the fastest growing source of global warming pollution in Canada. Sixty-eight per cent of tar sands oil is sent directly to the United States through existing pipeline infrastructure. Tar sands developments will prevent Canada from meeting its emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol, and there is no place for the tar sands in a fair and just climate treaty to combat global warming.
For more information contact,
Kandi Mossett, Indigenous Environmental Network
+45 52685597
iencampusclimate@igc.org
Clayton Thomas-Muller, Indigenous Environmental Network +45 52685598
indigenous.environmental.network@gmail.com
Eriel Deranger, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
+45 5011 9390
ederanger@ran.org
Kimia Ghomeshi-, CYCC Campaigns Coordinator
+45 52674610
En Francais:
Nic Nadeau
+45 5269 7971
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