Tagged: Standing Rock Sioux
In North Dakota, a militarized police force moved into the main Dakota Access pipeline protest camp near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation Thursday. FSRN’s Reaux Packard has more. Download Audio Heavily armed police in...
Drilling under a reservoir of the Missouri River to complete the contested Dakota Access Pipeline could begin by tomorrow, after Army officials gave notice of intent to grant an easement for the remaining stretch...
President Trump signed another raft of executive orders this morning, breathing new life into two massive oil pipelines, and pledging to ease what he called a cumbersome regulatory system. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more....
Since the fossil fuel divestment campaign began on university campuses in 2011, institutions worth $2.6 trillion have pulled their investments in coal, oil, and natural gas. The movement to demand financial institutions divest from...
After a major winter storm broke at the Oceti Sakowin protest camp in North Dakota, many people began to head for home, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers refused to grant an easement...
The Army Corps of Engineers’ denial of a key permit to the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline has been hailed as a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux and for the thousands of...
Hundreds of U.S. military veterans are beginning to arrive at the Oceti Sakowin encampment near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Nell Abram has more. Download Audio The veterans plan to act as human shields...
After issuing an eviction notice to the Standing Rock Sioux, the Army Corps of Engineers now says it has no plans to forcibly remove thousands of people fighting the Dakota Access pipeline in North...
As people around the U.S. celebrated Thanksgiving, indigenous rights activists and environmentalists moved Thursday to reclaim a site near the route of the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline. Download Audio Opponents of the pipeline, who...
Police in North Dakota used rubber bullets, chemical sprays and water cannons in freezing temperatures Sunday night against opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Robert Packard has more. Download Audio The protesters, who call...