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A champion goalie urges Canada to make a key stop
By Alan Septoff
Friday, February 26, 2010
On February 24th, Mike Richter, three-time Olympian and goalie for the Stanley Cup New York Ranger teams and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, spoke up for winter and against the oil sands in an op-ed in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
Being one of the best in the world at stopping things extremely hard with enormous momentum, he has clearly recognized the need to stop oil sands development::
As a hockey goalie who loves winter sports, it has been hard to watch events canceled in Vancouver because of warm weather and know that if we don’t act now to fight global warming, we may see more and more of this in the Olympic Games of the future. Even skiers and snowboarders could be forced to compete indoors, in artificial climates, on man-made snow.
We can’t seriously combat global warming while getting fuel from the world’s dirtiest source. If we allow Canada’s oil sands project to creep across our border, it will lock our nation into dependence on yet another foreign source of oil, just as our local clean-energy industry is beginning to thrive.
If you Love Winter and Hate the Tar Sands, and want to Save Winter, TAKE ACTION at lovewinter.org and savewinter.ca.
Tagged with: olympics, love winter, vancouver, mike richter, hockey, new york rangers
