Alberta Tar Sands (US Oil Sands here) has started the First Tar Sands MINE on US SOIL. No Pipeline Needed. The Toxic Oil Sands will be transported by truck and/or rail across the nation to be sold to China. This area sits on a water shed for the Colorado River. 40 million people drink water downstream of the Book Cliffs tar sands project. It is located on the Utah/Colorado Border. Book Cliffs PR Springs UT. Democracy Now! ~ Excerpt) While the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline and the Alberta tar sands has galvanized the environmental movement, far less attention has been paid to a related story here in the West. The state of Utah has begun making preparations for its own major tar sands and oil shale extraction projects. According to one U.S. government report, land in the region could hold up to three trillion barrels of oil — that’s more recoverable oil than has been used so far in human history. Critics say Utah is sitting on a tar sands carbon bomb. The Utah Water Quality Board has recently begun giving out permits for companies to extract from the state’s tar sands reserves. We speak to Taylor McKinnon, energy director of the Grand Canyon Trust. democracynow.org/2014/3/14/utahs_carbon_bomb_state_plots_massive
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