Stand With Standing RockThe companies building the contested four-state Dakota Access Pipeline asked a federal court to intervene so they can complete the final section in North Dakota, after the Obama administration again declined to provide the needed approvals on Monday. Meanwhile, opponents of the nearly 1,200-mile pipeline fanned out Tuesday across the country to rally at the… Read more »
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Pipeline protests sweep across the country with new urgency after Trump’s election
Demonstrators in cities like San Francisco, Phoenix and Philadelphia on Tuesday demanded that President Barack Obama reject the Dakota Access Pipeline project before leaving office. The coordinated protests planned for dozens of cities were the latest in a series of actions against the controversial pipeline that’s fiercely opposed by a Native American tribe in North… Read more »
Reuters TV: Video footage of nationwide protests and footage at ETP headquarters with Trump connections
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The Fader: This Short Documentary Explains What’s At Stake For The Standing Rock Sioux
Since April, the Standing Rock Sioux of North Dakota have been actively, and peacefully, resisting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which threatens to contaminate the Missouri River. While construction is currently at a standstill, police and private security continue to violently remove protesters from the construction site. On Tuesday, the Standing Rock Sioux… Read more »
How You Can Stand With Standing Rock
More than six months after the establishment of Sacred Stone Camp at Standing Rock Reservation, protesters are continuing to resist the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The oil pipeline was originally routed through Bismarck, North Dakota—a city that is over 90 percent white—but was rerouted through sacred Sioux land when Bismarck residents complained that… Read more »
Old Treaties and New Alliances Empower Native Americans
by Kirk Johnson for the New York Times The simmering standoff between the police and Native Americans and their allies who oppose a giant oil pipeline project in North Dakota is the most visible sign of an emerging movement that is shifting the debate about how public lands across North America should be managed. From… Read more »
Press Release: ETP lawsuit reveals desperation to finish troubled project
CANNON BALL, ND – Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) today filed a lawsuit charging the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has no right to delay easement to pipeline construction. The following is a statement from Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chair Dave Archambault II, in response to ETP’s lawsuit. “Dakota… Read more »
Reps. Grijalva, Huffman, 21 Members of Congress, Recommend Steps to President Obama to Deescalate Tensions at Dakota Access Pipeline
Washington, D.C. – President Obama should take concrete steps to reduce the tensions at the Dakota Access Pipeline, argued Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), and 21 members of Congress today in a letter to the White House. The lawmakers recommend that the federal government deny the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline… Read more »
Press Release: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers delays DAPL easement and calls for further environmental review Corp says consulting with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe pivotal before final decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. CANNON BALL, N.D. – The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers today announced they are delaying an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline project until it conducts further environmental review with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The Corp noted that “construction on or under Corps land bordering Lake Oahe cannot occur because the… Read more »
US Army Corp of Engineers: Statement Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it has completed the review that it launched on September 9, 2016. The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation’s dispossessions of… Read more »