Tag: Standing Rock

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says public comments on the DAPL environmental review are being accepted through Feb. 20, despite Trump’s orders on pipeline.

“It appears that the state's strategy is to simply delay discovery, charge people based on collective action and not individual acts which can be established by admissible evidence, and then hope for a conviction from a jury overwhelmingly biased towards law enforcement and the state.”

Trump claims that pipelines will create more energy security for Americans, but will the oil even be used domestically?

On MLKDay 2017 water protectors were shot at and tear gassed once again by law enforcement in riot gear.

The actions, along with arrests, will likely continue in the coming weeks and months.

There’s something even better than electoral politics and one-off protests when mobilizing citizen power.

Water protectors answer a fundamental question: What happens if the pipeline gets completed?

Jasilyn Charger is a water protector from Cheyenne River. She’s been camping at Sacred Stone resistance camp to fight the construction of the nearly $4 billion Dakota Access pipeline for nearly 10 months.

Whom to call, what to donate, and where to show up.

At Standing Rock, for the first time, I felt like I was finally serving the people.