All posts tagged with North Dakota

(Natural News) As many environmentalists and local Native American tribes feared, a massive leak of some 210,000 gallons, or about 5,000 barrels, of oil has occurred along a section of the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota, making it the largest-ever spill. The company quietly announced via a November 16 tweet that it is “currently responding […]

(Natural News) In a frightening leap towards tyranny, North Dakota Republicans have introduced a series of bills that observers say are directly aimed at impinging upon the First Amendment rights of protestors, including those that have been congregating for months at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation where the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is set […]

(Natural News) Three years ago, a farmer in North Dakota discovered one of the largest crude oil spills to ever be recorded in the state’s history. According to the farmer, Steve Jensen, he saw oil just “bubbling up out of the ground” while he was harvesting wheat. Jensen says that he smelled the oil a […]

(Natural News) A North Dakota pipeline spill has released many tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a nearby creek, just two and a half hours away from Cannon Ball, ND, where activists have been protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline for months. Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, their […]

(Natural News) North Dakota state officials are going to extreme lengths to bring the protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline to an end. Reports indicate that law enforcement is even willing to block supplies from entering the water protectors’ main camp, following an emergency evacuation order. Government officials had warned of a possible physical blockade […]

(Natural News) After months of increasingly passionate protests against the planned oil pipeline that could have threatened the aquifers of the Sioux tribe, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reversed its permit approval. This means Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP, owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline, will need to explore a different route for […]

(Natural News) North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux filed for a temporary restraining order on September 4th to halt construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline. This is a last-ditch effort by the Sioux to preserve ancient burial sites and prayer areas. Irreparable damage has already been done to a number of sacred plots. In a press […]