Pipelines

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August 27, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Climate Change, Dakota Pipeline, North Dakota, Pipelines, Sioux, Water

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. The latest chapter in the US war against Indigenous Peoples of this land is being fought by more than 90 tribes in North Dakota against a pipeline that threatens water, air and land, including sacred sites. Indigenous Peoples understand that the environment is to be respected and that to destroy it for corporate profit goes against nature and against ourselves. People's Climate March indigenous @Peoples_Climate People's Climate March indigenous @Peoples_Climate Indigenous Peoples have lived in what is now called North America for more than 10,000 years. They were the first human inhabitants. In comparison, the United States is not even 250 years old. Ever since colonizers from Europe came to these lands 600 years ago, Indigenous Peoples have paid a heavy price.

Judge Delays Injunction Ruling As Pipeline Protest Grows

August 26, 2016 Lisa Song, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Dakota Pipeline, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines, Protests

By Lisa Song for Inside Climate News - Activists resisting a controversial oil pipeline in a growing protest camp in Cannon Ball, N.D. hoped to hear a federal judge side with them Wednesday by issuing an injunction stopping its construction. Instead, they learned they may have to wait up to two weeks to hear the judge's decision. In the meantime, the activists, who have formed a camp of largely Native American protesters that has swelled to more than 1,200 people, vowed to keep fighting.

Taking A Stand At Standing Rock

August 26, 2016 David Archambault II, www.nytimes.com Resist! Dakota Pipeline, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines, Protests

By David Archambault II for The New York Times - Near Cannon Ball, N.D. — It is a spectacular sight: thousands of Indians camped on the banks of the Cannonball River, on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. Our elders of the Seven Council Fires, as the Oceti Sakowin, or Great Sioux Nation, is known, sit in deliberation and prayer, awaiting a federal court decision on whether construction of a $3.7 billion oil pipeline from the Bakken region to Southern Illinois will be halted. The Sioux tribes have come together to oppose this project, which was approved by the State of North Dakota and the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Standing Rock Sioux Pack Federal Courtroom Seeking Halt Of Pipeline

August 25, 2016 Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Court, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

By Anne Meador for DC Media Group - Washington, DC — Members of the Standing Rock Sioux and other Native American tribes and their supporters gathered for several hours outside a federal courthouse today while a judge heard arguments on whether construction of an oil pipeline next to a reservation should be halted. The Dakota Access Pipeline poses irreparable harm to culturally and archeologically significant sites, according to the complaint filed by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to gain an injunction against the pipeline.

Dakota Pipeline Delayed By Protests & Court Hearing

August 21, 2016 Deirdre Fulton, www.commondreams.org Resist! Dakota Pipeline, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Pipelines, Sioux

By Deirdre Fulton for Common Dreams. Construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline has been temporarily halted as protests against the $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile project continued this week at the North Dakota state capitol building as well as at a "spirit camp" at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri rivers. According to the Associated Press, pipeline developers on Thursday agreed to pause construction until a federal court hearing next week in Washington, D.C.—but a spokeswoman for Energy Transfer Partners vowed the work would still be completed by the end of the year. Meanwhile, Indigenous and environmental activists continue to gather in opposition to the pipeline, with between 1500 and 2000 people currently engaged in active resistance. . . If candidate Clinton does nothing to address this issue yet continues into November promising Native Americans that she is our champion, then her words will be nothing but false promises—just more bombast, more white lies to Indians.

Work Stops At Dakota Access Pipeline Site

August 20, 2016 Lauren Donovan, www.bismarcktribune.com Resist! Indigenous Peoples, North Dakota, Pipelines, Protests, South Dakota

By Lauren Donovan for The Bismarck Tribune - MORTON COUNTY — Work stopped Tuesday at the site where hundreds of Standing Rock Sioux tribal members and supporters are protesting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the reservation boundary. The work stoppage gave law enforcement, tribal and state officials time to plan how to manage the protest, with numbers swelling by the hour as busloads of Sioux and others arriving to join the anti-pipeline movement. Arrests are occurring almost daily.

Dakota Pipeline Would Make Water New ‘Oil,’ Devastating All But Rich

August 19, 2016 Erich Longie, www.truthdig.com Educate! Indigenous Peoples, North Dakota, Pipelines, Protests, South Dakota

By Erich Longie for Truth Dig - The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is leading a protest of Native Americans and their allies against the construction of DAPL, which could contaminate the Missouri River and lead to other devastating environmental impacts. Opposition to DAPL has intensified since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its approval July 26. Over this past weekend, more than 15 people were arrested, including Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault.

Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Against Pipeline Tax

August 18, 2016 Larry Chretien and Eugenia Gibbons, www.blog.massenergy.org Resist! Massachusetts, Pipelines, Supreme Court, Taxes

By Larry Chretien and Eugenia Gibbons for Mass Energy Consumers Alliance - On May 17, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a unanimous opinion confirming that the landmark 2008 climate protection law, the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA), requires the state to take enforceable action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on an annual basis in order to achieve the law’s mandate. Basically, they said “limits are limits”, the targets are binding, more needs to be done to achieve the emission target for 2020, and the law is unambiguous.

Standing Rock Sioux Aren’t Backing Down To Oil Pipeline

August 15, 2016 Sarah Aziza, www.wagingnonviolence.org Resist! Indigenous Peoples, North Dakota, Pipelines

By Sarah Aziza for Waging Nonviolence - On Thursday, nonviolent protesters outside North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux reservation entered their second day of confrontation with private security and local law enforcement. Armed with drums, tribal flags, and cell phones, demonstrators moved to block the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.7 billion dollar crude-oil conduit slated to cut just 1,000 feet from the perimeter of native land. Confrontations began on Wednesday, August 10, when construction crews and private security hired by Energy Transfer Partners, the Texas-based developers overseeing the pipeline, arrived to break ground.

Pipeline Expansion Threatens U.S. Climate Goals, Study Says

August 1, 2016 Phil McKenna, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Climate Change, Pipelines

By Phil McKenna for Inside Climate News - Proposed new and expanded pipelines that would pump natural gas from the fracking hub in the Appalachian Basin to power plants and other consumers throughout much of the eastern half of the U.S. will commit the country to high carbon emissions. That level will be too high for the U.S. to meet its climate goals, according to a report by the environmental advocacy group Oil Change International. Collectively, the 19 pending pipeline projects would enable a doubling of natural gas production from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia

Protesters Glue, Chain Themselves To West Roxbury Gas Pipeline

July 27, 2016 Julie M. Cohen, www.dedham.wickedlocal.com Resist! Pipelines, Protests

By Julie M. Cohen for Wicked Local Dedham - Several people were arrested after locking and gluing themselves together at 9:50 a.m. on Saturday to block two construction sites of Spectra Energy's West Roxbury Lateral gas pipeline, according to Alyssa Lee of Resist the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline. Lee said six people were arrested, however, Boston Police said four were arrested in the area of 2365 Centre St., West Roxbury. Police said that three were charged with trespassing and disturbing the peace and a fourth person was charged with trespassing, disturbing the peace and hindering a police officer.

Fracked Gas Protesters Lock Themselves In Pipeline Trench

July 24, 2016 Resist the Pipeline, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Climate Change, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

By Resist the Pipeline. West Roxbury, MA, July 23, 2016 – Six people locked themselves together at 9:50 AM this morning to block two construction sites of Spectra Energy's West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline (WRL), which would bring fracked gas into Boston. Bound at the waist and ankles using chains and superglue, they aim to stop the project from endangering the community and disrupting the climate. They are demanding that Spectra Energy keep fracked gas in the ground and stop forcing the project through a community that overwhelmingly opposes the pipeline. Trevor Culhane said, “This pipeline would irresponsibly lock us into decades of climate pollution and community disruption. We need to keep fossil fuels in the ground and transition to a just and renewable economy without fracked-gas.”

New Gas Pipelines Would Make U.S. Miss Climate Target: Report

July 23, 2016 Valerie Volcovici, www.reuters.com Educate! Climate Change, Pipelines

By Valerie Volcovici for Reuters - The United States will miss its emission-reduction targets under the Paris climate agreement if 19 pending natural gas pipelines are built across eastern states, a report published on Friday by environmental groups said. Oil Change International and 11 other organizations found that 19 proposed pipelines due to move natural gas from the shale fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to states from Louisiana to New York would unlock at least 15.2 billion cubic feet per day of new natural gas production.

Protesters Call For Halt To Three Massachusetts Pipeline Projects

July 21, 2016 Phil Mckenna, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Massachusetts, Pipelines, Protests

By Phil Mckenna for Inside Climate News - Hundreds of environmental activists protested at the Massachusetts Statehouse this week against natural gas pipeline projects that would significantly increase the amount of fracked gas delivered to the eastern part of the state. Pipeline opponents said the added capacity isn't needed, would rely on increases in consumer utility rates, and would lock the state into future dependence on fossil fuels and their related emissions for decades.

Enbridge’s Kalamazoo Spill Saga Ends In $177 Million Settlement

July 21, 2016 David Hasemyer, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Canada, Oil Spill, Pipelines

By David Hasemyer for Inside Climate News - The Canadian pipeline company Enbridge has been fined $61 million as part of an overall $177 million settlement for a massive 2010 oil spill into Michigan's Kalamazoo River. The spill required years and more than a billion dollars to clean up and highlighted the hazard of pumping heavy tar sands oil through pipelines. The settlement was announced Wednesday between Enbridge and the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice. It ends nearly two years of negotiations and levies one of the largest penalties ever for an inland oil spill.

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