Climate Leaders NeededDear Greenpeace supporter, Today, Greenpeace welcomed U.S. President Obama to Ottawa by unfurling a banner on a bridge near Parliament Hill that read: "Climate Leaders Don't Buy Tar Sands".
Our activists are on-site at this VERY MOMENT! And they need your help. Ten Greenpeace activists braved cold temperatures, wind and snow to help make sure that the discussions between President Obama and Prime Minister Harper focus on one of the most serious environmental issues facing the world — climate change. The time for action is now and we need your help in pushing that message harder, in mobilizing Canadians to demand real action from the Harper government on climate change. We want to encourage the President to assume a leadership role in fighting global warming and to bring Harper with him. That leadership role starts with rejecting the call from the Harper government to keep buying the dirty oil from the tar sands. Neither Obama nor Harper supports climate change actions that are strong enough. Obama supports reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, Harper supports slightly greater reductions. Obama's commitment to reducing emissions and to green energy initiatives is welcome, especially after the no action years of the Bush administration. But he needs to do more. Please add your voice to the tens of thousands of Canadians already opposing the tar sands and let President Obama know that the tar sands have no place in his vision for a clean, green energy economy. | 
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