DIRTY OIL SANDS - OBAMA'S CHOICE 17DEZ10

UPDATE on Keystone XL and the actions to stop it. Click the header to go to the website for a lot more information and to see the damage the tar sands oil operation has done to Alberta's environment. 

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Obama’s Choice

President Obama couldn’t prevent the BP Gulf oil spill disaster.
But he can prevent the next one in the making: the Keystone XL dirty tar sands oil pipeline.
Big Oil (in the form of multinational energy company TransCanada) would build Keystone XL down from Canada through America’s heartland – endangering drinking water and the aquifer that irrigates America’s breadbasket.
President Obama (and the State Department) are now considering the permit for the pipeline, which would send millions of gallons of the world’s dirtiest oil through America – further delaying the U.S.’s transition to a clean energy economy.

Highlighting President Obama’s role

To highlight President Obama’s role at this critical juncture, the No Tar Sands Oil campaign has placed advertisements in key outlets across the country.

Watch the 30 second TV spot on youtube . You can also download the video (SD NTSC MP4 h.264 encoded). 

Watch the 15 second TV spot on youtube. You can also download the video (SD NTSC MP4 h.264 encoded).

Radio spot (30 second mp3)

TAKE ACTION
Click here to send President Obama a letter urging him to learn the lesson of the BP disaster: stand up to big oil and say no to the Keystone XL dirty tar sands oil pipeline.

More info about Keystone XL and the ad campaign

PRESS RELEASE: Read the press release announcing the ad campaign

CHRONOLOGY: Of recent opposition to the pipeline from within the federal government, the business community and the environmental community. Includes background on the proposal.

FACT SHEET: Say No to Tar Sands Pipeline: proposed Keystone XL project would deliver dirty fuel at a high cost, provides an overview of the Keystone XL pipeline. Natural Resources Defense Council, March 2010.

REPORT: A groundbreaking new report on the (lack of) planning and safety associated with the Keystone pipeline network – including Keystone XL: The Northern Great Plains at Risk: oil spill planning deficiencies in Keystone pipeline system, Plains Justice, Nov 2010.

REPORT: A June 2010 report provides a broader explanation as to why the Keystone XL is a bad idea: Staying Hooked on a Dirty Fuel: why Canadian tar sands pipelines are a bad bet for the United States, National Wildlife Federation, Jun 2010.

REPORT: Toxic Tar Sands: profiles from the front lines tells the stories of thirteen people from across North America whose health and livelihoods are at risk as a result of toxic tar sands expansion — like the Keystone XL pipeline. Sierra Club, 2010

FACT SHEET: TransCanada Exaggerating Jobs Claims for Keystone XL, National Wildlife Federation, Nov 2010

FACEBOOK: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline, No More Dirty Tar Sands Oil, Friends of the Earth

VIDEO: This 5 minute video shows the impacts of tar sands development, including the web of proposed pipelines (Keystone XL among them) across North America: Canada’s Dirty Oil: Breaking Our Addiction, Corporate Ethics International, 2009

REPORT: Tar Sands Invasion: How dirty and expensive oil from Canada threatens America’s new energy economy provides an introduction to tar sands oil from a U.S. perspective: why it’s a problem, what’s at risk, and the alternatives. Corporate Ethics International, EARTHWORKS, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, 2010.