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Why I’m Going to Standing Rock for Thanksgiving

Why I’m Going to Standing Rock for Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving, I’m going to Standing Rock with a delegation of more than 50 people from across the U.S. to cook and serve dinner for 500 Water Protectors, as a small way to give back to Native Americans on our national day of thanks. Looking back on history, Native Americans saved the lives of newly […]

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    Army Corps to Engage Standing Rock Sioux on Dakota Access Pipeline

    Army Corps to Engage Standing Rock Sioux on Dakota Access Pipeline

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it would delay a decision on granting an easement to Energy Transfer Partners for the Dakota Access Pipeline. Standoffs between the Water Protectors and law enforcement over the Dakota Access Pipeline continue in the area that has become ground zero for opposition to a $3.7 billion […]

    Bill McKibben: What’s Next? Solidarity With Standing Rock, Nov. 15

    Bill McKibben: What’s Next? Solidarity With Standing Rock, Nov. 15

    So, the question everyone’s asking me this week is: What now? I don’t have a great answer—the Trump saga will play out over time, and we’ll be learning how to resist as we go along. But resist we will. 'Trump's Election Is a Disaster' by @StefanieSpear of @EcoWatch: https://t.co/jjnWs7tWQX#GameOverForClimate — Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) […]

    Trump’s Personal Investments Ride on Completion of Dakota Access Pipeline

    Trump’s Personal Investments Ride on Completion of Dakota Access Pipeline

    Donald Trump’s surprise election win has encouraged Energy Transfer Partners’s Kelcy Warren, the CEO of the parent company of Dakota Access LLC, which is building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). In an interview with CBS This Morning, Warren said he is “100 percent” confident that the president-elect will help the company finish the project. The […]

    Norway’s Biggest Bank Is ‘Reconsidering Its Participation’ in Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Norway’s Biggest Bank Is ‘Reconsidering Its Participation’ in Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline

    By Andy Rowell The protests by First Nations against the North Dakota Pipeline are beginning to rattle the funders behind the highly controversial scheme. This means that the pipeline that once seemed unstoppable is increasingly looking vulnerable. https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1333980263281574/ We have news that one of the banks behind the scheme is reconsidering its involvement. On Monday, […]

    City Council to Governor: Bring Home Our State Troopers

    City Council to Governor: Bring Home Our State Troopers

    Cincinnati City Council members have sent a strongly-worded letter to Ohio Gov. John Kasich demanding the recall of 37 state troopers from the escalating Dakota Access Pipeline protests in North Dakota. Majority of Cincinnati City Council calling on @JohnKasich to recall the Ohio Troopers sent to North Dakota. pic.twitter.com/lrSj7U6qKy — Chris Seelbach (@ChrisSeelbach) November 1, […]