Alberta Oil Industry Destroying World's Largest Biome
- by: Earth
- recipient: Ed Stelmach
These projects are destroying a southern edge of the world's largest biome, the taiga, a forest stretching across Alaska, Canada, Sweden, Finland, inland Norway, Siberia, Northern Minnesota, Upstate New York, New Hampshire, Maine, northern Kazakhstan and Japan.
It is doing this at an accelerating rate.
Consider that Alberta alone accounts for approximately one-third of Canada's total emissions and Canada ranks among the top producers of emissions on the planet, placing 7th out of 207 countries for carbon dioxide emissions and 12th out of 185 countries for greenhouse gases.
Furthermore, the situation involves the Albertan and Canadian government's complete disregard of UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) rulings as well as rulings made by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Special Rapporteur for Housing concerning a land rights settlement with the northern Alberta based First Nation, the Lubicon.
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Dear Ed Stelmach,
We the undersigned, as planetary citizens, are calling for nothing less than the complete cessation of oil sands projects in northern Alberta, a complete restoration of the afflicted environment and an engagement with sustainable and renewable energy sources.
Ed Stelmach, you have repeatedly stated that you will %u201Cnot touch the brakes%u201D concerning the oil industry in Alberta. Let it be known that the rest of the world is in that vehicle with you and we will not join you on this suicidal path towards extinction.
Continued engagement with and promotion of these oil sands projects puts at risk the lives of over 6 billion people as well as innumerable forms of organic life and diversity. The oil sands projects are responsible for nothing less than accelerating the demise of the entire human species.
Albertan and Canadian governments have repeatedly ignored UN Human Rights Commission rulings in regards to Lubicon Traditional Territory. Not only is the oil industry in Alberta a bane to the existence of life on this planet, it is also an internationally recognized Human Rights issue.
This position and lack of action on the part of the Alberta and Canadian governments very seriously mauls the reputation of Canada as a peacekeeping nation.
Rather, it clearly shows that Albertan and Canadian governments have little respect for the planet or for the people living upon it and with it.
Shortsightedness of any degree can no longer be accepted. This is a matter of global concern far beyond the economies or energy needs of any single province or nation.
What you are doing is depriving the world of oxygen and therefore participating in a slow genocide of the entire human species and of all life on Earth.
Please, slam on the brakes. Please, ask yourself if you want to be responsible for a grey, toxic and suffocating future devoid of life or if you want to play a role in developing a green, healthy and exciting future full of life.
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