Tag: Protest
U.S. judge to rule on Dakota Access Pipeline easement in early March
Dakota Access Pipeline would harm religious practices: Tribes WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said on Tuesday he hopes to decide by about March 7 on a request by Native American tribes for the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw an easement on religious grounds for the final link of the Dakota Access […]
Dakota Access protesters regroup, plot resistance to other pipelines
Dakota Access protesters say awareness of pipeline issues raised nationwide By Terray Sylvester CANNON BALL, N.D., Feb 25 (Reuters) – Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline who were pushed out of their protest camp this week have vowed to keep up efforts to stop the multibillion-dollar project and take the fight to other pipelines as well. […]
Dakota Access protesters face police standoff, deadline passes
About 10 Dakota Access protesters arrested By Terray Sylvester CANNON BALL, N.D., Feb 22 (Reuters) – Several dozen demonstrators, the last holdouts from a mass protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, faced off against riot police on Wednesday as they defied a deadline to end their months-long occupation of an encampment on federal land. Police arrested […]
Governor orders evacuation of Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp
Dakota Access protesters ordered to leave by Feb. 22 Feb 15 (Reuters) – The governor of North Dakota ordered protesters on Wednesday to evacuate a demonstration camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the latest move to clear the area that has served as a base for opposition to the multi-billion dollar project. […]
Judge denies tribes’ request to block final link in Dakota Access pipeline
Dakota Access pipeline could be operational by early May By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Monday denied a request by Native American tribes seeking to halt construction of the final link in the Dakota Access Pipeline, the controversial project that has sparked months of protests by activists aimed […]
Standing Rock Sioux says running out of options to stop Dakota Access Pipeline
Thousands have opposed Dakota Access Pipeline By Ernest Scheyder and Terray Sylvester HOUSTON/CANNON BALL, N.D., Feb 8 (Reuters) – The leader of a Native American tribe attempting to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline said on Wednesday the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe may have exhausted legal options to stop the project after the company building it won federal […]
Clean-up begins at Dakota Access pipeline protest camp
Dakota Access clean up agreed to by authorities, protesters By Terray Sylvester CANNON BALL, N.D., Jan 30 (Reuters) – Dump trucks and heavy machinery rolled into the protest camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Monday, and crews began filling large dumpsters with garbage that has accumulated, much of it now buried […]
Review process for Energy East pipeline faces legal challenge
Transition Initiative Kenora challenges Energy East CALGARY, Alberta, Jan 10 (Reuters) – A Canadian environmental group on Tuesday filed a legal challenge against the regulatory review of TransCanada Corp’s Energy East pipeline, seeking to restart what it calls a process tainted by bias. Transition Initiative Kenora’s motion to be filed to the National Energy Board […]
Protesters hang banner during NFL game to protest Dakota Access pipeline
Dakota Access protest at Vikings/Bears game Jan 1 (Reuters) – Two protesters dangling from a ceiling support at Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium unfurled a banner criticizing the Dakota Access Pipeline during a National Football League game on Sunday between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears, police said. The banner urged Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank to divest […]
U.S. military veterans backing Dakota Access protests
Veterans build barracks to support thousands of Dakota Access protesters By Ernest Scheyder and Terray Sylvester CANNON BALL, N.D., Dec 2 (Reuters) – U.S. military veterans plan to build a barracks on Friday at a protest camp in North Dakota to support thousands of activists who have squared off against authorities in frigid conditions to oppose […]
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