Tag: Dakota Access Pipeline

The North Dakota jury’s decision against Greenpeace raises concerns over SLAPP lawsuits, corporate influence on the courts, and the broader threat to free speech and peaceful protest in the U.S.

"The Corps' covering for the pipeline company's outrageous safety record and the reviewer's serious conflict of interest have now resulted in a failed effort," said Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairwoman Janet Alkire. "They need to start over with adult supervision."

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has withdrawn as a cooperating agency from the U.S Federal government’s ongoing environmental assessment of the Dakota...

“Life on Earth can recover from a drastic climate shift by evolving into new species and creating new ecosystems … humans cannot.”

“Here, an environmentally devastating pipeline was constructed in flagrant violation of the law.”

We will do our very best to see this pipeline removed, our water protected, and our sacred lands healed."

With the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines threatening Indigenous land, youth from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes ran 2,000 miles to deliver a powerful message to the new administration.

The White House remains silent on both of the pipeline projects, which Indigenous communities say are blatant cases of racism and injustice.

Tell Congress to shut down DAPL and restore tribal sovereignty, protect our waterways, and our climate.

"This is a critical step towards righting the wrongs of the past and setting our nation on a path of environmental, climate, and social justice."