Tar Sands Showdown: Canada and the New Politics of Oil in an Age of Climate Change
Tony Clarke's Book "Tar Sands Showdown"
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Feb 01, 2010
from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM |
| Where | First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Road |
| Contact Name | Celine Trojand |
| Contact Phone | 250.370.9930 x 24 |
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PUBLIC LECTURE with Tony Clarke, DMin.
Tar Sands
Showdown: Canada
and the New Politics of Oil in an Age of Climate Change .
Canada's oil patch is booming. The Alberta tar sands have become the next big oil source for the United States, replacing Saudi Arabia. The tar sands are key to the claim that Canada is the new "energy superpower."
Following the World Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December, we Canadians need to ask ourselves some hard questions. Why is the Alberta tar sands considered to be the most ecologically destructive industrial development on the planet today? Why is this bound to pose a profound spiritual crisis and challenge in this country? What is the policy position of the federal government on carbon emissions and what action has been taken? What initiatives can be taken to challenge the tar sands mega project and to turn the corner in building a green economy in this country?
$10.00
Register: earthliteracies@shaw.ca 250-220-4601
First
Metropolitan United Church, 932
Balmoral Road.
7:00 pm—9:00 pm
