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Sika R&D Expert to Present at North American Automotive Metals Conference
2016-09-12 21:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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Ancient Native American Lands are Threatened With Destruction by Oil Interests
2016-09-12 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
One Green Planet: The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation encompasses 2.3 million acres of land in North Dakota and is home to more than 8,000 members of the Sioux tribe. For the past several months, the people of the reservation have been fighting to protect their sacred lands and precious water supply from potential destruction in the form of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Water is life, according to the Sioux. In a land where surface water and shallow groundwater are scarce and unreliable sources of water, the...
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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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Standoff at Standing Rock: Even Attack Dogs Cant Stop the Native American Resistance
2016-09-08 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Democracy Now: The Missouri River, the longest river in North America, has for thousands of years provided the water necessary for life to the regions original inhabitants.To this day, millions of people rely on the Missouri for clean drinking water. Now, a petroleum pipeline, called the Dakota Access Pipeline, is being built, threatening the river. A movement has grown to block the pipeline, led by Native American tribes that have lived along the banks of the Missouri from time immemorial. Members of the Dakota...
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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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