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Democracy Now! Published on Jan 22, 2021 After President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, pressure is growing from Indigenous leaders and environmental groups for the new administration to … Continue reading →

MSNBC Jul 7, 2020 The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a legal victory after a federal judge ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline shut down for a more thorough environmental impact study. The tribe’s former chairman, Dave Archambault, tells Lawrence O’Donnell … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on May 12, 2020 There’s a standoff brewing in South Dakota, where two Native American Indian tribes are upholding their sovereignty by defying orders by Governor Kristi Noem to remove COVID-19 checkpoints from their territories. The Cheyenne … Continue reading →

Image Credit: Walsh County Emergency Management Nov 01, 2019 In North Dakota, the Keystone pipeline remains idled, after the TC Energy company — formerly known as TransCanada — said a rupture this week spilled over 380-thousand gallons of crude oil … Continue reading →

Image Credit: Twitter: @joyem_braun Oct 25, 2019 In South Dakota, environmentalists are declaring victory after the state’s Republican governor and attorney general agreed not to enforce laws allowing draconian fines and prison terms for protesters opposing oil and gas pipelines. … Continue reading →

Feb 08, 2018 In North Dakota, a court has sentenced anti-pipeline activist Michael Foster to one year in prison, after he broke into an oil pipeline facility and turned a manual safety valve to cut off the flow of tar … Continue reading →

RT America Published on Mar 10, 2017 Thousands of Native Americans and environmental activists marched through downtown Washington, DC to the White House to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which has been fast-tracked by the Trump administration. … Continue reading →