Protesters halt road work near eastern Utah tar sands mine
By Christopher Smart | The Salt Lake Tribune
Several environmental groups protesting tar sands development in the Book Cliffs region of southeast Utah stopped work Monday on a road that will serve a strip mine to be operated by Calgary-based U.S. Oil Sands.
Celia Alario, a spokeswoman for Canyon Country
Rising Tide and Peaceful Uprising, said dozens of protesters had
peacefully stopped road building on Seep Ridge Road and also interrupted
mining operations at the East Tavaputs Plateau site. Protesters
surrounded heavy equipment and, in some cases, chained themselves to it,
she said.
No one was arrested or cited, said Uintah County Chief Deputy Sheriff
John Laursen. He confirmed that 50 to 60 protesters halted road work
and, for a time, closed the county road.
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