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

They're not thinking of the future their kids and grandkids will face as a result but rather of their wallets right now IMO - Why Are Unions Joining Conservative Groups to Protect Pipelines? Listen. De3cent brief discussion of this recent legislation. I didn't expect this though I do realize there are many problems with laws like this one. When these laws reach the SCOTUS, will the court actually think about Constitutional violations present?  New Texas Law Designed To Throw Fossil Fuel Protestors In Prison  via @The Ring of Fire Network 3 Big Takeaways For Texas Energy And The Environment From This Year's Legislative Session Something that should be challenged, Payoffs involved? Always wonder when I see things like this because this is not common sense - . Dakota Access pipeline was justified in using eminent domain, Iowa Supreme Court rules via @DMRegister  Is this really believable? Personally I stand with Kanahus Manuel. And you?  A new indigenous en...

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

ACTION YOU CAN TAKE NOW:  Defend our beautiful #PublicLands from Trump's push for more dirty coal. Tell @BLMNational to keep the coal-leasing moratorium in place: https://biodiv.us/2I61yom Tannas Says "No More Pipelines" Bill Better After Amendments - HighRiverOnline.com Just say no - Enbridge Offers 2024 Finish for Great Lakes Tunnel Project Judge tells Trump no building of border wall during appeal of construction halt Taking the Fight Over ANWR to Twitter  Energy Groups Push Back Against Activists Over ANWR and U.S. Energy Security via @freebeacon This should be permanent -  US officials to put off oil leases near sacred tribal land These watches are absolutely essential -  Public lands under neighborhood watch  via @MoabSunNews Definitely not healthy in many ways for those living within the environs -  Hundreds stand against drilling, fracking on public lands City issues cease and desist to group that created GoFundMe to construct pr...

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

Export pipelines new front in eminent domain fights Hill Country landowners fight for land in proposed gas pipeline's path Public Testimony To RST Utilities Commission Calls For Adherence To Treaties 12 Climate Wins From the National Environmental Policy Act - Center for American Progress Listen to the SoundCloud included -  Nessel vows to move on shutting down Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline in 30 days  via @crainsdetroit Boycott Fisher Sand & Gravel Co.   City blocks private border wall construction with 'cease and desist' order @CNN Joint Chiefs chairman dodges on funding for border wall Border Wall on Private Land in New Mexico Fuels Backlash Brennan, Clapper Call Border Crisis ‘Nonexistent Threat’ in Lawsuit Against Border Wall  via @epochtimes Judge orders feds to disclose climate impacts of public lands fracking in CO and UT  via @yubanet Gardner, Bennet want to ease permitting on federal lands  via @csgazette Conservation Scorec...

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

Solicitor general, ACP seek more time to appeal pipeline case to Supreme Court  via @wvgazettemail How eminent domain is blighting farmers in path of gas pipeline Export pipelines new front in eminent domain fights Court Blocks BC Government Attempt to End Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Court of Appeal Unanimously Rules Against B.C. Blocking Trans Mountain Pipeline A near one-mile-long border wall was erected over the weekend between Texas and New Mexico thanks to millions in private donations  via @HuffPost Judge Blocks Redirecting of Federal Funds to Build Parts of Border Wall  via @democracynow Pope says he would confront Trump directly on border wall Privately-built border fence did not have permit, Sunland Park officials say A small company sees opportunity in revolutionizing Colorado’s energy supply 43 U.S.C. 28 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS Old-growth logging leaves black bears without dens: biologist Coyote Stories:...

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

Where water is life, many on the Pine Ridge Reservation go thirsty @highcountrynews If 2020 Democrats are going to be serious about climate, they need to cut out Congress  via @grist Solicitor general, ACP seek more time to appeal pipeline case to Supreme Court  via @wvgazettemail 'Unlikely Alliance' of Native, Rural Americans Defends Environment It’s time to take a stand @highcountrynews

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

Very little today. Maybe later.  ACLU asks federal court to stop SD from enforcing 'riot boosting' law Environmentalists target Barclays bank over fossil fuel investments  Pollution hurts us all, no matter what D.C. says  via @abqjournal BLM seeking comments on environmental impact statement for Four Rivers Field Office  via @idahopresstrib We know it's not b/c of the House -  Nearly halfway through the year, Congress has only passed 17 laws | WTOP via @WTOP Opinion: Layoff of state workers is not a business decision  Brown University's 251st commencement message: Include, elevate

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

Federal bill, local coalition address missing and murdered natives B.C. vows to appeal after top court says province can’t restrict oil shipments across its borders  via @nationalpost You could get prison time for protesting a pipeline in Texas—even if it’s on your land  via @MotherJones Lake Tahoe’s cobalt blue waters have seen a stunning improvement in clarity Placing power lines underground is an expensive way to reduce fire danger Pipeline opposition groups fight back against anti-protest laws ‘designed to intimidate’  via @NationofChange Federal pipeline safety regulators issue warning on floods and subsidence Judge blocks work on parts of border wall BRIAN LILLEY: Pipeline sanity from courts but not from Trudeau | The Journal Pioneer Five takeaways from the Court of Appeal ruling on B.C.’s pipeline law  Trump blasts judge who blocked part of border wall construction Native veterans get another chance to receive land  via @altontelegr...

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

National View: Trump order a boost for Line 3, other necessary pipelines Pipeline Activists Challenge Louisiana Law That Criminalizes Protest  via @truthout Youth Strikers march in Reading demanding Climate Change action ACLU asks federal court to stop South Dakota from enforcing 'riot boosting' law pending lawsuit Canada’s Oil Hotspot Considers Going Nuclear  via @YahooFinance People Power Can Stop the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota B.C. to appeal court ruling that it can't restrict oil shipments through Trans Mountain pipeline B.C. can't impose environmental laws that could kill Trans Mountain pipeline, court rules | CBC News  Seems to be big news in BC - Several articles about it just today -  In win for Trans Mountain, court rules B.C. can’t restrict oil shipments On carbon pricing and pipelines, the Liberals have scored wins but they might pay for it on the campaign trail  via @torontostar Public lands top Rep. Debra Haaland’s a...

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

A promise unfulfilled: water pipeline stops short for Sioux reservation New Lawsuit Calls Louisiana's Pipeline Protest Law 'Unconstitutional'  via @EARTH3R 'Vague, Overly Broad, and Sweeping in Scope': Lawsuits Take Aim at Efforts to Criminalize Anti-Pipeline Protests via @commondreams Let's hope not  Liberal environmental contradictions could pave way for Conservative win  via @ConversationCA Video, Photos: SW Virginia Comes to Leesburg! Pipeline Fight Continues with History Lesson  via @bluevirginia Native American art show in Wyandotte also features Standing Rock photo exhibition What’s Behind Lobbyist Attempts to Block Casinos on Indigenous Land?  via @truthout Another Pipeline Break Means Water Restrictions At Grand Canyon National Park  'Climate leaders don't build pipelines': Indigenous advocate tells Trudeau | CBC News  Indigenous pipeline protester interrupts Trudeau speech.  ‘You have no right to do that to us’  vi...

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

Commission approves hauling route for Keystone XL pipeline  Steve Bullock's tenure as Montana governor includes protecting the state's coal industry, railing against Obama-era climate initiatives and supporting development of Keystone XL pipeline.  via @HuffPostPol UPDATE 1-Pipeline opponents challenge Louisiana law targeting protesters What’s behind lobbyist attempts to block casinos on Native land?  via @OpenSecretsDC Bill McKibben, enviros urge Whitmer to end oil pipeline talks  via @michiganadvance Your Guide to America's Public Lands @outsidemagazine A Steal of a Deal: How Ranchers Take Advantage of Public Lands  Disregarding Climate, Trump Administration Pushes to Re-open Public Lands to Coal Leasing Interior secretary releases disputed Nevada public land funds  via @reviewjournal Biologists welcome new UC research station at Point Reyes  via @ucberkeley US says Trump coal moves hasten but don't increase emissions Trump con...

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

Big Oil Bill Pushes Extreme Criminal Penalties in Illinois via @nrdc Rosebud Lawsuit Says Keystone XL Pipeline Route Crosses Trust Land This is total BS -  Texans could get a year in prison for protesting pipelines on their own land  via @grist County approves haul agreement for Keystone XL pipeline Federal pipeline safety regulators issue warning on floods and subsidence  Virtual Pipelines: A Dangerous New Way to Transport Fracked Gas by Truck The Keystone Pipeline Is Looking Worse Than Ever Now That the Midwest Is Prone to Massive Flooding  via @YahooEnt Utah Continues Its Assault on Federal Lands The Archaeology Of Bears Ears With Bill Lipe On Tuesday's Access Utah Liberating Public Lands  (subscription needed) Trump Wants to Open Santa Clara Valley Land for Oil Wells  via @SanJoseInside Congress must press Interior secretary to act on climate change AP FACT CHECK: Trump is overpromising on border wall Native leaders join clima...

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

We always new DAPL was a disaster in the making -  New York-area pipeline halted, Keystone XL persists Indigenous-led movement to stop fossil fuels ACLU: Thom can be sued in pipeline protest lawsuit since he enforces laws Texas Bill Would Make Protesting Pipelines a Felony on Par With Attempted Murder States Crack Down on Environmental Activists @Sierra_Magazine David Treuer’s Monumental History of Native American Life in the 20th Century via @thenation Pipeline Protest Comes to Herring’s Hometown  via @Crunchify After NYC gas pipeline blocked, what's future of Albany Loop?  via @timesunion Pipeline blocked for now, activists push climate bill  Public comment sought on Wayne National Forest pipeline project   via @athensmessenger Take action now to protect Central Coast public lands from fracking  via @solis_sentinel Paths to fracking eased in oil, gas drilling plans Letter to the editor: A response to Chris Stewart's and Mike Lee'...

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

Love the idea of this road trip. It's something I'd like to take. Abbey has been one of my favorite authors. I've read "Desert Solitaire" multiple times.  Following environmentalist Edward Abbey's footsteps in the Utah and Arizona deserts Can't argue with science - Letter: Border Wall via @tucsonstar Excerpts of The Wall can be found at the link in the 2nd paragraph - if watching these don't move you, then IMHO you have no heart. What's also interesting to note is that FB seems to claim this article violates their policies and wouldn't allow it to be posted, thus infringing on my first amendment rights - sad -  Migrant worker has a powerful moment in talkback about 'The Wall'  via @DandC A public lands story  via @DailySentinelGJ Reader's View: Selling public lands insults past Duluthians More construction coming to border Public lands, endangered species are worth the fight  via @DailySentinelGJ Time to develop BLM r...

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

Coloradans celebrate statewide Public Lands Day Sad but not surprising for a red state -  Plan to manage vast BLM lands in central Montana realigned with Trump administration's goals  via @billingsgazette Sen. Udall’s environmental work not done  via @abqjournal Lawsuit challenges Trump administration approval of Enefit oil shale development in Uintah Basin  via @KSLcom Opinion | We were warned 150 years ago about our water shortage. We have to do better. Making conservation reflect diversity | Rachel Kippen, Our Ocean Backyard

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

Midwest flooding exposes Keystone XL risks Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and NRDC Confront Federal Failures via @nrdc Critics say Illinois bill threatens to chill protest against fossil fuel interests New York Grassroots Movement Defeats Fracked Gas Pipeline National Grid says no new NYC natgas customers without Williams pipeline  Sounds like National Grid is bullying much like that guy in the WH to get what it wants. Shameful! -  National Grid says no new NYC natgas customers without Williams pipeline  Regulators May Reconsider Rules That Incentivize Pipeline Construction  via @truthout Volunteers team up for public lands cleanup  via @montrosepress Judge rejects plan for public land grazing allotments  via @SFGate Delegislating Wilderness by @NatCounterPunch Virginia Senators, Reps urged to protect Appalachian Trail | Southern Environmental Law Center Dump back on him -  Week 121: David Bernhardt's (Document) Dump on Congress via ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 5/16 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Activists' lawyers: Sheriff should defend anti-protest laws Midwest Flooding Exposes Another Oil Pipeline Risk — on Keystone XL’s Route  State Rejects NYC’s Big New Pipeline Project—For Now  via @EARTH3R Texas lawmakers may stiffen penalties for pipeline damage Penalties for protesting pipelines increase in 15 states The actions of an ingrate -  Analysis | The Energy 202:  Trump's Interior chief hasn't 'lost any sleep over' new climate record A life taken too soon. RIP brother.   Life through a lens: Flagstaff remembers local filmmaker Jake Hoyungowa  via @azds Definitely not sorry to see this -  Drilling company files for bankruptcy, citing pipeline explosion Interesting alternative explanations.   Is the Williams Pipeline plan out of gas?  via @Newsday Another section of border wall to be replaced in southern Arizona The “smarter” wall: how drones, sensors, and AI are patrolling the border  via @voxdotcom (long read...