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Utah Climate Defenders Shut Down Tar Sands Mine
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 5:07
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| Warriors uniting to defend Sacred Water by halting the expansion of tar sands in so-called “utah”. Direct Autonomous Media |
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| The Unitah county sherrif's department gropes at a protester on a tripod, after refusing to comply with their request for a female officer. The boys club laughed at their request and proceeded to terrorize the land defender on film. Photo: Direct Autonomous Media |
Land defenders strike back against mining industry for
Colorado River poisoning.
By Direct Autonomous Media and Tarsands Blockade
BOOK CLIFFS OF UTAH — Land defenders strike back against mining industry for Colorado River poisoning.
Several dozen climate justice land defenders will enforce a shut down at the US Oil Sands tar sands mine today in the Book Cliffs of Utah. The action comes just days after a century-old mine poured millions of gallons of toxic sludge into waterways that sustain 40 million Americans.
“Thousands of mines like open wounds tell the story of a century of exploitation, destruction and violence–against the people of this land and the land and water themselves,” said Melanie Martin of Peaceful Uprising, on behalf of the crowd. “US Oil Sands continues that sick tradition by squandering precious water in a thirsty region and saddling future generations with a toxic legacy there is no way to clean up.”
For live updates and more pictures of this ongoing blockade, check out Peaceful Uprising and their website:
Brenda Norrell has been a news reporter in Indian country for 29 years, serving as a writer for Navajo Times and a stringer for AP and USA Today during the 18 years she lived on the Navajo Nation. After being a longtime staff reporter for Indian Country Today, she was censored and terminated. She then created Censored News, focused on Indigenous Peoples and human rights, now in its fifth year.
Source: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2015/08/utah-climate-defenders-shut-down-tar.html
