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Published time: 24 Aug, 2017 01:29 Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, has sued Greenpeace and other environmental groups for “eco-terrorism” over their protests against the controversial pipeline. According to the Dakota Access Pipeline company, environmental groups launched an “eco-terrorism campaign” against the pipeline, and engaged in “acts of terrorism,” including […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is overseeing the development of a new interstate natural gas pipeline, has opened an investigation into the spill of 2 million gallons of toxic drilling fluid on Ohio’s wetlands. The spill from a horizontal directional drill operation was first reported to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in April. […]
A private security firm which started out as a US military contractor and has been hired by the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to counter indigenous activists protesting its construction, has used “military-style counterterrorism measures,” the Intercept reports. The online publication claims it has obtained over 100 internal documents of the TigerSwan security firm, leaked […]
Published time: 25 Mar, 2017 02:50 Norway will divest its pension fund from companies associated with the Dakota Access Pipeline after the indigenous Sami parliament persuaded Oslo to support those fighting against the $ 3.8 billion project in the US. Norway’s indigenous Sami parliament successfully lobbied the country’s local authority pension fund KLP, which announced […]
A search warrant was issued after a protest over the Dakota Access Pipeline caused a traffic jam in Bellingham, Washington. The ACLU argues the warrant violates protesters’ First and Fourth Amendment rights. The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Department is seeking to search private data from the Bellingham #NoDAPL Coalition Facebook page, including messages, photos, videos and […]
Dozens of DAPL protesters were arrested after police raided and cleared the Oceti Sakowin camp near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. Some activists refused to leave peacefully and set fire to their makeshift housing. The Oceti Sakowin camp was completely emptied shortly after 2:00pm local time (8:00pm GMT), the Morton County Sheriff’s […]
In cities nationwide, Dakota Access Pipeline protesters are treating their cause with more urgency than ever since the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe vowed to fight President Donald Trump’s executive memorandum expediting construction. In court documents filed on Tuesday, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced it would grant the final permit for the Dakota Access […]
Thousands of people marched in LA to protest US President Donald Trump’s executive orders restarting the construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. The demonstration was organized in the wake of the orders that advance the projects in a move the Indigenous Environmental Network dismissed as “insane and extreme.“ Trump said he wants […]
Malia Obama’s DAPL protest is getting praise from Shailene Woodley. The actress, who is known for her denunciation of the Dakota Access Pipeline, is happy former first daughter Malia Obama opposed Donald Trump’s undoing of her father’s executive order. Malia, 18, was spotted at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah last week […]
