Ta’Kaiya Blaney, a Sliammon First Nation youth, had a message for Enbridge when she learned about another tar sands project that is being proposed from Alberta to British Columbia, covering a span of 1,170 km. Just like the Keystone XL project, there is a huge outcry because this project will bring hundreds of enormous oil tankers larger than Exxon Valdez near the Great Bear Rainforest. The Great Bear Rainforest is already under threat by excessive logging, even though the Canadian government had promised to help conserve one of the last unspoiled temperate rainforests left in the world.
This 10-year old girl waited outside of the offices of Enbridge, but her message was never heard. So she sang the song above in front of their building, accompanied by her mother and three members of Green Peace. Her song was soon passed along around the world, and is helping the rally cry of those who oppose using tar sands for oil production. You’ve already heard about the other project, Keystone XL, which has brought thousands to Washington to protest the approval of this project. Currently, President Obama is the only person who can stop the project from opening. Everyday more people are voicing their opposition: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, and six other Nobel Peace Prize winners. Here’s their letter to President Obama.
Story of the Great Bear Rainforest by Green Peace
More info on the Enbridge North Gateway
more info on tar sands
More voices in different parts of the world are rising in protest against the ecologically-disastrous projects being considered by ill-informed and short-sighted business and political leaders. But why is it that we have to be repeatedly reminded by children? Have we no shame?
– from Yes! magazine post
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