A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice Adoption member of the Mi’kmaq First

member of the Mi’kmaq First Nations and Communications Officer for Eskasoni Band Communications

a young Métis mother

voices of Elders

The volume editors

The book contains details about the Covenant Chain

A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice Adoption member of the Mi’kmaq FirstTar 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