Keep Tar Sands away from the Great Bear Rainforest

After years of work and collaboration, environmentalists, First Nations, government, and industry have established groundbreaking protections in one of the world's greatest remaining temperate rainforests. More than 5 million acres--an area half the size of Switzerland--have been legally protected from logging and a transition to a new system that marries environmental responsibility and economic viability is underway. Already, 1.7 million acres of forest are off-limits to logging.

But now, Enbridge -- the same mega-corporation responsible for spilling thousands of gallons of oil into Michigan's Kalamazoo River earlier in 2010 -- is proposing an oil pipeline from Canada's Tar Sands to the coast of British Columbia. The Northern Gateway project would introduce more than 225 oil tankers along the magnificent coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, threatening our conservation successes.

Will you stand with First Nations and oppose this project? Sign your name.

We, the undersigned, oppose the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project that would place the Great Bear Rainforest at risk of oil spills and threaten the health of First Nations communities.

Not only is this project opposed by residents of British Columbia and First Nations across the Northwest, people who value forests are speaking out against it across the continent.

Witnessing the destruction caused by your four million litre pipeline spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River was a wake up call. This project would bring Tar Sands oil and tankers to the coast of British Columbia straight through the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest: putting thousands of pristine streams and rivers at risk to oil spills.

We oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and crude oil tanker traffic in BC's northern coastal waters. The risk oil spills pose to First Nations, communities, and the environment is too great. The groundbreaking work done to protect the Great Bear Rainforest cannot be jeopardized by your corporate self interest.

Sincerely,
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3298 Sun May 19 21:46:17 EDT 2013 Chris Henshall
3297 Thu Nov 29 05:42:25 EST 2012 raffaella tolicetti
3296 Wed May 16 09:48:49 EDT 2012 Constance Lévesque
3295 Mon May 14 16:56:49 EDT 2012 james x
3294 Mon May 14 10:18:32 EDT 2012 jim gooley
3293 Mon May 14 09:40:43 EDT 2012 Debra Breton
3292 Sun May 13 01:31:51 EDT 2012 Patricia McClung
3291 Tue May 08 23:52:18 EDT 2012 Kyle Jones
3290 Tue May 08 15:27:38 EDT 2012 Ileana Knight
3289 Thu May 03 16:03:31 EDT 2012 Nicole Bear
3288 Wed May 02 20:47:48 EDT 2012 Teresa Sande
3287 Wed May 02 13:12:38 EDT 2012 Renay Maurice
3286 Mon Apr 30 21:13:09 EDT 2012 Anonymous
3285 Mon Apr 30 18:28:48 EDT 2012 Cecile Girard
3284 Mon Apr 30 17:56:32 EDT 2012 William Patrick
3283 Sun Apr 29 13:32:01 EDT 2012 Heidi Mueller
3282 Sun Apr 29 02:43:48 EDT 2012 Pauline M. O'Gushing
3281 Sat Apr 28 16:21:01 EDT 2012 Blaine Miller
3280 Sat Apr 28 13:16:29 EDT 2012 Jackie Gay
3279 Sat Apr 28 12:44:58 EDT 2012 James Hill
3278 Sat Apr 28 09:39:48 EDT 2012 Cheryl Gladu
3277 Sat Apr 28 08:41:45 EDT 2012 Frances dorsey
3276 Sat Apr 28 01:09:11 EDT 2012 michael rogerson
3275 Sat Apr 28 01:05:51 EDT 2012 Andrea Harris
3274 Thu Apr 26 13:31:58 EDT 2012 Anonymous
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