(USA) Tar Sands Blockade Launces 8‑Person Treesit

Gan­dalf hates tar sands.

The ongo­ing Tar Sands Block­ade cam­paign has launched an 8‑person treesit in the planned path of the under-con­struc­tion Key­stone XL tar sands pipeline. “Con­struc­tion can­not pro­ceed until tree-sit­ters descend and Tran­sCana­da clear-cuts through hun­dreds of trees to make way for the tox­ic tar sands pipeline,” Tar Sands Block­ade announced.

The treesit­ters have announced their inten­tion to remain in the trees until the Key­stone XL pipeline is stopped for good.

Tar Sands Block­ade is an ongo­ing cam­paign to stop the con­struc­tion of TransCanada’s Key­stone pipeline through Texas and Okla­homa. The pipeline is meant to car­ry oil from Alberta’s tar sands to the US.

There are still plen­ty of ways to get involved in this cam­paign. Fol­low news of the treesit here. For some ways to get involved, read this call to action or vis­it Tar Sands Block­ade.