<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> The Council of Canadians <inquiries@canadians.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 9, 2013 5:26:20 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Action Alert: Protect our water from fracking<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv3168791403">
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><img alt="Ban Fracking Now" height="298" src="https://donate.canadians.org/image/e-blast/2013/oct/ban-fracking-now.jpg" width="600"><br><br><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dear </span><span>Louisette Lanteigne</span><span style="font-size:10pt;">,</span><br><br>Right now, ordinary people across the country are fighting fracking.<br><br>Alberta farmers who live near drill sites are speaking up about their tap water – it's so contaminated with methane, they can light it on fire. The Fort Nelson First Nation in northeastern B.C. is protesting massive withdrawals from its local watershed – which then cause earthquakes when the fracking wastewater is injected underground. Southern Ontarians are raising concerns about the serious risks of fracking to the Great Lakes. And communities across
Atlantic Canada are demanding a ban on fracking to protect their drinking water.<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://donate.canadians.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fcanadians.org%2fban-fracking&srcid=3345&srctid=1&erid=1237643&trid=c7ac2857-708f-49fb-8188-4fa88b5e56ce">Will you join them?</a><br><br>Fracking – also known as hydraulic fracturing – is one of the biggest threats to clean water. It's a process to extract natural gas or oil trapped in shale rock and coal beds. Using millions of litres of water, thousands of kilograms of sand, and thousands of litres of unknown chemicals, fracking companies blast apart rock formations. They then have to dispose of the toxic wastewater, potentially jeopardizing our clean water and our health.<br><br>Clean water and sanitation are a basic human right. The UN General Assembly and the Canadian government have recognized it as such. Now it's time for us to uphold this
right by banning fracking.<br><br>Tell the federal government to ban fracking and protect the human right to water in Canada. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://donate.canadians.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fcanadians.org%2fban-fracking&srcid=3345&srctid=1&erid=1237643&trid=c7ac2857-708f-49fb-8188-4fa88b5e56ce">Sign our petition now.</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://donate.canadians.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fcanadians.org%2fban-fracking&srcid=3345&srctid=1&erid=1237643&trid=c7ac2857-708f-49fb-8188-4fa88b5e56ce"><img alt="Sign the petition" height="35" src="https://donate.canadians.org/image/sign-petition.jpg" width="200"></a><br><br>And it's not just Canadians who are fighting fracking – it's the whole world. On October 19, be part of the Global Frackdown, a global day of action to ban fracking. To organize, register or participate in an event in your community, visit
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