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Snapshots from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests
2016-09-08 23:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: This Friday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is expected to issue a decision on the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which would carry around half a million barrels of crude oil per day across four Midwestern states. While the hearing will be in D.C., tribal and environmental activists have gathered in North Dakota for weeks, pledging to stop the pipeline from entering the Missouri River. Some have taken separate direct actions at nearby construction sites. Grists...
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Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Halted by Largest Native American Protest in History
2016-09-08 17:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Return to Now: The construction of a thousand-mile oil pipeline through the heart of the country has prompted the largest Native American protest in history. Indigenous Americans from all over the United States and Canada have gathered near the source of the pipeline -- a large fracking site in North Dakota -- to protect their ancestral lands, rivers and lakes from pollution and destruction. The pipeline -- which the U.S. Government quietly approved last month -- will cut right through sacred burial grounds,...
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Jill Stein Charged For North Dakota Pipeline Protest
2016-09-08 03:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A sheriff's department in North Dakota filed charges against the U.S. Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein, for damaging equipment during protests on Tuesday over construction of an oil pipeline. Stein was part of a group protesting the Dakota Access pipeline and spray-painted construction equipment, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. Stein does not dispute the account. The department said Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka was charged with criminal trespass and criminal...
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North Dakota pipeline fight gives spark to Native American activism
2016-09-08 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Native American tribe's efforts to halt construction of a crude oil pipeline in North Dakota have swelled into a movement, drawing international attention and the support of movie stars and social media, and making a major oil company blink. While the tribe's lawyers work to persuade a federal judge to withdraw permits for the pipeline in a ruling expected on Friday, thousands of protesters gathered at campgrounds near Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lands. "This is a new beginning, not just for...
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Judge's Order Halts Construction On Part Of North Dakota Pipeline
2016-09-07 21:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A federal judge has granted part of a Native American tribe's emergency request to halt construction of a section of oil pipeline in North Dakota. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe fears the planned pipeline could contaminate its drinking water and sacred lands, as we've reported. The temporary restraining order is "a mixed victory for both sides," as The Bismarck Tribune wrote. In the motion filed Sunday, the tribe had sought protection for a larger area along the planned route for the Dakota...
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