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Love Winter - Hate the Tar Sands: lovewinter.org
By Alan Septoff
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Sierra Club and the Dogwood Initiative are featuring champion winter athletes' opposition to oil sands development -- tying their stance to the oil sands role in global warming and the associated threat to winter. In association with this effort, Sierra Club has launched lovewinter.org.
lovewinter.org, in addition to providing more info linking oil sands to the threats to winter, gives people an opportunity to voice their opposition to oil sands expansion to President Obama. You can also get a neato-keen “Love Winter – Hate the Oil Sands” sticker for your car, your snowboard, or whatever is crying out for a sticker.
Athletes’ quotes from the Sierra Club’s press release:
“Canada has some of the best snowboarding in the world, but the oil sands industry is going to blow it. This is the dirtiest oil on earth. If want to save our snow, we have to stop it.”
— Jeremy Jones, big mountain snowboarding legend and founder of Protect our Winters
“We can’t seriously combat global warming while getting fuel from the world’s dirtiest source. Unless we act now to combat climate change, it could put an end to the winters we know and love.”
— Mike Richter, Olympic hockey goalie and silver medalist
“As a skier, I’ve already witnessed glaciers melting and ski areas closing around the world because of climate change. The global warming emissions from the oil sands are a threat to the future of skiing and the health of our kids.”
— Alison Gannett, world champion freeskier and founder of the Save Our Snow Foundation
For More Information
- LoveWinter.org
- Love Winter? Hate the Tar sands., Treehugger
Tagged with: sierra club, economy, dogwood initiative, olympics, love winter
