Arrested in D.C. to Stop Tar Sands Pollution

Basia Yoffe, aka Marie Parham, who conducts Jewish Currents’ “Notes from a Small Planet” column, was arrested over the Labor Day Weekend in Washington, DC as part of the mass arrests action against the extraction of oil from tar sands in Canada — a polluting endeavor that President Obama has power to stop with or without support from the Congress.

For a compelling explanation of this political action, visit Josh Fox’s blog about it here.

For a video about the action and the process of being arrested, visit here. (Basia spent about 2 hours in the Paddy wagon.)

For a compelling argument against the tar sands permit, visit here.

To read the Jewish Currents editorial against fracking — which is part of the tar sands struggle — visit here.

Hats off to Basia for her deep commitment to the halting of global warming.