1.6 Billion Tonnes of Carbon
The Land
Remembers
8,000 years of photosynthesis stored in cold wet ground.
Doug Ford wants to strip-mine it. We can stop him.
1.6 Billion Tonnes of Carbon
8,000 years of photosynthesis stored in cold wet ground.
Doug Ford wants to strip-mine it. We can stop him.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is building all-season roads, open-pit mines, and a deep-sea port through the largest intact peatland in North America.
$120 billion in chromite, nickel, and copper sits under 8,000 years of stored carbon. Ford says it means 70,000 jobs and $22 billion in economic impact.
The Mushkegowuk Cree — the people who have lived here for millennia — say no consent, no Ring of Fire.
Mushkegowuk Council declares Ring of Fire "protected homeland" — no development without free, prior and informed consent.
Neskantaga and Attawapiskat begin building a permanent village in the path of the proposed access road.
Nine First Nations file $95 billion lawsuit against Ontario and Canada for treaty violations.
Neskantaga First Nation has been without clean drinking water. The government promises infrastructure. The money never arrives.
Ford promises $22 billion from mining — money that never reaches communities. Carbon protection generates real revenue, directly, starting now.
Your contribution directly funds the protection and certification of Mushkegowuk peatland carbon. Every dollar is a vote against extraction.
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