Who: Wilderness Committee campaigner Ben West and Dino's against fossil fuels

What: The Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels and environmental activists will be outside the the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum's annual conference during the President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia's presentation to investors and other mining executives. The protestors will be distributing the Wilderness Committee's anti-coal-mining education papers with a backdrop of banners and large display photos highlighting the environmental impacts of coal mining in BC.

Where: Vancouver Convention Centre - 1055 Canada Place (West building)

When: 12 Noon, Wednesday, May , 12 2010

Why: The Wilderness Committee is focusing on putting an end to BC's growing coal mining and exporting as a concrete way to fight climate change. BC's coal industry has been our province's dirty climate-changing secret. The Wilderness Committee wants to make sure that our province becomes a real leader on fighting climate change, not a profiteer off the world's dirtiest fossil fuel. Coal needs to go the way of the dinosaur - leave the fossils in the ground!

For more information please contact:

Ben West - Wilderness Committee Healthy Communities Campaigner - w: 604-683-8220 | c: 604-710-5340