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STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/28 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Unfortunately -  Taking a step forward Communities feeling pipeline pressure  via @BostonGlobe As state Dems prepare legislation, data shows oil and gas emissions significantly affect Boulder County’s air quality  via @Boulder Weekly Tribe says Army Corps' Dakota Access pipeline findings preordained   via @mprnews It’s time to admit that Elizabeth Warren is problematic   via @wellesley_news Resolution seeks better understanding of preserving cultural, sacred sites in North Dakota Chester County seeks to join pipeline fight  via @wcdailylocal Pipeline companies appeal Atlantic Coast Pipeline decision to SCOTUS  via @WatchdogOrgVA Pipeline Protests Surge in Canada, with First Nations at the Fore  via @npquarterly A paradigm shift in the politics of public lands U.S. Senate weighs blocking Trump's border emergency gambit Border Wall Trumped by Art and Community  via @yesmagazine Future Of Butterfly Center Tied T...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/27 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone XL suffers another setback as judge blocks most work on the oil pipeline Lheidli T'enneh suing Enbridge over pipeline blast Pipeline company paying to relocate residents near spill  via @CrucesSunNews Gold company says EPA is mishandling Colorado mining cleanup  via @denverpost Biggest Public Lands Bill in 10 + Years Clears Congress, Protecting More Than 1.3 Million Acres of Wilderness 10 places that will be protected by Congress’s new public lands bill  via @NatGeo Local conservation leaders celebrate public lands win, push for cleaner air The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Fight Could Go to the Supreme Court The butterfly sanctuary at the heart of border wall fight @CNN How Close Will Fracking Get to Denver?   via @denverwestword

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/26 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Interior hands out nearly 1,700 waivers to offshore drilling safety rules  via @politico New hearing rejected for pipeline to cross Appalachian Trail Congress is poised to protect millions of acres of public lands: Why it’s a huge win for conservationists     via @NatGeo Josh Mills: Urge House to support public lands legislation Dawn Obrecht: Vote ‘yes’ on this impressive public lands bill It’s time to revisit an old way to resolve public land fights @highcountrynews Government shutdown made clear a new deal is needed for America's public lands  via @mydesert Dem, Republican demand reason for using Pentagon funds for border wall  via @nbcnews Injured pipeline protester argues for lawsuit to proceed Looking toward the future of the Grand Canyon on its centennial  via @azds Dominion to ask Supreme Court to hear pipeline appeal Energy Transfer Partners CEO admits 'mistakes' were made in Pa. pipeline project  via @delcotimes Plain...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/25 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

NEB releases Reconstruction report for Trans Mountain Expansion Project  In Our View: Trans Mountain pipeline bad deal for our state Canadian Regulators OK Trans Mountain Pipeline, With Impacts Through Washington Waters Indigenous trio walks from Mackinaw City to Lansing to call for a shutdown of Line 5 Law would celebrate public lands in Washington state | 2019 Legislative Session  Open Forum: On the border wall, the Constitution will prevail More than 50 ex-officials tell Trump national emergency not justified  via @nbcnews Fact check: Trump's repeated fabrications on voting fraud, border wall  via @stltoday Democrats slam Trump budget plan to use defense dollars for border wall @washtimes Pelosi Titled 'Honorary President' For Fighting Against Border Wall NY representatives can help save Land and Water Conservation Fund (Commentary) Addressing repair backlog at national parks can give Congress a big win Alabama could lose almost $7 millio...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/24 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Environmental Almanac | A different perspective on property Fighting back against Trump  via @IdahoStateJ Trump's Border Wall Lawsuit Tops This Week’s Internet News Roundup  via @WIRED The Chapel at the Border Protecting and Celebrating El Jaguar in the Borderlands @Sierra_Magazine Grijalva unveils new attempt to ban uranium mining permanently near the Grand Canyon  via @azcentral The First Battle of the ‘Green New Deal’ Is the New York Pipeline Fight   via @thedailybeast

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/23 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Not really on topic with the rest of what I've been posting yet it's something I think should be listened to so I'm including it. It's an interview:  Ojibwe Author David Treuer on Retelling the History of “Indian Life Rather Than Indian Death”  via @democracynow. You need just under 44 minutes to listen to the entire thing, well worth your time.  IMHO Treuer is spot on about many topics discussed in this interview. You need a good block of time to listen.  The Fight to #StopTMX Continues as Feds Approve Their Own Pipeline via @commondreams Dakota Access developer sues Greenpeace in state court  via @seattletimes Pentagon says it will be months before construction on Trump's border wall starts @CNNPolitics Same stuff different day from the most incompetent guy ever to occupy the White House -  Trump makes up story about voter fraud, lies about border wall then says his 'language is very nice' 

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/22 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone XL pipeline protests WORKED – Alberta is cutting tar-sands production Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets green light from Canadian energy board  via @seattletimes U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Columbia nuns' claim that gas pipeline violated their religious beliefs  via @lancasteronline This pipeline lawyer is ready for a climate showdown   via @EENewsUpdates Trump’s stance on national monuments is straight out of the 19th century Government: Highway shutdown not aimed at tribe, media Canada's energy regulator endorses contentious pipeline  via @SFGate Opinion | Can America build big things anymore? Fact check: Are border crossings at ‘historically low levels?’ Take action here -  Public Lands Package Heads to House for Consideration — Washington Trails Association House committee deadlocks on bill that tells rural counties what kind of government to have , via @sltrib

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/21 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE LAWSUITS UPDATES  Alberta's oil production cut shows the Keystone XL protest worked     via @ClimateHome Last-minute appeal dismissed in Trans Mountain case Why California should turn down Trump’s offer to raise Shasta Dam Split appears in San Juan as new Navajo-led County Commission moves to support an even bigger Bears Ears than Trump shrunk , via @sltrib Women, Indigenous communities focus of three-day conference  via @MoabSunNews PUBLIC LANDS: 'Highly unusual' push aims to transfer income, not ownership  via @EENewsUpdates BEAR RUNNER STANDS ON TREATY RIGHTS, WALKS OUT OF CONSULTATION  Minimum wage topic of discussion on New Mexico in Focus Documents detail multimillion-dollar ties involving EPA official, secretive industry group  via @politico Trump’s tweets saying he’s already building the border wall, briefly explained  via @voxdotcom The Myth of the Border Wall Donald Trump faces legal battle o...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/20 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Judge again blocks most Kxl pre-construction work  Interior Department is filled with ex-lobbyists who are cozy with their former employers, new ethics complaint shows by @JamesCTobias, @jessebcoleman Arizona will miss deadline for Colorado River drought plan that impacts water for millions, officials say New bill leaves lands protected, lawmaking neglected @highcountrynews When conservation provides a cover for anti-Indigenous sentiments @highcountrynews Texas landowner sues over Trump's border wall plans: "It means everything to me" Poll: Majority opposes Trump emergency declaration for building border wall Will President Trump's Border Wall Keep Drugs Out Of The U.S.? Monumental Shift in San Juan County's Official Stance on Bears Ears  via @wordpressdotcom Bears Ears Now Has the Support of Its Home County's Leadership  Painter's exhibit pays tribute to Standing Rock protests  via @mprnews

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/19 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Greens pounce on emergency declaration  via @politico Keystone XL Raising Concerns | Radio 570 WNAX Why the new U.S. public lands bill is such a big deal Public Lands Rally In Santa Fe Wednesday | Los Alamos Daily Post Grand Canyon Visitors Were Exposed to Unsafe Radiation From Buckets of Uranium for Nearly Two Decades Congress must reach across aisle and protect Grand Canyon | Opinion A conservation group asked a judge to invalidate the sale of oil and gas leases on land packed with archaeological resources  via @technology U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Hawaii Clean Water Act Case Fighting pollution: Toledo residents want personhood status for Lake Erie BBC News - Mexico border wall: US states sue over emergency declaration Editorial: A moment of bipartisanship in Congress could mean good news for conservation  via @PB_News It's Time to Finally Listen to Native Journalists  via @Splinter_news Hiking the Keystone XL Pipeline TransCanad...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/18 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

US court blocks Keystone XL pipeline pre-construction work  via @OffshoreTechMag Judge Lifts Injunction On KXL Pipe Prep; Keeps Ban On Building Worker Camps KXL Pipeline Heads To 9th Circuit Appeals Sale of oil leases on federal lands earns record $1.1B, encroaching on 'sensitive' areas U.S. Senate passes Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic River Act  via @thewesterlysun Schumer calls for House to vote on legislation that protects local public lands Trump's border wall faces Texas-size backlash from landowners  via @bpolitics NJ to join suit challenging Trump's national emergency declaration for border wall funding via @northjersey Environment groups launch lawsuit against Trump’s border emergency declaration Fighting Pipelines, Defending Sovereignty Public Lands Bill Is a Huge Step Forward Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/17 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Around the region  via @The_News_Record Un juge américain refuse certains travaux préalables au chantier du pipeline Keystone XL In Our View: Public lands legislation a victory for lawmaking Who is protecting our public lands?  via @DailySentinelGJ Letter: Utah is lucky that 92 senators care about public lands , via @sltrib Daines recounts struggle to pass Land and Water Conservation Fund in Senate   via @missoulian Juniper Flats above Apple Valley deserves improved protection  Community celebrates new partnership for sacred North Shore land Strong rules on methane will help New Mexico  via @abqjournal Hurd says 1,000 Texas farmers could have land seized to build Trump's border wall US military not decided yet on necessity of border wall  via @ChannelNewsAsia Law Professor Jonathan Turley On The Legal Fight Over The Border Wall   (Flood your GOP Reps and Senators' phone lines to oppose this fake national emergency) Opinion ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/16 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Judge keeps most Keystone XL pipeline work on hold Judge Denies TransCanada's Request for Most Pre-construction Work on Keystone XL Pipeline  (Center for Biological Diversity) Keystone XL suffers another setback as judge blocks most work on the oil pipeline Victory: Federal court throws out Energy Transfer’s lawsuit against DAPL water protectors  via @NationofChange As debate rages on border wall funding, construction is already beginning  via @newsjournal Northern B.C. First Nation clan says ancient tools found at pipeline work site  Enbridge Confident Controversial Minnesota Pipeline Will Be Built   @KROC1340 Bipartisan Conservation Bill Would Protect Over 2.3 Million Acres of Public Lands #care2 U.S. judge denies request for Keystone XL pipeline pre-construction work  via @YahooCanada Texas town fears border wall could displace homes  via @nbcnews

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/15 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

TransCanada profit and revenue rise as oil and gas pipeline flows strengthen TransCanada to appeal Montana ruling if Keystone XL construction delayed again  via @nationalpost Pipelines are a leaky, dirty dead-end. Let’s build clean infrastructure instead. Court dismisses Dakota Access company’s lawsuit against greens The Latest Propaganda Push From Pro-Pipeline Front Group GAIN The Green New Deal Includes a Powerful Pledge to Indigenous People   via @EARTH3R Court rules pipeline lawsuit can continue   via @wcdailylocal Blow to 'Powerful Corporate Interests' as Federal Court Throws Out Pipeline Company Lawsuit Against DAPL Water Protectors - via @commondreams Cumberland County homeowner's pipeline case will be heard next month U.S. shale executives predict oil production constraints to remain Racketeering lawsuit by Dakota Access developer dismissed Green groups hammer Trump over emergency declaration  Gov. Noems talks to TransCanada abou...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/14 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

"I really view this as a no-regrets strategy" - CEO Alex Pourbaix   via @nationalpost Environmental victories don't guarantee economic jobs  @highcountynews North Dakota bill could permanently seal police, government records on pipeline protests — RT USA News NEW GREEN DEAL AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE  National Guard plans to clean up decades-old unexploded ordnance at Moffat County’s Bears Ears shooting range Court Throws out Energy Transfer’s ‘Racketeering’ Claims Against Dakota Access Pipeline Opponents

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/13 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone pipeline springs a leak. Because that’s what pipelines do.  What we learned from Walz’s decision on Line 3  via @MinnPost Volunteers, activists, journalists interrogated at border about caravan  via @gazettextra Energy Transfer Pipeline Projects on Hold After String of Violations  via @truthout Pipeline examines the opposite of white privilege Pipeline fight drags on, tempting intervention from Trump Groups to sue US agency over loss of caribou herd  via @bozchron Battle over public land designations divides Utah lawmakers, too, as state bill seeks to usurp local control, via @sltrib Voice of the Reader: Dangerous precedent  via @thesouthern Idle No More BLM oil, gas leases to send $500 million back to states, but conservation group sues over Utah's leases Enbridge Gave Massachusetts Studies by Climate Denier, ALEC Associate in Gas Project Assessment Healing and hope: how Indigenous guardians are transforming conservation

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/12 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Atlantic Coast Pipeline delayed until 2021 Activist speaks about Water is Life Movement Twitter trolls stoked debates about immigrants and pipelines in Canada, data show | CBC News  Dominion Vows To Cut Methane Emissions From Pipelines, Wells Walz will continue appeal of oil pipeline project approval  via @pioneerpress Pipeline company behind infamous Standing Rock protest accused of blowing up a house in Pennsylvania Hirono, Senate Democrats Introduce National Monument Protection Legislation 'Shoot and Run' -- New Documents Expose Abusers of Standing Rock Water Protectors. Now DAPL Peeps Want to Hide Noem talks Keystone XL Pipeline with TransCanada The Gwich’in people will not back down when our sacred Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lands are at risk Senate passes public lands bill that Utah Republican leaders — except Sen. Mike Lee — pushed for , via @sltrib

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/11 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone pipeline is likely source of oil spill, says TransCanada  via @mySA North Dakota seeks to restrict access to public records after Standing Rock reporting exposed law enforcement abuses by @willparrishca Pennsylvania suspends all permit work for Energy Transfer Senate rejects bid to block future national monuments in Utah  Gehrke: All of us may end up paying for San Juan County’s litigious streak , via @sltrib Nothing unusual here, folks. Just the former commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers lobbying his old agency to sign off on the Dakota Access Pipeline.     via @HuffPostPol Admitted pipeline vandalizer fights racketeering lawsuit Green New Deal Divides Environmentalist Movement Critics protest proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic refuge Energy Transfer Pipeline Projects on Hold in Pennsylvania After String of Violations

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/10 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

U.S. delays oil-and-gas lease sale near sacred tribal land in N.M. Legislation Introduced Would Protect Carrizo Plain, Other National Monuments Adventure Athletes Scrutinized for Damaging Precious Lands Merkley, Wyden Join Colleagues to Introduce ANTIQUITIES Act to Protect America’s National Monuments from Unlawful Attacks Puyallup Tribe Calls for Letters of Support!

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/9 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

TransCanada says Keystone pipeline likely the source of Missouri oil leak  Keystone pipeline in major oil leak Note how he's been called out -  Leonardo DiCaprio voices support for Unist’oten anti-pipeline camp in northern B.C.  Protest Highway Shutdown Lawsuit Claims Include Extortion | North Dakota News | US News Conservation group sues over federal oil, gas leases in Utah Oil Spill Shuts TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline in Same County Where 'Paper-thin' Pipe Found in 2012

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/8 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Missouri oil leak prompts closure of parts of Keystone pipeline, Enbridge’s Platte pipeline  CLIMATE: Select committee Dems still rely on fossil fuels    via @EENewsUpdates Enbridge gets green light to put Valley Crossing Pipeline into service Exercise your voice -  Do you think the pipeline should be constructed through the Wimberley Valley?  Trans Mountain pipeline faces opposition from Washington state amid oil spill, traffic concerns  via @nationalpost Washington governor says state will try to influence Trans Mountain pipeline decisions ‘every way’ it can  DEP halts permit reviews on major Pennsylvania pipeline projects   via @PittsburghPG Dakota Access Criminal Cases Wrapping Up in North Dakota Facing jail over Trans Mountain protest, this lawyer asks court to consider what 'no one wants to talk about'  via @NatObserver Conservation group sues over federal oil, gas leases in Utah  Landowner group sues ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 2/7 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Senators press for answers on whether Bill C-69 will actually get oilsands projects built faster  via @nationalpost Here's what happened in Death Valley during the shutdown, according to staff logs  via @thinkprogress Commentary: The border wall problem few of us are talking about? Climate change. It's official: @AOC unveiled the first congressional resolution to frame a Green New Deal, and it's filled with things that will excite activists.  via @HuffPostPol Court sets aside appeals in Minnesota oil pipeline approval -- for now  via @pioneerpress Native Americans And Environmentalists Are In A Last Ditch Fight Over A Border Wall In Texas: “We've Had Enough”  Canadian crude prices weaken after two pipelines are partially shut amid an investigation into a possible leak in Missouri This is supposed to make it right? Seriously? -  Oil Pipeline Firm Tells Investors Spills Happen San Francisco pipeline blast puts spotlight on PG&E's shutoff a...

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

Trump administration to file Keystone XL appeal IMHO the ones doing the arresting are the criminalsb -  Dakota Access criminal cases wrapping up in North Dakota Dakota Access criminal cases wrapping up in North Dakota  via @hastingstribune Federal appeals court rules in favor of National Fuel's proposed pipeline Cumberland County man, Mariner East pipeline owners, set for hearing over safety Atlantic Coast Pipeline delayed until 2021, cost up by $3B  via @dailyprogress Court starts countdown for Walz to decide on Line 3 pipeline construction Tens of thousands weigh in on Jordan Cove LNG terminal and pipeline permit Environmental Groups Request Congressional Hearing on FERC Approval of Interstate Gas Pipelines David Treuer’s Rebellious New History of Native American Life Trust Peabody? - Peabody Energy Corp. is pulling back on coal production from its flagship Powder River Basin coal in 2019 as it looks to promising seaborne thermal and metallurgical co...