| Dear Friend,
America's birds are in trouble.
Canadian dirty energy companies want to build a tar sands oil pipeline from Alberta, straight through America's heartland, to the Gulf Coast, putting thousands of birds at risk.
The proposal to build this pipeline is in the hands of our State Department and plans are moving forward quickly.
Send a message to the State Department asking them to stop the oil pipeline from being built.
Tar sands is one of the most environmentally destructive fossil fuel resources to extract and refine. Tar sands operations have destroyed huge tracks of the boreal forest in Canada and created over fifty square miles of toxic tailing ponds, as well as releasing dangerous carbon pollution into our air. | 
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Two years ago, more than 1,600 ducks died after getting stuck in toxic tar sands sludge. Thousands of North American migratory birds that summer in the United States have had their nesting habitat completely destroyed.
There's no doubt this oil is dirty and dangerous. And the BP oil spill disaster has showed us that it only takes one accident to wind up with catastrophic consequences.
We're running an aggressive field campaign in target states affected by the pipeline, such as Montana and Nebraska. We’re ready to fight this pipeline tooth and nail – but we need your help.
Tell the State Department to block the permit for this dangerous oil pipeline.
We can't let a tar sands pipeline run through wildlife habitat from Montana to Texas, putting America's heartland at risk for oil spills and increased air pollution.
Tell your government to say no to tar sands. Sincerely,
Julia Marden
Online Grassroots Coordinator
Twitter: @wildlifeaction
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P.S. Learn more about dirty oil and its impacts on wildlife from wildlife biologist Doug Inkley, and others. Listen to a live recording of the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund's tele-town hall on the BP Oil Spill.
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