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Bank Funding of Fossil Fuels Soars

Bank Funding of Fossil Fuels Soars

By Katherine Wei Private banks around the world are back to funneling more money into the global fossil fuel sectors in 2017, according to a report released today by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Sierra Club and Honor The Earth. Banking on Climate Change 2018 is the ninth annual report […]

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    Dakota Access Pipeline Has Its First Spill

    Dakota Access Pipeline Has Its First Spill

    By Deirdre Fulton Throughout the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), Indigenous campaigners and their allies repeatedly warned it was not a question of if, but when a breach would occur. Now, before the pipeline is even fully operational, those warnings have come to fruition. The Associated Press reported Wednesday: The Dakota Access Pipeline […]

    After DAPL, Pipeline Fight Moves to Louisiana

    After DAPL, Pipeline Fight Moves to Louisiana

    By Matt Smith The next big pipeline battle is shaping up in the marshes of southwestern Louisiana. The standoff at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has energized activists in Louisiana, who are trying to keep another crude conduit out of wetlands that Louisianans have fought to restore for decades. […]

    Indigenous Women of Standing Rock Resistance Movement Speak Out on Divestment

    Indigenous Women of Standing Rock Resistance Movement Speak Out on Divestment

    By Osprey Orielle Lake Despite the termination of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) by the U.S. Trump administration and the oil now filling the pipeline beneath the Standing Rock Sioux people’s sacred Lake Oahe—Indigenous women leaders and their global allies remain unyielding in their quest for justice and healing regarding […]

    Next Steps in Battle Against Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines

    Next Steps in Battle Against Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines

    By Sarah Jaffe This story is part of Sarah Jaffe’s new series, Interviews for Resistance, in which she speaks with organizers, troublemakers and thinkers who are doing the hard work of fighting back against America’s corporate and political powers. Last week in Washington, DC, members of American Indian tribes and their supporters demonstrated against the […]

    Native Nations Gather in DC for 4-Day Protest Against Trump, DAPL

    Native Nations Gather in DC for 4-Day Protest Against Trump, DAPL

    Members of Native nations from across the country will begin a four-day demonstration against the Trump administration and the Dakota Access Pipeline in Washington, DC today, culminating with a march on the White House on Friday. Tom Goldtooth: 'They Cannot Extinguish the Fire That Standing Rock Started' https://t.co/C1FDuaFIxL @GreenpeaceAustP @foeeurope — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) February 25, […]

    Tom Goldtooth: ‘They Cannot Extinguish the Fire That Standing Rock Started’

    Tom Goldtooth: ‘They Cannot Extinguish the Fire That Standing Rock Started’

    By Andy Rowell Once again Big Oil has been forced to rely on brutal militarized force to bludgeon, bully, beat and intimidate peaceful water protectors fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. https://facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1462944880385111/ But in the face of such violence and intimidation, the growing movement against new fossil fuels will not be intimidated, it will only grow. […]

    10 Arrested as Deadline to Evacuate Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp Passes

    10 Arrested as Deadline to Evacuate Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp Passes

    The deadline set by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for evacuating the Cannon Ball Dakota Access Pipeline protest site passed Wednesday and most protesters peacefully vacated before the 2 p.m. cutoff time. 4 Pipeline Fights Intensify as Dakota Access Nears Completion https://t.co/NphteXzXtJ @IENearth @FrackAction @joshfoxfilm @MarkRuffalo @NRDC — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) February 19, 2017 Authorities arrested […]

    Dakota Access Pipeline ‘Could Be Operational Within 30 Days’

    Dakota Access Pipeline ‘Could Be Operational Within 30 Days’

    By Andy Rowell A federal judge refused to issue a temporary injunction Monday against construction of the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. The latest setback for the First Nations fighting the pipeline means that it could be “operational in as little as 30 days,” according to a lawyer for the company building it, Energy Transfer […]