Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Tribal activists block shipment through Idaho wilderness

Since Monday, Nez Perce members and other activists have been blocking massive shipments of equipment bound for the oil tar sands of Canada. About 20 have been arrested.



SEATTLE — On a narrow central Idaho highway coursing through thickets of ponderosa pines and along a winding river, members of the Nez Perce tribe made their stand.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/jaw5WsNTtBc/la-na-0808-tar-sands-20130808,0,1424436.story

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