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Red Leaf’s Controversial Utah Oil Shale Project Challenged
(Reposted from the Grand Canyon Trust) An aerial view of Red Leaf Resources’ Utah oil shale facility. | Photo courtesy Taylor McKinnon (Grand Canyon Trust) and Bruce Gordon (Ecoflight) For Immediate...
View ArticleUS’s first tar sands mine facing opposition in Utah (KPFK Earth Watch)
Melanie Martin discusses growing opposition to tar sands mining in eastern Utah, and the disproportionate impact of Salt Lake City’s oil refineries on communities of color and low-income neighborhoods...
View ArticleEstonian journalist speaks at Enefit / Eesti Energia oil shale test mine in Utah
In January 2014, Estonian journalist Andres Raid of Talinna TV travelled to Utah to investigate his nation’s energy company’s Utah project. What he found was barely a sham test pit and nothing more...
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Utah Tar Sands Intergenerational Campout – June 20-22
Join us June 20-22 for an intergenerational campout, bringing together families to project future generations from the Utah tar sands. This is a unique opportunity to camp out in the scenic Book...
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Tell the BLM “STOP Ambre Energy!” #NoOilShale in the Book Cliffs
Attention Resisters! There’s a new oil shale company with their dirty extraction loving eyes on the Book Cliffs of Utah. Ambre Energy wants to start exploratory mining about 50 miles south of Vernal,...
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Utah Children say, “Oil Shale Puts Our Future on the Line.”
The weekend of June 20th, 2014, an intergenerational gathering brought together children, guardians, teachers and land defenders at PR Springs, site of the nation’s first commercial fuel tar sands...
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PRESS RELEASE: Opponents to enforce shutdown of tar sands mine today
July 21, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Opponents to enforce shutdown of tar sands mine today PR SPRINGS, Utah–About 80 climate justice land defenders right now are using their bodies to halt construction...
View ArticleFederal Land transfer considered in Uintah County
SITLA is seeking a land transfer of 440 acres of BLM land. Consider making a public comment. UTSR is against this transfer because The Ute Tribe responded in a letter dated 8/2/2016 that they did not...
View ArticleRecent nature pictures near PR Springs Utah
PR Springs Utah historic CCC camp remains. The post Recent nature pictures near PR Springs Utah appeared first on Utah Tar Sands Resistance.
View ArticlePublic scoping begins on Uinta Basin Railway
The Uinta basin railway will be devastating to the planet and the people. Submit a written comment OEA will accept public scoping comments through September 3rd 2019. The easiest way to submit your...
View ArticleAmerican Badger on SITLA land leased for strip mining
This morning at our vigil camp around 9:30 am I noticed an animal moving across the meadow. It looked like a large cat or small dog from afar so I grabbed a camera and ran over to the meadow. It …...
View ArticleAir and water pollution in Uintah County
Notice of Uncontrolled Air and Water Pollution in Uintah County, Utah and Complaint made by UTSR. Please take notice and immediate corrective action regarding the Synthetic Vitreous Fibers...
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