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Dakota Access Pipeline company sues Greenpeace under RICO Act

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Lawsuit alleges donations were used to fund lucrative drug trafficking scheme inside demonstrator camps The company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline which drew protester camps and controversy has filed a federal lawsuit in North Dakota against Greenpeace International and other organizations and individuals, according to a press release. Energy Transfer Partners LP is built the $3.8 […]

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Coming to a town near you? Pipeline protesters environmental destruction

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Pipelines projects are response to increased consumption of domestically produced oil, natural gas across the country by Nicole Jacobs, EnergyInDepth The latest craze for the Keep It in the Ground (KIITG) movement is setting up camps along proposed pipelines routes in an effort to delay or halt the projects — the most infamous of these

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Five arrested for trespassing at Dakota Access pipeline protest site

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Police fire sponge rounds at Dakota Access pipeline protesters trying to remove “No trespassing” sign Dec 28 (Reuters) – Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline flared briefly for the first time since the federal government ruled against the project last month, law enforcement said on Wednesday, as five demonstrators were arrested and less-than-lethal rounds were fired

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Bitter cold freezes out Colorado anti-fossil fuel protest

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By Randy Hildreth, EnergyInDepth While many Coloradans were likely enjoying the warmth provided by fossil fuels after a night that saw temps drop “as low as minus-11 degrees,” a small group of “Keep It In The Ground” (KIITG)protestors stood in the extreme cold last week to once-again protest energy development on public lands. Carrying signs demanding

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Oil protesters arrested for blocking trains in Washington state

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Oil protesters blocked trains for about three hours June 18 (Reuters) – Police arrested 21 oil protesters on Saturday for blocking BNSF Railway Co. freight trains in Vancouver, Washington, on a line that transports oil and coal in the Northwest, protesters and a railroad spokesman said. The Fossil Fuel Resistance Network, conducting its first protest,

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