Keystone XL : “Pipe Dreams” Screening in Claremont – Feb 6th, 2012

“Pipe Dreams” Documentary on the Keysone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline, By Leslie Iwerks

Leslie Iwerks’s documentary on the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline screened last year at Pomona College on Mon, February 6, 2012 and Jack Eidt from WilderUtopia.com provided commentary. The piece can be bought from the documentary website.

With Commentary By Jack Eidt, Editor, WilderUtopia.com

Articles on Canadian Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline http://www.wilderutopia.com/category/environment/energy/tar-sands/

About the Author

Writer, urban theorist, and environmental advocate, Jack Eidt careens down human-nature's all consuming one-way highway to its inevitable conclusion - Wilder Utopia. He co-founded Wild Heritage Planners, based out of Los Angeles, California. He can be reached at jack (dot) eidt (at) wilderutopia (dot) com.

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