Utah Archive
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Rally at the Capitol: unlikely allies take unlikely action in Utah
Posted on March 11, 2011 | 4 CommentsPeaceUp's Ash Anderson announced that he was bringing the rally and the song into the rotunda, and asked the crowd who would join him. Not a single soul hesitated. -
Reflection on Tim and today, and tomorrow
Posted on March 1, 2011 | 5 CommentsA friend of mine attended and was witness to all the incredulous, remarkable events that went down today—starting with the early morning march and ending 11 hours later with a... -
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... -
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.” -
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. -
Friday Uprising: Salt Lake Oil Spill Part 2
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No CommentsUpdates on the condition of 280 birds rescued after Chevron’s spill; Mayor Becker on the latest clean-up effort; and Jenna Helf on her decade-long court battle with Chevron after she was permanently disabled by exposure to their toxic chemicals. -
June 29: No Tar Sands Campaign Kick-Off
Posted on June 16, 2010 | 4 CommentsAlthough the Department of Oil, Gas and Mining has approved EER's permit to build the first commercial tar sands mine in the country, they still need to finalize environmental permits and raise money for construction. So, Peaceful Uprising is working to stop those permits and build public opposition to the mine to scare off investors. Join us for our first public campaign meeting on Tuesday, June 29th at 7:30 pm. -
Friday Uprising: Salt Lake Oil Spill
Posted on June 14, 2010 | No CommentsTwo days after the release of an estimated 33,000 gallons of crude oil from Chevron’s punctured pipeline into Utah waterways, Ashley discusses the human and ecological impact of the disaster with biologists, activists, and a Chevron representative. -
Friday Uprising: Ken Sanders
Posted on April 2, 2010 | No CommentsKen Sanders is a book dealer, former Earth First rabble rouser and friend to the late cult-hero Edward Abbey. Ashley and Ken discuss the radical days of the environmental movement and ask what makes effective activism today. -
Tar Sands Mining: Coming NOW to the United States
Posted on March 21, 2010 | No CommentsTar 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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