[van-announce] Saturday March 28, 1-4 - Stopping the Gateways to the Tar Sands: Organizing for Sustainable Solutions

[Eric Doherty]

Stopping the Gateways to the Tar Sands: Organizing for Sustainable Solutions
 

When: Saturday March 28 2009 1-4pm

Where: SFU Surrey Campus (at Surrey Central Skytrain Station) Rm. SUR 5140

Cost: Free

Pre-registration is not required.

The Tar Sands megaproject in Alberta has been described as the most environmenatlly destructive project ever built. But many people don't know about the pivotal role proposed BC projects could have in facilitating tarsands expansion and fueling demand for tar sands oil.

Join us for a short video, presentation and discussion on the ways tarsands plans depend on proposed projects BC. The presentations will focus on the Tar Sands, the Proposed Enbridge Gateway Pipeline, and the Gateway freeway and port expansion schemes.

Presenters:

Harjap Grewal - Council of Canadians: The Gateway and other proposed tarseands pipelines

Eric Doherty - Livable Region Coalition: The Gateway freeway and port expansion proposals

Jessie Schwarz - Greenpeace: The environmental and social impacts of theTar Sands
 

Presented by: The Council of Canadians, the Wilderness Committee and the Livable Region Coalition.
For more information contact: 604 683 8220  or  edoherty (at) uniserve.com