ReturnToTheTarSands

Links to some of the newspaper articles about the trip - if you find more, please forward them here!
Red Deer Express
http://www.reddeerexpress.com/express/edition02/news-004.html
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=6529b34e-93be-45c3-aae5-82f25e65ac08&k=84683
CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/08/12/edm-oilsands-trek.html
Fort McMurray Today
http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1157354
Vue Weekly Edmonton
http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=9372

Filed under: Commentary, Fort McMurray, Media, RTTTS on August 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment »

(Dispatch by J.D.)
I’m in northern Alberta in Fort Chipewyan attending the Keepers of the Water conference on how the  the water, wildlife, and aboriginal communities are being harmed downstream from Canada’s great environmental crime scene, the tar sands (the linked article is particularly good)
It’s amazing to be in such a strong community that is fighting for its life. The [...]

Filed under: Climate Change, RTTTS on August 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »