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    These Celebrities Take a Stand Against Dakota Access Pipeline

    These Celebrities Take a Stand Against Dakota Access Pipeline

    A number of Hollywood stars have joined a growing national movement opposing the construction of the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline. On Tuesday, Ben Affleck, Ray Fisher, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller—stars of the upcoming superhero movie Justice League—filmed an endorsement for Rezpect Our Water, a campaign launched by young members of the Standing […]

    Protesters Lock Their Bodies to Machines to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

    Protesters Lock Their Bodies to Machines to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

    As a temporary restraining order that halts construction on part of the Dakota Access Pipeline was issued Tuesday, about 100 people again shut down construction on another part of the pipeline by obstructing equipment. Some of them locked themselves to the heavy machinery. Native Americans from across the U.S. and Canada continue to arrive at […]

    Trump’s Connection to Dakota Access Pipeline

    Trump’s Connection to Dakota Access Pipeline

    By Steve Horn Continental Resources—the company founded and led by CEO Harold Hamm, energy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and potential U.S. Secretary of Energy under a Trump presidency—has announced to investors that oil it obtains via fracking from North Dakota’s Bakken Shale basin is destined for transport through the hotly-contested Dakota Access Pipeline. […]

    We Stand in Solidarity with Sioux Nation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

    We Stand in Solidarity with Sioux Nation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Waterkeeper Alliance and 93 Waterkeeper organizations worldwide sent a letter to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe leaders Monday expressing solidarity and unwavering support for efforts to stop the Dakota Access pipeline that threatens their land, water, public health and tribal rights. The Dakota Access pipeline, which would extend 1,168 miles across North […]

    Fate of Dakota Access Pipeline Rests in Hands of Federal Judge

    Fate of Dakota Access Pipeline Rests in Hands of Federal Judge

    By Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project Earlier this month, a few dozen Native Americans showed up to protest the $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile-long pipeline that would cross right through their sacred land. As word spread, however, the few dozen turned into more than 4,000 native Americans. Because of the large turnout, a brief victory ensued […]

    The Dakota Access Pipeline: What Would Sitting Bull Do?

    The Dakota Access Pipeline: What Would Sitting Bull Do?

    By Winona LaDuke It’s 2016 and the weight of American corporate interests has come to the Missouri River, the Mother River. This time, instead of the Seventh Cavalry or the Indian police dispatched to assassinate Sitting Bull, it is Enbridge and Dakota Access Pipeline. In mid-August, Standing Rock Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II was arrested […]