Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil

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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

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.

Winner of the Governor General's Award for Nonfiction Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime "Andrew Nikiforuk's book on Ludwig is a vital contribution to our struggle to resist the corporate forces that will, unchecked, doom us and future generations."--Chris Hedges, author of American Fascists and War is a Force that Gives us Meaning "Saboteurs presents a grisly catalogue of the effects of hydrogen sulphide and flaring...Nikiforuk privides an eloquent and persuasive voice for all downwinders."--Globe and Mail