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STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/29 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

'We would have been history': 5 years later, Casselton train blast still echoes with lessons learned, regulatory changes Oil pipeline triggers a winter of protest As court challenges pile up, gas pipeline falls behind Nonprofit steps in to fund Zion National Park through Jan. 5 , via @sltrib Better idea, shut down this criminal administration -  Trump Administration Seeks To Muzzle Scientists Protecting Vital Native American Sites   Louisiana Sheriff Who Criticized Pipeline Opponents Is Ordered to Release Records on Standing Rock Visit Appeals court reverses decision involving sheriff's records

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/28 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

This is what GOP ignorance looks like -  Former GOP Rep: Leftists Hijacking Courts Hurts Consumers, Taxpayers Foes of Enbridge Line 3 pipeline file appeals in Minnesota - constructconnect.com via @ConstructConnx Enbridge pipeline triggers a winter of frigid protest in Michigan FERC has no clue - No conflict between pipeline process and religious rights, FERC tells SCOTUS Currently reading on NewsDakota: Louisiana Sheriff’s Office Responded to 2016 Pipeline Protest in ND Farmland should be protected from pipeline company This is the worst oil disaster you’ve never heard of | Janis Searles Jones and Philippe Cousteau Why turning over federal land to 'local control' deeply disrespects Native Americans It is up to us since we're confronted still with a GOP-controlled Congress & administration that does nothing unless it benefits them -  "At the foundation of all this brokenness is a form of predatory capitalism that trades in the lives of underpaid wo...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/26 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

United States Supreme Court deciding whether or not to hear Mountain Valley Pipeline lawsuit  Spills, Shutdowns And Legal Challenges: A Tumultuous Year For Mariner East 2  UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - Indigenous Caucus - Native American Rights Fund Native American Congresswoman-elect Deb Haaland is ready to get to work Citizen Revolt: Dec. 27

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/25 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

‘This is our land’: Native Americans see Trump’s move to reduce Bears Ears monument as an assault on their culture Neither of whom are acceptable - both owned by fossil fuels -  Bishop and Reyes in the running to replace Zinke Native Americans See Trump’s Move to Reduce Bears Ears Monument in Utah as an Assault on Their Culture

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/24 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

#EyeOnTheAmazon: Good News for Yasuní Park and Indigenous Rights! #NoMataYasuni #EndAmazonCrude @kevinmkoenig @moira_kb ​Judge expands Coastal GasLink injunction against pipeline blockade (via JWNenergy.com) Home for Christmas: Atlantic Coast Pipeline protest by horseback KEN MIDKIFF: A standoff over national monument status for Bears Ears

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/21 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Want to stop climate change? Get arrested Daily on Energy, presented by GAIN: Greens go on the offensive against Trump’s wall as shutdown looms Minnesota Commerce Department asks appeals court to block Enbridge pipeline  Via @WRAL: Cooper administration releases thousands of Atlantic Coast Pipeline documents   (updated this morning) New Mexico Officials Say Pipeline Spill Contained | New Mexico News | US News The Forest Service Thought It Was Fine to Build a Pipeline on the AT @outsidemagazine After a year of strong resistance, future looks uncertain for 2 controversial pipelines We need a Secretary of the Interior who works for the people Orrin Hatch's Legacy: The Environment Becomes A Rallying Point Against 'Federal Overreach' 7 things to watch in 2019 as Trump goes to war with Democrats over the environment “I worked in the Interior Department. Watching Zinke’s tenure was heartbreaking.” A must read; he's no different than that guy in the W...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/20 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

We must stop the catastrophe that is Line 3 pipeline in its tracks | Nina Berglund  Dakota Access Pipeline, 18 months later Opponents of Keystone XL Pipeline watch legal developments; happy construction on hold via @UniverseBYU How Native and White Communities Make Alliances to Protect the Earth Planned Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel clears final hurdle Army Corps accepting comments on Enbridge Line 3 pipeline permit Administration releases thousands of Atlantic Coast Pipeline documents  Downsized national monuments threaten Native American history, opponents say Sen. Mike Lee sinks a big public lands package because Congress won’t stop presidents from creating national monuments in Utah , via @sltrib - This guy is a joke! Public Records Sought on Connection Between Trump Wildlife Agency Nominee, Montana Political Circles Grijalva promises vigorous oversight of the Interior by natural resources committee Interior Inspector General Urged to Investigate ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/19 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Federal Judge Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline  Chester Co. DA opens criminal investigation into Sunoco pipelines Chester County Opens Criminal Investigation Into Controversial Mariner East Pipelines New rules limiting clean water protections ignore stream science @highcountrynews Canada won’t perform an environmental review of most new oilsands projects. Here’s why. Sen. Michael Bennet wants San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act included in year-end public lands package Study shows Atlantic Coast Pipeline opposition could negatively affect WV economy How best to share the disappearing Colorado River @highcountrynews

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/18 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Pipeline Obstruction Is the Activists' New 'Carbon Tax' | Newsmax.com Putin’s Keystone Spies Letter to the Editor: Real conservatives don't seize land for pipelines The Lorax supports National Parks vs for-profit pipelines (so do the judges) Breakenridge: Pipeline obsession has sabotaged green group's goals Go West: Pacific Coast LNG plans get fresh look as market shifts Louisiana Wants to Site Polluting Plastic Plant in Cancer Alley First of 8 suits filed in 2016 oil spill Activists get cuffed for climate, but will it help?

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/17 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Very little early today. Maybe more later. Not surprising for the GOP -  Congressional Republicans ask Trump to act on Keystone XL pipeline - Oil & Gas Journal GOP lawmakers push Trump to take ‘any appropriate action’ to save Keystone XL California Regulators Say Utility Falsified Pipeline Safety Records The judges spoke for the trees, "for the trees have no tongues." Erie approves master pipeline agreement with Crestone Peak Resources First Nations groups in British Columbia have undertaken a daring plan to save Canada's small population of woodland caribou from the dangers of oil-and-gas development. @hillaryrosner reports Ryan Zinke was no Theodore Roosevelt  - worst head of the DOI ever The Grand Staircase-Escalante is home to a huge cast of biodiversity, breaking up the monument could disturb the native species

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/16 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Is the next Standing Rock looming in northern British Columbia? Utah leaders, environmentalists react to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's resignation What America Still Stands to Lose as Zinke Leaves Interior and Ex-Oil Lobbyist David Bernhardt Stands by Comment on San Juan Islands National Monument  Cultural sites at risk from climate change

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/15 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Court cites Dr Seuss's The Lorax in rebuke to US Forest Service None are working in the best interests of anyone on this planet -  GOP lawmakers push Trump to take ‘any appropriate action’ to save Keystone XL  The more I read the more I think we need recalls across the country for all of these GOP lawmakers who are willing to sign our death warrants -  Daines, Gianforte join Keystone push; letter makes no mention of climate change  Guest Column: Selective comments from the NDP PUC panel sees ‘statewide concern’ with pipeline corrosion after ME1 leak California utility, under scrutiny over massive wildfire, falsified pipeline safety records for years: regulators Gas pipeline ruptures forcing evacuations in Pleasant Shade, Tennessee Enbridge to remove existing Line 3 from tribal lands if new pipeline is built Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Leaves Behind Legacy of Environmental Rollbacks, Controversy Utah is full of crap -  Utah says smaller n...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/14 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Landowners lose appeal over Dakota Access pipeline easements 1,000 Organizations Have Pulled Their Money Out of Fossil Fuels in Major Milestone Whatever happened to the US Forest Service - it used to be an honorable organization years ago, but these last 25 yrs or so tell a different story.-   Appeals Court panel revokes Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit No sympathy whatsoever for the companies involved - Pipeline firms plagued by accidents, fines via @wcdailylocal Believe Enbridge?  Enbridge to remove existing Line 3 from tribal lands if new pipeline is built Oil pipeline foes look past regulators after another loss Fate of Enbridge pipelines may send more oil through Wisconsin Protesters display mock oil pipeline in Seattle bank

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/13 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Revealed: FBI kept files on peaceful climate change protesters  Mountain Valley Pipeline sued, Atlantic Coast Pipeline halted via @constructdive Treaty conference being held in Rapid City States ask court to stop Trump from reviving US coal sales Fuelish behaviour: Justin Trudeau’s climate plans are stuck in Alberta’s tar sands Whistler wants to bill Alberta oil and gas company for climate change expenses What winter solstice rituals tell us about indigenous people Court deals another blow to Atlantic Coast Project Banning fracking was just the starting point; New York must move away from fossil fuels Standing Rock Water Protectors Exhibit in Illinois  Oil pipeline foes look past regulators after another loss  Landowners Lose Challenge to Pipeline Deals  It devours our land

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/12 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Living near oil and gas wells linked to increase in cardiovascular disease: Study This ignorant madman has to be stopped; if we're lucky, just maybe he and his swamp will be out before destroying our forests -  Trump Wants to Speed Up Drilling in National Forests @outsidemagazine  Protests, Lawsuits Aim to Stop New Pipeline Projects But Will Industry Wait Them Out?  Is the next Standing Rock looming in northern B.C.? Judge halts Keystone XL pipeline, citing ‘complete disregard’ for climate Canadian gov't lies just like ours does, their main interest, money: Canadian Government Declares Oil Trains Safe and Plans to Get Into the Oil Train Business   Sheriff’s Deputies Protect Corporate Interests in Bayou Bridge Case Michigan Gov. Signs Bill to Keep Line 5 Pipeline Flowing Via @WRAL: Lawmakers move ahead with pipeline investigation  Ex-Government Scientist Published Damning Report on Department of Interior  (click on links within the article....

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/11 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Trump proposes to roll back decades of water protections  via @politico Trump EPA Proposes Major Rollback Of Federal Water Protections  President Trump and Secretary Zinke Open Up 9 Million Acres of Sage Grouse Habitat to Drilling | Field & Stream via @fieldandstream Former Koch adviser to oversee Interior Department's FOIA requests Posting more than one reference to this in case one of the articles disappears - Tribes seek to challenge Dakota Access Pipeline study  Conference examines impact of climate change on indigenous communities Pennsylvania judge rejects shutting Energy Transfer's Mariner East pipelines State administrative judge rules in favor of Mariner East pipelines via @phillydotcom Arctic Towns, Railways, and Pipelines At Risk of Permafrost Thaw Damage NEB approves application for two new pipelines in Northeast B.C.  Michigan Legislature passes Great Lakes oil pipeline bill  Bayou Bridge Charged $450 for Building Oil Pipe...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/10 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

TransCanada blocked from hauling Keystone XL pipe  Tribes seek to challenge Corps' Dakota Access pipeline study - ABC News  Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction halts as court reviews 4 endangered species  Atlantic Coast Pipeline Work Halted After Court Stays Key Permit  More legal sticking points merge from US Mid-Atlantic pipeline projects; ACP halts work Where the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline project stands, and where it goes from here  Court rejects another plea from pipeline foes Obama-Appointed Judge To Keystone Pipeline Developer: Don’t You Dare Haul Pipe To The Work Site  Virginia AG, DEQ sue Mountain Valley Pipeline over alleged violations - Oil & Gas Journal Two injured after pipeline valve malfunction in Claridge Pipeline protesters arrested after TRU property vandalized with red paint Pipelines will not solve the big problems with Alberta oil | rabble.ca via @AddThis This is what corruption does before the changing of ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/9 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Trump's pursuit of 'American energy dominance' threatens the entire planet Trump's attack on the Clean Water Act will fuel destructive pipeline boom by @fastlerner Panel to take closely watched vote on pipeline station Opinion/Editorial: Mitigation of pipeline is tenuous Landowners alongside Ohio pipeline file lawsuit against it Virginia attorney general files suit against Mountain Valley Pipeline  WTF? Are they out of their freaking minds? This is like using wastewater to make fake snow as Snowbowl does. Stop wasting our water! A push to make fracking waste water usable in agriculture — and even for drinking  

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/8 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Energy Transfer and Big Banks Lost Billions From Dakota Access Pipeline via @truthout Environmental Activists Raise Values On Existing Pipelines  Judge bans all field pre-construction work for Keystone work, allows limited planning  Lawsuit filed against Mountain Valley Pipeline Landowners alongside Ohio pipeline file lawsuit against it COMMENTARY: Conspiracy theories not needed in explaining Liberal ineptness  Landowner inside Bears Ears monument wants out of newly incorporated Bluff, raising questions about what is planned for the property , via @sltrib Seems communities of color are always under attack - "What has happened to us?" Pipeline battle divides historic black community Ignored and Infuriated, Pawnee Stop Illegal Fracking Plans on Tribal Lands via @earthjustice

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/7 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Case to Delay Keystone XL Pipeline Before the Nebraska Supreme Court Winona LaDuke Calls for Indigenous-Led “Green New Deal” The Deadly Cost of Pipelines in Native Land: Winona LaDuke on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Virginia files lawsuit against Mountain Valley Pipeline Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction halts, environmental permit stalls project Bayou Bridge Charged $450 for Trespassing and Building Oil Pipeline Without Permission on Louisiana Parcel Natural Resource Defense Council: It's time for Secretary Zinke to go  The unmaking Straight talk on crooked issues: "Speaking of Indigenous Politics" Judge Denies TransCanada Request for Pre-Construction  Work on Keystone XL Pipeline via @nrdc

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/6 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Portland police sergeant lied about the law, violated bureau policy, panel finds  Trump’s Tribal Agenda – The Warning Lights Are Flashing Judge rules Bayou Bridge Pipeline company trespassed, can take private property  Judge: Pipeline owners trespassed, but work can continue - ABC News  Lawsuits allege damage from Nexus pipeline  PA Study: Pipeline Blast Could Be Devastating, But Risk Is Low  or so they say. Believe them? Environmentalists slam Murphy for inaction on pipelines Judge: Pipeline owners trespassed, but work can continue  - That $150 a piece for each violation is no more than a slap on the hand. Seems this judge has been bought by ETP. Opposition to Bayou Bridge Pipeline's Eminent Domain Lawsuit | Center for Constitutional Rights Trial Concludes: Judge Rules Pipeline Company Trespassed But Allows Taking of Private Property via @commondreams It's clear Trump illegally shrunk Bears Ears; the Department of Justice doesn't want...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/5 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

The Dakota Access Pipeline Project Lost Billions by Failing to Consult With Local Tribes Ocasio-Cortez's unlikely path to becoming green hero Xcel Energy pledges to go carbon-free by 2050 Mothers Deliver Letters to Dominion re: Fears About the Huge Rate Increases Due to the Construction of Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline We can have all of the gas we need in Virginia without new pipelines via @newsleadernow Michigan senate approves bill to replace Great Lakes twin pipelines | CBC News  Bad News for Governor Northam- Pipeline Opposition Is NOT Going Away! Listen to the Cosmic Sound of Sandstone Arches in Bears Ears via @earthjustice These Utah Activists Are Determined to Stop Trump From Stealing Our Public Lands via @thenation More crap from the Trump administration New Report Documents Two Years of Attacks on Science at Department of the Interior |  Union of Concerned Scientists As the Canadian oil industry endures its worst crisis ever, a fair sh...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/4 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Tribes give spoken testimonies against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion  Pipeline opponent Winona LaDuke applies for post on Public Utilities Commission Flint excavates lead, iron water pipelines a year ahead of schedule A year after size reduction, Bears Ears National Monument fight continues Study: Trump plan to shrink national monuments could lead to rare bee species' extinction Monumental Disaster at the Department of the Interior Confronting Edward Abbey on the 50th Anniversary of 'Desert Solitaire' Barron: Indigenous People and Climate Change The Rare Environmental Victories of 2018 Weak pipeline enforcement endangers lives

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/3 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Film festival marks date of Bears Ears reduction Energy Transfer, Banks Lost Billions by Ignoring Early Dakota Access Pipeline Concerns Judge to consider shutting down pipeline State legislators, Line 3 foes seek seat on body that approved pipeline Michigan governor drops plan to give bridge panel oversight of pipeline tunnel | US | The Journal Gazette  Katahdin Woods and Waters Monument still under threat from Trump administration How did public land drilling rights become cheaper than a cup of coffee?

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 11/30 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Meade County preparing for any changes with the Keystone XL Pipeline Pipeline Trial Focuses on Expropriation, not Environment  Project Censored: Indigenous communities around world helping to win legal rights of nature Women Who Risk Everything to Defend the Environment Pipeline spills crude oil on private property southeast of Great Falls Washington tribes say pipeline will harm orcas, way of life Northam's Atlantic Coast Pipeline interference disappointing, but not really surprising  Analysis | The Energy 202: Trump administration seeks to block legal briefs from Democrats in national monuments case Incoming House committee chairman demands accountability for Trump's destructive monument policy Zinke is stooping to Trump's antics because he knows he will be on the hot seat when the new Congress convenes next year; he knows he's guilty -   Interior Secretary Calls Rep. Grijalva A Drunk In Tweet  Patagonia's Unapologetically Political Strategy an...