The Dawn of a New Era
Solar in the Tar Sands
Mar 17, 2016 10:00 AM ET
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The Dawn of a New Era: Solar in the Tar Sands
By Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Little Buffalo, a town of 500 people in Alberta, is at the forefront of multiple environmental justice battles: it has been polluted by oil spills and damaged by tar sands mining, but it is also pushing to move beyond fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. In particular, the Lubicon Cree people are fighting back against extractive industries and demanding that solar energy power their nation.
