Pipelines

DAPL Company Files Lawsuit To Finish Pipeline And Bypass “Political Interference”

November 22, 2016 Alexandra Jacobo, www.nationofchange.org Resist! #NoDAPL, Lawsuit, Pipelines

By Alexandra Jacobo for Nation of Change - Dakota Access Pipeline parent company, Energy Transfer Partners, along with its subsidiary Sunoco Logistics, announced two court filings made last week in U.S. federal district court. The filings demand judgement declaring that they have the legal right-of-way to finish the Dakota Access Pipeline, despite the recent decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to delay granting the necessary easements to complete the project until “additional discussion and analysis” can take place with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

Fighting A Mid-Atlantic Pipeline In The Age Of Trump

November 21, 2016 Kara West, www.nationofchange.org Resist! Donald Trump, Pipelines, Protests

By Kara West for Nation of Change - In the Natural Bridge Hotel lobby before a pipeline summit in opposition to two planned fracked-gas pipelines, two words could be heard in almost every conversation: “Trump” and “election.” Smaller and quieter than the Standing Rock pipeline protest in North Dakota, this Mid-Atlantic pipeline resistance movement met here in the Shenandoah Valley this month to reassess and reenergize in the wake of the Presidential election.

Anti-DAPL Protesters Hold ‘Day Of Action’ Across US

November 16, 2016 Staff, www.rt.com Resist! #NoDAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline, Pipelines, Protests

By Staff of RT - Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline are happening across the country as the construction company has sought relief in court. With more than 200 demonstrations planned, the Day of Action is expected to be the largest anti-DAPL protest in months. Shortly after 6:00pm EST in New York City, protesters were arrested. Video of the final police warnings was shared on Twitter by Candace Bryan, who reported 36 arrests.

We Can No Longer Hope To Win This By Simply Voting Or Speaking Out

November 16, 2016 Emily Johnston, www.commondreams.org Resist! Activists, Climate Change, Pipelines

By Emily Johnston for Common Dreams - Annette and I have been charged with felony property damage and aiding and abetting felony property damage, as well as trespass and aiding and abetting trespass. Along with our friends engaging in the same acts in other states, we took every precaution to ensure the safety of our actions, including two safety calls to Enbridge, and in fact—as a result of these calls—it was the company which actually shut the pipelines down.

Army Corps Halts Dakota Access Pipeline, Pending Review

November 16, 2016 Phil McKenna, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! #NoDAPL, Barack Obama, Dakota Access Pipeline, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines, Protests

By Phil McKenna for Inside Climate News - The Obama administration gave the Standing Rock Sioux tribe a partial victory on Monday, by declining to grant a final easement for a disputed section of the the Dakota Access pipeline that would skirt its ancestral land. It called, instead, for "additional discussion and analysis." Under sharp pressure from tribal and environmental activists, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior said further consultation is "warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation's dispossessions of lands...

Dakota Access Pipeline Delayed As Army Calls For More Analysis

November 15, 2016 Julia Carrie Wong, www.theguardian.com Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Military, Pipelines

By Julia Carrie Wong for The Guardian - The US army corps of engineers has completed its review of the Dakota Access pipeline and is calling for “additional discussion and analysis”, further delaying completion of a project that has faced massive opposition from indigenous and environmental activists. The statement comes amid heightened tensions between Native American activists and the surrounding community over the pipeline, which the Standing Rock Sioux tribe says could contaminate its water supply and destroy sacred sites.

Trump Owns Stock In Keystone Pipeline Corp

November 14, 2016 Antiphon Freeman, www.news.groopspeak.com Educate! Dakota Access Pipeline, Donald Trump, Pipelines

By Antiphon Freeman for Groop Speak - Donald Trump will be moving forward with the Keystone pipeline project once he’s president that was put to a halt by President Obama, calling it a “priority of his administration.” Previously, President Obama has called the pipeline as being “against the national interests of the United States.” But, Trump says it will create jobs.

#NoDAPL: Company Refuses To Halt Construction

November 12, 2016 Monique Judge, www.theroot.com Resist! #NoDAPL, Pipelines, Protests

By Monique Judge for The Root - Although the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has not granted a permit, the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline announced Tuesday that it is preparing to drill under Lake Oahe on the Missouri River in the next two weeks. As previously reported on The Root, resistance to the $3.8 billion pipeline has been strong from the beginning. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe argues that pipeline construction is desecrating sacred ancestral lands and that the pipeline itself endangers the Sioux’s major water suppliers: Lake Oahe and the Missouri River.

Arrests Made Following Rally Of Protesters, Clergy At Capitol

November 5, 2016 Nick Smith, www.bismarcktribune.com Resist! #NoDAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline, Pipelines

By Nick Smith for Bismarck Tribune - The protest movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline for the first time was brought right up to the state Capitol steps and, later, just yards away from the governor’s front doorstep. More than 15 people were arrested Thursday evening among a group of clergy and other protesters who staged a demonstration on the North Dakota state Capitol grounds in opposition to the multi-billion dollar project. The demonstration brought the number of arrests to at least 425 since August.

Activists Up Ante Against ‘Pipebomb On The Hudson’

October 31, 2016 Wendy Sol, Resist! AIM, FERC, Pipelines

By Wendy Sol for the Indypendent. AIM is short for Algonquin Incremental Market Project, one of a number of pipelines that are being built in the Northeast to transport natural gas from fracking fields in Pennsylvania to New England and on to markets abroad. If completed by Nov. 1, as planned, AIM will carry approximately 342 million cubic feet of gas to Boston and other ports in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Spectra is also increasing capacity by more than a third on an existing pipeline that runs within about 100 feet of generators at the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant on the Hudson in Westchester County, about 35 miles north of Midtown Manhattan.With Spectra intending to have AIM ready by the beginning of November, groups that have opposed the project since it was first proposed to federal regulators in 2014 worry they are running out of time to halt the pipeline and are escalating their activism.

Newsletter: Solidarity With #NoDAPL Strengthens All Of Us

October 30, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter #NoDAPL, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Pipelines, Sioux, Social Movements

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. Once again, as happened repeatedly over hundreds of years of struggle by Indigenous Peoples, the United States is using a militarized response against people seeking to protect the land and water and standing up for their human rights and justice. The militarized police are collaborating with oil companies and Indigenous people are having their civil rights trampled. The Water Protectors wrote the Department of Justice telling them about Indigenous drivers being harassed, the police conducting intrusive strip searches for minor offenses like trespass, the use of unlicensed guard dogs against protesters, as well as the use of military vehicles and militarized law enforcement. As Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault wrote “rather than seeking to keep the peace, law enforcement personnel are clearly working in tandem with private security of Dakota Access”who are escalating the conflict with peaceful water protectors.

15 Arrested Protesting Spectra Pipeline Scheduled To Go Online Nov. 1

October 29, 2016 Dan Zukowski, www.ecowatch.com Resist! Pipelines, Protests

By Dan Zukowski for Eco Watch - Fifteen people were arrested today at a rally this morning outside the Manhattan office of New York Sen. Charles Schumer, where they have maintained a presence for the past 60 days. With the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) expansion of the Spectra Energy pipeline in Westchester County, New York set to go online by Nov. 1, opponents are asking Schumer to intervene and use his influence to put a halt to the project. Schumer's office did not respond to a request for comment by EcoWatch.

Anti-Pipeline Protests At Sen. Schumer’s Offices In Peekskill And Elsewhere

October 29, 2016 Lanning Taliaferro, www.patch.com Resist! Pipelines, Protests

By Lanning Taliaferro for Peekskill Patch - CORTLANDT, NY — Opponents of the Algonquin Pipeline expansion projects demonstrated Wednesday at Senator Schumer’s offices in Peekskill, Rochester, Binghamton, Albany, Long Island, Buffalo, Syracuse, and Washington DC. Organizers said they estimated 250 people gathered and heard from health professionals, indigenous leaders and residents of the Hudson Valley where the natural gas pipeline is being built.

Police Are Violating Civil Rights Of Dakota Access Pipeline Opponents

October 27, 2016 Michael McLaughlin, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Civil Rights, Dakota Access Pipeline, Pipelines, Police

By Michael McLaughlin for The Huffington Post - This week, the Standing Rock Sioux called on the Department of Justice to investigate state and local authorities for civil rights violations during protests over the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. But North Dakota authorities are refuting the tribe’s accusations, saying they’ve been patient and accommodating with protesters. “We keep getting portrayed as the jackbooted thugs coming down for a confrontation,”

Columbia Gas Pipeline’s Potomac Crossing Draws Protest

October 26, 2016 Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Pipelines, Protests

By Anne Meador for DC Media Group - A fracked gas pipeline proposed by Columbia Gas was the motivation for a protest and march on Saturday at the C&O Canal National Park near the point where the pipeline may cross the Potomac River. While details are scarce about the pipeline so far, it will likely originate in Pennsylvania, traverse Maryland and connect with a distribution line in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

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