Letter to Union of BC Indian Chiefs re Gateway Pipeline
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs
500-342 Water St.
Vancouver BC
V6B 1B6
Dear Chiefs
We are writing to commend you for your principled stand in opposition to the Gateway Pipeline. We are strongly oppposed to the present government’s advocacy of this project.
Letter to Members of Parliament re Gateway Pipeline
Dear MP
JustEarth supports the position of the Union of B.C. Chiefs on the Gateway Pipeline. The chiefs have eloquently explained their concerns, and their commitment to preservation of the land and waters.
Stephen Harper, October 2011, on the Keystone XL pipeline
Dear Prime Minister Harper,
We are concerned that the major issue about the bitumen sands project and the pipelines to carry the bitumen or processed oil has not been understood--the dangerous consequences of the vast increase in greenhouse gas emissions ensuing, on top of the excessive carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere. We have already exceeded 350 ppm, the limit many leading climate scientists tell us should not be passed to avoid runaway climate change.
Refining the bitumen in Alberta will not reduce global emissions.
Barack Obama, October 2011, on the Keystone XL pipeline
Dear President Obama,
We urge you, for the sake of future peoples and all species, not to authorize the Keystone XL Pipeline. This pipeline will result in increased greenhouse gas emissions, yet we have already exceeded 390 ppm of carbon dioxide, whereas we have been told that less than 350 ppm is necessary to ensure a livable climate, and a turn-around is not in prospect.
Keystone XL protests: Two letters from Anthony Ketchum
The Advance of the 212
It was a beautiful day on Parliament Hill when all of a not-quite-sudden, legions of RCMP officers appeared behind a 3' high fence.
Climate Change: Crisis, Challenge, and Hope
It's time to recognize that climate change is an EMERGENCY and get serious about addressing it! Our lavish use of fossil fuels is risking runaway climate change, with feedback effects that can lead to mass extinctions (50-70% of species). There have been mass extinctions on this planet before from which bio-diversity recovered -- in some 50 million years.
Prime Minister Harper, December 2010, "Cancun Agreements"
Two JustEarth members were NGO delegates at the recent Cancun conference (UNFCCC COP16). At that conference Canada agreed, among other things to:
Federal MPs, August 2010, "We could balance the budget much faster if we really wanted to"
There are reasons--both of short-term economic advantage and long-term survival--for dealing seriously with climate change.
The forest fires in B.C. have already cost lives and resources. People in the interior are concerned about insurance rates and even the possibility of not being able to get any insurance, yet extreme weather events are expected to increase in frequency and severity.
Federal MPs, July 2010, Signs of Warming Earth ‘Unmistakable’
Last week when we wrote we stressed the emergency nature of the climate crisis, and the need for strenuous action.
This week we note the publication, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a United States federal agency, of findings that the past three decades have been the hottest on record. The Globe and Mail headline says, “Signs of Warming Earth ‘Unmistakable,’” as was well known. The report, State of the Climate, however, has the merit of drawing on data from 160 research groups in 48 countries.
Federal MPs and Ontario MPPs, July 2010
We wish you a good, refreshing summer holiday.
We also hope that you will take time this summer to do some reading on the greatest challenge we have to face: the climate crisis.
Some of the world’s leading scientists have been stressing the short period of time we have to act. Note that these experts are yet hopeful that humankind can do the necessary and change our harmful lifestyles. But we have to recognize the urgency of the situation and take serious action.
