Tell the federal government to stop toxic tailings pollution

For over ten months, Imperial Oil’s tailing ponds have been leaking millions of litres of toxic sludge into the surrounding area in Northern Alberta – polluting the lands and poisoning the drinking water of local Indigenous communities.

Land users from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, who live downstream from the tar sands tailings and hunt and fish in the area, were not informed for months.

This is environmental racism in action. Downstream Indigenous communities are facing the worst impacts of tar sands pollution, and experiencing high rates of cancers, respiratory illnesses, and other severe health issues.

The Imperial Oil leak was a preventable disaster, but if action isn’t taken urgently, it will happen again. Trillions of litres of toxic tailings are still sitting in huge basins the size of lakes on the shores of the Athabasca River. And oil companies have no plans to clean up their mess.

Sign the petition to call on the federal government to step in and take urgent action to safeguard Indigenous communities and the environment from any further exposure to the toxic tailings.