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STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/30 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone XL Pipeline Overcomes Last Legal Hurdle in Nebraska  The Interior Secretary Wants to Enlarge a Dam. An Old Lobbying Client Would Benefit. Sarah Tingey: Thanks, Democrats, for trying to protect ANWR  As usual he's not acting responsibly but out of greed instead.   Trump administration pushes for Arctic drilling by arguing 'there is not a climate crisis' Here's how Inland members of Congress voted this week on drilling ban in an Alaskan Wildlife Refuge Advocate for selling off public lands will remain BLM's acting director  BLM Plans Reveal Troubling Trend  via @pewtrusts “This economic system is killing this planet”: Chicago residents demand the state halt the expansion of Dakota Access Pipeline  via @NationofChange Political Cornflakes: Former Ukrainian prosecutor explains why he rebuffed Giuliani’s demand for a Biden investigation , via @sltrib Biting the Hand That Feeds: Environmental Grantee-Plaintiffs Pueblo Nations Vow To K...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/29 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Not much on the weekend especially Sunday.  Letter: Jared Huffman's work stopped Trump from handing this over to Big Oil.  via @mercnews Time to get public lands protections over the finish line As Trump touts his border wall, Los Angeles is about to unveil a monument to migrants Drumpf's xenophobia doesn't work on the people here. His lies exposed once again.  Del Rio residents on the Rio Grande say they feel safe, despite no border wall Festival brings together tribes to discuss uranium impacts, Bears Ears , via @sltrib A chance to defend nature Slurry wells: The answer for radioactive oilfield waste disposal?  via @bistrib

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/28 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

CSULB dumping protest at Iron Triangle this Saturday Dumping of construction dirt on Native American site sparks protests at CSULB via @LongBeachPost Tell Democrat Presidential Candidates: Take the "NoKXL Pledge" Eminent domain process for Keystone XL pipeline begins in Nebraska  via @owhnews Bullock releases 2nd detailed policy proposal on familiar topic: public lands  via @helenaironline Irresponsible but since when has anything responsible come out of the WH?  Large chunk of border wall funding diverted from tiny Guam - ABC News  Alaska US senators split on diverting military spending to border wall  Border wall could destroy natural wildlife refuge in southern Arizona, environmentalist says  via @WGNNews

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/27 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Oil lobbyists attempt to influence pipeline safety legislation to further criminalize pipeline protests   by @lhfang, @nicksurgey 'Raging granny' locks to equipment at Mountain Valley Pipeline site  Stop the egregious actions of @realDonaldTrump - continue to stand up to #ProtectANWR  ANOTHER VIEW: Protecting The Alaskan Wilderness     via @gruniongazette This PBS Show Gives Native Kids Their Own Cartoon Hero @outsidemagazine What I wonder though is, is this supposed to offset that nasty Trans Mountain Pipeline? One will eventually destroy the other. Win! Canada Creates an Enormous Arctic Conservation Area Bullock unveils plan to protect public lands National Public Lands Day: Free Entry for All and a Call for Volunteers Public Lands Day Has Special Meaning In Nevada via @AddThis I "Lived" on Public Lands for a Summer. Here's What I Learned. There's no "could" in it. It WILL and that's NOT acceptable. Key thing said: " Wh...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/26 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Film series brings the voice of First Nations to Gund Gallery  via @KenyonCollegian Trans Mountain oil tankers aren't the only thing endangering whales on the West Coast | CBC News  Questions remain unanswered for Energy East pipeline revival plan | CBC News  PIPELINES: Inside the Supreme Court showdown over Atlantic Coast  via @EENewsUpdates Another virtual pipeline truck carrying fracked gas crashes in New York. Local climate advocates demand urgent action  via @NationofChange But are there guarantees? Doubt it  Feds Call For Regulation Changes One Year After Massachusetts Gas Explosions  Longish read - still WTH?  Arctic Oil Boycott: "This cherry picking of indigenous perspectives is all too common among “southerners”, expert say.  This is just more Drumpf BS now published in AU - 'There Is Not A Climate Crisis': Trump Administration Spouts Brazen Bullshit To Justify Arctic Drilling | Gizmodo Australia (via @GizmodoAU) S...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/25 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Not surprised. Been feeling this in my bones. Manchin doesn't surprise me - never saw him as a real Dem. Most are GOP, again no surprise.  Facing Climate Crisis, Senators Have Millions Invested in Fossil Fuel Companies via @sludge Pipeline Protest Could Hurt Democrats Chances in Minn.  Praying they don't get the needed approvals - Sunoco still needs DEP approvals to restart pipeline work at Lisa Drive, Chester County Pipelines coming to the Permian  via @CCurrentArgus Energy Giants Spend Big on Lobbying to Clear Pipeline Path Through National Forests, Appalachian Trail Minnesota regulators prepare for Line 3 pipeline review   Endangered Species Act’s Pending Trump Revamp Faces 16-State Lawsuit They all need to keep their grimy hands off. They're NOT acting in our best interests, never have been. They're all about themselves.  Trump’s land boss pledges to steer clear of ex-clients  It is but that guy in the WH doesn't give a damn as long as h...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/24 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Revealed: how the FBI targeted environmental activists in domestic terror investigations US briefing: Trump-Ukraine scandal, Greta Thunberg and Boris Johnson Opinion | How geopolitics shapes the future of Parry Sound-Muskoka's energy The Klamath River now has the legal rights of person Corporations Have Rights. Why Shouldn’t Rivers? Stop the actions of this idiot in the WH. Repealing the Clean Water Rule will swamp the Trump administration in wetland litigation via @ConversationUS IMHO  Rep. Sara Rasmussen must go!  Rep. Sara Rasmussen to Seattle City Council: Knock it off via @mustreadalaska Trump Administration Pushes for Unprecedented Liquidation of Alaska’s Public Lands  Around the Town: Celebrate National Public Lands and Fossil Day at the Grand Canyon  via @azds The Future Of The Border Wall In Arizona | Fronteras McSally defends Huachuca money going to border wall One Small Step: Finding Sympathy And Understanding After Bears Ears I Do...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/23 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Federal judge halt provisions of South Dakota anti-riot law Omaha citizens participate in Omaha Climate Strike  via @Gateway Opponents rally against 23-mile gas pipeline extension Public Lands Go For $2 An Acre At Auction. And Sometimes Even Less. OIL AND GAS: 'A muddy mess.' Ill. landowners fight FERC over pipeline  via @EENewsUpdates Any province could veto a major pipeline under an NDP government, says Singh | CBC News  Being an avid old grown supporter for as long as I can remember and then some, looks good to me. -  How restoring old-growth forest in Washington state could help fight climate change  via @seattletimes Judge temporarily blocks logging in nation's largest national forest Celebrate National Public Lands Day by volunteering  via @RuidosoNews Senate Democrats to force vote this week on Trump's border wall emergency declaration Meet the lawyers beating back Trump's Reckless Environmental Policies -- and Winning ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/22 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Alberta reacts to Keystone XL approval As Arctic Sea Ice Disappears, What Happens to Ecosystems?  via @truthout Nevada regulators oversee Anaconda Mine Cleanup but face a complex past BLM's Final Environmental Review for Arctic Refuge Drilling Glaringly Underestimates Harm to Wildlife Erika Pollard: Hovenweep leases put short-sighted gain ahead of a balanced future , via @sltrib Climate Strikers March, Hold “Die-In”  via @The Tennessee Tribune

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/21 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Group alleges permit violations during pipeline construction through Atchafalaya Basin PennEast Pipeline Suffers Major Setback, County's Attorney Says Here’s what the Democratic presidential hopefuls plan to do with public lands if they defeat Trump , via @sltrib The current corrupt administration's policies will continue to exacerbate this problem  as long as they continue -  Alaska has U.S.'s most expensive wildfire this year | CBC News  Sen. Bennet requests hearing on public lands bill Public and private lands are crucial to Greater Yellowstone  via @bozchron The Border Wall Now Threatens a National Monument As always standing with the Gwich'in. Want to see the final EIS? It's linked at the bottom. You can make up your own minds re: whether you think it's flawed as many of us do.   When you click on the final EIS link, it may look like there's nothing to access. Click on the Documents link on that page, and it will take you there. There...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/20 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone XL: Why Pipelines Spark Controversy  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling is next chapter in long history of plundering Arctic resources  via @BostonGlobe Getting Inside The Trans-Alaska Pipeline  via @YahooFinance Bayou Bridge Pipeline land seizure decision appealed to Louisiana's 3rd Circuit  via @nolanews A Wildfire In Alaska Has Cost $46 Million to Fight, and It's Still Burning Athletes testify for public lands  via @TelluridePlanet Not surprising considering the focus of this current crooked administration - Wildlife—and Its Habitats—at Risk Under BLM Plan via @pewtrusts Public lands belong to us not the Feds - Stop leasing of public lands. via @LasVegasSun Haaland Public Lands Bills Clear First Hurdles in Subcommittees Keep slamming him for all his policies and choices - Haaland Slams Trump Administration For Stealing Public Lands Whatever will he say when his wall fails? He probably blame the Dems, something he does whe...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/19 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Conservationists hope to tap Land and Water Conservation Fund to preserve land and water on Sweetwater  via @coloradosun Judge partially blocks law aimed at oil pipeline protests A little bit more info here:  Federal court blocks South Dakota laws suppressing pipeline protests   via @capitaljournal One way to fight you know who on many fronts to stop his destruction of those places we value.  Conservation Group to Buy World’s Largest Privately Held Sequoia Forest for $15M  Bad choice -  Scheer says he'd fast-track pipeline challenges straight to Supreme Court | CBC News  Would really like to see this addition to the tax scam passed,  Title II, section 20001(page 184) tho I'd be much happier if the entire law was trashed.   Alaska Wildlife Refuge Vulnerable to Drilling  Best descriptor of him & his dealings: "The bad man is Trump. He is a selfish and corrupt businessman with no virtues for being president."  Th...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/18 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

​No new pipelines, coal, oil or gas drilling would be approved by Greens (via JWNenergy.com) Trump's actions threaten Tongass Forest  via @EMAILiT President Trump's Stupid Border Wall Could Destroy 22 Archaeological Sites According to New Report  via @gizmodo Seattle council votes to withhold business from oil companies that explore Arctic Refuge  via @AKPublicNews Seattle City Council’s Stand Against Oil Drilling in the Arctic Is Meaningless—But It's the Right Thing to Do Pitch in on National Public Lands Day, September 28 Independent candidate aims to unseat Rep. John Curtis, running under the campaign slogan ‘humanity elevated’ , via @sltrib  A judge just blocked South Dakota's "riot-boosting" law, but anti-protest measures keep spreading  via @MotherJones

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/17 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Drilling Could Cause Extinctions in Alaskan Refuge, Government Plan Says  via @sciam UPDATE 2-Minnesota court rejects challenges to Enbridge Line 3 pipeline approval When will they listen?  Pipeline opponents raise more concerns about environmental impact Court allows appeal on pipeline certificate, says B.C. needs to reconsider The Environment Is in Trump’s Crosshairs. We Need to Fight Back. via @thenation How Congress voted: Oil drilling restrictions Border fence construction could destroy archaeological sites, National Park Service finds Petroleum industry's interest in ANWR still unknown  via @frontiersman OIL AND GAS: Finger-pointing follows Saudi attacks  @EENewsUpdates Alaska: How ‘America’s Icebox’ is facing climate crisis after warmest summer Oil ruins last and largest wildlife refuge

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/16 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Very little today, at least as of now. Maybe more later. “Biological Annihilation”: The Danger of Opening Alaska’s ANWR to Oil & Gas Drilling  via @democracynow This Northampton County township aims to bar pipelines, turbines near Appalachian Trail Help protect our public lands   via @LasVegasSun Wildlife and Wildlands in These Trying Times: Friends of Alaska Refuges Meeting & Talk  via @newsminer Trump's border wall  That guy in the WH is a farce, always has been, with his fantasies and lies. Plans for New Border Wall in California Scrapped  Another budget fight looms this month in Congress centering on border wall funding  via @TexasTribune Yeah, Trumpsters, Mexico is NOT paying for that damn fantasy wall.    He's stealing from Peter to pay Paul. THAT is his M.O., always has been  - Trump raids military families, national security to pay for border wall: Vets in Congress   via @azcentral GOP sides with Tr...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 9/15 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

An oil pipeline expansion is dividing Canada’s indigenous peoples Radical Republicans on energy panel push giant Alaska gas pipeline Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could soon be opened to oil drilling • Earth.com Is drilling something that will happen while in the courts as we've seen for other things? Still standing with the Gwich'in. Trump opens Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge to oil drillers Greedy GOP voted along party lines. Why am I not surprised? They have no problem with destroying the environment for oil, being in the fossil fuel lobby's pockets.   Here’s how Inland members of Congress voted this week on drilling ban in an Alaskan wildlife refuge Daines is all talk on public land support  via @missoulian The need to fully fund Land and Water Conservation Fund  via @Inland Empire Community News Why DeSmog Is Joining a Global News Collaboration to ‘Cover Climate Now’  Radical Republicans on energy panel push $43 billion Alaska gas...