Hundreds of water protectors injured after riot police fire water cannons and rubber bullets
National Lawyers Guild legal observers witnessed multiple injuries, including people being knocked unconscious and bleeding after being hit by rubber bullets.
From the Sioux to the Sault: Standing Rock spirit spreads to Michigan’s upper peninsula
A 63-year-old pipeline runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac. Great Lakes tribes—tapping into the Standing Rock spirit—want it stopped. A “Sacred Water” story.
DAPL company files lawsuit to finish pipeline and bypass “political interference”
If the company succeeds in getting the ruling they want, they will be able to complete the project without intervention from any federal agency.
Doctors speak out: For the sake of human health ban fracking
"In light of more than 900 scientific studies that overwhelmingly demonstrate risks and adverse impacts of drilling and fracking, Governor Wolf must implement a moratorium to stop the public health crisis that is occurring in Pennsylvania."
What Standing Rock needs Obama to do quickly—Before Trump takes over
Trump will try to fast-track fossil fuel projects across the country. That makes the final months of President Obama’s term more important than ever.
Fighting a mid-Atlantic pipeline in the age of Trump
Presidential politics and property rights take center stage as Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipeline opponents strategize post-election.
Suddenly time—and the oil market—are on the side of the Standing Rock Sioux
This week’s new Army Corps decision and a fresh lawsuit could delay the Dakota Access pipleline more than makes economic sense.
As the planet warms, Trump sends a chill wind through Marrakech
Fortunately, the fate of the planet is not in the hands of one man. It's up to movements everywhere to save it.
Bernie Sanders’ surprise speech outside the White House on rejecting Dakota pipeline & Trump
“Today we are saying it is time for a new approach to the Native American people, not to run a pipeline through their land.”
Dwindling salmon and treaty rights in the Puget Sound.
Environmental Health News has investigated these Native American efforts to reclaim their culture by, in part, fighting to preserve important cultural touchstones like water and salmon.