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Direct Action Protest Temporarily Shuts Down Utah Tar Sands Project

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By Anne Landman
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An environmental group calledย Women of Action Against Violent Extractionย (WAAVE) shut down U.S. Oil Sands’ mining operation in Utah temporarily on June 16, citing tension around whether the project’s permits are legal.
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The women swarmed a bulldozer on the site and asked the operator to stop working. A two and a half minuteย YouTube videoย posted June 19 by PeacefulUprising.org shows the bulldozer operator asking them to talk to his supervisor.
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The protest was at theย U.S. Oil Sands project at PR Springย on the Tavaputs Plateau in eastern Utah, about 50 miles west of Grand Junction, Colorado. The project is the first tar sands mine in the U.S.
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Three protest groups, Peaceful Uprising, U.S Tar Sands Resistance and Canyon Country Rising Tide, have set up a permanent protest vigil at the site and are encouraging such direct action protests of the project.ย 

By Anne Landman

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