Amy Goodman Explains Decision to Turn Herself In to North Dakota Authorities (Video)
Oct 17, 2016 What had the journalist been doing at the Dakota Access pipeline protest? Her job.
Cowboys vs. Indians Redux Over the Dakota Access Pipeline
Sep 23, 2016 That classic American narrative is back big time, only the Indians are now the good guys and the cowboys are on a warpath, trying to grab 640 million acres of public lands that they can plunder as if it were yesteryear.
VIDEO: ‘Days of Revolt’ With Chris Hedges: The Fracking Revolution Must Be Local
Dec 9, 2015 “People think we have a fracking problem,” Thomas Linzey of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund says. “It’s not. It’s a democracy problem."
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Nov 9, 2015
Obama Rejects Keystone XL: This Is Big … and Just the Beginning
Nov 6, 2015 Just a few years ago, insiders and experts wrote us off and assured the world Keystone XL would be built by the end of 2011. Together, ranchers, tribal nations and everyday people beat this project back, reminding the world that Big Oil isn’t invincible -- and that organized people can win over organized money.VIDEO: Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
Nov 6, 2015 UPDATED: After seven years of deliberation, the Obama administration rejected the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday. The proposed 1,179-mile pipeline would have carried 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast.
Confronted With Keystone XL Quandary, Hillary Clinton Refuses to State Position
Jul 29, 2015 The presidential contender insists she'll keep mum about where she stands on the controversial oil pipeline project until the Obama administration weighs in.
Obama Poised to Veto Keystone Pipeline Legislation
Jan 7, 2015 He might be viewed by some as a lame duck cornered by an antagonistic Congress eager to shut him down, but President Obama is apparently still willing to flex his executive powers when it comes to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would stretch from the U.S.-Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico.
How Much Oil Spilled on North Dakota? No One Knows
Oct 16, 2013 A ruptured pipeline last month spilled at least 20,000 barrels of crude oil that went undetected until a local farmer stumbled across it while harvesting wheat. Now experts say the spill estimate is a weak guess, and no one knows how much oil was lost. Either way, it’s among the largest in state history -- and a troubling sign of incompetence, or worse.
White House Isn’t Buying What Syria Is Selling
Feb 15, 2012 On Wednesday, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and other officials hailed the arrival of a new constitution, slated to go up for a referendum later this month, but the Obama administration didn't greet the news with much credulity or enthusiasm.
