A Subzero Winter Is Coming to Standing Rock鈥擧ere鈥檚 Their Plan
The camps are preparing to keep the Dakota Access pipeline blockade going strong鈥攌eeping resolve firm, spirits high, and thousands of bodies warm.
Environment
A Strategy to Stop the Funding Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline
A key pipeline loan is still pending, and banks can be vulnerable to public pressure. We can fight alongside the Standing Rock Sioux at any one of 38 banks.
How You Can Support Standing Rock
This is your pipeline battle too. Whatever you have to offer, we need it. Wherever you are, take one step deeper. Find your voice. Find your own front lines.
10 Photos That Show the Magnificent Light Shining on Standing Rock
Despite all the news of pipeline regulation, court appeals, and activist arrests, Native photographer Josue Rivas reminds us that it is actually a peaceful place.
The Big Lie Going Around About a Tribe, a Pipeline, And Too Much Federal Regulation
Those with something to gain from the Dakota Access pipeline want us to believe the energy company is an overburdened victim.
Will Historic Standing Rock Talks Change U.S.-Tribe Relationships?
The Department of Justice promised to consider nationwide reform in how the U.S. treats tribal land. Legal experts consider what, exactly, that might look like.
Climate Justice Meets Racism: This Moment at Standing Rock Was Decades in the Making
North Dakota鈥檚 militarized response to activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline鈥攁nd the Standing Rock Sioux鈥檚 fierce resolve鈥攔eflect the area's particular racial divides.
At Standing Rock, a Sense of Purpose: 鈥淭his Is How We Should Be Living鈥�
Protecting the water and sacred sites brought people here. The experience of being here is changing lives.
Tribes Redraw Land Boundaries鈥擶ith GPS and a Small Fleet of Drones
From the Standing Rock Sioux to the Wounaan in Panama, indigenous communities are staking claims to traditional territories even when they no longer possess ownership rights.
The Big Difference at Standing Rock Is Native Leadership All Around
Dallas Goldtooth, a veteran organizer of the Keystone XL fight, is amazed at the historic support from tribes at Standing Rock鈥攅ven tribes that rely on resource extraction.
Obama Pipeline Plot Twist Is Not a Victory鈥擜nd Could Erase the Struggle
The illusion of victory is a dangerous thing. We could undo what we have built at Standing Rock, this unprecedented act of Native American collective resistance.
Feds Step In, and the Big Win May Be for All Tribes Facing Pipelines
The Department of Justice promised 鈥渕eaningful tribal input鈥� on pipeline decisions and the protection of tribal lands, resources, and treaty rights.
How Obama Can Keep the Standing Rock Sioux Standoff From Turning Bloody
The Nixon White House managed three Indian occupations. There are lessons for President Obama there鈥攊f he would just pay attention.
Can Zoos Teach Us To Be Better Humans?
If we can recognize our destruction of other animals鈥� habitats, perhaps we can recognize our destruction of all the living systems on which we depend.
Threat of Salmon Extinction Turns Small Tribe Into Climate Researchers
As glaciers disappear, fish are expected to follow. But the Nooksack tribe of Washington state has a plan to keep nearby rivers and streams cool.
I Took a Side Job Selling Cherries at Pike Place鈥擜nd Now Love the Farming World
There is a profound sense of community born from the gathering of people and the exchange of goods at a market.
In This Food Desert, Kids Learn to Farm Veggies鈥擮ut of the Back of a Truck
For the past year, the Food Literacy Project in Louisville, Kentucky, has sent its garden-on-wheels to local food deserts, connecting people to healthy eating and changing the lives of young people.
The World鈥檚 Biggest School Meal Program Is Keeping Local Farmers in Business
Emphasizing local food under a radical policy of 鈥渮ero hunger,鈥� Brazil鈥檚 school lunch initiative helps small farmers buy the land they鈥檝e been farming for generations.
Yes, They鈥檙e Killing the Wolves鈥擝ut There鈥檚 麻豆社事件 To It
Misdirected public outrage over the killing of a Washington wolf pack may do more harm than good.
Can Washington State Save the Fewer Than 10 Grizzly Bears It Has Left?
Environmentalists, industry, and politicians have a second chance to learn from decades of wolf debates and save the grizzlies.
Meet the Farmworker Who Helped Win Rent Control in California鈥檚 Wine Country
When Gervacio Pena Lopez migrated to Sonoma County 30 years ago, he just wanted to find work to support his family. Since then, he has won victories for domestic and day laborers.
Winona LaDuke on the Dakota Access Pipeline: What Would Sitting Bull Do?
I am not sure how badly North Dakota wants this pipeline. If there is to be a battle over the Dakota Access, I would not bet against a people with nothing else left but a land and a river.
Dear Politicians, Here鈥檚 What You鈥檇 See at the Standing Rock Sioux Blockade
Most importantly, they would see the serious purpose for the people here at Camp Sacred Stone, one that鈥檚 not going away without a successful resolution.
Call for Submissions: Science for the Public Good
Send us your ideas by Sept 25.
3 Reasons the Standing Rock Sioux Can Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
For starters, this protest is about a competing idea for the future of the planet鈥攁nd waves of people will show up to make that point.
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