Free Downloadable PDF!

Beat back the recession blues by taking advantage of this free eco-book giveaway: From March 16 through March 20, you can download a gratis PDF copy of Andrew Nikiforuk's book Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent at the Greystone Books Web site. Greystone will also send a free copy of the book to any bloggers who mention the offer.

Extraction of oil from Canada's oil sands has been called "the most destructive project on earth" by the Canadian Environmental Defence organization . The Boreal Songbird Initiative says tar sands projects are "the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions growth in Canada." Download Nikiforuk's book to find out more about the destructive environmental consequences of tar sands oil.

--Della Watson