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  • “This area should be known for the iconic beauty that draws travels from around the world, not for introducing one of the worst forms of energy to the United States,” said Juliana Williams, one of the organizers for the event. “We refuse to sit idly by as the State of Utah and Earth Energy Resources trade away our future.”

    Moab Joins the International Fight to Stop the Tar Sands

    Posted on July 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
    “This area should be known for the iconic beauty that draws travels from around the world, not for introducing one of the worst forms of energy to the United States,” said Juliana Williams, one of the organizers for the event. “We refuse to sit idly by as the State of Utah and Earth Energy Resources trade away our future.”

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  • Tar sands projects are among the most environmentally destructive in the world: strip mining and pulverizing rock, heating it to 700 degrees, gobbling up water, consuming far more energy than is created, manufacturing four times as much carbon emissions as conventional oil, and spewing poison into the earth, water, and sky -- and a new tar sands project, the first of its kind in the USA, is about to break ground in Utah... unless you speak up.

    Tar Sands Mining: Coming NOW to the United States

    Posted on March 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Tar sands projects are among the most environmentally destructive in the world: strip mining and pulverizing rock, heating it to 700 degrees, gobbling up water, consuming far more energy than is created, manufacturing four times as much carbon emissions as conventional oil, and spewing poison into the earth, water, and sky -- and a new tar sands project, the first of its kind in the USA, is about to break ground in Utah... unless you speak up.

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