Saboteurs - Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil

The story of Wiebo Ludwig, leader of the Christian community, Trickle Creek near Hythe, Alberta and his fight against the oil and gas industry. Ludwig was eventually convicted of sabotaging oil and gas wells.

About the author

Andrew Nikiforuk is a leading investigative journalist and author of the critically acclaimed Empire of the Beetle, The Energy of Slaves, and the bestseller Tar Sands, which won the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. His book Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War against Oil was the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction.

Chris Hedges is a journalist, cultural critic, and the best-selling author of American Fascists, Empire of Illusion, and War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. He is a Senior Fellow at The Nation Institute and writes an online column for the website Truthdig.

Summary

At Trickle Creek in northern Alberta, Wiebo Ludwig thought he'd buffered his tiny religious community from civilization, but in 1990 civilization came calling. A Calgary oil company proposed to drill directly in view of the farm's communal dining room. Ludwig wrote letters, petitioned, forced public hearings, and discovered the provincial regulator

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Nikiforuk
• Assisted by: Hedges Chris (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2014
• EAN: 9781771640824
• ISBN: 978-1-77164-082-4
• Weight: 467 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Canada, True Crime, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, TRUE CRIME / General, HISTORY / Canada / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship