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“This morning five activists halted tar sands oil flowing across the Canada-US border by shutting down pipelines in Washington, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota” (Shutitdown.today)
They made an announcement well in advance. If not, how long until anyone noticed that the pipelines were shut-down? What are the public safety risks to leaving pipeline valves unprotected? Rooftop solar and micro-wind is better in every way.
“BREAKING: To avert climate catastrophe, activists shut down pipelines bringing Tar Sands Oil into the U.S, in solidarity with Standing Rock.
More at http://www.shutitdown.today #ShutItDown #NoDAPL
“For years we’ve tried the legal, incremental, reasonable methods, and they haven’t been enough; without a radical shift in our relationship to Earth, all that we love will disappear. My fear of that possibility is far greater than my fear of jail. My love for the beauties of this world is far greater than my love of an easy life.” – Emily Johnston, 50
“Like mothers everywhere, I act from a deep love that extends to all children and young people, and all living beings on this planet. I have signed hundreds of petitions, testified at dozens of hearings, met with most of my political representatives at every level, to very little avail. I have come to believe that our current economic and political system is a death sentence to life on earth, and that I must do everything in my power to replace these systems with cooperative, just, equitable and love-centered ways of living together. This is my act of love.” – Annette Klapstein, 64
BREAKING – Police have arrested the whole North Dakota team, Michael Foster, Sam Jessup, and documentary filmmaker Deia Schlossberg. Ken Ward, Annette Klapstein, and Emily Johnston have also been arrested. Please donate to the legal fund“: http://www.shutitdown.today/donate
https://actionfund-climatedisobedience.nationbuilder.com/donate
“Tar sands are mined and processed to generate oil similar to oil pumped from conventional oil wells, but extracting oil from tar sands is more complex than conventional oil recovery. Oil sands recovery processes include extraction and separationsystems to separate the bitumen from the clay, sand, and water that make up the tar sands. Bitumen also requires additional upgrading before it can be refined. Because it is so viscous (thick), it also requires dilution with lighter hydrocarbons to make it transportable by pipelines.” http://ostseis.anl.gov/guide/tarsands/
Aerial view of Syncrude Aurora tar sands mine in the Boreal Forest north of Fort McMurray. © Greenpeace / Jiri Rezac http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/Energy/tarsands/
Mining Awareness Comments: At least one of the activists is a lawyer. Thus, the donations should be well used and probably be spent on filings, transportation, etc.
This is also an example of why the US Government (Nuclear Regulatory Commission,DOE, etc.) and some other countries are happy to allow people to die of what the US government funded BEIR report calls life-shortening cancers due to radiation exposure – on average around retirement. There won’t be active retirees trying to help the world.
They made an announcement well in advance. If not, how long until anyone noticed that the pipelines were shut-down? What are the public safety risks to leaving pipeline valves unprotected? Rooftop solar and micro-wind is better in every way.
Impacts of Hurricane Matthew on petroleum: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/10/f33/2016_SitRep_8_Matthew.pdf
Mining Awareness + 
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