Say "No Coal For Christmas!" in Premier Campbell's Riding

Media Advisory: For Immediate Release
December 4, 2006

Concerned Citizens Rally to Say "No Coal For Christmas!" in Premier Campbell's Riding

The problem is serious, but the atmosphere will be festive and family-oriented when the community meets in Gordon Campbell's Point Grey riding to protest plans for coal fired power plants in BC. The event gets underway at 11 am, Sunday December 10th at Kits Beach in Vancouver. Music, hot chocolate, games, speakers, face painting and a "climate dinosaur" awards ceremony are all planned. It's hoped Santa will show up in his zero emission sleigh to lend support and help banish the Grinch.

The event has been planned by a group of neighbours in Campbell's riding who are frustrated by the lack of government action on climate change. "We've all been discussing the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change for some time, " said organiser Quincy Young. "The decision to build coal fired power plants just doesn't make any sense -- is our government in complete denial of the problem? We decided we needed to do something to express our frustration and show our concern."

"We know the general public is concerned about global warming," says group spokesperson Donald Gordon. "But government inaction leaves people to sigh and hope that turning off lights will help. Unfortunately, this isn't enough when both provincial and federal government policies add megatonnes of carbon dioxide to Canada's already sky-high emissions. We invite anyone who is concerned to bring the whole family, enjoy some holiday cheer, and join us in demanding that all levels of government take action now. Pushing government to make sure our kids have a healthy environment to grow up in is the best present we can give them."

The group will also be announcing the winner of their first "Climate Dinosaur" award at the event. Nominees include:

· Federal Environment Minister Rona Ambrose, for announcing before the global community that the Harper government supports everything about the Kyoto Protocol "except the greenhouse gas reduction targets; and
· BC Energy Minister Richard Neufeld, for proposing to add obsolete coal fired power plants to BC's energy production portfolio.

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Take action on climate change. Media contacts:
Donald Gordon 604.732.1374 emailfordonald@yahoo.ca
Quincy Young 604.732.3477 qryoung@telus.net