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Federal Agencies Step in After Judge Denies Tribe Request to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline
2016-09-10 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Friday afternoon brought a roller coaster of emotions for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and supporters in the battle to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) near the tribe's North Dakota reservation. Shortly after a federal judge rejected the tribe's emergency legal challenge, a joint statement by three federal agencies effectively stopped work on the pipeline until significant questions are answered about potential environmental and cultural impacts. Multi-tribal gathering of...
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Pipeline construction is on hold as Standing Rock Sioux Tribe loses one battle, wins another
2016-09-09 22:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lost its big case against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which was one of its last chances to stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. But the Department of Justice, Department of the Army, and Department of the Interior immediately stepped in after the federal judges decision. For the time being, construction of the pipeline on Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe will not go forward at this time. While the Army moves expeditiously to make...
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Judge Hauls Dakota Access Into Court After Sacred Sites Bulldozed, Dogs Unleashed on Tribe Members
2016-09-06 06:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DCMediaGroup: U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg on Monday ordered parties involved in a standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline to appear in court on September 6 to hear a motion for an emergency injunction. Tuesday`s hearing is expected to address the desecration of the burial sites which led to a dog attack incident. A decision in another injunction filed last week by the Standing Sioux Tribe for a permanent work stoppage near the Reservation is expected to be decided by the same Judge no later than...
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Tribe embarks on totem journey in opposition of fossil fuel projects
2016-09-02 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A Pacific Northwest tribe is travelling nearly 5,000 miles across Canada and the United States with a 22-foot-tall totem pole on a flatbed truck in a symbolic journey meant to galvanize opposition to fossil fuel infrastructure projects they believe will imperil native lands. This is the fourth year the Lummi Nation in northwest Washington has embarked on a "totem journey" to try to create a unified front among tribes across North America that are individually...
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Peabody is paying Laurence Tribe to fight climate plan
2016-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WSJ: A dragline excavator mines coal in this aerial photograph taken above the Peabody Energy Somerville Central strip mine in Oakland City, Ind. The company is paying Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe at least $435,000 to lead its opposition to the Obama administration's signature climate-change initiative. Photo: Bloomberg News Peabody Energy Corp., the nation's largest coal company, is paying at least $435,000 to Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe to lead its opposition to the...
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