[Ost-news] Tar sands: environmental justice and Native rights

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Tar sands: environmental justice and Native rights

"The river used to be blue. Now it's brown. Nobody can fish or drink from it. The air is bad. This has all happened so fast."

by Clayton Thomas-Müller  
March 25, 2008

The application of treaty rights as a legal strategy implemented by the First Nations themselves must be the key focus in efforts to challenge Big Oil in Alberta.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-environmental-justice-and-native-rights

URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-environmental-justice-and-native-rights