Powerline
Subtitle: The First Battle of America's Energy War
Contributors: Tom Harkin (Foreword)
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780816643844
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Politics/International Relations; Minnesota; Energy policy; Public Policy - Regional Planning; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; USA; Political Process - General; Power Resources; Citizen participation; General; Farmers; Political activity
Description: "Powerline describes the opposition of rural Minnesotans to the building of a high voltage powerline across 430 miles of farmland from central North Dakota to the Twin Cities suburbs. Convinced that the safety of their families and the health of their land was disregarded in favor of the gluttonous energy consumption of cities, the farmer-led revolt began as questioning and escalated to rampant civil disobedience, peaking in 1978 when nearly half of Minnesota's state highway patrol was engaged in stopping sabotage of the project."--Jacket.