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01/22/2017 / By Ethan Huff

DAPL coincidence? New bill in North Dakota could make it legal to run over protesters

In a frightening leap towards tyranny, North Dakota Republicans have introduced a series of bills that observers say are directly aimed at impinging upon the First Amendment rights of protestors, including those that have been congregating for months at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation where the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is set to be […]

12/14/2016 / By Vicki Batts

Pipeline spills thousands of gallons of crude oil into creek, just 150 miles from DAPL

A North Dakota pipeline spill has released many tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a nearby creek, just two and a half hours away from Cannon Ball, ND, where activists have been protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline for months. Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, their allies and […]

12/05/2016 / By Vicki Batts

Officials tried to block vital supplies from reaching protesters at Dakota Access Pipeline

North Dakota state officials are going to extreme lengths to bring the protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline to an end. Reports indicate that law enforcement is even willing to block supplies from entering the water protectors’ main camp, following an emergency evacuation order. Government officials had warned of a possible physical blockade to deny […]

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. […]

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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