Big Oil Threatens the Spirit Bear Coast

[82kbrown]

@medlands and tac223:To bad they are talking about the Spirit Bear and not black bears..A white Black Bear. Obviously you dont care about our environment.

[MyVideoStop]

The kermodei subspecies ranges from Princess Royal Island to Prince Rupert, British Columbia on the coast, and inland toward Hazelton, British Columbia. It is known to the Tsimshian people as Moksgm'ol.

In the February 2006 Speech from the Throne by the Government of British Columbia, the Lieutenant Governor announced her government's intention to designate the Kermode or spirit bear as British Columbia's official animal.

[tac223]

Polar Bears are EVIL! DRILL DRILL DRILL!!!

[TuringOracle]

@medlands I've read several of your comments now, and I can see you're a redneck troll. You probably live in a rural area, make good money, and think because the world looks pretty big from where you stand, it will go on forever and resources are limitless. You simply can't see the big picture - literally can't see the forest for the trees.Yes, WE Canadians (I happen to live on the BC coast) have a lot of resources at our disposal, but that doesn't mean we should treat it like it's disposable.

[TuringOracle]

@medlands I'm not saying that human activity is inherently a bad thing. Just the stupid, shooting-ourselves-in-the-coll­ective-foot-for-short-term-gai­n-benefitting-the-already-weal­thy kind. I'm not one of those 'animals are great but people suck' types. I love humanity... happen to be part of it. I think humans are more important than animals... but we are part of the damn ecosystem. We can't devastate it willy-nilly. We might not even realize all the consequences of our actions for generations.

[TuringOracle]

@medlands you say the bear population is on the rise. BS. Human interaction with bears is on the rise because of the spread of human development and the decimation of the natural habitat of bears. Where once there was salmon-aplenty, there are slim pickings now, largely due to human activity.

[medlands]

@TuringOracle FACT - "British Columbia's black bear population is currently at an historic high. The Wildlife Branch estimates that 120,000 to 160,000 black bears live in British Columbia, having increased from around 80,000 in 1870. (Demarchi 1999). This is nearly 30% of the 443,000 black bears in the Canadian population and approximately 15% of the 803,000 black bears in the North American population (Samuel and Jackson 2000)."

hmmmm.

[medlands]

@TuringOracle FACT - "Black bears are Yellow-listed in BC, which means they are neither endangered nor vulnerable... British Columbia and Ontario have the largest populations of black bears of all the provinces. In British Columbia, black bears are found throughout the province. They are the only large mammal in the province that occupies every ecosection."

hmmmm again

[TuringOracle]

@medlands you talk about zero emissions... but what do you think the pipeline is carrying? It's OIL, dumbass, which is fuelling global climate change (not 'warming').

[medlands]

@TuringOracle Thank you for your comments, you actually sound like one of the most educated people on here. The problem is that everyone including you seems to only think oil is purely used for energy. Pretty much everything is either petroleum based or manufactured by machinery using oil...so oil is needed. Don't worry i'm against burning oils as much as the rest of you, but we still need it for so much more. So how should we get it to the coast? Burning more to get it there seems counteractive

[MsNickie1001]

We have to get off oil!

[KCareBTA]

There is a reason why scientists speculate that there's a sixth extinction in process. This will be the first one in history to have been caused by a species (others for example were caused by the ice age and meteors). So yes I think we should try to preserve what animals we have before they only become a 'spirit'.

[HillsideFights]

that quote stands for all i hate about the environmentalist movement, you cant take a quote out of context. ignorant fucks. all you hippies deserve to die, for shunting the growth of the HUMAN civilization, at the sake of animals.

[KCareBTA]

Come on kermode bears just start assortative mating and you can become your own species! Then they can be red listed and the pipeline will never be able to happen :P

[medlands]

! see you are growing your stuff in plastic pots, probably under plastic greenhouses, on plastic tables and watering with your plastic hose......oh ya, fertilizers contains oil too.

I shoot animals and eat them, can't get much more renewable than that!

[CyprusHot]

@medlands Please eat your own shit. Then you can recycle it. Also, you ignorant idiot. This is about how rare the SPIRIT BEAR IS and the impact oil exploration can have on these already rare, shy and genetically unique animals. NOW GO AWAY.

[medlands]

@CyprusHot oil exploration does not happen in the mountains and if these bears can not live outside of a 100' wide cut exactly where the pipe will run then they are fucked

[medlands]

@CyprusHot HAHA! just noticed you are from the UK! wtf would you know about bears! or forests! we have lakes as big as you!

[CyprusHot]

@medlands You ignorant bastard. Europe was home to thousands of bears before they became extinct. You really are a pathetic, stupid idiot. Now go fuck yourself.

[medlands]

@CyprusHot you must be ancient to have lived with and learned the habits of the mythical and long extinct UK bear. Over here in northern Canada we live with bears, they bust through our windows, destroy our homes and vehicles, kill our livestock and live to eat any gas and oil can in sight. I really don't think you have any expertise over there to be ringing in on this subject.

[CyprusHot]

@medlands That is your opinion. Bears are on the decline in north america; fact. Anything done to make things worse will simply make things harder for them; fact. As for bears trashing your places.... simply lies. You moved into THEIR habitat. Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world. Go fucking live where there are no bears.

[medlands]

@CyprusHot Nope, Black Bears are on the rise, even moving south into areas where they never roamed before. BTW spirit bears are just black bears with a messed up gene.....

[medlands]

@CyprusHot You must be thinking of polar bears, they are in a decline because of global warming being sped up by emissions from trucks, trains, etc.(the alternative to pipelines) Yep, is it finally clicking in? By trying to stop a simple environmentally friendly, zero emission pipe from running through the forest you are helping destroy an actual whole species of bear that is in danger, the polar bear..Stoners with video cameras are not biologists or environmental engineers.

[medlands]

@CyprusHot bears get chased around our towns and cities by police with rifles and hand guns, farmers have to build stands around their crops for shooting to save the millions of dollars in damage that they do, they will chew on your car mirror while you are sitting in it...FACT not lies

[medlands]

@CyprusHot do the math.., spirit bear live in only one area of the province, the "spirit bear" gene affects 1 in 10 black bears in this area, there are anywhere from 400-1000 spirit bears...THIS MEANS THERE ARE 4000-10000 BEARS LIVING IN THIS ONE AREA!! Sounds like a pretty healthy population to me!.......dumb ass

[medlands]

@CyprusHot ritish Columbia has something like 800 000 square km's of forest, more than 27 000 km's of coast line. I agree that they are pretty cool and should be looked after ( much like the albino moose ) but punching a hundred foot hole through the bush isn't going to bother the beers. Probably even provide new grazing ground for them, allowing the to expand and flourish mush like power lines and natural gas pipe lines do. ( yes pipelines aren't new, we even generate energy off of them )

[medlands]

oh ya, dirty or crude oil means just that, it is all natural and full of dirt!

[medlands]

HAHA! I can't see how the lack of monitoring drunken ship captains has anything to do with environmental PROGRESS as pipelines. I'm pretty sure a pipe running through the forest has zero emissions and actually saving the forest compared to hundreds of trucks and trains running 24/7 spewing exhaust.

p.s. Bears live for eating oil jugs, gas cans, diapers, etc..etc..etc., and a fish and small animal die off would be like heaven for them, probably even boost the bear population.

[edtanas]

... and to the person who says that the pipeline is not anywhere near the bears, the tankers will be in the bear area and if the tankers runs aground and leaks oil, the bears and /or the fish they eat will be affected...ever heard of a food chain?

[edtanas]

Excellent video. Kudos to Mr Bacon for this and I fully support the First Nations in stopping this pipeline from being built. I used to work for the BC Forest Service and saw how determined the First Nations and environmentalists were in changing the logging practises and that was very successful. I also know how unstable the land that the pipeline route is on and it is very unstable prone due to landslides frost heeving and sloughing,...it is just a matter of time before a leak would occur.

[Hyuiolosa]

This is a great campaign. Ask anyone living along the Kalamazoo River what they think of Enbridge pipelines.

[gavinbrown40]

How stupid are Americans? Land of the hypocrite. Home of mentally challenged. They are right about the tankers though. But not the they believe. Canadian companies should build the refineries here and let the American economy fall further, and let their unemployment stats rise! They aren't smart enough to realize how many jobs these pipelines would create. American Enviro"mental"ists don't want the world to realize that the attack on the Alberta tarsands just happened to start when America was

[Hyuiolosa]

@gavinbrown40 This pipeline is would only create temporary jobs in Canada. Americans would not benefit economically.

[scarsurfing]

Bacon is a hypocrite. The bears are nowhere near thepipeline

[Thorntail71]

Greenpeace's pockets are lined with healthy "donations" from the Saudi Royal Family.... what does that tell you? I bet the money to produce this video was "donated" as well.

[Thorntail71]

Anyone who supports this crappy propaganda is a hypocrite.... where the *uck do you think your plastic water bottles, iphones and other plastic products come from? OIL..... Only hippies that do not drive, fly, live by candle light and never use computers etc can boast about standing up against "evil" oil... bet none of you green morons do any of that...

[AbduKtioN]

This is some touching propaganda!!! I bet after making this Kevin Bacon jumped into his high performance sports car drove to the airport and hopped into his private jet and flew to a lavish Hollywood.

[cford596]

You people are idiots, this is propaganda at its finest. Grow up and do some research. Heres my video with the same clips...

"Kevin Bacon keeps flying his jets which use tonnes of "dirty oil" over top of all of the sleeping spirit bears and since they can't get any sleep they all die".Then I'll splice clips in to trick all u idiots of bears waking up and looking tired.I'm so glad Kevin Bacon the biologist and environmental researcher has enlightened us all on this tremendous problem.Hypocrite.

[CleanGreen13]

Please also support stopping the proposed Jet fuel transport in the Fraser River Estuary. Google VAPORBC. Thank you!

[wiscokiddd]

Okay mining bitumin in the Athabasca tar sands region is quite the environmental disaster on it's own. From what I read, they are proposing that the pipeline should end at a terminal in Prince Rupert to ship bitumin by tanker. I visited Prince Rupert many times and lived in Terrace. The pictures of the fiords and Islands in this video is not Prince Rupert where large ferries and other ships travel regularly. Enviro-propagandists and Corporate Nazis should get together and have a circle jerk.

[Snackay]

The editing is so bad....why have so many quick cuts in a video that is supposed to be conveying something of the spirit?

[maia890]

shoking....



[lionessgirl88]

This is so sad :(

Hopefully it won't happen....Endbridge must be stopped!!

[nusindy]

It's so sad that we are willing to sacrifice all creatures for the sake of a dollar

[mayyoutruthbetold]

This is so true. The cleaning of the oil will cost more than its worth 10 times over. Hope we can stop this waist.

[chascast]

@mayyoutruthbetold Agreed! Cleaning oil off of abdomens ain't fun!!!

[WildFire0925]

i am so sick of this shit i can hardly breath the contaminated air and they will pay for their injustice with their own greed as their slayer



[tomitstube]

send this video to the white house.

it's easy, i just did it in less than a minute.

[classicallady]

@tomitstube What's the address (email) you sent it to. tommy?

[SnowBunnyHunny187]

Who's the one asshole to dislike this?

[strandwolf]

@SnowBunnyHunny187 Those types are all too common--destroy wilderness wholesale, just for a buck.

[RonnyJoeJimBobby]

@SnowBunnyHunny187 You get some folks who dislike Enbridge, so they hit dislike. I can't see anyone actually cutting down the presentation of this video or going against the Spirit Bear. Some folks mean well but are not that technically educated.

[tac223]

@SnowBunnyHunny187 ...Me.

[earthsourceLinda]

Another call for a strong heart, straight spine, clean hands, pure intentions, and a determination to put them all to work to eliminate this and all monstrosities destroying our homeland Earth.

[legalizebrasil]

WE DONT NEED THAT DIRTY OIL!!!!!!!!!!!

FUC* THIS CORPORATION!!!!

[medlands]

@legalizebrasil You must of typed this on your wooden computer....where can i get one!

[legalizebrasil]

@medlands.. Yes, there are a LOT of products made of RENEWABLE SOURCES like HEMP, SOLAR, etc. Check the Marley Family of products made from renewable wood sources!

MAKE GOOD CHOICES!!! LET THE ANIMALS LIVE IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT... NOT ZOOS!!!!

[legalizebrasil]

SAVE THE SPIRIT BEARS!!

[beerbelly133]

Big corporations are ruining this beautiful world with their greed.

[exoticat]

Very well done video, thank you for creating it and spreading the message. I signed the petition against the Pipeline, the Spirit Bear must be preserved.

[cyndyswright]

The Spirit Bears are a part of this world and need to be protected. Thank you for speaking for them.

[stutopanga]

these poor animals are victims of evil corporations! that land is not yours to take and destroy! it belongs to no one but planet earth :(

[fstoppromotions]

What a powerful video. Thank you NRDC and BioGems for sharing this with us!

[LambentRanger]

big oil will strip mine the earth until all thats left is a big poison filled hole with contaminated water everywhere. when will it stop? what are you doing to help? please join an environmental defense group today! say no to corporate greed and save the animals and the environment, this is OUR home!

[westinjames1]

THEY CAN'T JUST KEEP DOING THIS SHIT NO, NO, NO....THE WORLD DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU TO DO WITH AS YOU PLEASE:

"This we know: the world does not belong to man; man belongs to the world"

Chief Seattle

Seriously....I'll stay home....ride my bike....walk. Just don't kill the bears...... :*(

[petenice666]

Save the Spirit Bear!