pipelines

This Pipeline Would Cut Through America’s Most Celebrated Hiking Trail

This Pipeline Would Cut Through America’s Most Celebrated Hiking Trail

By Caroline Mosley The proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline would carry natural gas 300 miles from northwest West Virginia to southern Virginia, crossing the Appalachian Trail and clearing trees on its way. Cutting through one of the most celebrated hiking trails in America, the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline threatens wildlife habitat, recreational lands and the health […]

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    20+ Proposed Pipelines Threatening Indigenous Communities

    20+ Proposed Pipelines Threatening Indigenous Communities

    By Joe Catron As completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline remains on standby after the Army Corps of Engineers announced on Dec. 5 that it would not authorize the development company to drill under the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, similar projects continue to encroach on indigenous communities across […]

    Trump: ‘Nobody Really Knows’ if Climate Change Is Real

    Trump: ‘Nobody Really Knows’ if Climate Change Is Real

    “Nobody really knows” if climate change is real, Donald Trump told Chris Wallace in an interview on Fox News Sunday, despite decades of established science. We hope you enjoyed the show today w/ President-elect Trump as he spoke in his first Sunday show interview since winning the election. #fns pic.twitter.com/bosONSG6mJ — FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) December 12, […]

    10 Endangered Species Murals Connect Communities to the Natural World

    10 Endangered Species Murals Connect Communities to the Natural World

    In support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s campaign to protect their water and sacred grounds from the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Center for Biological Diversity and artist Roger Peet installed a mural of an endangered butterfly at the Oceti Sakowin camp, where hundreds of tribes and allies gathered in peaceful protest. Here are the […]

    Veterans at Standing Rock Heading to Flint Next

    Veterans at Standing Rock Heading to Flint Next

    Hundreds of U.S. veterans that joined the historic uprising at Standing Rock at a pivotal moment ahead of a key victory are turning attention to their next act of solidarity, this time to stand with communities suffering from the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan. One of the main organizers who brought together more than […]

    What’s Next for the Water Protectors at Standing Rock?

    What’s Next for the Water Protectors at Standing Rock?

    As we reflect on the decision by the U.S. Army Corps to suspend the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) river crossing easement and conduct a limited Environmental Impact Statement, the resistance camps at Standing Rock are making plans for the next phase of this movement. Camp at Standing Rock.Daniel Brown for WhoWhatWhy Standing Rock Sioux Tribal […]

    10 Celebratory Photos From Standing Rock

    10 Celebratory Photos From Standing Rock

    Photos by Brian Nevins, Introduction by Joe Spring This past Saturday night, Dispatch singer Brad Corrigan called photographer Brian Nevins, and told him he wanted to go to Standing Rock. Nevins was on a flight six hours later from Boston. At the time, Corrigan was in Pine Ridge Reservation doing work for his organization Love, […]

    Oil Pipeline Shut Down After Spill, Just 200 Miles From Standing Rock

    Oil Pipeline Shut Down After Spill, Just 200 Miles From Standing Rock

    A six-inch crude oil pipeline operated by Belle Fourche Pipeline Company in western North Dakota was shut down following discovery of a leak on Monday. The amount of the spill was not immediately known, but oil has leaked into the Ash Coulee Creek in Billings County. The site of the spill is about 200 miles […]

    Leaked Memo Outlines Trump’s Energy Agenda

    Leaked Memo Outlines Trump’s Energy Agenda

    By Zachary Davies Boren President-elect Donald Trump is set to gut U.S. environmental regulations, open up federal lands for fossil fuel extraction and quit the Paris climate agreement, according to documents seen by Energydesk. A memo penned by Thomas Pyle, head of the Department of Energy transition team, and obtained by the Center for Media […]