Stop the Tar Sands Mr. Stelmach!

Email Alberta’s Premier, Ed Stelmach, and demand an end to this environmental nightmare by stopping all new approvals for tar sands projects.

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Dear Premier Stelmach,

The development of Alberta’s tar sands is leading to serious environmental destruction and is ensuring that Canada cannot meet its international commitments under the Kyoto Accords.  As the premier of Alberta, we would like you to stop the development of the tar sands and create a plan for a sustainable future in Alberta.

Every day the tar sands produce over a million barrels of oil, but in order to do this, millions of barrels of water are used up, pollution spreads around the province, and the ecosystem of the boreal forest is destroyed.  Greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands are enormous – 40 million tonnes of CO2 per year, at a time when Canada needs to reduce its emissions by at least 280 million tonnes.

We are losing our natural resources.  People’s health is threatened by the pollution.  We are destroying Alberta’s wilderness for future generations.  If money was reinvested in safe, clean energy production, and the government focused on creating a more diversified economy, the future for Alberta would be much brighter.  Please stop the tar sands now.

Thank-you.