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Dakota Access Pipeline

12/04/2016 / By Mike Adams

Standing Rock victory in North Dakota as US Army Corps of Engineers revokes pipeline permits

After months of increasingly passionate protests against the planned oil pipeline that could have threatened the aquifers of the Sioux tribe, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reversed its permit approval. This means Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP, owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline, will need to explore a different route for the pipeline. […]

12/04/2016 / By Vicki Batts

Protesters at Dakota Pipeline have noticed unidentified crop dusters spraying chemicals over them late at night

The Dakota Access Pipeline has been a topic of immense scrutiny for several months now. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s fight to protect their sacred lands, and the water supply, has been extensively covered by the independent media, and the pitfalls of oil pipeline construction continue to be outlined. From the destruction of waterways to […]

11/09/2016 / By Don Wrightman

Police used brutal force and pepper spray to arrest 141 peaceful protesters at Dakota Access Pipeline

There have been at least 141 arrests of peaceful protestors thus far at the Standing Rock Reservation. The protesters are trying to protect the land and water supply from the Dakota Access Pipeline. Dakota Access LLC and parent company Energy Transfer Partners are trying to build the Dakota Access Pipeline on a Standing Rock sacred […]

09/14/2016 / By Vicki Batts

Ancient burial and prayer sites bulldozed for pipeline in North Dakota

North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux filed for a temporary restraining order on September 4th to halt construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline. This is a last-ditch effort by the Sioux to preserve ancient burial sites and prayer areas. Irreparable damage has already been done to a number of sacred plots. In a press statement, tribal […]

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