Climate change is being felt all across the globe, with sporadic and extreme weather patterns now occurring more frequently and more widespread. Scientifically proven evidence of how detrimental fossil fuel extraction is to the environment and changing climate is now publically recognized and acknowledged, and immeasurable spills, leaks, and explosions have proven how volatile and damaging this industry is.

Despite all of this worrisome evidence, Canada's fossil fuel industry is going full steam ahead with countless proposed developments, expansions, and prospecting. Invasive industries such as fracking, oil pipelines, and bitumen extraction from fragile northern regions such as the Alberta tar sands and the Arctic must be openly and publically opposed, and stopped. Fossil Fools Day is a day to raise public awareness, show the industries and governments the power of the people, and put a stop to this foolish disregard for our Mother Earth.