Where: Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary
From the Calgary Herald, by Jason Fekete
Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore, whose criticisms of the oilpatch have raised the ire of many in Alberta, will travel to Calgary in April to speak on the growing threat of climate change.
Gore will specifically address his award-winning documentary film An Inconvenient Truth — which says the biggest threat facing the world is global warming — when he speaks on April 23rd at the Jack Singer Concert Hall at 7 p.m.
He blames the use of carbon-based fuels such as oil and coal as the leading factor for climate change.
Last year, Gore accused the oil industry of financially backing the federal Conservatives and their “ultra-conservative leader,” Stephen Harper, to protect its stake in Alberta’s lucrative oilsands.
Gore also targeted the oilsands in an issue of Rolling Stone magazine, saying that “for every barrel of oil they extract there, they have to use enough natural gas to heat a family’s home for four days. And they have to tear up four tonnes of landscape.”
Going to those lengths for oil “is truly nuts,” he said. “But you know, junkies find veins in their toes.”
Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. this morning for the event, sponsored by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and University of Calgary, and can only be purchased through Ticketmaster.
Some of the proceeds from the event will be used to establish a student award related to environmental sustainability and global climate change at the U of C.
