Howdy,
Last week I was arrested for telling the truth. I became one with the
sound system at a pipeline industry convention where TransCanada was
lecturing on pipeline safety compliance. I chained myself to the loud
speaker because I had a message to deliver! [1]
The tar sands industry and its investors are spending billions on
dangerous pipelines to open the Canadian tar sands to unbridled
exploitation: the Keystone XL, the Northern Gateway, and the
Trailbreaker, to name a few….but there’s one thing standing in their
way: you. Yes, you!
Grassroots resistance begins with you, and together,
we can send a message to TransCanada and their profiteers: Stop
scheming to expand Alberta tar sands exploitation and bankrolling
Keystone XL.
Investors are becoming uncertain about the future of Keystone XL and that’s why Tar Sands Blockade and our allies are calling for a Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers, March 16 – 23.
From my indigenous brothers and sisters in Alberta most impacted by tar
sands extraction to the environmental racism of refining in Houston’s
toxic East End, TransCanada’s business as usual means death and
destruction for the biosphere and our communities. Together we
can confront these toxic profiteers by showing up at their offices,
public events, and extraction sites to demonstrate that we won’t stop
until they do. You don't need to come to Texas or Oklahoma or go to DC to rise up and defend your home!
Extreme energy extraction like mountain top removal, fracking, and tar
sands exploitation are fueling climate chaos and disproportionally
poisoning low income and communities of color at an alarming rate.
Institutional avenues of change –corrupt politicians and regulators –
have failed to protect our most impacted, vulnerable communities.
Tar Sands Blockade has done many things to stop KXL, from tree sits to
locking ourselves to heavy machinery, and we've asked for help before.
But to help us stop KXL now means we must go straight to the folks
investing in the projects that are poisoning our friends and families
and tell them
enough is enough! Investing in Keystone XL is as toxic as the contents of their pipe!
Sign up to plan an action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers, March 16-23!
To stop the most
destructive project on Earth and preserve any hope of a liveable planet,
we must put a end to “business as usual.” It’s time to act now
and stop those working to poison our world and strip-mine our future.
It's time to take direct action to build the world we know is possible.
In Solidarity,
Ramsey Sprague
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