ENBRIDGE: NO PIPELINE, NO TANKERS.
Greenpeace Communique
Right now, Greenpeace volunteers are occupying Enbridge's office in downtown Vancouver, demanding that they withdraw their application for the 1,170-kilometre Northern Gateway Pipelines from the tar sands to British Columbia's coast.
Outside the office tower, more Greenpeace volunteers have established a protest camp, and are making clear what a pipeline and oil tanker traffic would mean to B.C.'s pristine coast: Oil gushing through the Great Bear Rainforest.
We're taking action today because the Canadian government is
considering a proposal from Enbridge to build twin pipelines from Alberta's tar sands to Kitimat in northern B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest. This would bring more than 200 crude oil tankers through treacherous shipping lanes every year. Kinder Morgan also has a long-term plan to expand the capacity of its pipeline to the company's port in Burnaby, more than doubling its current oil tanker traffic through the Georgia Strait.
Since 2003, Enbridge has been responsible for at least 63 spills, leaks and releases each year, including one accident just two days ago in Michigan, where more than three million litres of crude oil spilled.
While our activists send a message at Enbridge's office in downtown Vancouver, you can also help us stop this disaster in the making:
Send Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel an email demanding he cancel the proposed Northern Gateway Pipelines project:
https://write-a-letter.greenpeace.org/865Send Prime Minister Stephen Harper an email urging him to legally ban oil tanker traffic from Canada's West Coast:
https://write-a-letter.greenpeace.org/866Show us what's at stake: Submit a photo you've taken of the B.C. coast to the Coast is Clear photo competition, along with a few words on what a pristine coast means to you. Greenpeace will publish the winning image in the autumn edition of Greenpeace Magazine.
Spread the word on Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Reddit and Stumbleupon.
In addition to its demand that oil tankers be banned, Greenpeace is calling for measures to help end the world's addiction to oil, including an immediate ban on new offshore drilling and exploration of all high-risk unconventional oil sources, including in the Arctic and tar sands. Greenpeace is also urging an end to fossil fuel subsidies, increased support for clean energy and strong policies that limit global warming pollution and stimulate a clean Energy [R]evolution.
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