Media Advisory/Interview Opportunities - Big Oil's spin gets a much-needed reality check

Academics, economists, scientists and environmental groups join together tomorrow to launch TarSandsRealityCheck.com, which exposes the gritty truth about the tar sands.

TORONTO/WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, May 15, 2013 /CNW/ - With high-level pro-oil sands lobbying ongoing in the United States around the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and Europe on the Fuel Quality Directive, this is a critical moment for unveiling TarSandsRealityCheck.com, the most up to date, accurate resource about Alberta's tar sands.

The digital campaign that will be launched tomorrow by groups in Canada, the United States and Europe presents peer-reviewed, easy to understand facts about the devastating impacts of the tar sands on our climate, economy, human rights, land and species, air and water.

Online press conference about TarSandsRealityCheck.com

When: Thursday May 16, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. ET, 8:00 a.m. PT

Who:

Dr. Thomas Homer Dixon, University of Waterloo
Dr. Danny Harvey, University of Toronto
Tzeporah Berman, Forest Ethics Advocacy
Hannah McKinnon, Environmental Defence Canada

Groups involved in the project include Environmental Defence Canada, Equiterre, Forest Ethics Advocacy, Greenpeace Canada, Natural Resources Defence Council (U.S.), 350.org, Sierra Club U.S. and Transport and Environment (Europe).

Register: To participate in the online press conference, please register in advance at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8105032722322703872

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details about joining the online press conference.

SOURCE: Environmental Defence

or to arrange an interview, please contact:

Naomi Carniol, Environmental Defence Canada, [email protected],  416-323-9521 ext. 258; 416-570-2878 (cell)

Tzeporah Berman, Forest Ethics Advocacy, 604-313-4713