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DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/30 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Listen and or read - comments will be due in March: Trump Launches Attack on National Environmental Policy Act to Benefit Big Polluters and Corporate Interests  via @Shareaholic Construction permit for Keystone XL gets a 'no' recommendation from Nebraska county  via @owhnews Over protests, BLM leases local lands for development Op-Ed: Pinyon and juniper woodlands define the West. Why is the BLM turning them to mulch? Tongass study: Forest fish of Alaska Forest Service reviews basics of Forest Plan - Wrangell Sentinel (subscription needed to read the entire article) How many more times do people need to the destruction this criminal in the WH plans before it finally sinks in?  Trump’s environmental review rollback puts ranchers in charge of public lands Arizona Private Border Wall Bill Hits Snag in House Remember the WH maniac claimed this would be a strong beautiful wall. It failed just like he does in his policies. What about the tunnels?  Part ...

DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/29 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Steyer isn't the one to vote for IMHO. We don't need another billionaire white guy with no government experience -  Biden Gets Physical With Voter Concerned About Pipelines, Tells Him to Vote for Someone Else  $KMI - Kinder Morgan says two more Permian gas pipelines needed  State Timeout On Gas Pipeline Sought By Prince William Residents Public lands agency takes heat over 'Mineral Mondays' tweet Water Compact Legislation Fails to Protect Western Montana via @FlatheadBeacon Investors urge drillers, miners not to take advantage of Trump environmental rollbacks  Our community benefits from full Land and Water Conservation Fund funding   via @CrucesSunNews Who has access to the West? The Terrible, Horrible, Maybe Good Tourist Problem in Utah @outsidemagazine US oil output growth to slow, but peak still over a decade away: EIA

DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/28 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

What's next for the Keystone XL pipeline in South Dakota  via @mprnews Jordan Cove withdrawal not the end Another reason to recall Alaska's governor - Analysis: Gov wants lottery, touts timber, but no mention of PFD formula  The Warren Fracking Ban: On Public Lands, and Heck, Everywhere Else  via @Yahoo McSally is bad news for AZ -  CAMPAIGN 2020: Public lands credentials may not save McSally via @EENewsUpdates Pendley is not to be trusted. He said the opposite not long ago. He is just another liar in this administration.   The BLM is falling apart.  William Perry Pendley: America’s wild horses and burros need our help , via @sltrib  Oil and gas industry eyeing Chaves County in upcoming oil and gas land auction  via @CCurrentArgus Everything is at high speed attacking lands we love - DOI Is Speeding Environmental Harm Before Election Day @outsidemagazine I'm wondering if Utah Diné Bikéyah was consulted? Background to Access F...

DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/27 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

New Keystone XL Briefs Question Trump's Authority To Issue Pipeline Permit Ad campaign pressures Gardner on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge bill USGS Releases Estimate of Conventional Oil and Gas in Alaska Central North Slope The Road to the Green New Deal Lies Through This Overlooked Agency via @thenation USGS: Alaska's North Slope may hold 3.68 barrels of new oil , via @kallanish In other words he lied, trying to look good before the crowd in DAVOS -  Analysis | The Energy 202: Trump just pledged to help plant more trees. But in Alaska’s Tongass, his focus is on cutting them.  Observe the BLM’s displacement  via @highcountrynews The Road to the Green New Deal Lies Through This Overlooked Agency via @thenation They need to think about what's best for their constituents first -  In Crucial Pennsylvania, Democrats Worry a Fracking Ban Could Sink Them Forest Service Paying Timber Industry to Pick Which Trees It Wants in Alaska’s Tongass National Fore...

DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/26 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Help protect our climate: Tell the presidential candidates to speak out against the Line 3 tar sands pipeline The 8-year project to dismantle the San Onofre nuclear plant is about to begin South Dakota board approves Keystone XL water permits Good reason not to frack - Global Groundwater Is Threatened by Unsustainable Practices Amid Climate Crisis  via @truthout This is disrespect but that's not uncommon coming from this corrupt administration - United States Destroying O'odham Graves for Arizona Border Wall The REAL question is what ISN'T at risk b/c of this useless expensive wall? - Population of endangered ocelots discovered In Sonora near Arizona border  via @tucsonstar Terry Tempest Williams on “Erosion” - @Sierra_Magazine Iowa wants truth, not the lies coming from anyone connected to this corrupt administration that continually attacks us & the lands we love - Iowa wants expert review of Dakota Access Pipeline Can't help but agree with this po...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/24-1/25 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Wisconsin co-op to close coal plant next year Cleanup of orphaned oil wells could cost California $500 million, new report says Indigenous Environmental Network vows to continue to fight TransCanada every step of the way  via @IndianCountry Southern Utes respond to burst gas pipeline on Pine River tributary Energy co. withdraws permit application for Oregon pipeline Suit hopes to stop Idaho-Wyoming pipeline  via @lewistontribune McKibben: Stopping the money pipeline is key to climate action  via @aspendailynews Northern Corridor highway through Red Cliffs would hurt tortoises, and eventually hurt us  via @SpectrumNews Let's bombard him for every egregious action he tries - INTERIOR: Bernhardt to critics: Don't @ me  via @EENewsUpdates A-holes -  Goldman Sachs claims to value ‘stakeholder engagement’ but dropped Arctic drilling without consulting the native Alaskans who rely on it, writes Harry Brower Jr.  via @WSJ Make the outd...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/23 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

There's a draft of the plan linked in the 2nd paragraph but no information about where to make comments -  Environmentalists worried about Gila forest management plan Trump admin pushes Keystone XL pipeline ahead, but legal hurdles remain Sound argument IMO that this administration ignores because it doesn't fit in with their pattern of destruction -  My Turn: Forests and the climate crisis Makes sense -  Wrangell hosts workshop to better understand forest management  Letter: Birds at risk | Superior Telegram He works for that guy in the WH, not for the people as he's supposed to be doing. It's always about praising his narcissistic incompetent -  Interior Secretary noncommittal on proposed oil leasing ban, praises Trump administration for opening public lands to hunters Feds propose oil and gas leasing on Moab’s Slickrock trail , via @sltrib Citizen Action against Trump's Border Wall and to Save a River From child separation ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/22 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

The fight isn't over yet -  South Dakota board approves Keystone XL pipeline water permits | Globalnews.ca  After School Lockouts and Flunked Inspections, Colorado Eyes Suncor Crackdown  via @denverwestword The Oregon Department of State Lands Rejects Extension Request on Key Permit for Proposed Jordan Cove LNG Project This isn't over. - Keystone getting ready to move in Montana via @willistonherald  Dozens of Indigenous youth arrested after occupying government buildings overnight  I'm somewhat surprised tho they should back up that date at least 20 years. -  Arizona Utility APS Commits to Carbon-Free Power by 2050  We know the Earth is warming. We know that will stress water in the West. But we don’t know how.  via @coloradosun BLM seeks to clarify oil and gas oversight on public lands  via @DailySentinelGJ Ashland to Consider Resolution Against Enbridge Pipeline Trump administration approves Keystone pipeline on US ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/21 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

America’s Radioactive Secret  via @RollingStone The plan to protect the Chesapeake is failing, and it’s Pennsylvania’s fault  via @grist Ranchers and tribes at odds over tribal remains and antiquity protection on public lands | Navajo-Hopi Observer | Navajo & Hopi Nations, AZ Jordan Cove passes big Oregon hurdle, but what's next for the pipeline project?  via @DailySentinelGJ Feds overrule nomination of Moab-area rock art sites to National Register , via @sltrib Iowa Wants Expert Review of Dakota Access Pipeline Expansion How Melting Permafrost Is Beginning to Transform the Arctic  via @YaleE360 Report: Shakiest coal companies have most mine cleanup left  via @WyoFile Hundreds voice opposition to border wall at MLK Day march in Laredo  via @fox2now Tohono O'odham historic sites at risk as border wall construction advances in Arizona  via @azcentral This is the year to explore these six often-overlooked destinations in Utah ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/20 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

SF bans natural gas in new city buildings, plans all construction ban Barton Springs group to join legal battle against Kinder Morgan pipeline Owyhee Initiative Wilderness and Public Lands Deal Critique: Ten Years After - CounterPunch.org by @NatCounterPunch State to hold meeting connected to Tumbledown, Mt. Blue State Park BLM to conduct Eagle Complex wild horse gather  The private border wall being built on the Rio Grande The Fate of 23.8 Million Acres of Arctic Wilderness is in Jeopardy - @Sierra_Magazine Another reason to get out to vote in 2020 against that WH guy and his team of destroyers who act only on the behalf of fossil fuel companies. -   New Billboards Warn That Trump Administration Will Sell Public Lands to the Highest Bidder via @AddThis Indigenous leaders protest against major Alberta oilsands mine proposal | Globalnews.ca 

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/19 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

'Influencers' are ruining public lands — all for Instagram photo ops Op-Ed: BLM Lease of Public Land for Drilling Endangers Colorado's Wildlife  via @denverwestword National Parks Traveler Episode 49: Public Lands, Federal Regulatory Changes  Such a colossal waste waste of money, our tax dollars that does nothing that he promises. What it destroys is even worse -  $11 Billion And Counting: Trump's Border Wall Would Be The World's Most Costly  Border wall barely started This is a needed wall that will actually HELP the people od New York -  Trump Scoffs at ‘Foolish’ Proposal for a New York City Sea Wall   via @thedailybeast Changing the world, together: Wild & Scenic Film Festival tries to spark knowledge, action to protect the environment. 

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/18 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Chester County seeks injunction to halt pipeline construction at 2 sites  via @wcdailylocal Cortez Masto’s public lands bill would conserve land, expand Clark County.  via @LasVegasSun California sues to block Trump administration fracking plans  via @mercnews Working against the people, for the fossil fuel companies, no surprise,  his usual pattern of destruction.  -  Trump is trying to cripple the environment and democracy Outdoors Notebook: New Badlands Conservation Alliance director, Minnesota Deer Hunters Association supports emergency deer transport ban, waterfowl survey, etc. | Grand Forks Herald Would love to tear this down -  Trump administration installs plaque to commemorate 100 miles of border wall Editorial: Happy birthday, Sleeping Bear What a narcissistic SOB -  Trump administration installs plaque to commemorate 100 miles of border wall 

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/17 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

The New U.S. Trade Deal Is Climate Sabotage  Pipeline firm to pay another $2M fine in Pennsylvania When All the Forests Burn As California Forests Heat Up, Birds Are Flocking to Higher Ground by @NexusMediaNews  Warren calls for Rick Perry's resignation from pipeline company Friends of Wildlife Refuges Meeting:  Adventures with Bristle-thighed Curlews  via @newsminer Tensions Swell in Alaska between Powerful Native Oil Business and Local Youth Kathy Kascewicz: Ask Congress to restore, strengthen bird protections  via @madisondotcom ‘Our people’s patience is running thin’: VGFN citizens concerned about low salmon count, councillor says Chuck Schumer Is a Last-Minute No on Trump's North American Trade Deal, Citing Lack of Climate Progress  via @@EARTH3R Trump administration opened California land to fracking. Now the state is suing Trump admin ordered ‘climate censorship’ in plans to lease Texas public lands for fossil fuel extraction ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/16 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Keystone XL Pipeline Construction Schedule Reported To Montana Federal Court This in itself is frightening IMO: "With its mines idle, the company is currently looking to bring in revenue by importing radioactive waste from abroad to process as 'alternative feed.'” -  White Mesa uranium mill in San Juan County lays off a third of its workforce , via @sltrib IMO Homeland Security are the extremists - think of the families separated, the children in cages, the deaths of children they attempt to hide. The list goes on  and  on.  Homeland Security Listed These Climate Activists as 'Extremists' Alongside Mass Killers The Tongass National Forest is a Wilderness on the Chopping Block BUSTED AGAIN:  Administration still focused on destruction for profit.   Trump Admin Ordered ‘Climate Censorship’ in Plans to Lease Texas Public Lands for Fossil Fuel Extraction Louisiana tribes file complaint with United Nations over U.S. inaction on climate change ...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/15 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

‘Very good news for Canada’: Work to resume on long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline Orange Is The New Green Fossil fuel interests applaud Trump admin’s weakening of major environmental law via @NationofChange In Virginia, anti-pipeline activists feel ‘justice was served’ with court ruling Trans Mountain's make-or-break moment at hand with Supreme Court to hear B.C. case attempting to halt expansion  via @nationalpost Pipeline at centre of B.C. conflict is creating jobs for First Nations: chief Banks still subsidizing fossil fuels should pay big penalties as they threaten our well being by doing so -  Banks Continue to Pile on Fossil-Fuel Finance Green Groups Sue to Stop Trump Admin From Allowing Fracking on 1 Million+ Acres of California Public Lands Conservation groups attempt to stop fracking on public lands in California Lawsuit seeks to cancel oil and gas leases on New Mexico federal land  via @abqjournal The Trump administration’s plans for less pub...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/14 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Working for free: What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?  via @frontiersman Can they? Doubtful IMHO. They're on the wrong side of history - Analysis | The Energy 202: Trump administration delays Arctic refuge oil leasing to strengthen legal case Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals Longish, worthwhile read -  Border Wall Threatens National Wildlife Refuge That's Been 40 Years In The Making He's a thief, anything to please his tiny base. This is the short version -  Trump Plans to Pump an Extra $7.2 Billion Into Border Wall Project  via @thedailybeast Trump plan to shift $7.2B to border wall puts GOP lawmakers in a pickle  via @politico Why did the governor wait so long to request these?  Michigan requests Enbridge Line 5 documents going back to 1953 Ohio Activists Rallying Against Bill To Criminalize Pipeline Protests Energy Trans...

STOP DAPL & ALL PIPELINES 1/13 / STOP CULTURAL GENOCIDE./Ecosystem Attack

Total waste of money but that's what this WH guy does, waste our tax dollars -  Border wall obsession costs too much, accomplishes too little via @bmtenterprise BLM’s Carlsbad plan must balance oil and wildlife  via @abqjournal Siemens Stands by Australian Coal Project Despite Climate Outcry  via @markets Excellent way to word this. He IS stealing to make his time little ignorant base happy.  Court Lets Trump Steal Military Funds To Pay For His Border Wall via @The Ring of Fire Network Political Cornflakes: White House press secretary rebuffs calls to return to daily press briefings amid escalating tensions with Iran , via @sltrib As PSC considers DAPL expansion, it will weigh tribe's request for spill-related documents  via @bistrib Faith Spotted Eagle Seeks Protections For Women and Water OPINION EXCHANGE  |   The environment: From Trump administration, another hit to accountability The battle over pipelines, population and propert...