~ Film Screening ~
State Representative Denise Provost
and Somerville Climate Action present
the Oscar-nominated film
PIPE DREAMS
The story of the greatest environmental battle in the U.S. today:
The Keystone XL Pipeline
Followed by a discussion with arrestees and activists from the Tar Sands protests in DC and Boston
Wednesday Feb 15, 2012 - 7-9pm
Somerville Public Library
79 Highland Ave, Somerville
Across the heartland of America, farmers and landowners are fighting to protect their land, their water, and their livelihood in what has become the most controversial environmental battle in the U.S. today: the Keystone XL Pipeline. Routed from Hardisty, Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, this tar sands pipeline is set to cross the country's largest freshwater resource, the Ogallala Aquifer, and the fragile Sandhills of Nebraska, posing devastating consequences to human health, livestock, and agriculture.
