Hello Friend,

Every day, around the clock, dozens of trains with hundreds of cars loaded
with dirty thermal coal rumble through my neighborhood in Crescent Beach,
B.C. They cross the border into Canada from the U.S., just 14 km away and
travel to the Roberts Bank coal port another 40 km down the line. The west
coast U.S. states refuse to build ports to export this coal so it comes
through Canada instead.

This excessive train traffic shakes the ground and my house. It means that
my home and every house along the route are covered in fine black coal
dust. It means more bulk freighters anchored throughout the southern Gulf
Islands, damaging the sea bed and disturbing the peace and tranquility of
the region with noise, light and air pollution that affects both humans and
wildlife including the endangered southern resident killer whales.

But that's not the worst of it…

Thermal coal, the kind burned to make electricity, is the world's dirtiest
fossil fuel. It creates half of the world's carbon emissions and the
pollution it creates kills more than 800,000 people every year.

Canada has signed dozens of international agreements to fight climate
change by lowering carbon emissions so why are we still allowing the
mining, export and burning of thermal coal mined here and why are we
allowing thermal coal from the U.S. to be exported from B.C.?

We need to get rid of thermal coal right now to have any chance of limiting
global warming to the Paris target of 1.5 degrees C.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE GREEN PARTY CAMPAIGN TO BAN THE MINING, USE, EXPORT AND
IMPORT OF THERMAL COAL.

SIGN THE PETITION [1] AND SEND A LETTER [2] TO ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE
CHANGE MINISTER STEVEN GUILBEAULT DEMANDING THAT HE:

* Add thermal coal to the Priority Substances List of the Canadian
Environment Protection Act (CEPA) and then to the Toxic Substances List of
CEPA; and
* Regulate the mining, use, export, and import of thermal coal in Canada
in accordance with our international commitments to reduce carbon emissions
at home and abroad.

Your voice matters. Stand up for real climate action by writing a letter to
Minister Guilbeault [2] and signing Elizabeth May's parliamentary petition
[1].

This is important to me because it affects me directly every single day.
But it's also important for everyone and for the future of our planet.Thank
you for your support.

In action and solidarity,

BEVERLEY (PIXIE) HOBBY
Environmental Lawyer

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