Forecaster: Hundreds of people from across New England are expected to gather this week in South Portland and Portland to protest plans to pump tar-sands oil from Canada to New England.
The action will culminate with what organizers are calling "the biggest tar-sands protest the region has ever seen" on Saturday in Portland.
On Wednesday, 350 Maine is organizing a noon protest at Portland Pipeline Co. on Hill Street in South Portland. According to the self-proclaimed "Climate Justice" group, Canadian energy...