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Native Americans celebrate pause of N. Dakota pipeline, vow to fight on
2016-09-11 04:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Native Americans protesting construction of a North Dakota oil pipeline near land they consider sacred on Saturday quietly celebrated the U.S. government's decision to pause construction on federally owned land, and vowed to press for a full halt to the project. On Friday, the Obama administration temporarily halted construction on federal land of the planned pipeline that has angered the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and asked the company behind the project to suspend nearby work. The move came...
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Big U.S. networks ignore epic native protest
2016-09-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Richard Prince: Three Months in, CBS Sends Reporter to N. Dakota After all but ignoring for months a Native American demonstration that led Saturday to dogs being sicced on the demonstrators, one of the big three U.S. broadcast networks is sending a reporter to the scene in North Dakota, CBS News spokesman Richard Huff told Journal-isms on Wednesday. The broadcast news networks ABC, CBS and NBC have aired exactly one report on the Dakota Access Pipeline protests since the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe began an...
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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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