Uploaded July 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Beneath the Straits of Mackinac lie sixty year old oil tar sand pipelines, a sunken hazard, whose spill would contaminate the Great Lakes. Burning the hydrocarbons spills carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing global warming and climate change..

Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, explains the threats of hydrocarbon deposit extraction to humanity and civilization.

Recorded, edited, and published by Aaron Wissner of Local Future.org.