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At The Sacred Stone Camp, A Coalition Joins Forces To Protect The Land
2016-09-10 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Camp of the Sacred Stone is full of all manner of people - kids, elders, lawyers, laid-back hippies, and representatives of several Native American tribes - all gathered alongside the Standing Rock Sioux Nation to resist construction of a controversial oil pipeline that would cut across the American heartland. Since construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline brought protesters to the encampment in April, organizers say nearly 200 tribes have offered support. Celebrities, environmentalists,...
Sacred Burial Grounds Destroyed, Judge Halts Construction on Portion of Dakota Access Pipeline
2016-09-07 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A federal judge in Washington, DC declined Tuesday to order the halt of all construction on a portion of the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) route that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe had recently identified as sacred tribal burial ground, a site that was bulldozed over the Labor Day weekend by pipeline construction crews. Hundreds of people marched peacefully on Sept. 4 to protest the destruction of sacred sites and burial grounds in the path of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.Dallas...
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Judge Hauls Dakota Access Into Court After Sacred Sites Bulldozed, Dogs Unleashed on Tribe Members
2016-09-06 06:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DCMediaGroup: U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg on Monday ordered parties involved in a standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline to appear in court on September 6 to hear a motion for an emergency injunction. Tuesday`s hearing is expected to address the desecration of the burial sites which led to a dog attack incident. A decision in another injunction filed last week by the Standing Sioux Tribe for a permanent work stoppage near the Reservation is expected to be decided by the same Judge no later than...
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North Dakota oil pipeline protesters stand their ground: 'This is sacred land'
2016-08-29 22:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Cannonball river flows into the mighty Missouri about 50 miles due south of Bismarck, North Dakota. At its confluence, a protest encampment really a series of camps, on both sides of the Cannonball, strewn with kitchens and canteens, portable toilets, stabling for horses, sweat lodges and tall teepees, and stands selling indigenous art has sprung up. The inhabitants are there to block the planned $3.7bn Dakota Access Pipeline, which would transport fracked crude from the Bakken oil...
Sacred Earth Communities Call for Climate Action
2016-06-09 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Faith communities across the world will come together on Sunday 12 June to celebrate a day called Sacred Earth, Sacred Trust. The day, which recognises the earth and global action on climate change, will see faith communities in 35 different countries celebrate through actions and events. The 12 June is significant because it marks six months since the end of climate talks in Paris. The past 12 months have been the hottest consecutive 12 month period in recorded history and the 1.5°C goal agreed...
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