Veterans are joining forces with Standing Rock Protestors in North Dakota
Hundreds of veterans from around the country are preparing to support Standing Rock protestors between the 4th and 7th of December.
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.
Trump can’t hold back the tide of climate action
Market forces, state and local action, and strong social movements could blunt the impacts of a denialist White House.
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.
Turn widespread discontent into mass movement
We can turn widespread discontent into a mass movement with the power to transform the nation.
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.
US youth win the right to sue US government for inaction on climate change
A group of US youth, ranging in age from 9 to 20, were granted the right to sue the federal government and fossil fuel industry over climate change and environmental degradation that endangers their future.
Largest bank in Norway sells its assets in Dakota Access Pipeline
Earlier this month, Reuters reported that DNB was “reconsidering its participation” in the financing of the pipeline if “concerns raised by Native American tribes against its construction are not addressed.”