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davidswanson — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:11:07 +0000

Thinking, and Organizing, Big: The Left Needs to Be a Movement, Not a Bunch of Lobbyists

dlindorff — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 21:54:54 +0000

By Dave Lindorff

How a Company With Ties to a Dakota Access Pipeline Owner Flew Over Protests in the No Fly Zone

Steve Horn — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 20:08:57 +0000

Photo Credit: Richard Bluecloud Casteneda | Greenpeace USA

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog

Lobbyist for Dakota Access Formerly Led Army's "Restore Iraqi Oil" Program

Steve Horn — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 00:33:47 +0000

Photo Credit: C-SPAN Screenshot

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog

Robert Crear, one of the lobbyists working for Dakota Access pipeline co-owners Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics, formerly served as a chief of staff and commanding general for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

This Natural Disaster Assistance Law Is Why Other States Are Policing Dakota Access Pipeline Protests

Steve Horn — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 01:41:51 +0000

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog

Almost exactly 20 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill creating an interstate agreement for emergency management. That inconspicuous law has opened the door for the current flood of out-of-state law enforcement agents present at the continuing protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota.

Trump Economic Adviser "Pushing" for Climate Denier, Fracking Promoter to Head EPA

Steve Horn — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:29:23 +0000

Photo Credit: Heritage Foundation | YouTube Screenshot

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog

Security Firm Guarding Dakota Access Pipeline Also Used Psychological Warfare Tactics for BP

Steve Horn — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 22:07:10 +0000

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog

G4S, a company hiring security staff to guard the hotly contested Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL), also works to guard oil and gas industry assets in war-torn Iraq, and has come under fire by the United Nations for human rights abuses allegedly committed while overseeing a BP pipeline in Colombia and elsewhere while on other assignments.

Documents: How Big Oil Pushed to Make Dakota Access-Style Permitting a New Normal

Steve Horn — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 03:52:52 +0000

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog

In the two months leading up to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to issue to the Dakota Access pipeline project an allotment of Nationwide 12 permits (NWP) — a de facto fast-track federal authorization of the project — an army of oil industry players submitted comments to the Corps to ensure that fast-track authority remains in place going forward.

This fast-track permitting process is used to bypass more rigorous environmental and public review for major pipeline infrastructure projects by treating them as smaller projects.

"Pocahontas"[sic] Taunt, Fake War Whoop At Racist Rally in Maine

lisa savage — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 22:09:30 +0000

TransMexico: Keystone XL Owner Wins Bid For Underwater Gulf Gas Pipeline

Steve Horn — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:40:24 +0000

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog