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STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/31/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Account for the true costs of greenhouse gas emissions Canada to Purchase Oil Sands Pipeline Project 2 inconvenient facts make Energy East pipeline revival unlikely | CBC News   Radium Has Been Widely Spread on Roadways Without Regulation 24 Oil Wells in a School’s Backyard. How Close Is Too Close? Trudeau's takeover of an embattled pipeline is a bittersweet win for the oil patch Mudslide Pushes Landowners to Sue Mountain Valley Pipeline Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Raises Freedom of Speech Concerns  Kinder Morgan Woes - Trudeau: First Nations have no veto power; Tribal opponents declare war Groups Sue Utility Company for Leaking Coal Ash Into National Scenic River Mountain Valley Pipeline permit suspended in West Virginia; public comment about same permit for it and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to be extended in Virginia after website failure  DOE IG report faults FERC pipeline reviews for lack of transparency  Alberta Indigenous groups wa...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/30/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone XL Developer "Infiltrates Our Democracy" With Major Campaign Contributions in Nebraska Blocked by President Trump, climate change activists shift focus to local action  Judge dismisses complaint against Dakota Access Pipeline security company ​DAPL fight isn’t over yet Trans Mountain pipeline: Did the Crown act 'honourably' toward First Nations? | CBC News Justin Trudeau's risky gamble on the Trans Mountain pipeline  Under-construction Bayou Bridge pipeline may have violated federal permit, Corps says Tilling the Scars of Turtle Island and Its History #NoDAPL Water Protector Michael “Little Feather” Giron Sentenced to 36 months in prison At the edge of the Arctic Circle, oil drilling threatens the indigenous Gwich’in Canada’s Troubled Pipeline Projects I was arrested for protesting Canada's pipeline – and the battle is far from over | Elizabeth May Mountain Valley Pipeline sued by Franklin County landowners for erosion damage ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/28-29/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Dire challenges facing Colorado River water lifeline Greens file lawsuit to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline from being built  Tribes feel under siege by Trump   (for damn good reason) Keystone XL Pipeline in federal court in Montana  Pebble Mine: Taking the Battle to the Board Room—Again Kinder Morgan pipeline: Canadian government to buy project for $4.5bn As usual trying to buy people off -  Keystone XL developer showers Nebraska with campaign cash Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion to proceed Emails shows skeptics' plans to prod agency. 'This is winning' Opinion | Carbon taxes do not curb emissions or help battle climate change Canada to spend $4.5B to buy Trans Mountain pipeline 'Immense Moral Cowardice': Trudeau Trashed for Government Purchase of Climate-Killing Kinder Morgan Pipeline Canada buys Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 billion — but can we sell it? Mountains signalling disappearance of glacier-fed rivers ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/27/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

As expected, not much today.  On Fort Peck Reservation, where 107 kids are in foster care, tribes ask feds for help with drug problems Trans Mountain pipeline: Is it worth the risk? America's tree sitters risk lives on the front line Posted 5/28 Pipeline pique complicates Heitkamp's 2nd term Senate hopes   [a Republican in Dem clothing, IMHO]

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/26/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

“The worst ever”: Trump administration environmental policies under attack , via @mic FERC's approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline invalid, environmental groups argue Army Corps of Engineers suspends parts of Mountain Valley Pipeline permit America's tree sitters risk lives on the front line Court decision hasn’t halted pipeline construction Navajo Nation, EPA question plan to open land near Great Sand Dunes for oil, gas drilling Naabi approves Navajo position opposing Trump's proclamation  Navajo women struggle to preserve traditions as climate change intensifies 2 foals that survived drought now recovering in Cave Creek Trump administration to auction off public land in Northern Arizona to dangerous fracking - NationofChange

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/25/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

@POTUS and @SecretaryZinke are rushing forward with plans to open the Arctic Refuge to drilling. Take action to stop them. via @NRDC  Help stop @POTUS and @SecretaryZinke from allowing dangerous offshore drilling in the Arctic's Beaufort Sea . via @NRDC Trump administration defends Keystone XL pipeline in court Public Service Commission asks state's Supreme Court to affirm ruling on Keystone XL pipeline State-Level Permitting Uncertainties Delay Pipeline Construction in LA, NY, and VA 350 Madison: Court of Appeals decision rebukes Enbridge’s bullying  “If You’re Not At The Table, You’re On The Menu”: Interview with former Secretary Sally Jewell Focus on Pruitt’s Scandals Obscures Environmental Degradation Under Trump Judge shuts down work on Sunoco pipelines near Philadelphia, cites dangers Tribal Consultation Key When Planning Pipelines, North Dakota Official Says If Kinder Morgan’s numbers don’t add up, should the pipeline be stopped? B.C. Supreme Cour...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/24/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone XL pipeline subject of court hearing Groups Challenge Trump Administration's Rubber-stamping of Keystone XL Permit Demonstrators March Ahead Of Keystone XL Hearing Disputed pipeline backed by Trump is focus of court hearing Warning from Moody's as Alberta spurns agreement at western premiers'conference over pipeline spat Canada's pipeline infrastructure designed the needs to meet the needs of the past, not the future: CIBC Report Security company, state argue venue in Dakota Access dispute Pennsylvania regulators suspend service again on troubled pipeline over safety issues Three arrested outside Morgan Stanley shareholder meeting in New York in direct action organized by The FANG Collective State appeals court sends Enbridge pipeline permit back to county committee over insurance issue Sunoco's Mariner East pipeline ordered shut down — again Protesters arrested at Bayou Bridge Pipeline work site Federal Court Hears Challenge To Keys...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/23/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Navajo Nation Expands Solar Farm Great Falls Rally Planned Ahead Of Keystone Pipeline Ruling Believe ETP, a company that has been told to stop digging in Louisiana but continues to do so anyway?  Stopping a Dakota Access Pipeline Leak in Under 10 Minutes? A Fairy Tale, Say the Standing Rock Sioux An Oil Pipeline in Louisiana is Making a Bad Situation Much Worse  Teen Ordered to Pay $36.6 Million For Starting Oregon Wildfire Opinion: Desecrating the Ohlone village site at West Berkeley shellmound won’t solve housing crisis  Public Banking: The End Goal of the Divestment Movement  From Sask. to Los Angeles, hip-hop has always been a passion for Jeremiah Manitopyes | CBC News  State appeals ruling against Bayou Bridge Pipeline How Enbridge Helped Write Minnesota Pipeline Laws, Aiding Its Line 3 Battle Today No suitors emerge for Trans Mountain pipeline stake as Kinder Morgan deadline looms /via @globeandmail Pamplin Media Group - Public comm...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/22/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Not much today it seems. Total distraction mostly on the heinous actions stemming from the White House. Public Service Commission wants Nebraska Supreme Court to uphold Keystone XL approval Letter: Trump's Earth Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Proceeds in Louisiana Community Despite Invalid Permit Ruling Posted after 7:30 pm pdt Spotted Eagle hoping to defend South Dakota Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Continues in Defiance of Judge  Grand Canyon uranium mining ban upheld, court sides with Havasupai | Kingman Daily Miner | Kingman, AZ

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/21/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Indigenous people vs. tar sands pipelines [Opinion] NEPA Is Under Threat—Here’s Why That Matters  Is Canada's Oil Pipeline Bottleneck Choking the Economy? - May 21, 2018 - Zacks.com Trans Mountain  Chase Says It’s Fighting Climate Change. So Why Is It Financing the Fossil Fuel Industry? - In These Times Boon vs. doom: People living along the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline have their say | CBC News Kinder Morgan pipeline protests in Washington state  (seems some have been conned) Watch “Directly Affected: Pipeline Under Pressure” on #Vimeo Before Royal Wedding Sermon, Rev. Curry Stood With Standing Rock Pipeline Opponents

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/20/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Hundreds kayak in Seattle to protest Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion Construction halted at Mountain Valley Pipeline work site following severe erosion in Franklin County Demonstrators march in Interfaith Prayer Walk for Pipeline Safety in Media SEEN OFF WEST SEATTLE: Kayak/canoe flotilla protesting pipeline expansion FERC Narrows GHG Review for Gas Pipelines Indigenous Women Built These Tiny Houses to Block a Pipeline and Reclaim Nomadic Traditions COD, May 21, 2018: The governor should stop the pipelines Floodwaters erode levee near Turah; Army Corps making emergency repairs Let’s get honest about the outlook for the Alberta oil sands and Trans Mountain /via @globeandmail

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/19/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

With Atlantic Coast Pipeline facing setback, Suffolk landowner digs in for fight Environment, tribal groups rally to fight Line 3 oil pipeline Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Proceeds in Louisiana Community Despite Invalid Permit Ruling Federal regulators vote to limit practice of measuring climate impact of pipelines Three years later: What’s changed following the Refugio oil spill

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/18/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Does this mean he will support NOT stripping Bears Ears & Grand Staircase of being stripped for fossil fuel development?  Utah governor signs climate change resolution after push from students “White Mesa Utes to march against Energy Fuels White Mesa Uranium Mill” by @UtahDineBikeyah  TransCanada begins land surveys in anticipation of constructing the Keystone XL Pipeline How do we honor New Mexico’s colorful past? First Amendment: Proposed laws jeopardize freedom to assemble Justin Trudeau’s pipeline nightmare may be only getting started Opinion: Pipeline impasse as big as ever On June 9, Pennsylvanians Will Take on Sunoco's Mariner East Pipeline Atlantic Coast Pipeline Faces Civil Rights Complaint After Key Permit Is Blocked  Pipeline workers removed from campsite in Franklin County  House and Senate give OK to Enbridge pipeline; Dayton threatens veto FERC won't consider big climate change effects in pipeline reviews Natural gas is ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/17/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

More evidence that Zinke is not only a crook but working for those who support the fossil fuel industry:  From the start, Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke’s public criticisms suggested Bears Ears wouldn’t survive intact, and that the administration’s review and public comment period was mostly for show. The Patch: The People, Pipelines, And Politics Of The Oil Sands Warming and the Pipelines Canada optimism over pipeline interest may be misplaced: sources Forest Service slammed with lawsuit after Virginia pipeline protestor denied medical access Alberta passes legislation that could let province cut oil to B.C. over Trans Mountain pipeline dispute Indigenous Women Built These Tiny Houses to Block a Pipeline—and Reclaim Nomadic Traditions So the story goes Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever -  Seattle dropped Wells Fargo over the Dakota Access Pipeline — then couldn’t find another bank Mountain Valley Pipeline cited for failing to control sediment, erosion

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/16/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

The Trump agenda has Native American tribes feeling under siege. Judges Rule Against Controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline Because Wildlife Matters Kulik: Pipeline resistance strong in House - CommonWealth Magazine Lawsuit questions treatment of Mountain Valley Pipeline protester Federal Ruling on Controversial Pipeline May Halt Construction Who really IS wrong here?  Notley rejects Singh’s 'fundamentally' wrong stance on Trans Mountain If Kinder Morgan walks, Ottawa will still get Trans Mountain pipeline built: Morneau Bayou Bridge Pipeline Permit Should Have Been Withheld, Judge Rules  Mother & Daughter Camp In Trees For 34 Days To Stop Pipeline Ramapough Indians File Federal Lawsuit Against Town, Polo Club Pipeline Exec Refers to Activists Opposing Construction Near Bald Eagle Nest as ‘Awful Soulless People’

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/15/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Tomorrow's the day of action to show up at your US Representatives' offices. In the States please join us to #BootPruitt. If you can't, please call your US Reps' offices to demand they work to get him fired.  Appalachian boom: Potholes, landslides and shattered peace Can Sioux tribes pull off largest ever clean energy project on tribal land? The Trump agenda has Native American tribes feeling under siege Chase AGM: Dozens of Indigenous and Frontline Community Representatives Call for an End to Bank Financing of Extreme Fossil Fuels  Nebraska Democrats vie for competitive 2nd district seat Pipeline Protesters Take to The Trees Atlantic Coast Pipeline opponents say state ignored minorities' civil rights Correction: LNG Pipeline Leak Story | Louisiana News | US News Oberlin students protest NEXUS pipeline Farmers Seek Relief From Pipeline Damage  Enbridge prevails in Minnesota property tax challenge Posted after 6:30 pm pdt Greenpeace USA and M...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/14/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Rose Quintana Educates Youth about Bears Ears, Tribal Sovereignty From the folks that brought us Dakota Access: Another fraught pipeline battle Palmetto Ridge grad's documentary selected for Cannes Film Festival Montclair Township Green Film: Dreams of the Standing Rock Story a Climate Change, Pipelines, Severance Tax: Where PA's GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Stand Court flags concerns over judicial review of FERC permits PG&E says Lafayette pipeline tree removal project will begin by early summer Blocking the pipeline path: Tree sitter continues vigil on Peters Mountain Another crook to remove from the swamp once Pruitt is booted:  Interior department faces ethics queries as official meets with Koch-linked group Powder River Basin inspires 10,000-permit drilling battle from oil and gas companies Investors urge fossil fuel firms to shun Trump's Arctic drilling plans UM study: Losing the world's largest trees would degrade forests and carbon capt...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/13/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers. Good day to donate something to your favorite organization to protect our Earth Mother. Next to nothing re: pipelines, attacks on the environment. Activists highlight what they call environmental risks, injustices during Walk the Line rally Montclair Office of Environmental Affairs and Community Green Present “AWAKE, A Dream from Standing Rock”, May 17 Press freedom: Not being able to see the wood from the trees Commentary: The mainstream environmental movement needs to prioritize diversity , via @sltrib

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/12/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Oil pipeline plan dividing Canadians | Business | The Journal Gazette Entergy Gas Plant Evokes New Orleans Legacy of Environmental Racism  Washington County Files Latest Lawsuit Targeting Big Oil Over Climate Damages Alaska LNG Project Leader Says Pipeline Is Still Coming | Alaska News | US News Via @stateimpactpa: Climate change, pipelines, severance tax: Where the GOP gubernatorial candidates stand  Protesters kayak on Pequea Creek in opposition of pipeline

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/11/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Canada divided over oil pipeline from tar sands to Pacific Pipeline Spews Raw Crude Oil in Oklahoma City  Kinder Morgan pipeline: Al Gore joins fight to block 'destructive' project Delaware Riverkeeper seeks court order to force FERC to rehear PennEast pipeline application 'Without water, nothing can survive': Coldwater band challenges Trans Mountain pipeline route | CBC News Letter: Climate leaders don’t build pipelines LETTER: Why B.C. pipeline  shouldn’t be built | The Guardian Is Eagle Spirit Energy's pipeline the new Northern Gateway? | CBC News  Louisiana pipeline protection bill part of wider protest crackdown Interior appropriations: Tester exhorts Zinke to be advocate for Western public lands  Can Rivers Be People Too?  Protecting the treasure: Is the Yellowstone region being loved to death? FUREY: Forget legal challenges, 'direct action' is Trans Mountain's real hurdle

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/10/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Enbridge, Leech Lake Band rip Judge's Line 3 report GOLDSTEIN: How the U.S. outsmarted us on the oilsands Do Pipelines Really Create Jobs? Millburn may join consortium opposing Pilgrim Pipeline Kinder Morgan shareholders vote for more sustainability disclosure Not defeated, but defiant: Tree sitters energize local pipeline opposition Join me? Stand Up for Women Defenders of the Amazon! Posted after 6:40 pm pdt Indigenous Leadership Opposing Trans Mountain Receives Support from Kinder Morgan at AGM in Houston One charge dismissed for journalist arrested at DAPL protest, another still pending Opponents of Kinder Morgan’s Canadian pipeline bring fight to Houston Judge's Order Derails Plans to Complete Bayou Bridge Pipeline Rep. John Lewis Keynotes As Four Youth Activist Groups Awarded RFK Human Rights Award  Russian energy interference

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/9/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Attentions going in many different directions because of that chaotic guy occupying the White House? Rick Perry suggests using 'national security' to override state opposition to pipelines Sask. to intervene on B.C. constitutional reference case over pipelines LETTER: Expanding natural gas pipelines is not the right energy solution  Posted after 6:00 pm pdt Can Sioux tribes pull off largest ever clean energy project on tribal land? Russian Trolls, Gas Pipelines, and Double Standards More Water and Electrical Lines Coming To Navajo | Fronteras

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/8/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Very little from what I've seen today. Maybe more later. Action you can take today: .@JustinTrudeau Climate leaders don't build tar sands oil pipelines. 'Our land is our home': Canadians build tiny homes in bid to thwart pipeline Louisiana State Court Declares Bayou Bridge Pipeline Permit Illegal Tied to coal, Kemmerer’s future looks uncertain With Groundbreaking Title VI Settlement Signed, North Carolina Environmental Justice Organizations Vow to Continue Their Fight Louisiana judge sides with Black residents, rules against Bayou Bridge pipeline backers Posted after 6:10 pm pdt Louisiana Court Says State Wrongly Issued Permit for Bayou Bridge Pipeline Through Vulnerable Town A Facebook-verified Standing Rock page that has posted fake news is run out of Eastern Europe Mahwah Continuing To Fine Ramapoughs For Prayer Services

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/7/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Landowners, Environmentalists Unite to Stop Gas Export Facility  Canadian oil and gas sector battles in the shadow of the United States B.C. Indigenous leaders head to Texas to urge investors to drop pipeline project  Demonstrators arrested after disrupting Seattle traffic in protest of Trans Mountain pipeline Monroe officials discuss pipeline-related safety issues Watch the video - arrested in prayer -  Multiple arrests, tepee standoff on 2nd Avenue West Virginia allows ETP to resume work on Rover natgas pipeline Ashfield voters pass anti-pipeline zoning bylaw Posted after 6:10 pm pdt Army Corps meeting with tribes on DAPL  Counties, authorities prep for pipeline protests Longish read - The Dakota Access Pipeline, Environmental Justice, and U.S. Colonialism (available for download from this page)

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/6/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attacks/45's Administration's Attacks

Energy giant sues Weymouth over pipeline station, saying federal law overrides zoning Joe and Betsy Hester: No need for Atlantic Coast Pipeline - Rocky Mount Telegram Swan Lake protester shifts focus to making oil pipelines safer | CBC News  Letter to Gov. Northam Opposing Fracked-Gas Pipelines, Co-Signed by 16 Northern Virginia Organizations Posted after 6 pm pdt 'A warrior by heart:' Indigenous people enlisted to monitor pipelines

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

TransCanada to start work on Keystone XL in Montana in fall 2018: letter  Keystone pipeline ruling expected to help further reduce heavy oil discount Oil spill blackens portion of Fort Peck Reservation  Sad -  Daily on Energy: Scott Pruitt may last longer than you think People are so angry about a proposed pipeline in Virginia they're literally living in trees The B.C. pipeline project you've never heard of — and why it may succeed | CBC News