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July 22, 2014

Utah: 21 Arrested After Blockade of 1st U.S. Tar Sands Mine 
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In Utah, about 21 people were arrested after activists locked themselves
to equipment and blockaded construction at the first-ever tar sands oil
mine in the United States. Utah Tar Sands Resistance said about 80
people joined the action against the mine in the Book Cliffs, which they
say threatens to devastate land, water supplies and the climate.

 

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