The SAF is proud to support Divest Concordia: "“We have about $11.7 million in fossil fuel industries. There’s about $9.1 million that’s invested in oil and gas and there’s about $2.6 million invested in pipelines,” said (Anthony) Garoufalis-Auger. Divest Concordia is currently submitting access to information requests to find out what specific companies the school is investing in." theconcordian/2013/09/campaigning-for-concordia-to-divest-from-dirty-industries/ This project is urgent- the Canadian Press reports this morning that "Chief Bernice Martial of Cold Lake First Nation said Monday that she is worried about the safety of drinking water, animals and vegetation in her region," following the discovery of two new leaks at an oil sands site in Cold Lake, Alta., which brings the total of leaks up to six in the last year. The article reminds us that approximately "1.5 million litres of bitumen has since been recovered from bush and muskeg in the area" since July, an operation that has still left an enormous amount of pollution behind. huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/16/oil-spill-cold-lake-bitumen-leak_n_3935275.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Green Learn more about how you can help- join Divest Concordia’s weekly meetings on Fridays at 2 p.m. at the GSA House, 2030 Mackay!
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:32:49 +0000
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