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COALITION LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN CALLING FOR OBAMA TO STOP OIL PIPELINE
Media Releases Featured | | November 28, 2010
Ads Highlight Need for Obama to Prevent Next Oil Disaster
EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010
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COSABETH BULLOCK, 202-478-6128, CBULLOCK@MRSS.COM
PAULA CHRIN DIBLEY, 202-478-6138, PCHRIN@MRSS.COM
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The No Tar Sands Oil coalition will be launching a new nationwide advertising campaign tomorrow calling on President Obama to prevent the next oil disaster by stopping the Keystone XL pipeline from being built. The ad comes just as Secretary Clinton decides on whether or not to require an additional Environmental Impact Assessment, as requested by the EPA, DOE and several dozen members of Congress.
“This is a moment of truth for the Obama Administration,” said Kenny Bruno, campaign director for the No Tar Sands Oil campaign. “Will the US start breaking dependence on oil or will we double down on oil addiction by allowing this dangerous and dirty pipeline?”
The ad depicts President Obama and his outrage over the BP disaster in Gulf, how the Keystone XL pipeline could bring the same kind of disaster across America’s heartland, and calls on him to stand up to big oil, block the pipeline and avert risk altogether.
TransCanada, with its proposed Keystone XL pipeline, is hoping to build a pipeline across 2,000 miles of the U.S. from Alberta, Canada, to the Texas coast. The Keystone XL pipeline would cut through farms, homes and one of the nation’s most critical aquifers which supplies fresh water to one third of U.S. agriculture. Nebraska citizens and elected officials have come out in vocal opposition to this threat to the Heartland economy.
The advertising campaign will include primetime television ads on CNN, MSNBC, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and Colbert Report. Additionally, the campaign includes flash and banner ads on major political websites such as Politico, and radio ads on the major drive time news radio in Washington, DC, WTOP.
Earlier this year, Representative Waxman (D-CA), over 50 House members, and eleven prominent Senators expressed their opposition to the pipeline. Additionally, Senators Johanns (R-NE) and Nelson (D-NE) recently sent individual letters to Sec. Clinton expressing concern over potential damage to the nearby Ogallala aquifer in the event of a spill.
Additional background on the Keystone XL project can be found here. The ads can be found here.
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The No Tar Sands Oil campaign is an effort to stop the expansion of the Canadian tar sands, advocate for its clean up and propel new energy alternatives. No Tar Sands Oil is supported by an international network of environmental, citizen and indigenous groups, including Corporate Ethics International, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Earthworks, Plains Justice, Rainforest Action Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Western Organization of Resource Councils, Earthjustice, Global Community Monitor, Forest Ethics, Dogwood Initiative, Honor the Earth, Dakota Rural Action, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Save Union County, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Sierra Club of Canada – Prairie Chapter.
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