Victory for Standing Rock – Pipeline to be Rerouted
The US Army Corps of Engineers announced Sunday that they will no longer allow the Dakota Access Pipe Line to be built underneath the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota. The river provides drinking water for the reservation and people across the United States, and the tribe has been protesting for months to […]
The Pipeline Battle Escalates, Police Take Arms Against North Dakota Water Protectors – Journalist Tasered Protecting a Horse
Yesterday we reported that things were heating up in North Dakota over the oil pipeline controversy. Today, it reached a boil when local law enforcement jurisdictions used force to move Sioux Nation water protectors out of the way in order to resume construction on the Energy Transfer Partners’ Oil Pipeline. Not only were activists assaulted by American […]