Fossil Fuels

"In Canada and around the world, the pressure to end the expansion of oil and gas production will only continue to grow."

"We are here to protect the water, land, and air that support all life, including our own. Line 5 poses an immediate threat to our lives and these actions are taken out of necessity and in self-defense."

"It's pretty much case closed for any meaningful public conversation about the reality of human-caused climate change."

"If the Biden Administration wants to be serious about its promise to demonstrate U.S. climate leadership, it must first clean up its own backyard."

"We are fighting to defend our territory, our rivers, our forest, our fish, and our animals," one Indigenous leader explained. "Without our forest and without water, we cannot live."

"It's really a no-brainer for the federal government to prioritize green investments to put our economy back on track," said one advocate. "It's good politics and good policy."

"There is no other planet to escape to. Water is life... They need to listen to the youth. They need to hear us speak our cries."

"So many people are already dying due to issues related to the climate crisis," said Green New Deal Rising's Lauren MacDonald, "and you are directly responsible for those deaths."

"There is now little to gain and everything to lose from building new fossil fuel projects," said Oil Change International.