Recent studies suggest that a high number of birds are dying in Alberta's tar sands, yet another "collateral" cost to our subservience to the oil industry.
BY MARK VALLEN
IN MARKING the one year anniversary of the catastrophic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I signed a letter of protest along with 165 other arts professionals and activists that appeared in the Guardian on April 20, 2011. Titled Tate should end its relationship with BP, the letter calls on the Tate Gallery of London “to demonstrate its commitment to a sustainable future by ending its sponsorship relationship with BP.”
