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STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/31/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

State Department says new Keystone XL pipeline route is OK for the environment Comments being accepted through August 29 -  Keystone XL pipeline would have no major impact on Nebraska: report  Overnight Energy: Supreme Court declines to stop kids' climate lawsuit | EPA chief looks to distinguish himself from Pruitt in agency memo | Officials release review for new Keystone XL route Note the videos within  Bank of America finances pipelines, FANG is asking that you move your money elsewhere This guy has no clue what dark money is - it's NOT something coming from respected environmental groups - guess he feels threatened.   Rosendale: Tester Accepts Dark Money Help from Pro-Hillary Group 5. Latest in policy: EPA, Keystone, Asia ties Group aims to help resolve Dakota Access protest warrants Justice Action Bulletin: Church cages a mirror for #EveryFamilyIsHoly Wolf administration criticizes federal pipeline approval process TransCanada ordered to inspec...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/30/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs, Allows ​Juliana v. United States ​to Proceed to Trial Climate, project need at center of FERC pipeline policy review  US Court Vacates Two Permits For EQT Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Group aims to help resolve Dakota Access protest warrants Two federal defendants from DAPL protests reach plea deals Citizen Group Provides Extra Eyes on the Ground for Pipeline Regulators Agreement lets Mariner East 2 pipeline proceed in Pa. BREAKING: Virginia State NAACP Calls for Halt to All Construction Activities on Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines Local Activists Protest Louisiana Pipeline Project Judge sides with anti-pipeline protesters in Appalachia Trans Mountain spill would put struggling Fraser River salmon at risk  Report: Keystone XL would have no major impact on Nebraska or so they say

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/28/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Cultural survey by tribes for Enbridge pipeline could be largest effort of its kind  XL Pipeline Project Speeds Up FERC Flooded with Comments on Pipeline Permitting Water Protector Legal Collective takes up efforts for warrants remaining from DAPL protests EPA hasn't done its job since Jan. 2017 -   EPA seeks dismissal of lawsuit over Colorado mine spill

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/27/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

As more Native media-makers tell stories of their people, public TV’s pipeline flourishes Red Fawn and State-Sponsored Sexual Assault of Native Women at Standing Rock AIM gas pipeline protesters test a novel defense in trespassing case: prevent greater harm Appeals court sides with environmentalists in pipeline case FERC’s Hard Look at Pipeline Construction and GHG Emissions Federal judge jails graduate student for staging pipeline protest Nebraska Supreme Court could hear Keystone XL appeal in October Standing Rock Medic Bus Is Now a Traveling Decolonized Pharmacy

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/26/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Nebraska Supreme Court agrees to speed up oral arguments in Keystone XL pipeline case Pine Ridge hearing addresses 'subtle' forms of racism Dakota Access pipeline builder wants state lawsuit dismissed Judge Tosses Dakota Access RICO Claims Against Nonprofit  Tech workers must unite to defeat America’s deportation machine | Marisa Franco 'Congress has never heard a voice like mine': Native American woman seeks to make history Pipeline opponents say Va. water regulatory process is broken FERC clears Atlantic Coast Pipeline for construction in North Carolina  Appeals court tosses major challenge to FERC eminent domain use Analysis | The Energy 202: Trump team stops asking drillers and miners to pay for damage to federal lands If a major coal plant goes down and no one notices, can it impact reliability?  City to go to court to remove pipeline protest camp The intimidation of democracy

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/25/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Been expanding on the kind of things posted here, things that need attention IMHO. All relates to preserving what we cherish, things we should band together to protect. 2017 was deadly for environmental activists across the world This has to be stopped - How the Trump administration wants to weaken the Endangered Species Act   Spiraling wildfire fighting costs are largely beyond the Forest Service's control A report on monuments showed the benefits of Utah’s Grand Staircase — but then the feds blacked out those portions , via @sltrib Urgent Action: Protect Petrified Forest National Park from Oil and Gas Drilling  Dakota Access pipeline builder wants state lawsuit dismissed Saboteurs Of Dakota Access Pipeline Haven’t Been Charged Yet | OilPrice.com Ed Fallon, Bold Iowa And The Dakota Access Pipeline Judge dismisses claims against one defendant in DAPL suit Trump accomplished American energy dominance — then gambled it on a trade war Human billboard o...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/24/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

The risk of the new risk assessment for Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline Expert addresses Middletown residents on pipeline issues Trial begins for Algonquin pipeline protesters FERC issues notice to proceed for Atlantic Coast Pipeline in North Carolina Washington Watch: Will Climate Change Alter FERC's Certification Process?  Accidentally-released documents show Interior agency prioritized industry over public lands Posted after 7:15 pm pdt DAPL protest defendant's case highlights civil asset forfeiture in ND North Dakota regulators again ask judge to ban TigerSwan The Nation's Youth Demand Action on Climate Change North Dakota regulators again ask judge to ban TigerSwan Inside a coal company's research project with U of A that was used to lobby the Notley government | CBC News 

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/23/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

TAKE ACTION: Help prevent the weakening of offshore oil and gas safety standards. Rolling back these protections would put human lives and our coasts at risk It can always be turned on him as it was to get Pruitt out - Ryan Zinke’s War on the Interior Landowner’s Comment on Pipeline’s Path: ‘To Me, It’s in My Heart’ Ocean Acidification Could Amplify Climate Disruption Environmental regulators cite Mountain Valley Pipeline again Water Conservation Ethic Grows in Utah While Some Eye Pipeline Project  FERC appears to be on a fast track approving pipelines -  FERC approves ‘Potomac pipeline’ that would carry gas from Pennsylvania to West Virginia Posted after 6:16 pm pdt Judge Dismisses Charge Against Ramapough Lenape Chief Dwain Perry Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Indians Never Die’ by Black Belt Eagle Scout

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/22/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Water war along California-Oregon border pits growers against tribes Column: Pipelines dangerous to humans, environment  Citizens moving ahead with their own Mariner East study; county council may pick vendor for theirs on Wednesday Posted after 6:08 pm pdt Youth Climate Change Activists Marched on Washington, D.C. Advocates search for oil spill info ABAC student participates in border protests

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/21/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Send a thank you letter to the Watch House and those resisting @justintrudeau's Trans Mountain pipeline Advocates search for oil spill info  (a bit wary of the tone established in the opening paragraph) Federal regulators approve natural gas pipeline in Maryland UPDATED: Kinder Morgan pipeline protesters defy eviction order Native American pipeline protesters enter plea agreements to avoid long prison terms Camp Cloud eviction deadline comes and goes as assistant fire chief pledges support for water protectors

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/20/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Tell @SecretaryZinke: Protect theatened wildlife, don't gut the ESA! North Dakota seeks federal money for pipeline protest costs State sues U.S. Army Corps for entire DAPL costs Glenn Morris Reflects on Red Fawn's Sentencing, Standing Rock  An environmental run on the bank Teepees, Tents, and Palestinian Flags This Weekend's Youth Climate March Celebrates Diversity Pipeline advances plan to open western Pa. to Midwest refiners; here's what Philly producers stand to lose The Canadian government will miss a deadline to quickly resell the Trans Mountain pipeline, sources say Report: Lake oil spill from Mackinac pipeline could cost nearly $2 billion Residents protest over a pipeline that is being built near Chesapeake New Mariner East Troubles: Spill in Western PA, Exposed Pipeline Outside Philadelphia Rosebud Sioux Tribe joins fight against Keystone XL Pipeline A new Native-led strategy for fighting Keystone XL Now is a critical time in the figh...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/19/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

New Mariner East pipeline troubles: Spill in western Pa., exposed pipeline outside Philadelphia Hundreds Weigh in on Federal Pipeline Approval Process Honor the Earth to ride along proposed Line 3 pipeline route Urging Barclays to Stop Funding Pipelines, Greenpeace Slathers Bank's London Headquarters With Faux Tar Sands Spill Minnesota high court allows pipeline protesters to claim 'necessity defense' Frazier: No welcome for Keystone | Timber Lake Topic What is the Lake Powell Pipeline and why is it a bad idea? Earthjustice's Press Release Zinke’s New Department of Interior Regulations Target Wildlife Protections  Posted after 6 pm pdt A Quarter of Global Land Surface Belongs to Indigenous Peoples

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/18/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

A New Native-Led Strategy for Fighting Keystone XL North Dakota Attorney General Challenges Oil Company’s Land Rights at Standing Rock Indigenous and Environmental Water Protectors Fight to Block Louisiana Pipeline The struggle to be New Mexico’s 1st Native American congresswoman  (note the link to an essay on protecting public lands about half way through this article) Desperate for answers, suburban groups bankroll two-county study of Sunoco pipeline Stop Jordon Cove  pipeline in Oregon If the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Spills, There’s No Plan for Vulnerable Residents Jury Will Hear Pipeline Protesters’ Necessity Defense ETP's Mariner 2 nat gas pipeline hit with another Pennsylvania violation Pipeline and Utility Corridor Conflict Residents demand a shutdown of Sunoco pipeline project Posted after 8:50 pm pdt Bayfront festival to oppose Line 3 Native Activists Show the Way Teens Are Leading 3 Days of Climate Change Activism in D.C. With Zero Hour ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/17/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Unhinge Europe From America! Enbridge will give landowners more time to decide fate of old pipeline Pipeline Still at Risk Near Marshall County Explosion Site Despite recent breakthroughs, a lack of pipeline space continues to restrain Canadian oil-sands production Va. Reporter Discusses Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Protest Coverage Public Comment Meetings For Lake Powell Pipeline Route Changes Independent study examining public safety risks of Mariner East pipelines Posted after 6:13 pm pdt The U.S. and Canada are preparing for a new Standing Rock over the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/16/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Activists ‘will be waiting’ for Keystone XL construction Mexico's New Populist President Considers Foreign Pipeline Plans Despite Indigenous Protests Indigenous and environmental water protectors fight to block Louisiana pipeline Atlanta Pipeline Company Sued Over Fatal 2016 Explosion ​Indigenous activist arrested after Trans Mountain protest in B.C.   Pipeline protesters predict number of arrests over Trans Mountain will eclipse War in the Woods | CBC News Holding Barclays to account Trudeau youth council members urge PM to cancel Trans Mountain buyout

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/14/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

4 ominous word response is given by Chairman of the tribe to Keystone XL Pipeline Wyoming Standing Rock activist acquitted on charges Mass protests could follow approval for work on Line 3 Campers aim to end Line 3 project near Gretna Leakage in pipeline disrupts traffic flow Two arrested at Bayou Bridge Pipeline after heat deters protest Red Bluff Uranium Mine Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis Report

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/13/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Woman gets prison for firing gun during pipeline protest  Standing Rock activist accused of firing gun registered to FBI informant is sentenced to nearly five years in prison  Native American Standing Rock Protestors Face Unfair Trials, Lengthy Prison Sentences ‘We Will Be Waiting’: Tribe Says Keystone XL Construction Is Not Welcome  Tribal Chairman Sends Ominous 4-Word Letter to Keystone XL Developer Colonial Pipeline Sued Over Fatal 2016 Alabama Explosion  Bent Mountain residents continue calls for pipeline work to halt   PA family sues over trees cut for stalled NY natural gas pipeline Illinois commission won’t fine in fatal pipeline explosion Letter to the Editor: Lake Powell Pipeline pros and cons may be moot if there's no water source for it Pipelines, Birds and Coal Ash: A Look at Environmental Coverage Inside Appalachia

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

Salmon are showing up in the Arctic in record numbers Commentary: Maybe the Dakota Access Pipeline can also result in North Dakota's dumb corporate farming ban getting struck down It's Time to Stop Investing in New Oil and Gas Pipelines Opponents speak out against anchor supports for oil pipeline Woman gets prison for firing gun during pipeline protest US utility goes against Trump, says pipelines, not coal bailout, are key to strong power grid EPA Awards Navajo Nation Funds for Abandoned Uranium Mine Cleanup Feds ask judge to muzzle scientific testimony at Rocky Flats hearing Posted after 6:17 pm pdt After fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline, Standing Rock Activists Want to Green the Rez David Archambault, Former Chairman of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Joins NAVF - Press Release - Digital Journal Native Americans who protested Dakota Access get handed the longest prison sentences

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/11/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Two protesters arrested at pipeline construction site in Middletown Nobel-Winning Economist to Testify in Children’s Climate Lawsuit  Woman being sentenced in oil pipeline protest shooting 'We are not violent':  LaDuke clarifies position on camps Court Reaffirms Bayou Bridge Pipeline to Cut Through Atchafalaya Basin Spirit of the Buffalo camp aims to stop pipeline at Canada-U.S. border | CBC News Federal appeals court dismisses pipeline case that charged FERC with bias The Environmental Stakes of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Nomination Posted after 7:20 pm pdt Listen to Kanahus Manuel - a call for others to come out   First Nation pipeline protesters erect ‘tiny homes’ in B.C. Park Navajo Nation Asks For Radiation Exposure Law Expansion U.S. government delays decision on drilling near Great Sand Dunes park Navajo Nation urges expansion of radiation exposure law Supervisors put off fracking discussion

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/10/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

North Dakota sues developer of Dakota Access pipeline over farmland ownership Wyoming Standing Rock activist wins acquittal Kavanaugh's record: Climate regs, pipelines, LNG and more Report: Human error caused pipeline explosion that killed 2 in northern Illinois FERC allows Valley Lateral Pipeline to commence service   Pipeline decision means a bitter winter in Minnesota Sisters mark anniversary of cornfield chapel symbolizing pipeline protest Will Washington’s Oil Industry Ever Stop Expanding? Why should we be standing up for Standing Rock? – Echonetdaily

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/8-7/9/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Water woes: Martz claims pipeline company broke his well With Pruitt Gone, Dems Target Ex-SEAL Zinke for Pushing 'White People, Christian' Agenda Kinder Morgan to restart laying Trans Mountain Pipeline  SF Special: Farmers Square Off vs. Keystone Pipeline LaDuke: Enbridge's Line 3 will become ground zero in battle over climate change Scott Pruitt gave “super polluting” trucks a gift on his last day at the EPA Posted after 6 pm pdt Court Reaffirms Bayou Bridge Pipeline OK to Cut Through America’s Largest River Swamp Allegations Rauner profiting from detainees Another Court Decision Allows the Bayou Bridge Pipeline to Move Forward

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

The White House bully at it again, still hasn't grown up -  Trump Mocks Elizabeth Warren & the Entire #MeToo Movement in One Racist, Misogynistic, Rambling Comment  SD pipeline leak likely caused by damage during installation, report says Why Big Oil beat a climate change case In Louisiana's Vanishing Wetlands, a Promise of Ecotourism That Locals Say Reeks of Greenwashing Abandoned Uranium Mines in Arizona Assessed for Remediation These Places Are Sacred Native American Sites—Not Playgrounds @outsidemagazine Posted after 6:25cpm pdt WPLC Fights for Water Protectors Greenpeace Report: Oil Pipelines Are Putting Environmental Safety at Risk; Plus: Does More Efficient Technology Equal Better Technology? A Look at How Innovation Could be Harmful

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/4-7/5/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

MVP answers questions about pipeline at open house  - key here, see last sentence of article ‘Nowhere else to turn’: First Nations inundated by oilsands projects face impossible choices Canada suppressing data on coal mine pollution, say U.S. officials Virginia Supreme Court upholds pipeline survey law, but with dissent Southern Utah without Lake Powell Pipeline: Dried up communities or booming like usual? 018-6-047 - Barr v. Atl. Coast Pipeline LLC  (note the link within for the decision) Notley seen as political leader most responsible for pushing Trans Mountain pipeline ahead, new poll suggests | CBC News The Trans Mountain pipeline construction schedule has been released: What happens next Pipeline spill plans should be public Scott Pruitt Resigns From EPA, Leaving Behind a Mountain of Crap With His Name on It Powelson's departure means fallout for pipelines, policies FERC Declines to Appeal Landmark GHG Case to Supreme Court | 2018-07-05 | Natural Ga...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/3/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Whistleblower: EPA's Pruitt kept secret calendar to hide meetings @CNNPolitics The Trump administration is reshaping the country under the guise of national security. The energy sector is next.  Not just the Yellowstone River, all rivers here in North America and South America and everywhere else in between Protect the rivers.   # WaterIsLife   Watch “Trout Season - Last Call” on #Vimeo Analysis | The Energy 202:  Interior lacks permanent leaders for key agencies controlling roughly 500 million acres of public land Dakota Access accused of violating North Dakota corporate farming law ‘The Land is the Body of the Native People’: Talking with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Climbers Blockade Trans Mountain Oil Tanker Traffic Construction approved for two Atlantic Coast Pipeline access roads Utah drillers struck gold with Pruitt's EPA

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 7/1/ STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Arizona Reps Want More in Promise to Ban Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon  Protesters continue fight to stop Line 3 oil pipeline in Minnesota Meet the Activists Arrested for Opposing the Mountain Valley Pipeline Pipeline / Eminent Domain Debate Strikes A Nerve With Grandin Theatre Audience Becker County gears up for possible protests over pipeline approval