Opposition mounts as first tar sands mine in US gets a green light

Waging Nonviolence: Activists in Utah crafted this sign with bitumen found in pools on the ground at an abandoned tar sands mine. Photo courtesy Before It Starts, via Flickr. Last week, a new front opened in the struggle against tar sands mining in the U.S. If you didn't know that tar sands mining is in the works on this side of the border in the first place, you're not alone. Most people don't realize that tar sands extraction, which has caused tremendous pollution and environmental degradation in Canada, has crossed...

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