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FREE SANTA: STOP CLIMATE CHANGE

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Posted by elleprovocateur on December 13th, 2007 at 8:24 am | 0 Replies

FREE SANTA: STOP CLIMATE CHANGE

“We are at a crossroads: one path leads to a comprehensive climate change agreement, the other one to oblivion.” - Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General

Just after 6:30 pm, Wednesday, December 12, Santa and several of his elves were arrested for trying to deliver lumps of coal to Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper. ACT for the Earth is calling for their immediate release and an end to Canada’s sabotage of the UN climate talks in Bali, Indonesia.

At the UN Climate Talks in Bali, Canada has become an international pariah. For it's actions at the crucial negotiations to determine a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the Canadian government has been harshly criticized by diplomats, environmentalists, the European Union and many others, including Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change .

“Not only were there no milk and cookies, but I wasn’t even able to deliver little Stephen’s gift,” said Santa in a statement relayed from an Ottawa jail by Donner and Blitzen, after he and his elves were arrested for engaging in non-violent civil disobedience. “If anyone has broken the law it is Stephen,” the statement continued, noting the Canadian Prime Minister’s disregard for Canada’s legal obligations internationally to the Kyoto Protocol and domestically to the Kyoto Implementation Act.

Santa who has drawn a line in the Tarsands is calling on all good Canadians to tell Stephen Harper to stop being naughty in Bali. “It is time for Canada to stop blocking the climate consensus in Bali that could save the North Pole and the rest of the world,” Santa concluded.

TAKE ACTION NOW

CALL ON STEPHEN HARPER’S GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE CLIMATE SABOTAGE

Stephen Harper at the House of Commons (613) 992-4211
Stephen Harper's Constituency Office (403) 253-7990
John Baird: 613-990-7720
Prime Minister’s Privy Council Office: 613-957-5153
To send messages of support to Santa and his elves contact: campaigns@actfortheearth.org.

Santa is encouraging everyone to read further into Carbon Debt:
Climate Justice: A Fair Share of the Atmosphere
http://www.foe.org.au/resources/publications/climate-justice/climate-jus...
Climate Justice
http://risingtide.org.uk/about/political