Hands Across the Sand draws a line against oil drilling and fracking

At the Bilmar Beach Resort on Treasure Island, hundreds gathered for the fifth edition of Hands Across the Sand, a gathering of those opposed to offshore drilling and and the use of dirty fuels. The event was one of four in the Bay Area. Hands across the Sand occurs in every state and in 50 countries.

Representatives from the Sierra Club, Gulf Restoration Network, Greenpeace, and the Surfrider Foundation were present, passing out literature and ensuring the climatic hand holding went off without a hitch.

While the fallout over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Gulf Coast oil drilling in general was still a major issue, the event was also in solidarity with Hands Across the Land, a spinoff group which is focused on opposed to the practice of fracking.

This article appears in May 16-22, 2013.