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STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/31-4/1/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Louisiana and Minnesota introduce anti-protest bills amid fights over Bayou Bridge and Enbridge pipelines Pipeline protesters just got a new legal defense Pipeline builder faulted for unauthorized form of drilling, spill in Lebanon County TransCanada Wants a Quick Win ib Keystone XL Pipeline Row  (subscription needed for full access) Trump tells another tall tale, this one on the Keystone XL pipeline posted after 6 pm pdt Environmentalists see proposed Louisiana law to protect pipelines and penalize protesters as overreach  Delinquent $13.8 Billion Pipeline Company Receives Minor Fine For Major Oil Spill Judge Demands Explanation in Dakota Access Lawsuit Lummi Nation Continues to Improve Salmon Habitat

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/30/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Submit a comment to the BLM to protect both Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument from the destruction the current administration wants to level on both. You're being asked to submit personalized comments, something easy to do if you're passionate about protecting these monuments. Please share with your friends as well. Many organizations are working to protect these places. More information can be found in Google Searches if need be. Please do so by 4/11, the deadline. Thank you. The new Bears Ears National Monument boundary strips protections for approximately three-fourths of known archaeological treasures. Bayou Bridge Pipeline equipment reported vandalized; company offers reward for tips Trump tells another tall tale, this one on the Keystone XL pipeline | CBC News  Judge demands explanation in Dakota Access lawsuit TigerSwan Employee Applied for Security License in Louisiana Without Disclosing Ties — After Firm’...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/29/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Listen:  Bears Ears At Risk  To the PUC, Native culture matters — but not enough to affect its Line 3 decision-making Agency denies pipeline’s request for more time to cut trees Oil & Gas seeks $40 million bailout but prez is barrier “Trans Mountain battle escalates” by @MtWestNews  Opinion | A battle is brewing as pipeline companies prepare to break ground in Virginia Canadian state carrying out mass arrests to protect U.S. multinational's right to profit Pipeline opponents hold vigil outside NC governor's office To protect birds and endangered bats, feds reject Atlantic Coast Pipeline bid to continue cutting trees Dayton vows veto of bill authorizing Enbridge Line 3 pipeline  Native Waters at Risk: Learning to Listen Navajo-Owned Company to Fix Road to Access Abandoned Uranium Mines Posted after 6:30 pm pdt Pipeline protesters target TD Bank

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/28/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

'Extreme' fossil fuel investments have surged under Donald Trump, report reveals Over 70,000 sign petitions protesting pipelines in Virginia Mountain Valley pipeline receives approval from Virginia regulators “Save the Gulf from Our Oil Addiction” by @EndangeredOcean Marathon Pipeline agrees to $335,000 in EPA settlement for 2016 Wabash River diesel spill “Engineers Compete to Detect Methane Leaks, a Powerful Climate Pollutant” by @EnvDefenseFund ETP Mariner East liquids pipe spills more fluid in Pennsylvania More Than 2,400 Animals Killed by Oil Spill in Colombia Harvard Board Member Calls on University to 'Stop Owning Climate Change' 170+ arrested taking bold action to protect the land, water and climate The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would mean a 7-fold increase in oil-tanker traffic off the B.C. coast. Here’s what that looks like. Tar Sands Investments Increase Dramatically Under Trump Posted after 8:45 pm pdt BBC News - Cycling the ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/27/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Spill fears rise even as Line 3 backers vow new pipeline will be safe Tribes Build a Traditional Watch House to Stop Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion Energy Company Sues Student for Protesting at Fracking Site in Greeley  Honor the Earth to host film screening at AIRC New Dædalus Issue on 'Unfolding Futures: Indigenous Ways of Knowing for the Twenty-First Century' ​Plea bargain struck in Minnesota MMIW case Hogan's soft line on fossil fuels Environmental Justice’s Built-In Equity Lens Daniel Sheehan: Winning justice at Standing Rock One of world's dirtiest oil sources wants to go green, but how? As MVP Gets Approval, Activists Continue Push Against Pipelines Canadian railways in a catch-22 over crude shipment Once again, court upholds Sunoco Pipeline's Mariner East project Attorney Josh Raisler Cohn statement following West Roxbury, MA #ClimateTrial Verdict 'A threat to the autonomy of our province': Burnaby mayor to take pipeline...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/25-26/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Canada: Over 150 Anti-Kinder Morgan Pipeline Protesters Detained Walking the pipeline: Ken Ilgunas walked the proposed Keystone route and wrote about it Peace activists on front lines of climate blockade | Voxy.co.nz Half of Alberta's boreal forest could disappear due to fires and climate change FERC May Stifle Public Voice on New Gas Pipelines Michigan agency OKs more support anchors for oil pipelines  MVP contractor tied to pipeline cited for environmental violations Opinion: Protect our neighborhoods and river from pipeline plan Class action lawsuit filed against Sunoco Pipeline Can woodchips, wetlands clean polluted Vermillion River? Posted after 6 pm pdt After 172 arrests, Kinder Morgan blockades pause for ceremony Is This The World’s Next Petrochemical Hub? | OilPrice.com Guest Opinion: Don't do it Crow Wing County “Decolonization Starts Inside of You” Calling Out Trudeau 'Betrayal,' Water Defenders Mobilize Against Kinder Morgan Pipe...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/24/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

All focused it seems on the #MarchForOurLives as well it should be today.  Alberta's budget doesn't hinge on pipelines, but it sure assumes they'll get built One Morning With the Tree-Dwelling Pipeline Protesters | West Virginia News | US News Canada: how a pipeline engineer got arrested in anti-pipeline protests Federal judge details reasons for Bayou Bridge Pipeline decision Zinke's Plan to Fund the Park Service Is Pure Fantasy @outsidemagazine

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/23/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Pipeline Leaks 42,000 Gallons Into Indiana Stream Tech Giant Microsoft Signs Largest Corporate Solar Agreement in the U.S. 'Kayaktivists' Board Rig Set to Drill Arctic Records: Virginia State Police police spent nearly $50K on pipeline hearings New England's energy future lies in the balance Fed. Judge Rules for Oil Companies on Core Part of Climate Alarmists' Suit  State's high court will hear appeal on Keystone XL route Alberta's balanced budget plan relies on pipelines and debt climbing to $96B | CBC News Posted after 8:45 pm pdt Youth in Revolt: Five Powerful Movements Fueled by Young Activists Federal judge halts Louisiana pipeline Wind River Tribes Worked Hard To Convince Governor To Veto Infrastructure Bill Peaceful for now, will civil disobedience escalate in Kinder Morgan pipeline fight?

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/22/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

ACLU eyes DAPL Standing Rock Launches Clean Water Campaign Amid Threat of Pipeline Spill TransCanada abandoned Energy East to fill Keystone XL, according to Justin Trudeau Trespassing with Purpose No Jail Time for Climate Activist Who Shut off Tar Sands Pipeline to Prevent Climate Harms @alternet Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Indigenous Youth Autumn Peltier has message for Prime Minister Trudeau on Pipelines A major stumbling block for energy infrastructure: Activism from the bench Was the Trans Mountain Pipeline report 'fatally flawed?' Mining company challenges EPA order for Superfund site study near Gold King Is Dominion's Pipeline Violating the Law? Algonquin pipeline opponents press Cuomo to deliver safety study Tensions flare when Mountain Valley Pipeline crews cut trees at Giles Co. trout stream  Tell the DRBC: Ban Fracking in the Basin Posted after 6:10 pm pdt “I’m Terrified”: Life on the Front Lines of the Sunoco Pipeli...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/21/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Protester Arrested At State House: Gov. Hogan Would Not Drink Water  Contaminated by Fracking CalPERS Report Details Role in Dakota Pipeline Controversy Mandated study of Dakota Access pipeline to miss completion goal “Environmental extremism” or necessary response to climate emergency? Pipeline shutdown trials pit activists against the oil industry Activist: Stand firm against supremacists C19 Now!: The Climate for Indigenous Activism @ Popejoy Hall -  6:00 PM on 03/23/2018 Clean Water Campaign announced by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe  The Foilies: It’s Your Right to Know – Planet Jackson Hole Bureau of Land Management Employees Become Propaganda Tools for Commercial Exploration ‘My spirit was broken’ Kinder Morgan protest planned for Port Alberni

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/20/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Trump Administration Sells Oil and Gas Leases Near Utah National Monuments Greenpeace Co-Founder and Allies Arrested Protesting Trans Mountain Pipeline That Threatens Pacific Coast  Mandated study of Dakota Access line to miss completion goal 10,000 Protested This Proposed Kinder Morgan Pipeline Nieman Fellow battles media stereotypes of Native Americans Anti-protest bill was a roller-coaster of a ride - News Columns - WyoFile In photos: activists put their bodies on the line to stop a destructive oil pipeline Court denies environmental groups' request for preliminary relief in MVP case Kinder Morgan Pipeline Protest Grows: Arrests Include a Greenpeace Founder, Juno-Nominated Grandfather Posted after 6 pm pdt Tribes leading the charge to protect public lands Subscription needed for this: Yankton Sioux Tribe Loses Bid to Pull Dakota Pipeline Permits A Private Mercenary Firm Is Making Millions Off Tragedy in Houston, Puerto Rico and Standing Rock @alternet ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/19/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

“Losing Bears Ears to a cloud of industrial smoke from extraction and mining does not keep that preservation of life for us,” said one Navajo woman.  #StandWithBearsEars Why no one agrees on Line 3 pipeline's climate change impact Russian troll farm that meddled in U.S. election also targeted Trudeau and Canadian oil Environmentalists Seek to Halt New Mexico Mine's Return | New Mexico News | US News Poaching and proposed oilsands mine bad for bison, Alberta First Nation says Judge Hears Final Arguments in Badger-Two Medicine Case So. Utah invited to speak up on funding ideas for Lake Powell Pipeline 28 Activists Arrested at Kinder Morgan Pipeline Construction Site Posted after 6:15 pm pdt What Standing Rock Gave the World NAWA focuses on native women’s struggles

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/18/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Bless the Water Russia online ‘troll farm’ that meddled in U.S. election also targeted Trudeau, Canadian pipelines /via @globeandmail Enbridge pipeline raises concerns in Minnesota Canada's Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail The imminent pipeline danger to the Greater Newport Historic District Stopping Bayou Bridge Pipeline Through Cypress Swamp Washington state is 'allied' with B.C. on Trans Mountain pipeline: governor Posted after 7 pm pdt Kochs and ALEC Behind Criminalization of Dissent Bills in Five States  (listen and watch or read the transcript of the interview) Environmentalists seek to halt New Mexico mine's return

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/16/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

What Standing Rock Gave the World State regulators approve environmental review for proposed Enbridge crude oil pipeline Line 3 pipeline clears another hurdle as environmental study gets OK DEQ cites Atlantic Coast Pipeline for felling trees near waterways  Anti-pipeline film screens March 22 Trans Mountain granted injunction against pipeline protesters at two B.C. sites Divided FERC rejects climate change significance in re-approving Sabal Trail pipeline 'Keep It In The Ground' Activists Optimistic Despite Oil Boom | WAMU Regulators OK environmental review for disputed Enbridge oil pipeline The Hydroelectric Crises: The Fight to Live in the North Conference aims to develop dialogue about uranium contamination Posted after 6 pm pdt In wake of Standing Rock, Native storytelling gets more screen time Questions of environmental justice take center stage U.S. appeals court approves ETP's Bayou Bridge pipeline construction Photo exhibit of American ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/15/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Note the links within -  Public lands ‘a priceless legacy’ for future Canadian crude is finding a new way to Asia without a pipeline Regulators OK environmental review for disputed oil pipeline | WTOP Appeals Court Lifts Halt to Louisiana Pipeline Construction | Louisiana News | US News Pipeline stocks sink after U.S. regulator kills key income-tax allowance /via @globeandmail Proposed Potomac River gas pipeline put on hold Alabama approves $3.3M settlement with Colonial Pipeline over 2016 explosion, spill Red Lake Tribal Council votes to remove Enbridge pipelines Ottawa 'determined' to see Trans Mountain pipeline expanded: minister Posted after 6:30 pm pdt Architecture exhibit highlights impact of Dakota Access Pipeline West Virginia DEP orders Rover Pipeline to stop construction, citing multiple violations

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/14/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

The physicist who dreamed of other universes wanted us to save the one we’ve already got. Supreme Court agrees to take Keystone XL appeal, which could speed case Trump’s new economics director is a climate denier who thinks animals can ‘snuggle’ under pipelines  Zinke may not allow oil drilling off the West Coast after all. The Koch brothers preached the fossil fuel gospel in Virginia. Then, black churches fought back.  How Banks Fund Oil Pipelines Excellent, in depth argument IMHO - Martyn Brown: What the world needs to know about Justin Trudeau's dirty crude pipe dream Pipeline fight escalates along Virginia/West Virginia border  #NoMVP #NoACP How the Oglala Sioux Are Freeing Themselves From Fossil Fuel @alternet Honor the Earth powwow Saturday Emails show that oil extraction was main motivation in shrinking Bears Ears monument EWEB: Oil spill 800 feet downstream from Eugene's drinking water intake Posted after 7 pm pdt The Globe and Mail didn'...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/13/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Appeals court weighs resuming pipeline project in Louisiana | Business The Risk of the Dakota Pipeline Is a Leak Just Too Small to For Tech to Notice  Company urges appeals court to lift halt to pipeline work WV DEP orders Rover Pipeline to stop construction, citing multiple violations If One Appointee Gets His Way, UN Could Recognize Healthy Environment as Human Right Indigenous role reversal a new take on the pipeline debate for film shot in Maple Ridge Dominion fails in attempt to bar testimony on pipeline's potential $2.3 billion hit for ratepayers New York loses appeal to block Millennium natgas pipeline NC GOP calls for Cooper investigation over pipeline Are Appalachian Pipelines Being Built to Increase Exports? Thousands of marchers in British Columbia say no to Trans Mountain pipeline Posted after 6 pm pdt Tribe members note 'trespass' bill skeptically After Profiting off DAPL Protests, Security Firm Now Assists Climate Disasters

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/12/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Bears Ears Comment Deadline Coming Up  - Please take action now - only about 3 days left - #ProtectBearsEars Supreme Court asked to open public lands near the Grand Canyon to uranium mining Clean up your old oil pipeline, Minnesotans tell Enbridge Has Keystone XL Met Its Match? @outsidemagazine Analysis | The Energy 202:  This is how pipeline companies will seek a pass on Trump tariffs From North Dakota to Puerto Rico, controversial security firm profits from oil protests and climate disasters Should We Primary Every Democrat? - In These Times ‘It’s Time for Indian Women to Be Heard’: The Promise and Problems of the Tribal Law and Order Act People are showing they’ve had enough Joan Baez's "Whistle Down the Wind" Debuts at #18 The indigenous communities fighting back in Canada, writes @Katie_Dancey for the @LushTimesEN Thousands of marchers in British Columbia say no to Trans Mountain pipeline Supporters, opponents of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mou...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/10-11/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Indigenous, Environmental Leaders Protest Canada Pipeline | Business News | US News Thousands march to protest Canada pipeline expansion project Indigenous leaders erect traditional 'Watch House' near Kinder Morgan Pipeline route: Trudeau's pipeline  Thousands march to protest Canada pipeline expansion project Speak up for the environment Forest service imposes emergency closure along Mountain Valley Pipeline route Nebraska man sues Oklahoma pipeline company for fatal 2016 leak Documents reveal outreach on pipeline Pipeline protesters rally at scene of Chesco sinkholes

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/9/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

TransCanada wins court challenge to attorney fees, won’t have to pay $354K Pipeline CEOs vow to fight back against environmental activism and sabotage Congress: Russians trolled Florida pipeline debate Is the Trans Mountain pipeline really an ocean-murdering hellspawn like B.C. says it is? Canada: Thousands to protest Trans Mountain pipeline expansion @AJEnglish Documents reveal immense outreach on Atlantic Coast Pipeline Klamath Tribal Chief: Natural Gas Pipeline to Coos Bay Would Create the "Next Standing Rock" Shutdown averted for Sabal Trail pipeline  Dueling pipeline rallies set for Saturday Posted after 7:30 pm pdt Standing Rock: Dakota Access Pipeline Leak Technology Can%27t Detect All Spills  City divests from Wells Fargo Activists train to monitor Bayou Bridge oil pipeline UND journalism professor to lead prominent Native American news outlet Ranchers lead opposition to ‘critical infrastructure’ bill

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/8/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

What is the Difference Between Trans Mountain Pipeline and Keystone XL Pipeline? Pipeline chiefs criticise ‘extreme’ tactics of campaigners Pipeline builders, gas drillers fret about protesters How to solve the climate crisis (while we still can) via @RedFlag_news The Parkland Blueprint for Climate Activism As Appeal Set for Stop Work Order, Pipeline Protests in Louisiana Lack Impact of NoDAPL  Oil pipeline shortage puts Jim Carr on the hotseat in Houston Documents reveal immense outreach on Atlantic Coast Pipeline Pipeline builders, gas drillers fret about protesters Standing Rock tribe asks judge for "meaningful role" in study of DAPL's impact on their water ‘Like Standing Rock’: Trans Mountain pipeline-expansion opponents plan B.C. protest Pipe Dreams: How Natural Gas Will Conquer the South | Best States | US News PA Orders Emergency Shutdown of Pipeline After Massive Sinkholes Appear Can the Environmental Rights Amendment Protect Pennsylvani...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/7/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Pence Hits the Campaign Trail in Iowa The activist group that Big Oil should be worried about /via @globeandmail How Russia Tried to Block US Energy Production Standing Rock Sioux say they are being left out of Dakota Access pipeline process Tribe asks judge for 'meaningful role' in pipeline study Inside the Fight Over Pipelines in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin Appeals court to review halt in Louisiana pipeline work Historic Latin American Treaty Protects Environmental Activists Trees begin to fall, making way for pipeline through Nelson County Bayou Bridge Pipeline Opponents Say Louisiana Governor's Office Is Surveilling Them

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/6/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Native American Tribes Condemn the Trump Administration’s Motives  for Repealing Bears Ears National Monument  #savebearsears Standing Rock Tribe Says It Has Been Shut Out of DAPL Review (subscription) Company looks to move more oil through Dakota Access pipeline House GOP report: Russian Internet trolls meddled on Straits of Mackinac oil pipeline, too Democratic gubernatorial candidates Chris Kennedy and Daniel Biss jockey for position with primary contest two weeks away Millenials Interrupt Fracking Lobbyist Meeting at Trump Hotel in D.C.

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 3/5/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Ryan Zinke spent his first year in office selling off our public lands Could Trump's Tariffs Kill the Same Pipeline He's Trying to Resurrect? Company Wants Appeals Court to Lift Halt in Louisiana Oil Pipeline Work Meet The Activists Who Joined Andra Day & Common Onstage at the 2018 Oscars  Atlantic Coast Pipeline Faces Native American Resistance Trump tariffs out of alignment with energy dominance quest Utilities find groundwater pollution at coal ash sites How New York Won Divestment From Fossil Fuels Environmental groups urge DRBC to prohibit tree clearing for PennEast pipeline Ignorance and Greed: Trump's War on the Environment Feds postpone sale of oil and gas leases near Livingston, Beartooth Front Study: Halting federal public-lands leases for oil, gas and coal — including in Utah — would reduce climate-changing emissions , via @sltrib Pollution, Race and the Search for Justice Posted after 5:10 pm pdt Decolonizing Birth: Women Take Back...