‘This Is The #NoDAPL Last Stand’: Tribe To Sue As Actions Planned Nationwide

‘We are a sovereign nation and we will fight to protect our water and sacred places from the brazen private interests trying to push this pipeline through,’ says Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

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Toyah Browneyes, left, and Lance Browneyes join opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline outside the Army Corps of Engineers offices in Los Angeles Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in response to the Army Corps of Engineers saying it will clear the way for completion of the disputed $3.8 billion project to carry North Dakota oil to Illinois. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

(REPORT) --- The Trump administration "will be held accountable in court" for its decision to grant the final easement on the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL), Indigenous people and environmental allies vowed Tuesday. And with actions planned nationwide on Wednesday, the administration won't get off in the court of public opinion, either. "The

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Live Stream Cut Off As Police Spray DAPL Protesters With Water Cannons in Below Freezing Temps

After the volley of tear gas, officers inexcusably began shooting water cannons at water protectors kettled on the bridge — in temperatures hovering around 26 degrees Fahrenheit — making hypothermia and frostbite an immediate danger.

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Militarized police in North Dakota are now firing water cannons, concussion grenades, tear gas, and rubber bullets on water protectors trapped on a bridge near Cannon Ball. Following a brief confrontation with police, in which military vehicles were reportedly set alight and ultimately cleared from the roadway by water protectors, heavily armed

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#NoDAPL Day Of Action Sees Hundreds Of Protests Nationwide

200 protests were planned across the United States.

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Protesters demonstrate in solidarity with members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota over the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

“We know that elections and individuals alone don’t create change—movements do.” This is the maxim that guided the massive nationwide action that took place Tuesday, with nearly 200 protests against the Dakota Access pipeline, the largest since the U.S. government halted the project in September. The actions were called by Indigenous leaders

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Betraying Water Protectors, Obama Set To Approve Dakota Access Pipeline

Green light could come just one day ahead of national #NoDAPL solidarity rallies planned for Tuesday.

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This March 22, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama arriving at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais).

UPDATE: The Obama administration said late Friday afternoon that no decision has been made on the disputed easement for the Dakota Access pipeline. # # # Even as water protectors continued to face off against police on Friday in North Dakota, news outlets reported that the Obama administration is set to approve the controversial Dakota Access

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The Standing Rock Struggle To Secure Clean Water: A Photo Essay

As the nation’s focus turns to the outcome of the presidential election, activists in Standing Rock continue their struggle to secure access to clean water. MintPress reporter Derrick Broze is on the ground in North Dakota covering efforts by activists to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, efforts that have been met with a brutal police crackdown.

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Gabriella Scarlett, a water protector from Canada, signals for peace as a fire barricade burns off County Road 134. Behind her, water protectors establish a fire barricade to hold police back from the site of construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. Oct. 27, 2016  (Derrick Broze for MintPress)

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#NoDAPL Spills Over: Musicians Boycott Dakota Access Pipeline CEO’s Record Label & Festival

‘I do not play for oil interests. I do not play for companies who defile nature, or companies who attack demonstrators with trained attack dogs and pepper spray,’ declared singer-songwriter Jackson Browne.

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A water protector watches a fire barricade burn off County Road 134, just north of Red Warrior Camp. Law enforcement wear riot gear as they prepare to remove the frontline camp. Oct. 27, 2016  (Derrick Broze for MintPress)

AUSTIN, Texas --- When it comes to the Dakota Access pipeline, musicians want to stop the music. Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation building the controversial $3.8 billion pipeline, also owns Music Road Records, a small record label which presents the annual Cherokee Creek Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The

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