New Video: Direct Action at first U.S. Tar Sands mine halts road construction

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Peaceful Uprising
– August 15, 2013Posted in: Current Campaigns, Media, No Tar Sands, USA, Utah, Videos

 

 

On July 29, 2013 100-plus blockaders using nonviolent direct action halted construction on the expansion and paving of the road to America’s first commercial tar sands mine operated by Canadian fossil fuel tycoons (oddly named U.S. Oil Sands) near PR Springs, Utah.

Read more about this action:
Action Camp: People shut down site of first US tar sands mine
Nonviolent Direct Action Shuts Down First US Tar Sands Mine in Utah
Climate activists to fossil fuel industry: ‘If you build it, we will come’
Unedited Media: Utah Canyon Country Action Camp

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