Global warming reflects 'greed', says Tutu
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40468
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2014 September
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2014 September
- Volume
- 140
- Issue
- 7
- Page
- 6
- Notes
- "Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, captured headlines with harsh and controversial criticism of the Alberta oil sands made while he attended a May 31 to June 1 [2014] conference in Fort McMurray, Alta. Media attention focused most on his comment that 'The fact that this filth is being created now, when the link between carbon emissions and global warming is so obvious, reflects negligence and greed'. It was part of Tutu's keynote address at a two-day conference organized by the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) and the law firm Olthuis Kleer Townsend. Tutu's remarks seemed to go further than the position discussed by Chief Allan Adam of the ACFN, who acknowledged that many people's livelihoods depend on economic development related to the oil sands. 'We don't want to shut it down', he told the crowd of about 200 people attending the conference. 'We would like the government of Alberta and Canada to impose the regulations that guide industry for what we call sustainable development and responsible development to occur in this region'."
- Subjects
- Tutu, Desmond M. (Desmond Mpilo), 1931-2021
- Ecology - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Oil sands industry - Alberta
- Oil sands industry - Environmental aspects - Canada
- Oil sands industry - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Adam, Allan
- Sustainable development - Canada
- Sustainable development - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada