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DESCRIPTION:THE TRUE COST OF OIL\nBy Garth Lenz\n~~ appearing in person\n\nRenown 
 environmental photojournalist, Garth Lenz, best known for his work 
 presenting environmental and social justice issues, has photographed 
 extensively throughout Canada’s temperate rainforest and boreal forests, 
 and gathered images that show the plight of the pristine Canadian boreal 
 region and its native people, now confronted by a vast and monstrous 
 Canadian industrial project.  The Alberta Tar Sands of Canada are the third 
 largest, most carbon-intensive oil reserves on the planet, and their 
 exploitation is a global threat to life on Earth.  Now Garth Lenz in person 
 takes us on a visual journey across this most large and most intact forest 
 ecosystem on Earth into the heart of what may be the largest and most 
 ecologically devastating industrial project the world has ever known, the 
 Alberta Tar Sands, or Oil Sands.  As the third largest and most 
 carbon-intensive oil reserves on the planet, and the single largest source 
 of imported oil in the U.S., the Alberta Tar Sands are a global threat to 
 climate stability and a sustainable, clean energy future.\n\nThis afternoon 
 we can witness Garth Lenz’ traveling slideshow of the Alberta Tar Sands 
 and the boreal forest ecosystem which surrounds them.  What does 
 environmental devastation actually look like?  Garth Lenz shares shocking 
 photos of the Alberta Tar Sands mining project — and the beautiful (and 
 vital) ecosystems under threat as the mining expands.  This extraordinary 
 exhibit, “The True Cost of Oil,” in brilliant photographs, compares and 
 contrasts images of the industrial and natural landscape in Alberta, 
 Canada, highlighting visual themes and similarities in these opposing 
 subjects and inviting a deeper understanding of each.  Garth Lenz’s 
 photographs capture the detailed reality of what happens when a pristine 
 landscape is confronted by an industrial project.\n\nThis exhibition, 
 “The True Cost of Oil,” has played a major role in the fight against 
 Alberta Tar Sands Mining.  Today spokespersons from both 350bayarea.org and 
 Rainforest Action Network will also be here to talk about the National 
 President’s Day Action on February 17 and to draw attention to the 
 blockade in Texas against the Keystone XL pipeline there.  In the words of 
 Garth Lenz:  “Canada’s Tar Sands are perhaps the most visually 
 compelling example of all that is wrong with our addiction to fossil fuels 
 and why we must change or face dire consequences for all life on 
 Earth.”\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$10 --$20 Donations\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/12/29/18729066.php
SUMMARY:The True Cost of Oil
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/12/29/18729066.php
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