[All] Fw: 12 Days to Stop an Oil Pipeline through Ontario

[Louisette Lanteigne]

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To: Louisette <butterflybluelu at rogers.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:43:44 PM
Subject: 12 Days to Stop an Oil Pipeline through Ontario
 

12 Days to Stop an Oil Pipeline through Ontario  
We need your help now to stop a risky oil pipeline project in Ontario Is this email not displaying correctly?
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Louisette,

We need your help 

Enbridge has asked for permission to reverse the flow of its oil pipeline through Ontario. 
 
The 'Line 9' pipeline runs from Sarnia to Montreal, crossing countless sensitive ecosystems and farms, as well as numerous watersheds draining into the Great Lakes. Reversing the flow and increasing the pressure in the pipeline, as proposed by Enbridge to transport more corrosive tar sands oil, increases the chance of a spill. 
 
Just two years ago, a similar Enbridge pipeline in Michigan spilled three million litres of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River, causing major contamination downstream. We can’t let this happen in Ontario and need your help.
 
Send a letter to the National Energy Board now. Make sure you have a say in Ontario’s energy future – the deadline to have your voice heard is April 23

This project is part of a much bigger plan to export more tar sands oil to the U.S. and could increase the risk of oil spills, as well as threaten our health though increased air and water pollution at local refineries.

Enbridge’s proposal will likely increase the amount of tar sands oil in Ontario. Tar sands oil creates more global warming pollution and chemicals that are harmful to humans than conventional oil and is more corrosive and dangerous to transport through pipelines.
 
Join us in taking action



Gillian McEachern
Deputy Campaign Director
Environmental Defence
   
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