How do you convince the public to accept a dangerous pipeline and tanker project from a spill-prone oil company? If you’re oil and gas giant Enbridge, you delete islands off of public safety videos and maps, making the project appear safer than it really is.

Right now, Enbridge is fighting to get the permits to build 1,177km of pipeline across North America, despite massive public opposition. If the project is approved, up to 500 oil tankers a year laden with heavy toxic crude will have to weave through the 4th most dangerous waterway in the world, making sharp, 90° turns through twisting, rocky passages.

Enbridge has caused over 800 oil spills in the last decade alone, and cannot be trusted to run a pipeline and tankers through pristine rainforests and coastal environments. So it hired a fancy PR firm to roll out a multi-million dollar image makeover. Its slick website campaign is designed to convince the public that the oil tanker route is safe, but a scientist just discovered that Enbridge deliberately removed over 1,000 km² of islands from its public video and map, making the route look much less treachorous than it really is.

Tell Enbridge to stop misleading the public and pull the ads immediately.

Enbridge’s pipelines just keep spilling, and the official report from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board found that the company’s own negligence was responsible for the recent Michigan Kalamazoo spill that dumped 3 million litres of oil into the Kalamazoo River.

Enbridge, in filing official documentation to build the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline to the Canada’s Pacific coast, has to submit extensive reports using maps from NOAA, Google Earth, and the Government of Canada. Enbridge knows what the treacherous oil tanker route looks like — but presented the public with a much rosier picture.

Already, over 30,000 SumOUs.org members have signed the petition to Enbridge, and the scientist who discovered Enbridge’s deceptive ad has just filed an official complaint with Canada’s Competition Bureau.  Let’s make sure Enbridge gets the message loud and clear and pulls its misleading ad.

Right now, a joint Canadian Government panel is receiving evidence about the pipeline and tanker project, and with this scandal breaking in the news, Enbridge is highly vulnerable to pressure from SumOfUs.org members. When corporations try to lie in order to manipulate public opinion, we as citizen-consumers need to stand tall for the truth, and force an honest conversation on corporate environmental and social impact.

do it.