Tag: Dakota Access Pipeline
Standing Rock prepared us for Trump’s billionaires and oil giants
Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration.
Why I kneeled before Standing Rock elders and asked for forgiveness
“We fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke … But we’ve come to say that we are sorry.”
Lawyers for Standing Rock water protectors are pleading for more help
Hundreds of DAPL water protectors have no lawyer at all.
Leaked audio: Dakota Access pipeline executive says “Election night changed everything”...
Big oil believes “We now are going into a transition where we are going to have a new President of the United States who gets it."
North Dakota’s public bank was built for the people – now...
The nation’s only state bank was created to empower small farmers and local economies, but now it’s being used to silence indigenous people with militarized force. How did this happen?
With pipeline losing $20 million a week, DAPL battle moves to...
In the meantime, organized resistance against DAPL continues.
Pipeline 150 miles from Dakota Access Spills 176,000 gallons of crude...
Cleanup of this spill may last until spring.
Rick Perry, climate denier and Dakota Access Pipeline owner board member,...
Governor Perry has serious conflicts of interest that should disqualify him from the job.
After visiting Standing Rock, Swedish bank puts companies behind DAPL on...
“It is becoming increasingly clear that financial institutions view the Dakota Access pipeline as a liability.”
Canada’s shame
Fresh from the victory at Standing Rock, activists need to look from Flint, Michigan to places like Azacualpa to confront neoliberal efforts to put profit over people and the environment.
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Waterboarding for dollars in Cuba
The CBS Sunday Morning program, “Next: Cuba?” which aired on April 26, presented a discussion of the recent intensification of sanctions on...
California officials accuse Trump administration of targeting blue states after Medicaid funding freeze
Federal officials cite fraud concerns while California leaders warn millions could lose access to critical healthcare and in-home support services.
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