Stop the New England tar sands safety cover-up from the Natural Resources Defense Council 17APR12

TAR SANDS OIL......the name alone evokes visions of destruction and massive pollution impossible to clean up if there is a spill. The production releases massive amounts of greenhouse gases, the main cause of global warming. The earth itself is poisoned at the source of tar sands oil production, land, air and water turned into a toxic wasteland not fit for man, flora or fauna. It is a waste of land and water and resources that would be better spent on the development of alternative renewable energy and fuel efficient appliances and vehicles. And now a Canadian company, enbridge, wants to expose not only millions of Canadians but millions of Americans to the vile toxic stew of tar sands oil by building a pipeline (line 9)across Ontario and Quebec as well as Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine to the Atlantic Coast so it can be exported. Not only will numerous waterways be put at risk but super tankers will present a risk of spills in the fisheries off the New England Coast. The NRDC is asking people to sign letters to the Canadian National Energy Board for them to order a review of this proposal. Click the link to sign on in opposition for your letter to be presented to the agency this Thursday, 19 APR 12.

	Image courtesy of NRCM A Canadian pipeline company may be planning to funnel toxic tar sands oil through New England -- and trying to get out of telling the public what will happen to the drinking water when there is a spill. We can force the company to come clean about the threat of a tar sands spill by convincing the Canadian National Energy Board to order a comprehensive environmental review. To show public demand for the review, NRDC is planning to deliver 10,000 letters on this Thursday. Add your name to our letter demanding a full review of the safety risks, and we’ll send it straight to the energy board. This enormous pipeline would transport tar sands oil from Canada through New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine -- where the oil would leave U.S. shores on super tankers. A tar sands pipeline through New England would endanger a number of drinking water sources, rivers and wild lands. And while this company is trying to avoid giving a full picture of the risks, we already know that tar sands pipelines are more susceptible to spills than other pipelines, and that a spill of this type of dirty oil is more devastating to local communities and takes longer to clean up. The company behind the pipeline is trying to skirt the full environmental review for its dangerous project by breaking it into phases. We can't let this corporation bring toxic tar sands oil into the United States without even revealing the risks to human health and the environment. Tell the Canadian National Energy Board to demand a full environmental review of this dangerous tar sands pipeline. Tar sands mining and drilling in Canada will eventual destroy an area of boreal forest the size of Florida, while generating over three times the global warming pollution as conventional oil production. Tar sands represent a step backward for the United States at a time when we should be moving forward with clean energy solutions. It's time to hold these dirty energy companies accountable for wreaking havoc on our environment and putting our health at risk.

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