This was meant for a Jr. High ESL (in Taiwan) class to illicit discussion and broaden their knowledge on different parts of the world

1. Oil sands protest to get Canadian actors'
suppor t

2. This is a pipeline. It
carries oil from one place
to another.
This is part of the
pipeline people have
protested in the United
States. It is the same
pipeline people in
Canada are planning to
protest. It will stretch
from Northern Canada to
Texas, U.S.A..
Many experts are divided
on whether this pipeline
and project to build it will
make global warming
worse.

3.  Dave Thomas and several other Canadian actors said Tuesday
they support a protest planned by Greenpeace in Ottawa
against the oil sands industry.
 The protest would follow similar demonstrations in Washington,
D.C., in August (the one from the picture on the first slide) .

4. There are 9 legal hearings in the U.S. on this topic to decide if the pipeline will
be built. The Canadian protests hope to support these hearings so the U.S. says
“NO” to the pipeline.

5. The pipeline will ship oil
sands crude from Alberta to
refineries in the U.S.
-It will be 2,700-kilometres
long.
-Actor Dave Thomas,
of SCTV , said he opposes the
pipeline because the pipeline
would be an environmental
disaster and that it must be
stopped.
Greenpeace is against the
development of the oil sands
too.
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6. A study shows that alternatives
to the planned route would be
longer, disturb more land and
cross more water bodies.
Another study showed that
increased investment in Canadian
oil sands development will add
$775 billion US to the American
economy and create more than
500,000 new American jobs by
2035.
Nearly 2,400 American Greenpeace believes the oil sand and the pipeline
companies in 49 states are contribute to global warming and is a risk tot he
involved in the development of main source of fresh water for the Great Plains.
Canada's oil sands.

7. a) Why do you think people
are against the pipeline
and the oil sands?
b) Why do you think people
support the pipeline and
oil sands?
c) How does this effect the
wilderness?
d) Why do you think people
protest?
e) Why is being able to
protest important?