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The Keystone Oil Spill No One's Talking About Will Be Nearly Impossible to Clean Up
When the Keystone Pipeline burst last week, half of an Olympic-sized swimming pool’s worth of a particularly dirty fossil fuel spilled into wetlands in North Dakota. And the thick liquid, known as tar sands oil, will be nearly impossible to clean up.
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'Protesters as terrorists': growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime
From the Standing Rock camps in North Dakota to tree-sits in Texas, activists have attempted to stop pipeline construction with massive shows of civil disobedience. Now they could be forced to change those tactics, or face heavy penalties under a wave of new anti-protest laws that civil liberties advocates say violate the first amendment.
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TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline shut after 5,000-barrel leak in U.S.
Incident comes four days before Nebraska is due to decide on expansion of system.
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Inside the final days of the Standing Rock protest
“Those small victories were always difficult to claim at Standing Rock because the terms of the protests were absolute — either the pipeline was built or it wasn’t — and I imagine that as people return to their homes or ship off to the next fight, they will have to find a more personal justification for the months they spent there.” By Jay Caspian Kang. (Feb. 21, 2017)
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Trump administration withdrew memo that found 'ample legal justification' to halt Dakota Access pipeline
Two days before the Trump administration approved an easement for the Dakota Access pipeline to cross a reservoir near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation, the U.S. Department of the Interior withdrew a legal opinion that concluded there was “ample legal justification” to deny it. The withdrawal of the opinion was revealed in court documents filed this week by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the same agency that requested the review late last year.
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North Dakota Senator Seeks Two-Year Ban On Wind Development
Under a bill recently passed by the state’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, a North Dakota lawmaker is seeking a two-year moratorium on wind power development. State Sen. Dwight Cook, R-District 34, added an amendment on wind power to S.B.2314, which, according to the text of the bill, relates to “energy rates and resources and renewable energy production.” Specifically, the original bill proposes that North Dakota’s public service commission “supervise the rates of all public utilities."
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Governor orders evacuation of Dakota pipeline protest camp
The governor of North Dakota ordered protesters on Wednesday to evacuate a demonstration camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the latest move to clear the area that has served as a base for opposition to the multibillion dollar project. Republican Doug Burgum ordered demonstrators to leave the camp located on land owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by Feb. 22, citing safety concerns that have arisen due to accelerated snowmelt and rising water levels of the nearby Cannonball River.
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Pope appears to back native tribes in Dakota Pipeline conflict
Pope Francis appeared on Wednesday to back Native Americans seeking to halt part of the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying indigenous cultures have a right to defend "their ancestral relationship to the earth". The Latin American pope, who has often strongly defended indigenous rights since his election in 2013, made his comments on protection of native lands to representative of tribes attending the Indigenous Peoples Forum in Rome.
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North Dakota bill would make it illegal to wear masks in public
A bill before North Dakota’s House Judiciary Committee would make wearing a mask in public illegal at most times. For months during the summer, Dakota Access Pipeline protesters used masks to conceal their identities while protesting. “If you’re going to express your First Amendment rights and you have no intention of committing a crime, then why do you need your face covered?” state Rep. Todd Porter argued during debate over the bill.
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Veterans raise more than $200,000 for Standing Rock pipeline protesters
A military veteran organisation has raised more than $200,000 for a renewed campaign effort against the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline. Veterans Stand has collected $213,500 so far to send supplies to the Standing Rock Native American reservation in North Dakota to help protesters and those who will be affected by the construction of the $3.7 billion pipeline, which would cut through four states and threaten the water supply for millions of people.
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In North Dakota, it could become legal to hit a protester with your car
For months, opponents of the proposed $3.8-billion Dakota Access pipeline waged protests. They established a prayer camp and strung banners between trees. At times, they blocked roads and construction sites. They faced attack dogs, pepper spray, tear gas, rubber bullets and water sprays that turned to ice on their skin.
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US military veterans say Dakota Access pipeline 'will not get completed. Not on our watch'
A group of U.S. military veterans has vowed to block completion of the hotly disputed Dakota Access pipeline, despite the secretary of the Army giving the project the green light. "We are committed to the people of Standing Rock, we are committed to nonviolence, and we will do everything within our power to ensure that the environment and human life are respected. That pipeline will not get completed. Not on our watch," said Anthony Diggs, a spokesman for Veterans Stand.
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Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Call for Parks, Wildlife Commissioner to Quit
A large group of activists gathered outside the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting Thursday. They're continuing to call for Commissioner Kelcy Warren to step down. Warren was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott in November 2015. "He's the CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline," said Tane Ward, an activist.
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Pipeline demonstrators blast proposed bills as criminalizing protests
The Republican-controlled [North Dakota] state legislature is proposing bills motivated by local frustration with the protest over the pipeline near Sioux land. By Daniel A. Medina.
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Massive 2013 Oil Spill in North Dakota Still Not Cleaned Up
Three years and three months later, a massive oil spill in North Dakota still isn't fully cleaned up. The company responsible hasn't even set a date for completion. Though crews have been working around the clock to deal with the Tesoro Corp. pipeline break, which happened in a wheat field in September 2013, less than a third of the 840,000 gallons that spilled has been recovered — or ever will be, North Dakota Health Department environmental scientist Bill Suess said.
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Signs Of A Creepy Government Conspiracy At Standing Rock
The demonstration at Standing Rock, North Dakota is the largest gathering of indigenous people in modern American history. Over 280 tribes and thousands of non-native volunteers have gathered to protect the Sioux's ancestral water supply, which they believe will be poisoned when the North Dakota Access Pipeline inevitably leaks.
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Army will Deny Easement, Halting Work on Dakota Access Pipeline
The Army on Sunday announced it will effectively halt work on the controversial pipeline.
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Showdown Looms at Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
There may be a looming showdown in the coming days in the already contentious demonstrations in North Dakota against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Local authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation order for the site near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's reservation where hundreds of activists are camping out in protest of the controversial crude oil pipeline. Those who have not cleared out by Monday could be arrested, authorities said.
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2,000 Veterans Just Arrived At Standing Rock To Form “Human Shield” Around Protesters
Over two thousand veterans have volunteered to stand against police brutality and they have started arriving at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp near Cannon Ball North Dakota. The veterans intend to form a “human shield” protecting the protectors from the violent militarized police force that has been assaulting them for months.
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What Oil Pipelines Can Do to Native American Land and Life
Black, ant-like figures crown a russet hill ringed by the Cannonball River at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota. Soon they come into focus: dozens of policemen in full riot gear, stationed on high ground so as to better surveil the handful of people lingering in the aftermath of what Native Americans protesting a new oil pipeline and their allies call a "direct action," or a confrontation with the law.
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