Tag Archives: Canyon Country Rising Tide

After Elders, Activists Camp 5 Yrs. in Wilderness at Experimental Utah Tar Sands Mine, Company Buckles, Files Bankruptcy

(EnviroNews Utah) — Vernal, Utah — The following video report emanates from a demonstration at the PR Springs tar sands test site on the Tavaputs Plateau in late September of 2017. The transcript reads as follows: Emerson Urry (Narrating): In a remarkable turn of events in late September,…

Will Munger Reminding People That “on the Air Quality Board sits members of the Tesoro Corporation”

(EnviroNews Utah) – Will Munger of Canyon Country Rising Tide pumped up a crowd of demonstrators at a rally preceding a town-hall featuring Republican Representative Chris Stewart. He made sure to remind people that Tesoro, one of the refineries that is expanding to accommodate increased Uintah Basin crude…

“When there’s red air days, expect blockades at refineries!”

(EnviroNews Utah) – Will Munger in response to a heated town-hall featuring freshman Congressman Chris Stewart: It’s time that we stop listening to people like Representative Stewart. They’re not representing our interests, and they are beholden to their corporate overlords to the point where they are lying to…

Protests Against America’s First Approved Tar Sands Operation Rage in Utah at Chevron Refinery

(EnviroNews Utah) – On March 23rd, protestors of the now approved tar sands project in PR Springs, Utah delivered a row of small coffins to the Chevron Refinery in Salt Lake City, in response to the refineries recent expansion plans that would enable them to accommodate future tar…