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This Statue at Standing Rock Sends a Powerful Message of Resistance

This Statue at Standing Rock Sends a Powerful Message of Resistance

By Clara Chaisson Since April, thousands of demonstrators have been camping out at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota. These peaceful water protectors—representing more than 200 Native-American tribes, plus many nonnative allies—are demanding a halt to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which […]

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    Largest Bank in Norway Sells Its Assets in Dakota Access Pipeline

    Largest Bank in Norway Sells Its Assets in Dakota Access Pipeline

    The largest bank in Norway, DNB, announced Thursday that it has sold its assets in the Dakota Access Pipeline, accounting for 10 percent of the total funding for the project. The $3.8 billion pipeline project is now entering its final stretch. More than 80 percent of the pipeline has already been constructed. Earlier this month, […]

    Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline Continues Despite Army Corps Delay on Permit Decision

    Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline Continues Despite Army Corps Delay on Permit Decision

    At approximately 3 a.m. Nov. 16, independent media makers from Digital Smoke Signals spotted a horizontal drill at the highly militarized drill site next to the Missouri River. [facebook https://www.facebook.com/DigitalSmokeSignals/videos/10155435988914746/ expand=1] This sighting comes two days after the Army Corps statement made on Nov. 14. The Army Corps alerted Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) that “Construction […]

    Thousands Unite in Solidarity With Standing Rock

    Thousands Unite in Solidarity With Standing Rock

    Thousands of people protested in North Dakota and outside Army Corps of Engineers offices, banks and energy companies in different parts of the country after indigenous leaders and climate activists called for a national “day of action.” Amazing pictures coming in of huge Standing Rock protests in Chicago, SF #NoDAPL pic.twitter.com/J6sneHdZd8 — Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) […]

    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 […]