No New Approvals for Tar Sands Developments

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# 6,955:

9:46 am PST, Nov 20, Rosie Scott, United Kingdom

# 6,954:

6:46 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Canada
What a shame that we need to destroy nature in order to fulfill our need for consumption. Lets look for sustainable solutions instead of old destructive behavior.

I want to see new energy solutions such as geothermal, hydrogen fuel etc.... With the technological advances there must be better solutions than destroying our earth and contaminating our water.

# 6,953:

5:33 pm PST, Nov 19, Barry Vale, Canada
my Grandchildren

# 6,952:

10:42 am PST, Nov 18, Glenda Livingston, Canada
I have seen, first-hand the deplorable destruction of the environment in Northern Alberta. I know that lakes and wetlands are 'relocated' when bitumen is found under them. I have held and smelled the TAR sand and know that oil comes out of it only after vast amounts of natural gas, and water are used. I have seen the Tailings Ponds and am ashamed to be Canadian!

# 6,951:

8:16 am PST, Nov 18, Wally Palen, Canada
Canada's shame...along with clearcutting our old growth forests (turning them into uniculture baren tree farms) and slaughtering baby seals for the fur trade.

# 6,950:

9:00 pm PST, Nov 17, Evan Joli, Canada

# 6,949:

8:10 pm PST, Nov 16, Robert Cook, Canada

# 6,948:

12:24 pm PST, Nov 16, Caroline Cannon, United Kingdom

# 6,947:

2:46 pm PST, Nov 15, Dekter Samuel, France

# 6,946:

10:45 am PST, Nov 13, Name not displayed, Canada

# 6,945:

10:26 am PST, Nov 9, Michelle Biden, Canada
There are green energy solutions!

# 6,944:

10:35 pm PST, Nov 5, Cassandra Harper, Canada
There is more to Alberta's existence than the pursuit of profit...lets discover it.

Need time to truly consider if we want to engage in further development. Must conscientiously consider the environmental, social and health impacts development is having on Alberta and Albertans.

# 6,943:

12:46 am PST, Nov 4, Rez Karim, Canada

# 6,942:

8:55 pm PST, Nov 2, Name not displayed, Canada
Please, make the right choice, do something really important and stop this development now. Thank you for helping.

Saving the environment and planet.

# 6,941:

9:13 am PST, Nov 2, Michelle Fournier, Canada
All our attention needs to be focused on alternative energy sources which are renewable to improve all our quality of lives, preserve the environment, and still provide energy for daily use.

The environment is polluted enough as it is. As soon as you step out of your door, you suffocate on the pollution. OIl is not the answer.

# 6,940:

6:55 pm PDT, Oct 31, Krista Stairs, Canada
We only have one mother earth! We shouldn't be destroying her, we should be preserving her! I thought Humans were suppose to be the most intelligent beings on earth...How disappointing.

# 6,938:

12:12 pm PDT, Oct 29, Angela Yoldassis, Canada

# 6,937:

8:58 am PDT, Oct 28, Name not displayed, Canada
I am embarrassed to hear other leaders and experts call us laggards on climate change issues. I want us to lead on global issues like we used to. Wake up Mr Harper. Get yourself to Copenhagen. Ensure Michael Martin does the right job.

It is an inefficient, ugly, destructive, desperate measure to squeeze out the last of our oil reserves and squander it like we have been doing for decades.

# 6,936:

7:17 am PDT, Oct 28, Jazzmine Coulombe, Canada

# 6,935:

12:53 pm PDT, Oct 25, Kaitlin Montague, Canada

# 6,934:

1:42 am PDT, Oct 25, Name not displayed, Canada

# 6,933:

6:40 am PDT, Oct 24, A K, Canada
The Boreal Forest is at risk here. The tar sands will speed up climate change. For god's sake, the world is in danger if the tar sands are approved.

# 6,932:

2:43 pm PDT, Oct 23, Trevor Tuckwell, Canada

# 6,931:

9:15 pm PDT, Oct 22, Marla Zapach, Canada

# 6,930:

7:23 pm PDT, Oct 22, Name not displayed, Canada
I am dismayed at the reckless, greed driven destruction of our planet. We need to stop increased exploration of fossil fuel deposits at such high environmental costs.

I would like to see investment in alternative energy. Exploiting the tar sands is a stop gap measure with serious and lasting consequences.

# 6,929:

10:07 am PDT, Oct 20, Birgitta Samavarchian, Canada
The world is watching!

There is no other way!

# 6,928:

7:02 am PDT, Oct 19, Margaret Trottier, Canada

# 6,927:

11:20 am PDT, Oct 18, Liane Paixão, Canada
We MUST WAKE UP for the fact that we ARE putting our lives in danger if we don't stop destroying our planet!!!! Economic development is absolutely irrelevant if there's no actual life on Earth to benefit from it. Shouldn't this be obvious?

# 6,926:

4:28 am PDT, Oct 18, Debbie Ciccia, Canada

# 6,925:

10:07 am PDT, Oct 17, Name not displayed, Canada
The Tar sands project are an ecological disaster and an international disgrace for Canada. We need to be leaders in climate change reversal. Please do not let Canada walk down this dangerous road when we have the know how to resources to be environmental leaders in our often short-sighted world!

# 6,924:

9:23 pm PDT, Oct 14, Michael Glidden, Canada
I care about the health of all humans, and the health of the planet. We cannot continue on this path of senseless destruction for the sake of profits. If this continues, you will lose my confidence.

# 6,923:

4:38 am PDT, Oct 13, G Baier, Canada
I have read about the so-called reclamation ponds and the toxicity of them. I think we need to reduce our consumption before we start taking more and more.

# 6,922:

8:48 am PDT, Oct 12, Sandra Pfeiffer, Canada

# 6,921:

11:40 pm PDT, Oct 11, Catherine Morris, Canada

# 6,920:

11:33 am PDT, Oct 11, Dave Hoedl, Canada
Alberta government must not put through no new approvals or tar sandsd development. There must be concern for the envioment and the negative side effects from the tar sands

Enviromental, social, conservation, labour, health, treaty rights, forestry, land use, humanitarian, water and economic concerns

# 6,919:

8:08 am PDT, Oct 11, Name not displayed, Canada

# 6,918:

10:49 pm PDT, Oct 10, Rudy Smith, Canada
I realize how dependent our society is on oil, but we're being irresponsible by continuing to develop new oil projects when the opportunity to invest in cleaner energy, clearly better for our planet and all of the life on it, is at our fingertips.

The tar sands are disgusting. The processes that go into refining the oil we get from the tar sands is wasteful and detrimental to the environment. Wake up Alberta, the tar sands have no place in a greener, better, more responsible future.

# 6,917:

4:50 pm PDT, Oct 9, Alexandra Dionne, Canada

# 6,916:

7:34 am PDT, Oct 9, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
I WAS EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT TO BEING A CANADIAN CITIZEN WHEN THIS SUBJECT WAS DISCUSSED AT MY UNIVERSITY.

I WOULD MUCH PREFER TO HAVE BEEN PROUD, WHICH I WAS WHEN I FIRST BECAME A CANADIAN CITIZEN 25 YEARS AGO. VERY PROUD.

# 6,915:

1:51 am PDT, Oct 9, Alina Raposo, Canada
Let's think long term, not short term.

The future is at stake.

# 6,914:

2:03 pm PDT, Oct 8, Alli Harvey, Alaska
Stop development of the tar sands immediately! Invest in renewable energy technology!

# 6,913:

9:50 am PDT, Oct 7, Jemila Izzard, Canada

# 6,912:

2:53 am PDT, Oct 7, Ashley Pitt, Canada
It saddens me that our government seems more invested in dirty oil than in its own citizens' futures and rights to a healthy environment.

# 6,911:

2:20 pm PDT, Oct 5, Philippe Letarte, Canada
It's time to be proud of being Canadian again. We have to stop Harper and what some specialists called « the worst ecological disaster » that is happening right now...

# 6,910:

8:58 pm PDT, Oct 4, Jennifer Gallivan, Canada
No new approvals for tar sand development action must be taken by the government

Concern for the enviroment the impact it has

# 6,909:

6:36 pm PDT, Sep 30, Karen Heisz, Canada
The effect on wildlife populations and water is so severe..it is criminal that the companies are allowed to get away with any of it. How do people turn their backs on such destruction?

Until the technology is available that will allow the extraction of the oil from the sand without the huge amount of water necessary, and without toxic ponds being created, I believe that these projects should be stopped altogether.

# 6,908:

10:53 am PDT, Sep 30, Maria Sanchez-kani, Canada
We all have to act responsably

# 6,907:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 29, Audrey Ferrer, Canada
Stop oil sands development and destruction of our environment. Stop the devastation of the Lubicon First Nations community.

# 6,906:

2:34 pm PDT, Sep 29, Diane Ignoto, Canada
My goal in life is to help the environment as much as I can; therefore I feel that this petition is crucial.

# 6,905:

10:22 am PDT, Sep 29, Kelly Martin, Canada

# 6,904:

10:18 am PDT, Sep 29, Name not displayed, Canada

# 6,903:

9:21 am PDT, Sep 29, Paul St Pierre, Canada
The oil will remain in the ground; it has been 500 million years in the making and it is not going anywhere. It only benefits the people associated with the oil sand to prolong its extraction. As the price of oil rises (due to the impending shortfall of world supplies)Canada and the oil companies involved will be happy to have the increased revenue. We should take note not to follow the foolhardy who squander their riches.

# 6,902:

8:39 am PDT, Sep 29, Roberta Oswald, Canada

# 6,901:

8:26 am PDT, Sep 29, George Raposo, Canada
Don't be short-sighted. Protect the future of all Canadians.

I want my tax dollars to support a healthier, cleaner future.

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