A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice Adoption voices of Elders

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A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice Adoption voices of EldersTar sands development comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. In the tar sands of Alberta, the oil industry is using vast quantities of water and natural gas to produce synthetic crude oil, creating drastically high levels of greenhouse gas emissions and air and water pollution. But tar sands opponentsfighting a powerful international industryare likened to terrorists, government environmental scientists are muzzled, and public hearings