North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple has ordered thousands of Native Americans and environmental activists to evacuate federal property near an oil pipeline project they are trying to stop, Citing hazards caused by a blizzard, Dalrymple order the mandatory “emergency evacuation.” The order, issued Monday, comes after the federal government managers of the property, the U.S. […]
Like their counterparts across the nation, Alaskan activists participated in a national day of action Tuesday in support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe that is resisting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. Displaying banners that read “Wells Fargo; Funding Genocide Since 1852” and “#NoDAPL” a group of more than 50 entered into […]
Lakota Sioux Indians and their supporters across the country are celebrating the U.S. federal government’s decision to temporarily halt construction of a $3.8 billion oil pipeline that would cross treaty land seized from the Standing Rock Sioux Nation decades ago. But the issue is far from settled. The plan was for the Dakota Access Pipeline […]
June 29, 2015 JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker announced today that the State of Alaska will join North Dakota and 10 other states in challenging the recently finalized “waters of the United States” rule adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps). The new rule attempts to […]