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Urgent: this is our last chance to speak out & #StopLine3. Add your name to say NO to tar sands pipelines today Strange Bedfellows 'Just the beginning': anti-pipeline protesters vow 'rise of resistance' Lengthy court battle ahead for Kinder Morgan, legal expert predicts Post-Christie, will New Jersey energy policy shift from pipelines to wind farms? Lessons from the front lines of anti-colonial pipeline resistance Posted after 6:15 pm pst Stop Canadian pipeline that threatens Puget Sound, orcas Dakota Access pipeline protester sentenced to jail will appeal Trahant Moving Forward With Standing Rock Lecture Series Oil projects and their protests: secundum artem Chat in the Stacks: the Dakota Pipeline, Climate Change, and Environmental Racism

Oil-sands giant Cenovus names the driving force behind Keystone XL as its new CEO Six Treats to Counter the Trump Administration’s Shameless Tricks  Professor Quits Over Alleged Censorship of  Seminars A company wants to put pipeline under water supply for Virginia Beach and Norfolk. Here's what you should know. The Home Front: ‘Please do something about this,’ say rural Coloradans about broadband Native American Activist Dennis Banks Dies at Age 80 | Minnesota News | US News Native American journalists break free of mainstream media  Minnesotans play active role at AFL-CIO convention Posted after 8 pm pst The Ramapough won't be silenced @SocialistViews Mazaska Talks: how you can help stop dirty oil projects Energy alliance kicks off campaign to counter 'anti-energy' environmentalists

Very little on the weekend.  Trump’s chaos comes to Canada Pipeline Protester Sent to Fargo Halfway House, Awaits Trial | North Dakota News | US News Total BS -  FBI labels some protesters as domestic terrorists These Unsigned Comments Supporting a Gas Exports Rule Are Recycled Industry Copy-Pastes Line 3 replacement pipeline would be one of state's largest construction projects in recent history #NoDAPL water protectors sent to jail 

Something a little different included today regarding Black Mesa. If you don't have the time to read, please scroll down to watch the brief video. For those who don't know, this will explain what the government has been doing, not exactly in the best interests of the people who live on the land who have had to suffer as a result with things like lung ailments because of the coal mining. Trump administration throws weight behind keeping Arizona coal plant open Navajo, other tribes call land-use bill a step in the right direction | Cronkite News Navajo Nation lawmaker implores Trump to protect monuments (Bears Ears in particular here) Tribes say they want an open dialogue to protect cultural sites in Wyoming Nebraska farmer challenging Adrian Smith The last big pipeline battle Red Fawn Fallis moved to Fargo Standing Rock journalist, filmmaker to speak at ASU indigenous series events Enbridge says it knew about oil pipeline damage 3 years ago but did nothing? ...

Shameful Congressmen, Industry Bullies Push to Prosecute Environmentalists as 'Terrorists' Response - Fossil Fuel Congress Asks Jeff Sessions To Label Climate Action "Terrorism" In St. Cloud, Line 3 oil pipeline hearings canceled over safety concerns The Public Pulse: Keystone XL not a good deal Republicans Hope to Save Themselves with Tax Plan Nobody Wants Democratic farmer-educator challenges Adrian Smith Pierce County Democrat files to challenge Smith for Congress Students occupy Reed College administration building over school's bank Confronting the Legacy of the Civil War: The Forgotten Front via @thenation Sustainability should not be legally impossible Posted after 6:35 pm pst Professor quits over denied Dakota Access pipeline seminars Database seeks to highlight attacks on energy infrastructure

Springfield must say NO on Pilgrim Pipeline, but Republicans holding out Should Iowa's Dakota Access pipeline protesters face terrorism charges? Database seeks to highlight attacks on energy infrastructure | WTOP Two convicted protesters are first to serve jail time Greenpeace Beats Back a SLAPP Lawsuit—for Now via @thenation “Virginia cannot approve proposed natural gas pipelines lacking critical information about impacts on state waters” Roanoke County to request rehearing on FERC's pipeline certification  Posted after 6:15 pm pst N.D. surrogate judge criticized for being first to put Dakota Access Pipeline protesters in jail Bribery for leaks to come?  SD FFA Foundation to get $65000 from Dakota Access Pipeline Native Activist to Plea 'Necessity Defense' on #NoDAPL Felony Riot Charge Oil Pipeline Opponent Uses 'Necessity Defense' _ What Is It? | Washington, D.C. News | US News Controversy swirls around anti-DAPL addition to Smithsonia...

Activists Disrupt Over 100 Bank Branches Across Seattle for Financing Tar Sands Projects Mountain Xpress - Mazurka Talks to gather in support of Indigenous rights at Pack Square Oct. 25 JP Morgan Chase and BlackRock Stop Financing Amazon Destruction One of Standing Rock's Most Important Landmarks Is Headed to the Smithsonian City of Vancouver challenges Trans Mountain pipeline in B.C. Supreme Court  Documentary Remembers Standing Rock in Beauty and Catastrophe Indigenous-led, anti-fossil fuel protests are shutting down banks in cities across the globe. Iron Eyes to ask for necessity defense in Dakota Access case Iron Eyes to ask for necessity defense in DAPL case Russian 'troll farm' created Instagram targeting Native Americans U.S. lawmakers ask DOJ if terrorism law covers pipeline activists Anti-pipeline activists take divestment protest to TD Bank in Great Barrington My Voice: Standing Rock memories serve to motivate Congressmen push Jeff Sessio...

'Landmark Decision' Casts Youth as Official Intervenors in Pipeline Case Norway wealth fund watchdog reviewing investment in U.S. pipeline firm Look at the big picture, activists urge Four states pass laws restricting protestors As Big Banks Meet, #DivestTheGlobe Demands Rejection of Fossil Fuel's Dead End 10 Reasons to Stop Mtn. Valley & Atlantic Coast Pipelines via @nrdc Priest among six arrested at Pennsylvania pipeline construction site  Vermonters call on TD Bank to stop funding pipelines Wooster man dead in Stark County gas line accident A tail wagging the dog? Pipelines, public opinion and the NEB /via @globeandmail  Posted after 6 pm pst Is pipeline sabotage domestic terrorism? Some in Congress ask Sessions to weigh in  (bit scary what Representatives are trying to do with the letter to Sessions. The letter is not only linked at the end here but there are more reps signing, much more than these 4 from Louisiana.) How Russians ...

Not expecting much today, plus posting late. Days happen like that. Keystone XL Pipeline Still On Hold Op-Ed: Enbridge losing credibility across region 6 people arrested in pipeline protest Saturday are identified by state police, charged with criminal trespass Bioneers environmental conference takes over Marin fairgrounds DAPL site mile-marker post at Smithsonian museum Guest Opinion: Crude oil pipelines or quality water?

The usual for the weekend, though the least I've seen. Judge Upholds Operation of Dakota Access Pipeline Lancaster pipeline protest continues with more arrests Why Native American Women Are Going After Europe’s Banks to Divest From Big Oil

Tar Sands Pipeline that Could Rival Keystone XL Quietly Gets Trump Approval  Advocates call pipeline approval a ‘quiet Keystone XL’ Pipeline support comes from those who benefit Pollution to blame for 1 in 6 deaths worldwide, study finds 2 Suspects in Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Avoid Trial | North Dakota News | US News First anti-DAPL activists sentenced to jail Judge to review tribe’s pipeline contingency plan Major Victories for Climate Movement, But Global Chaos Grows: Roundtable with Leaders on What’s Next  (video) Which is worse, Trump's anti-media rhetoric, or his prosecution of 2 journalists? Nuns protest Pennsylvania pipeline near chapel site How much will the Lake Powell Pipeline cost? It's still being studied Mountain Valley Pipeline still faces hurdles before construction Posted after 6:20 pm pst Lincoln Soldati Announces Run for Congress

Not much out there today. One thing I can suggest if this fossil fuel push doesn't sit easily with you, volunteer with Climate Truth to elect climate candidates standing up to fossil fuel billionaires. Click here to sign up.   Oil Spills Pose Dire Threats to Marine Life Pipeline Protest Charges Dismissed Against Journalist | North Dakota News | US News Native American Tribes Set to Continue Fight Against Keystone XL Pipeline Judge signs agreements for men who rammed DAPL security truck Report Alleges Utilities Artificially Constrained Gas Pipeline Capacity, Costing Ratepayers Billions - Free Press Online Posted after 6:30 pm pst Judge to hear arguments on tribe’s pipeline contingency plan The Other Free Speech Debate Biased as seen through title -  Video: Anti-Oil Zealots Shut Down 30-Foot Border Wall Prototypes Erected In San Diego Borderlands

It's not entirely the Trudeau government's fault that TransCanada decided to kill Energy East Judge to hear arguments on tribe’s pipeline contingency plan Guest Editorial: Requiring U.S.-made steel in pipelines would backfire Native American professor at BHSU honored Iowa senator would stall EPA nominees if Renewable Fuel Standard scaled back "Corporate bullies" are using RICO laws to go after Greenpeace 'People Over Pipelines' October event opposes Enbridge pipelines in Wisconsin 23 protesters arrested at nuns' chapel in pipeline construction zone  (if nothing else, watch the videos - they show a lot) Bayou Bridge Opponents Push for Study Request Posted after 6:15 pm pst Note the trailers -  Vermont International Film Fest Brings Issues to the Screen Earth Matters to join climate change conference

Long read; if you're short on time, watch the video, about 17 min. - The Old, Hidden Pipeline at the Bottom of the Great Lakes Petition Denied to End Outside Attorneys for Protesters | North Dakota News | US News Feds OK 2 new natural gas pipelines along East Coast  Federal Court Dismisses RICO and Defamation Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Analysis | The Energy 202: This hunter helped Zinke get his job. Now he says Zinke is putting "our public lands at risk." Land preservation board approves easements for pipelines Authorities release names of 21 protesters arrested after blocking start of Atlantic Sunrise gas pipeline construction Enbridge gets U.S. approval for cross-border pipeline section Op-Ed: Trump gives approval for Enbridge's cross-border pipeline Trump blames Congress for "not getting the job done." Americans are likelier to blame him. Earth Matters participates in VTIPL Conference and "Divest the Globe" Posted after 6:2...

Energy Brief: Week in Review and What's Ahead Don Walton: Bannon mentions Fischer; Trump on trade Indigenous rights "serious obstacle" to Kinder Morgan pipeline, report says Major East Coast Pipelines Approved by FERC Despite Strong Opposition Oil Rig Explodes in Louisiana: 7 Injured, 1 Missing Court Declines to Vacate Environmental Assessment of Dakota Access Pipeline, Permitting Oil to Flow during Remand Judge Allows 'Necessity' Defense by Climate Activists in Oil Pipeline Protest  Attorney: Dakota Access Pipeline legal issues aren’t over @NAShaleMag Trump, a one-man wrecking crew Only Nonviolent Resistance Will Destroy the Corporate State They can't be serious! Pipelines above people? Study: Oil Transportation Emissions Costlier  The environmental injustice of the Arctic refuge Greenpeace Fells Logger’s Suit Over ‘Forest Destroyer’ Tag Alaska electronic group Indian Agent ‘won’t applaud your history’ in new album  Could Seattle ...

Rover pipeline spills water containing gasoline into Michigan Wetlands Stepping forward to lead on Indigenous rights Letter: Forget pipeline, go carbon neutral National Museum of the American Indian to Show a Mile-Marker From the Standing Rock Protests | artnet News Envisioning an America free from police violence and control Yale-NUS Celebrates Peace Day - The Octant  Is new Line 3 needed? A look at the law, PUC’s impending decision

There's a link on yesterday's post that gives you the opportunity to say no to #Line 3, to stop Enbridge. Please consider taking action. Federal regulators approve two major East Coast pipelines Robert Jay Lifton on the Apocalyptic Twins of Nuclear and Climate Threats & Reflections on Survival - WORT 89.9 FM For Native Americans, a river is a sacred place  Lessons From the Front Lines of Anti-Colonial Pipeline Resistance Pipeline activist could face 21 years in prison for shutting off Keystone valve Canada’s Pipeline Industry Takes Another Hit | OilPrice.com New rules for oil drill site may be L.A.'s toughest Posted after 6:15 pm pst Jurors to deliberate pipeline protesters case

Very little today. Surprised since this is a weekday.  EDITORIAL: Blind  obsession | The Guardian City of Victoria joins campaign seeking climate costs from fossil fuel industry The Pipeline Protest Before Standing Rock France's biggest bank shuns oilsands IEN Responds to Judge's Decision to Keep DAPL Operational Oil keeps flowing while review continues under critics' watch Trump is quietly dismantling Obama’s biggest legacy Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit dismissed

Dakota Access Pipeline will remain operational during environmental impact study Dakota Access Pipeline to Remain Operational During Environmental Impact Study In Montana, Legal Battle Continues Against Trump's Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline  Should the Energy East Cancellation Scare Oil and Gas Investors?  Princeton Grads' Energy Startup Provides Power To Native Americans Protesting Oil Pipeline via @forbes Keystone XL pipeline protesters gather in Great Falls Democrats are trying in Nebraska . Really. #ListenToAmerica BNP Paribas Makes Sweeping Announcement to Cut Business With Tar Sands, Pipelines and LNG Hands Across the Potomac Saturday Noon to Protest TransCanada Potomac Gas Pipeline Judge Deals Blow to Tribes in Dakota Access Pipeline Ruling  The Back Forty Mine: Is It the Next Standing Rock? Posted after 6 pm pst The Sioux Lost a Key Battle in Their Struggle Against the DAPL Trump's Environmental Orders Spell Ecological Disaster - Emag...

Greed is what's driving this DAPL pipeline decision. Don't be fooled. They say the environmental impact statement is supposed to on again yet there is no information regarding where any of us can go make our comments.  France’s Largest Bank Cuts Ties With Dirty Energy Companies A Final Fight for the Keystone Pipeline 'This Blessed Earth' Considers The Fraught Future Of Family Farming BNP Paribas says it will no longer back oil Judge Allows Dakota Access Pipeline to Keep Running | North Dakota News | US News Judge will not shut down Dakota Access pipeline during new review The Latest: Energy industry applauds Dakota Access ruling More safety focus needed for railways and pipelines, report says The Energy East Pipeline Is Dead, but Three Tar Sands Pipeline Projects Remain In MN? Someone to turn or remove -  Minnesota House speaker stumps for oil pipeline Duke Energy Wants to Build a $5 Billion Pipeline Through Eastern North Carolina. They’ll Have to...

Seems articles can't make up their mind re: review for DAPL. Suppose it depends on their sources or bias. In terms of 45 being instrumental in killing Energy East, doubtful IMHO. He's not capable of much more than tweeting and bullying. Michael Foster - Valve Turner who shut down a Tar Sands Pipeline in North Dakota  - one quote from this video - "When we plant a tree we make a promise to the future." Federal court can't suspend Keystone XL pipeline decision, Trump administration says How Donald Trump killed the Energy East pipeline /via @globeandmail Watch: Indigenous People Gather to Sing, Dance, and Say ‘Enough of Columbus Day’ Energy East Pipeline Project Cancelled Dakota Access review delayed until mid-April Corps of Engineers might not complete DAPL review until spring @NAShaleMag Politics Sully Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regulations  Ramapough tepee trial enters second day Streamlining Infrastructure Permitting: Two Steps Forward, One St...

Update: Dakota Access Pipeline Review Delayed Louisianans Fight Oil Pipeline Through Cancer Alley  The Pipeline Protest Before Standing Rock  (watch the trailer given at the end of the article instead on YouTube you will be pleasantly surprised with what comes after though it's an earlier interview.) Activists vow fighting in the streets over EPA's Clean Power Plan repeal Analysis | Trump and the White House don't acknowledge Native Americans in push not to 'erase' Columbus's legacy Despite small victories, Indigenous communities around the world face an uphill battle Lessons from the front lines of anti-colonial pipeline resistance Free Things to Do This Week: Indigenous Peoples Day, Trivia and Taps  Ramapoughs Trial Continues As Tribe Claims Town Is Trying To Outlaw Prayer At Tepee Site Native Americans Face Environmental Threats from Alaska to New Mexico Your letters: Politicians should face the truth about pipelines Via @stateimpactpa: ...

Very light day for a news day, but I will post anyway instead of waiting till tomorrow, some not really new news. Reveal wins two ONA awards for excellence in digital journalism Harvey and Irma Remind Us of the Importance of Energy Infrastructure  Review of Dakota Access oil pipeline to extend into spring Governor Brown Issues Legislative Outdate (note the first bill mentioned) For Native Americans, a river is more than a 'person,' it is also a sacred place Indigenous people invented the so-called 'American Dream'

Energy Transfer Partners' Standing Rock Lawsuit: A Harbinger of What's to Come in the Trump Era Not what this title appears to say -  Witnesses denied ability to testify in court for "Valve-Turner" In Conversation with Amy Goodman Review of Dakota Access oil pipeline to extend into spring Energy East's cause of death: Business, politics or climate? Republicans may be picking a huge environmental fight in their push for tax reform Analysis: Like it or not, the oilsands are a national project and you're a stakeholder Activists Celebrate ‘First Time Fossil Fuel Projects Held Accountable’ as Two Major Canadian Pipelines Canceled Posted after 6:30 pm pst Men who shut down Keystone Pipeline in northeast North Dakota found guilty Trudeau accuses opponents of stoking regional divisions after pipeline cancelled