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    Breaking into the Tar Sands

  • This week Greenpeace launched their second disruption action on Tar Sands operations. Last week we reported on the first action in which 20 American, Canadian and French activists broke into Shell Canada’s Albian Muskeg River oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray and successfully shut down production for 6 hours. This week, their target was Suncor. As of the night before broadcast, lead Greenpeace Canada officials Bruce Cox and Jessica Wilson were still in custody. We managed to reach spokesperson Mike Hudema in Edmonton.

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    Waste Vegetable Oil, Miles Per Gallon

  • Sick of high fuel costs? Sickened by the damage transportation is doing to our environment? In theory biofuels — ethanol, biodiesel, etc. — might proide relief on both these fronts. But theory aside, is it really practical? For four years Blake O’Brien ran his 1985 diesel Mercedes Benz “beater” (his description) on WVO — Waste Vegetable Oil — he scavenged from a nearby Vietnamese eatery. In this telephone conversation, O’Brien lays out the pros and cons of of pollution-free, cost-free motoring.

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