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The reason for this post is out of solidarity for the protestors against the Keystone XL pipeline, and partly because I am surprised to still encounter people who don't know about the Alberta tar sands. I met one only last night, and she was shocked that destruction on this scale had fallen under her radar.
[View the story "Tar sands pipeline protests explainer" on Storify]
I am also really interested to see how you like stories told in Storify. Like it or loathe it?