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Judge halts shipment on Idaho road of giant tar sands equipment

2013-09-13 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked a shipment of massive oil field equipment from traversing a scenic Idaho roadway that cuts through the homeland of the Nez Perce Tribe and runs alongside two federally protected rivers. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill halted next week's planned shipment on U.S. Highway 12 of an oversized water treatment system destined for Canadian tar sands in a decision handed down late Thursday. He also ordered the U.S. Forest Service to ban the so-called megaload...

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