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STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/29-30/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Enbridge: On track to put new Line 3 into service next year Canada’s oil industry just moved one step closer to getting some relief from its pipeline woes US gas pipeline industry wants help beating back green groups TransCanada, Whose Pipeline Just Exploded, Wants Feds' Help to Beat Green Groups Commentary: Justin Trudeau's pipeline purchase isn't just hypocritical, it's bad economics  Volunteers against Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline honored on Greenpeace vessel in Friday Harbor  Letters: Facts on pipeline disturbing Warrior Women Agreement signed for Canyon de Chelly New Drone, New Breathtaking Videos Minnesota Approves Controversial Enbridge Pipeline Rebuild

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/28/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

189,000 signatures filed for/against Keystone XL Pipeline  Minnesota pipeline foes pan route options for Enbridge Line 3 Bayou Bridge Pipeline is Nearing Completion But the Fight Isn't Over  State prepares for decision on Line 3 Minnesota regulators begin deliberating disputed pipeline Appalachians Against Pipelines on Facebook Enbridge offers alternative route pipeline options across northern Minnesota Wood Buffalo: Canada’s largest national park and its people in peril Good to see:  Watchdog to investigate Zinke's land deal with Halliburton chair Navajo, others testify for bill to expand protections for \'downwinders\' | Cronkite News - Arizona PBS Posted after 6:13 pdt Minnesota approves Enbridge Energy Line 3 pipeline project 

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/27/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Rivers of Oil, Episode 4: The rallying cry Minnesota pipeline foes pan route options for Enbridge Line 3 How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled off the year's biggest political upset Contentious northern Minnesota oil pipeline debated on third day of PUC hearings Anti-pipeline activists are fighting to stop Line 3. Will they succeed? | Bill McKibben Scott Pruitt Is Running Out of Staffers to Fire or Reassign Posted after 6:10 pm pdt Union Bank Appears Poised to Retain City of Santa Barbara’s Banking Services Company plans to finish Louisiana oil pipeline by October Possibility of civil unrest hangs over regulatory hearings on controversial Enbridge pipeline proposal From the American West to the Middle East, the powerless face stark choices when confronted by the powerful

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/26/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

TransCanada files bond for Keystone XL as pipeline prepares for construction Terrible Ten Regulators wrestle with Line 3 options ahead of pipeline decision Court Orders Controversial Pipeline to Halt Construction Over West Virginia Streams and Wetlands NYS agencies urge 'additional scrutiny' of Algonquin pipeline near Indian Point Pipeline Regulator Feels the Heat on Climate Change EPA wades into FERC pipeline debate, offering GHG assessment tools  Looks like Trudeau made a lousy decision not that I'm surprised -  Trans Mountain pipeline purchase will add to federal deficit: study New York Urges FERC to Act on Safety Risks of Colocated Algonquin Pipes, Nuclear Plant In Colorado, Trump administration and fossil fuel industry push to open more public land for energy development Fracking may alter fat cells: Study Rivers of Oil, Episode 3: The spark that ignited fires

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/24-25/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Train Wreck in Iowa Dumps 230,000 of Oil into Floodwaters Peter Watts:  There is still life in the Eagle Spirit Energy Project  Army Corps releases final EIS for in-state Alaska gasline  It's the role of a lifetime Sentencing for pipeline protest shooting suspect postponed due to judge's ailment Old growth forest in Bath to become encampment in pipeline fight  State report asks federal agency to review risks from gas pipeline near Indian Point TransCanada files bond for Keystone XL as pipeline prepares for construction Posted after 6:40 pm pdt A publishing pause and river flotsam

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/23/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

South Dakota court dismisses Keystone XL challenge #NoDAPL water protectors continue the struggle   Louisiana fisherman wait for help from Trump administration Alaska closer to getting gas pipeline, but project still isn't certain  Federal trial concludes South Portland pipeline lawsuit State agencies demand FERC reduce risks of pipelines near Indian Point

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/22/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Plastics, Pipelines, Fracking and Out Planet Webinar (a little over an hour in length) Court stay halts some work on Mountain Valley Pipeline Federal trial concludes in South Portland pipeline lawsuit Bell: Trans Mountain pipeline stalled, Trudeau's folks hope The Natural Gas Industry Has a Leak Problem The radical story of the Native American liberation movement, 50 years on

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/20/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Guardian US wins 2018 Edward R. Murrow Award Gwen Graham’s second-biggest donor has been fined nearly $2 million for environmental violations Trump Administration Moves to Gut National Environmental Policy Act Keystone XL may be one pipeline too many for Canada, at least for now Strong opposition to Trans Mountain Pipeline A FERC commissioner's climate evolution  Nash protesters pressure Gov. Cooper to plug Atlantic Coast Pipeline Many gather to protest the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline No Green Options: Minnesota PUC Hears Pros and Cons of Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline  Mining to begin in national monument eliminated by Trump CPUC set to vote on $639M SDG Scott Pruitt Is An Ethics Nightmare, But So Is Ryan Zinke Opinion: Pipeline a Potential Disaster

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/19/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Activists fight to hold energy companies accountable in age of repressive state laws How to disrupt Keystone XL? Solar panels, lawsuits, and ancestral land Rivers of Oil podcast, Episode 1: Pipes Action to take by June 25 - Tell Trump: Stop Skirting Review of Keystone XL Despite Trump plans, coal retirements continue Regulators focus on need for new pipeline as decision looms State regulators ask critical questions of Enbridge, other players in pipeline case Canadians split over Trudeau's purchase of Trans Mountain pipeline, poll shows The Lake Powell Pipeline Is a Hot, Expensive Mess Nexus pipeline construction to blame for partial road collapse in Green 2 more violation notices issued to Mountain Valley Pipeline Activists Rally in Mission Trails Park to Oppose SDG&E Gas Pipeline Commissioners weigh in on Jordan Cove Pipeline - KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2 Exclusive: Zinke linked to real estate deal with Halliburton chairman  Court rejects greens’ c...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/18/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Climate Deniers Are More Likely to Be Racist. Why?  About 100 protest planned pipeline The Latest: Minnesota opens key hearing on Enbridge pipeline 2 pipeline projects draw more than 13,000 public comments Pipeline opponents share concern about pipeline impact on waterways First of 202 Trans Mountain pipeline protesters await sentencing | CBC News  Greenpeace USA report shows pipeline company behind new anti-protest legislation in the US via @greenpeace Two more notices of violation issued to Mountain Valley Pipeline  Indigenous protesters in Washington vow to stop Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Navajo Coal Plant Drama Continues as Groups Sue to Clean Up Mine Tribal, Environmental Groups Sue Feds Over Coal Permit | Fronteras Indigenous protesters in Washington declare Trans Mountain won't be built - CityNews Toronto  Minnesota PUC hears final arguments over northern Minnesota oil pipeline

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/16/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Leaked letter: Kinder Morgan broke rules for months during Trans Mountain Pipeline construction Opinion/Letter: Is pipeline risk worth the damage?  (sources included - good argument IMO) Question - who are the residents who live by the approved pipeline? Regulators issue split ruling on gas pipelines near Philly Oil pipeline's fans, foes gear up for emotional testimony over Enbridge's Line 3  Rivers of Oil: An MPR News podcast The Dakota Access Pipeline, Environmental Injustice, and U.S. Colonialism @SSRN

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/15/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

South Dakota High Court Blocks Bid to Halt Keystone XL South Dakota high court dismisses appeal against Keystone XL Pennsylvania Regulators OK Leaky 80-year-old Mariner East 1 Pipeline, Set Conditions for Restart of Mariner East 2 March For Our Lives' Road to Change bus tour sets Midwest swing Such BS -  Dakota Access: Greenpeace sued for "ecoterrorism" Pence turns VP's office into gateway for lobbyists to influence the Trump administration The ‘Fight’ Phase of the Poor People’s Campaign Has Begun Natural gas pipeline explosion rocks rural Kansas - this is what pipelines do. No company can convince me of otherwise Natural Gas Pipeline Explodes in Rural Kansas  (video) FERC upholds approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline project  First Nations look to buy equity in pipeline to have say in project's future Michigan Truth Squad: Bill Schuette talks tough on Line 5 pipeline Enbridge endorses two alternatives for Great Lakes pipeline replacement ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/14/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

In possible roadblock for Keystone XL, pipeline opponents gift land to Ponca Accidental Justice: Keystone XL Fight Gives Ponca Tribe Their Land Back South Dakota Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal against Keystone XL  Is this the next Standing Rock?  Does a Fire-Ravaged Forest Need Human Help to Recover? Earthjustice Announces Abigail Dillen as Its New President  Meet the Hawaiian women leading the fight against a $1.4 billion telescope on a sacred mountain  Pipeline incidents in Canada spiked by almost half last year, report finds

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/13/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Natural gas pipeline agrees to pay $430,000 penalty for water pollution violations 5 ways people are standing up to oil pipeline companies via @greenpeace Putting Solar Panels in Pipeline's Path, Campaign to Combine Power of Sun 'With Power of the People'  Native American water protector becomes first to be sentenced to time in federal prison for DAPL protests - NationofChange  Delaware Riverkeeper Network files complaint against Sunoco Pipeline With Sunoco Pipeline Decision Looming, Report Shows Ties Between PUC Commissioners and Fossil Fuel Companies  Pipeline fight moves to federal agency One of the few times an E&E News is available without a subscription - Senate Dems take FERC to task for climate policy shift Bipartisan Group of Senators File Amendment to Require Release of Water Contamination Report Enbridge begins Valley Crossing pipeline work at Texas-Mexico border  TransCanada working on Leach Xpress pipeline after West Virginia bla...

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

Urgent Call For Help From Water Is Life Camp Tribes, Landowners and Climate Groups Expand Campaign to Build Solar Inside Keystone XL Pipeline Route  (press release) Corps to wrap up Dakota Access pipeline study in 2 months  The 411 on the Poor People’s Campaign Middletown to Pa.: Stop pipeline construction  Ahead of Enbridge report, experts say tunnels are not the solution TransCanada’s New “Best-in-Class” Gas Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia, Causing Fiery Blast  Tribes, Landowners, and Climate Groups Expand Campaign to Build Solar Inside Keystone XL Pipeline Route What Canada’s Pipeline Purchase Means for Line 3 and KXL Leaked letter reveals Kinder Morgan broke rules for months before Canadian officials noticed company put marine life in danger

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/11/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Kinder Morgan Pipeline Leak Two Days Before Trudeau Buyout Was 48 Times Larger Than First Reported  Tribal nations hold some of the best water rights in the West The Wall Street Journal keeps peddling Big Oil propaganda | Dana Nuccitelli  Commission hears pipeline concerns In Our View: A Tale of Two Pipelines Nebraska farm couple return land to Ponca Tribe along ‘Trail of Tears’  Posted after 10 pm pst Corps to wrap up Dakota Access pipeline work in 2 months  (report to be ready Aug. 10 according to ACOE) How to protest in Trump’s America according to people on the frontlines

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/10/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Canada acquires key pipeline link to Washington refineries  'Anyone Surprised?' Kinder Morgan Pipeline Leak Two Days Before Trudeau Buyout Was 48 Times Larger Than First Reported Canada to Spend Billions on Kinder Morgan Bailout and First Nations Still Don't Have Clean Drinking  #care2 TIME Magazine Article Features Tribes Suing to Get Back Bears Ears National Monument Status Taken by Trump - Native News Online

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/9/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Have you moved your money? Ohio River May Lose Its Regional Quality Standards, Vote Suggests Note towards the end, what the current administration is attempting to do to make it easier for them to do their thing to public lands, the environment -  What is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)? E&E News Explains Is the Trans Mountain Pipeline (and Other Fossil Fuel Investments) a Future Stranded Asset? WV MetroNews – Dominion says pipeline progress will go on, even with appeals court ruling U.S. House Approves $1 Million in Funding for Abandoned Uranium Mine Cleanup Spill at Kinder Morgan station near Kamloops was larger than initially stated by province | CBC News Fracking is damned by international tribunal Following Spills and Sinkholes, Mariner East Pipeline Opponents Call on PA Governor Wolf to Stop Construction

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/8/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

More in depth than the article posted yesterday -  TransCanada's New 'Best-In-Class' Gas Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia, Causing Fiery Blast Surface landowners’ rights being slowly eroded : Nimegeers Where did Trudeau's environmental pledge go? Mountain Valley Pipeline protesters targeted by Virginia anti-terrorism center Should be present tense, not past tense. This is STILL happening:  Activists, Attorneys Say Government Ignored Data on Negative Impact of Pipeline on Natives, Blacks An event this weekend noted here: The Hippie Ways Californians Fight Energy Projects “Trump and Pruitt Are Waging an All-Out Attack”: Inside the Battle to Save California’s Water Washington State environmental, Indigenous groups say TransMountain not just a Canadian issue  | CBC News - note the brief podcast at the end of the article Indigenous resistance, title make Trans Mountain pipeline extension ‘untenable,’ says economist Trump plan to boost coal eyed ca...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/7/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Louisiana Homeowner Left to Hold Bayou Bridge Pipeline Accountable for Damaging her Home Pipeline Developer Cash Fuels Nebraska Political Campaigns A pipeline controversy explained: Is Washington now in the tar sands crosshairs? The last sentence is the reason for posting -  Empty pipelines spill no oil Judge rules for North Dakota landowner in pipeline dispute Canada pushes Trans Mountain to sell oil to China far beyond US shores Louisiana Ignores Courts, Allows Bayou Bridge Pipeline to Proceed Are the Feds Cherry-Picking Data to Force Pipelines Through Vulnerable Communities? National billboard art project showcasing Indigenous resilience TransCanada pipeline explodes in West Virginia Charge dismissed against pipeline protester after arresting officer accused of lying Regulators cite Mountain Valley Pipeline a second time for erosion problems Judge Dismisses Eminent Domain in Pipeline Property Dispute Why nationalizing the Trans Mountain pipeline is unde...

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

California lacks real marine protection as offshore drilling expands in state waters Will a Lack of Political Will End the Trans Mountain Pipeline? Sacred corn planting again set at Neligh A Dakota Access Pipeline Water Protector is Sentenced to Prison in North Dakota Not good -  Dakota Access returns to Iowa “In 230 years, there’s never been a Native American woman in Congress.” Oil vs wild rice: Enbridge, opponents gear up final U.S. pipeline push Western Slope Gas Producers Eye Jordan Cove LNG as Asian Outlet Another fixer of sorts, not the good kind either -  Ken Salazar is a kingmaker in Colorado Democratic Party politics. He's also a lawyer for fracking companies “Giving Spady, who holds extremist views on public lands, a seat at the table shows that Ryan Zinke’s claims of a ‘pivot’ to conservation are complete nonsense,” said Aaron Weiss, of the Colorado-based conservation group Center for Western Priorities.

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/5/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

No, Canada: West Coast doesn't want your pipeline Breakenridge: Federal NDP's opposition to pipelines puts Notley in an awkward spot Oneida Indian Nation Response to Exoneration of Journalist Arrested During Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Who's Profiting off the Mountain Valley Pipeline? To this I say BS, and I know I'm not alone: Consul general: Canada is committed to safety of pipeline and waterways (the article linked on the right from WA's governor makes more sense than this) FERC splits again on affiliates, climate in Florida pipeline approval   - really looks like FERC has been bought by fossil fuel companies. Pipeline operator could face up to $1 million in fines Good news for a change -  Appeals court sides with environmental groups in local pipeline case Londoners join Kinder Morgan pipeline protest Trudeau talks Trans Mountain pipeline with B.C Indigenous leaders  - I see absolutely nothing re: consultation. Trudeau is fooling himself....

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/4/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

GP -  Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional health A Direct Investment in the Future of California   (Something to think about when voting tomorrow - Prop 68) Thomas Gunton: Federal decision to buy and build Trans Mountain pipeline is irrational An oily tale: Like father, like son Definite bias -  What Ever Happened To The Dakota Access Pipeline? via @forbes  Are States Trying To Curb Our Right To Protest?  (sounds like a clear violation of our first amendment rights) Minnesota religious leaders oppose new Enbridge oil pipeline Mountain Valley Pipeline protesters lock themselves to drilling equipment  Backlash Grows As Canada Promises Climate Progress and Buys an Oil Pipeline Instead VIDEO: Small Surrey group protests against Kinder Morgan pipeline purchase Testing, pipeline replacement to begin in Crawfordsville Pipeline fears anchor Trump's coal, nuclear ballot The plan cost the government $...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/3/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

What the Kinder Morgan decision says about investing in Canada Trump's BLM Ready to Sacrifice Ancient Rock Art for Gas Drilling Canadian Government To Buy Oil Pipeline (listen - mentions problems yet still appears to support while many don't support this pipeline)  Editorial: Canada’s crude oil pipeline threat to our sea, sky PIpeline Protesters Acquitted As War Against Free Speech Accelerates PennEast pipeline has only just begun : Rasmussen Many residents in Burnaby, B.C., are opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, but that doesn’t mean they support the protest camp in their neighbourhood.  Standing Rock and beyond

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/2/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Journalist arrested while reporting on protest found not guilty Potentially huge administration favor for coal industry is tied to $1 million donation to Trump’s shady inauguration fund Greenpeace USA Calls Out Jamie Dimon's Risky Oil Investments at New York Conference Pipelines, the Stuff of Canadian Politics: the Canada Letter Pipeline protesters bringing fight to Burnaby MP's doorstep On the 150th anniversary of the Navajo Treaty, young Navajo grapple with their traumatic history Tribes Celebrated When This Region Became a National Monument. Now They're Suing to Get It Back Trump orders 'immediate steps' to boost coal, nuclear plants Resurrecting Energy East: How to bring a dead pipeline back to life Dinniman vows to fight Sunoco’s appeal of pipelines shutdown Religious leaders opposing Enbridge pipeline in northern Minnesota Cuthand: First Nations have high stake in pipeline dispute

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 6/1/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Navajo Didn't Support Shrinking Bears Ears - FactCheck.org Greenpeace USA Calls Out Jamie Dimon’s Risky Oil Addiction at New York Investor Conference How Sunoco's Mariner East pipeline is affecting real estate prices in Pa.'s Chester and Delaware Counties  Canadian oil pipeline is a threat to Puget Sound’s ecosystem Religious leaders oppose proposed Minnesota oil pipeline County won't lease land for pipeline storage Trudeau Government Spends Billions to Acquire Tar Sands Pipeline in Canada Sunoco urges PUC to overturn judge’s order halting pipeline construction in Chester County   Line 5 pipeline study: Canada gets the oil, Michigan gets the risk 1 Year After Trump's Approval, Where Keystone XL, Dakota Pipeline Stand