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Veterans Plan "Deployment" to Join Water Protectors' Battle Against DAPL

“Let’s stop this savage injustice being committed right here at home. If not us, who? If not now, when?”

By Nika Knight
Common Dreams
November 24, 2016

Over 1,000 U.S. military veterans are planning to “deploy” to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and peacefully support the water protectors’ fight against...

Sheriffs Refuse to Send Troops to Standing Rock as Public Outrage and Costs Mount

North Dakota is stretched thin in its battle to protect the Dakota Access pipeline construction: Costs are nearing $15 million, and police reinforcements are diminishing.

By Jenni Monet
YES! Magazine
November 23, 2016

'People Are Going to Die': Father of Wounded DAPL Activist Sophia Wilansky Speaks Out

Is devastating policy brutality against water protectors in North Dakota a harbinger of what’s to come when Donald Trump takes office?

By Nika Knight
Common Dreams
November 23, 2016

We're Missing 90 Percent of the Dakota Access Pipeline Story

November 22, 2016
By Raul Garcia
Earth Justice

Where Oil and Politics Mix

November 23, 2016
By Deborah Sontag
New York Times

After an unusual land deal, a giant spill and a tanker-train explosion, anxiety began to ripple across the North Dakota prairie.

TIOGA, N.D. — In late June, as black and gold balloons bobbed above black and gold tables with oil-rig centerpieces, the theme song from “Dallas” warmed up the crowd for the “One...

Four Ways to Look at Standing Rock: An Indigenous Perspective

In the shadow of the Trump election, I found myself explaining to world climate leaders how to see Standing Rock through an indigenous lens.

By Kayla DeVault
YES! Magazine
November 22, 2016

What Standing Rock Needs Obama to Do Quickly—Before Trump Takes Over

November 18, 2016
By Tom Goldtooth and Annie Leonard
YES! Magazine

With Donald Trump’s presidency on the horizon, it is now more important than ever for President Obama to stop the $3.7 billion Dakota Access pipeline, which is slated to carry 470,000 barrels of Bakken crude oil per day, with a growth potential of up to 570,000 barrels. It is the only solution that truly...

Faith groups express Dakota Access Pipeline opposition to Obama

November 18, 2016
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

A letter from 30-plus faith leaders and several more religious organizations across the country urges President Barack Obama to put “an immediate halt” on construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and to intercede in increasingly contentious confrontations between opponents of the project and local law enforcement....

Worldviews Clashing at Standing Rock

The standoff at Standing Rock offers a choice between two worldviews: one that can lead to a new economy of shared prosperity and one that will hasten the devastation of the planet.

By Bhikkhu Bodhi
Common Dreams
November 18, 2016

At COP22 and on Capitol Hill, faith groups step up climate efforts

November 17, 2016
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

Throughout the second and final week of COP22, the tenor at the annual international climate conference continued to reverberate with reaction to the U.S. presidential election.

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