The Canadian Tar Sands is the largest industrial project on earth. And the potential environmental consequences have brought together citizens from across borders, to fight its rippling effects.  On this two part special, we experience the growing resistance to the tarsands. Fighting Goliath… produced by Barbara Bernstein.

Special thanks to Claire Schoen, Atava Garcia Swiecicki, Lauren Villa, Sandra Pacheco, and the members of the Sol Collective.

Featuring:
Kevin Lewis, Idaho Rivers United conservation director; Linwood Laughy, writer & historian; Borg Hendrickson, Clearwater Country co-author; Andrew Nikiforuk, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent author; Bob Skinner, Canada School of Energy and the Environment interim director; Annick Smith, A River Runs Through It co-producer; Bob Gentry, environmental attorney; Steven Hawley, Recovering a Lost River author; David James Duncan, The Heart of the Monster co-author; Zack Porter All Against The Haul executive director; Steve Seninger, University of Montana economist; Spider McKnight, All Against the Haul communications specialist.
 

More information:

The Rural People of Highway 12 Fighting Goliath, Kooskia ID 

All Against the Haul, Missoula, Montana 
 

Wild Idaho Rising Tide 

The Common Sense Canadian 

ForestEthics Advocacy, Vancouver, BC, and Bellingham, WA: Tar Sands SOS

Sightline Institute, Seattle

Andrew Nikiforuk

Pacific Wild – Ian McAllister

Tsleil-Waututh Sacred Trust Initative

Coastal First Nations

Recovering a Lost River

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