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North Dakota pipeline protest turns violent after cultural sites destroyed
2016-09-04 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A protest against a four-state, $3.8bn oil pipeline turned violent after tribal officials say construction crews destroyed American Indian burial and cultural sites on private land in southern North Dakota. Morton County sheriffs office spokeswoman Donnell Preskey said four private security guards and two guard dogs were injured after several hundred protesters confronted construction crews on Saturday afternoon at the site just outside the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. North Dakota oil pipeline...
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Dozens more arrested fighting massive Midwestern oil pipeline
2016-09-01 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The 37 arrests in Iowa and North Dakota came during non-violent direct actions on Wednesday. A historic alliance of farmers, landowners, environmentalists and more than 100 Native American tribes are behind the resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline. In recent weeks, the center of resistance has been a campground on the western banks of the Missouri River, just steps away from the border of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Hundreds flocked to the site near Cannon Ball, N.D., pledging to...
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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...
Were not going home: inside the North Dakota oil pipeline protest video
2016-08-29 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: There is a battle under way near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, over plans for a multibillion-dollar oil pipeline. The North Dakota Access pipeline will run just outside the formal boundary of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, and tribal members fear it will pollute local drinking water and disturb sacred sites
American Indian tribes unite to protect Missouri River from pipeline
2016-08-29 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Capital Journal: Around the numerous tents sprinkled amongst the hills along the northernmost border of the Standing Rock Reservation, tribal members continue strategic planning and prayers in their fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from crossing the nearby Missouri River. Different areas of the camp have specific designations, including an area where tribal members participate in sacred rituals, including a sweat lodge, where access is restricted to preserve the sanctity of the ceremonies. Near the...
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