dakota access pipeline
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The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Major Blow to the Dakota Access Pipeline
Environmental activists and Native American tribes attempting to permanently shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline scored a major legal victory on Tuesday as the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the pipeline’s developers. That rejection means the court will let stand a lower court ruling which called for a more thorough environmental review…
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Indigenous Protests Are Blazing a New Trail for How to Beat Big Oil
Joye Braun was among the first to camp in the plains of North Dakota in defiance of the Dakota Access pipeline back in 2016. She was there to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Indigenous people from around the world eventually arrived to gather in ceremony. Four years later, their prayers have…
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Dakota Access Protestors Could Get 110 Years In Prison
Nearly three years after two women began allegedly plotting to disrupt the Dakota Access Pipeline, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging them with several federal crimes that could land them behind bars for 110 years.
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Watch Police Spray Pipeline Protesters With Water Cannons In Freezing Weather
Police launched tear gas and water cannons at 400 people protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline this weekend. Drone footage shows the water cannons being sprayed at protesters in freezing cold temperatures. Eventually, police tried to shoot down the drone with said water cannons.