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STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/31 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Jane Fonda: Save Alaska's Tongass National Forest from loggers in climate change fight  via @usatoday Dead Trees Could Bring New Life to Southeast Alaska Lumber Mills  5 months later: Neighborhood still in ruins after pipeline explosion With Colorado River Cutbacks Looming, a Drought Pipeline Sparks Ire in Phoenix  via @phoenixnewtimes BLM, Nature Conservancy secure easement for wildlife and public lands  via @twinfallstn BLM Arizona Issues Policy to Reduce Wildfire Risk Around Power Lines on Public Lands Marin activist Egger in thick of Keystone XL pipeline fight How the 2010s brought back strikes, school walkouts, and social movements   Water-guzzling demands of Trump's border wall threaten fish species  via @NatObserver Trump's 10 biggest false claims in 2019 — and one that finally became true  via @nbcnews The Deadly Myth of the Border - Los Angeles Review of Books: The Deadly Myth of the Border via @lareviewofbooks More ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/30 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

OIL AND GAS: It's déjà vu for U.S., Germany in struggle over pipeline  via @EENewsUpdates Enbridge retrieves lost drilling debris from Straits of Mackinac  via @crainsdetroit New Border Wall Construction Threatens 8 Species With Extinction Las Cruces Area Groups Blast Additional Border Wall Funding The hearing (and the nature) we forgot Un-wilding wild horse lands  via @highcountrynews Coalition of 91 groups asks for resignation or removal of BLM chief Trump practically gives away energy rights near Utah monument

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

Politics: Pipeline Permit Off Again, On Again Eight species at risk of extinction in Arizona due to Trump's border wall construction  Margaret 'Mardy' Murie spent her life living in and working for the protection of wild spaces  via @cstribune Obstruction, litigation contribute to forest gridlock Duluth photographer Dudley Edmondson captures nature in pixels | Duluth News Tribune Water-guzzling demands of Trump's border wall threaten fish species Trump reshapes judiciary in his image  via @BostonGlobe Turning Skiers Into Climate Voters with the Advocacy Potential of the NRA   The critics are actually thinking, unlike the company that wants to shove more oil through the pipeline - Dakota Access pipeline owners want to pump more oil through Illinois. Critics worry the move will increase the risk of leaks or a devastating spill  via @heraldandreview

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

Not much out there today. Looks like another time to double up on days with postings.  Report: Tongass among forests crucial for climate regulation @washtimes The decade that was  via @yorknewstimes Resolve to keeping public lands healthy in 2020  via @bozchron Portable tree stands must be removed from county-managed lands | Brainerd Dispatch Texas landowners fear losing property to Trump’s border wall  via @msnbc Wisconsin DNR offers atlas of publicly owned land | Superior Telegram

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/27 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone XL: Rosebud Nation's Lawsuit Against U.S. President Continues Alaska Native group seeks support for Southeast land selections  via @AKPublicNews Enjoy Views of a Snowy Yosemite Valley Interesting, only way to access article is check the box that you're not a robot.  Dan Murphy: Lawmaker A ‘Domestic Terrorist? Want to Visit a U.S. National Park in 2020? Here Are 5 Days You Can Go for Free  Conservation Groups Intervene to Defend Sage-Grouse Rules Opposed by Trump Administration, National Audubon Society Reports Federal spending bill includes buffer around New Mexico park The price of ballot box biology: Forced wolf reintroduction in Colorado How the border wall work-stop could affect troop deployments If the DOJ can sue why can't the land owners countersue?  Trump Justice Department sues to seize private property for border-wall construction  Washington Legislature Report a Strong First Step in Ending Domestic Terrorism - CounterPunc...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/25-12/26 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Pennsylvania Prosecutors Investigate Pipeline Lexington Catholic church takes ‘gospel stand’ with nativity scene behind border wall ========================= Editorial: Three years in, Trump is still pushing his crazy border wall America's public lands of tug of war: It's time to join the fight for conservation  via @usatoday Southern border wall is destroying natural habitats The Dumbest Ideas by Arizona Politicians in 2019  via @phoenixnewtimes Dakota Access pipeline owners want to pump more oil through Illinois. Critics worry the move will increase the risk of leaks or a devastating spill. AFN passes resolution calling for tribal consultation by state and federal governments  via @glincoln45 Can't imagine why this isn't surprising. This is what pipelines do, spill -  New report identifies hundreds of oil and gas spills in Montana Chief Border Enforcement Official Casts Doubt on Goal to Build Wall by 2021

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

Just say no -  Department of Natural Resources asks for $595K to work on ‘federal plans,’ including ANWR drilling  Insurance, Financial Support Dwindling for Oilsands, Coal and Arctic Drilling Protests mount against Bureau of Land Management's latest sale of public land to oil and gas  via @CCurrentArgus Federal spending bill includes buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park   via @TheDailyTimes Action on Owyhee wilderness bill likely in '20  via @capitalpress

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/23 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Montana Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Keystone XL Pipeline Lawsuits Standing Rock: Gross Underestimates of DAPL Expansion Risks via @nrdc COURTS: 8 energy battles to watch in 2020  via @EENewsUpdates A New Podcast Takes You Inside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge @outsidemagazine No Refuge from Trump and His Polluters in the Arctic via @nrdc This article keeps making the rounds. As climate change melts Alaska's permafrost, roads sink, bridges tilt and greenhouse gases release via @physorg_com I agree. Link at end of article to ask senators to reject this anti-public lands guy - Patagonia CEO: Congress Needs to Fire William Perry Pendley From BLM  via @MensJournal Stop road building in the  Tongass National Forest  via @hometownsource REI Speaks Out On Tongass National Forest  via @sgbmediaonline The folly of oil & gas leasing in Nevada  via @NevadaCurrent Trump and FERC Sells Out to Dirty Energy Over Our Health - Insider NJ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/22 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

U.S. judge rejects Trump's bid to dismiss lawsuit over Keystone XL pipeline approval | CBC News  This should be the focus considering what they're known for  Man-camps are focus of ninth day of testimony to S.D. panel about Keystone XL water permits Have to agree considering -  Gidimt'en spokesperson Sleydo', a.k.a. Molly Wickham, accuses RCMP of acting as mercenaries for industry via @georgiastraight Wildlife advocates angling for control of the axe Video shows groundwater drilling near sensitive spring as border wall construction continues  via @azcentral US Heads to Court to Build Trump Border Wall in Texas  Tongass transition: Future of the forest depends on preserving old growth  Tijuana River's toxic sewer sludge dangerous for migrants and border agents

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

Not much out there after a very busy week focused mostly on other things. Maybe more will be posted later. I'll post any of those belong the line. US Judge Rejects Bid to Kill Keystone Pipeline Lawsuits via @FlatheadBeacon Challenges to Keystone XL pipeline allowed to proceed ============== Romney, Bishop Troll Illinois Senator Over Effort To Designate 9 Million Acres of Wilderness In Utah Don's stop now: a decade of land, water protections  via @bozchron Rosemont takes mine ruling to appeals court NC bases lost millions to the border wall. The new budget doesn’t replace the money. Wild Sheep Foundation supports Senator Cortez Masto Bill on Nevada's Desert National Wildlife Refuge  via @benzinga Climate group forms in Yakima; think tank cautions against misguided efforts  via @Yakima_Herald Landowner wanting more transparency following border wall surveys in Starr County U.S. gov't heads to court to seize private land for Trump's border wall in...

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

Cenovus aims to squeeze more oil onto trains with application to build diluent recovery unit Conservation Groups Applaud Senate Launch of Grand Canyon Protection Bill Court Rejects Trump Administration Renewal of Oregon Ranchers' Grazing Permit Forest Service’s Draft Revised Land Management Plan Enhances Long-Term Forest Health, Creates Regional Jobs US Senate bill would ban mining claims around Grand Canyon  via @azds As climate change melts Alaska’s permafrost, roads sink, bridges tilt and greenhouse gases release  via @HeraldMailNews Looks like the governor is just like that guy in the WH, not considering consequences or caring about the consequences of his actions -  Gov. Dunleavy Pushes Hard for Mining, Logging the Tongass National Forest in Heritage Speech - EnviroNews | The Environmental News Specialists  via @EnviroNews Top Democratic senator requests probe into border wall contracts  via @nbcnews Acquiring Private Land Is Slowing Trump'...

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

These permits should be contested IMHO - Chief Engineer Adheres To Statute In Keystone XL Water Use Permitting But can these spills ever be totally cleaned up? Isn't there still oil in the Gulf left from BP's spill?  Tribes: Oil companies should pay for pipeline spills  South Dakota tribes want state to require oil companies to pay for pipeline spills  via @argusleader In his book and in his life, public lands take the lead Ginger Kathrens: Wild horses groomed as scapegoats for public land destruction , via @sltrib Wildland Fire: Federal Agencies Efforts to Reduce Wildland Fuels and Lower Risk to Communities and Ecosystems  Using Roleplaying To Imagine Life Under a Green New Deal—Dungeons & Dragons Style - In These Times Trump’s environmental record should be impeachable: Sierra Club R esearch Preserving NW Forests Needed in Global Climate Crisis / Public News Service At the TMX Pipeline Hearing, the Sham of ‘Consultation’ Laid Bare ...

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

Water Management Board Continues Hearings On Keystone XL Water Use Opponents challenge witness on plan to take water from S.D. rivers to build KXL oil pipeline That crude-by-rail derailment rattled the nerves a little bit PennEast Pipeline held up in court as state braces for winter heating season via @shareaholic House Democrats proposal aims for zero emissions from public lands Diane Regas: You’ll never see another ‘No trespassing’ sign on the Zion Narrows trail. Here’s why that matters., via @sltrib Feds may let major highway cut across southern Utah tortoise preserve , via @sltrib This is bad news -  White Sands’ national park status in Trump’s hands  via @abqjournal Podcast -  The Refuge E3: Listen To The People Climate Change Data Opposed At Keystone XL Pipeline Water Use Hearing Activists take to social media as comment period for Roadless Rule draws to a close  via @AKPublicNews Conservation groups fear pending decision on Washington Co...

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

Energy and the Environment — Friends or Foes? Joe Biden’s Campaign Co-Chair is a Big Oil and Gas Booster State, tribe to develop Dakota Access pipeline spill plan ​Why is this not surprising? First Nation alleges Ottawa withheld info during Trans Mountain consultation (via JWNenergy.com) As Alaska permafrost melts, roads sink, bridges tilt and greenhouse gases escape Let It Be: Why We Must Save Alaska’s Pristine Tongass Forest  via @YaleE360 Tongass: Where your bread is buttered California Joins Fight To Protect Tongass Forest Grijalva Bill Would Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Public Lands Yet the GOP claim the Dems aren't doing anything? SMH -  House Dems propose halt to drilling on public lands in broad climate bill What are the GOP getting done lately besides whining & lying to protect the crook in the WH? Democrats Aim for Net-Zero Emissions on Public Land by 2040 Banishing the few BLM staffers  who work in DC a bad move for land, peopl...

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

Study: River water crisis could dry out Front Range  via @csgazette (subscription needed) Four British Columbia Indigenous groups will argue Canadian government failed to consult adequately over Trans Mountain  via @NatObserver State, Tribe to Develop Dakota Access Pipeline Spill Plan ​Court to hear First Nations' challenge of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion  State, Tribe to Develop Dakota Access Pipeline Spill Plan Canada court hears from Trans Mountain pipeline foes amid oil industry slump Our Turn: Arctic Refuge under siege by ‘fossil fools’ Fight continues over Washington County’s proposed corridor  via @KSLcom 'That's genocide': ancient tribal graves threatened by Trump border wall Trump Administration Blasted for Plan to Allow Old-growth Clearcutting in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest via @earthjustice TS!  In New Mexico, Border Patrol agents feel they're up against wall  via @thenewmexican Road proposal for Tongass includes ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 12/14-12/15 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Cuthand: First Nations are leaders in environmental activism H ow much more will come back to haunt the GOP when they attempt to give the WH guy what he wants but r blocked by their actions when Obama was in office. Too funny IMHO.   Judge stymies Trump's border wall by invoking GOP law targeting Obama   via @politico The YUGE STUPIDITY of that WH guy exposed again - tsk tsk - Fact check: How Trump's Keystone KL store fell apart ASRC, a major Native corporation, drops out of Alaska Federation of Natives Arctic lease sale is bad for taxpayers 29 photos show how climate change has ravaged the Arctic in the past decade via @businessinsider Opinion: Past logging has disproportionately impacted the most valuable old-growth stands in Southeast Alaska  As climate change melts Alaska’s permafrost, roads sink, bridges tilt and greenhouse gases release Group protests uranium decision Alaska's Coastal Communities Face a Growing Climate Threat  via @sciam...

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

Where is Liberty Mutual in the climate change fight?  via @BostonGlobe Those supporting the drilling haven't been paying attention to its effects and how this adds negatively regarding #ClimateChange  - no more new fossil fuel infrastructure!  ARCTIC: BLM analysis shows climate price of Alaska drilling   via @EENewsUpdates podcast - help timber industry & destroy old growth & habitat in the process - NOT acceptable -  Alaskans Weigh In On Proposal To Loosen Tongass National Forest Roadless Rule  via @hereandnow Republicans, Democrats transcended politics to fight border wall funding, defend democracy. Congress should, too.  via @azcentral Supreme Court to Hear Important Natural Gas Pipeline Case Jicarilla Government Backs Pipeline Proposal Ukraine will benefit if Congress backs sanctions on a Russian pipeline  via @nbcnews BLM hosts packed Q&A session  via @TheMtnMail At COP25, indigenous groups are making sure...