Tar Sands Archive
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PeaceUp HeadsUp: Big Oil’s new messaging? “Use every last drop for a clean energy future. Or else.”
Posted on July 19, 2011 | No CommentsJust a few years ago, Big Oil dismissed as “alarmism” the idea of Peak Oil and it’s implications for society. –Head’s up! A new report was just released which uses those... -
Over 60 people occupy Montana capitol protesting tar sands, megaloads, and government collusion with Big Oil
Posted on July 12, 2011 | 4 CommentsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2011 Breaking News: Activists Occupy Montana Capitol Building Demanding Governor Schweitzer Publicly Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline and Tar Sands Megaload Shipments Activists from across the... -
First tar sands mine planned for US quadruples in scope, test drilling begins
Posted on July 8, 2011 | 5 CommentsUS Oil Sands, a Canadian mining firm which recently acquired Earth Energy Resources, now holds the leases and mining rights to over 31,000 acres of State Trust Land in Eastern... -
DeChristopher to Utah Governor: A declaration of war against the living will be met in kind
Posted on October 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsOn September 14, 2010, Tim DeChristopher addressed the Governors Energy Task Force in Salt Lake City. The public meeting was held to gather input as the state develops its 10-year... -
Utah Approves First Tar Sands Mine in US
Posted on September 14, 2010 | 6 Comments"Approving tar sands one day, then asking for public input on the state’s energy future the next is either dishonest or dysfunctional" -
First Tar Sands Mine in US Faces Fierce Resistance in Utah
Posted on July 28, 2010 | 2 Comments“This project has no real value or contribution to society,” said John Weisheit, Colorado Riverkeeper and Conservation Director of Living Rivers. And for that small amount of oil, Earth Energy Resources and the State of Utah are willing to put the entire Colorado River watershed and the 30 million people it supports at risk. -
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.” -
July 20: Free Screening of H2Oil
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsA struggle is increasingly being fought between water and oil, not only over them. Tar sands are at the center of this tension. Join Peaceful Uprising for a free screening of the film H2Oil and a discussion afterward about the threat of tar sands to Utah. -
Tar Sands are the best we can do?
Posted on July 2, 2010 | 3 CommentsWhy not just create good-paying, lasting American jobs that wind and solar and efficiency projects create — the kind of jobs that can’t be outsourced. Instead of investing in these strip-mine-sinkholes of temporary solutions to energy, Utah could be creating real, constant sources of energy and jobs. We could be creating new markets and new technology for alternatives but instead we continue to spin our wheels by clinging to our oil dependency. -
ACT: Tell the State Dept. to Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline
Posted on July 1, 2010 | 2 CommentsTomorrow, July 2nd, is the deadline for public comments on the Keystone XL pipeline that could bring 900,000 barrels of tar sands to American refineries each day. Tar sands are the dirtiest fuel we use, creating 3 times the greenhouse gases as conventional oil, contaminating entire rivers and watersheds from leaking toxic tailings lakes and devastating an area of Canada the size of Florida.
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