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As Predicted—Because ‘Pipelines Are Bound to Spill’—Existing Keystone Gushes 200K Gallons of Oil

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‘With their horrible safety record, today’s spill is just the latest tragedy caused by the irresponsible oil company TransCanada.’ By Jon Queally, staff writer for CommonDreams. Published 11-16-2017 Some of the worst fears and dire predictions of opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline came true on Thursday when pipeline owner TransCanada announced that more than 200,000 gallons of oil had […]

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‘This Is My Act of Love’: Climate Activists Shut Down All US-Canada Tar Sands Pipelines

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Coordinated show of resistance executed in solidarity with those fighting against Dakota Access pipeline By Lauren McCauley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 10-11-2016 Five activists shut down all the tar sands pipelines crossing the Canada-U.S. border Tuesday morning, in a bold, coordinated show of climate resistance amid the ongoing fight against the Dakota Access pipeline. The […]

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This Ain’t Over: Rallies in 100 Cities to Demand Obama Cancel DAPL

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The Standing Rock Sioux won a temporary victory on Friday, but pipeline opponents say that the fight need not drag on By Lauren McCauley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 9-12-2016 The fight is not over, is the word from the tribes gathered at the Sacred Stone camp, whose months-long resistance against the Dakota Access pipeline […]

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‘They’re Trying to Poison Our Future,’ Resistance Heats Up to Stop ‘Black Snake’ From Slithering Through Midwest

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Native tribes, landowners, environmental activists trying to stop pipeline that rivals Keystone XL in length By Andrea Germanos, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 8-12-2016 Resistance against a new Bakken crude pipeline stepped up this week with the arrest of 12 people on Thursday near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota. “They’re trying […]

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We love being Lakota

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“The Native and the Refugee” documentary project explores the similarities between the struggles and experiences of Native Americans and Palestinians. By Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny. Published 4-12-2015 by ROAR Magazine In December 2014, we visited the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in what is now South Dakota. We chose to begin our project at the archetypal […]

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Obama’s Rejection of Keystone XL Is Victory, But That’s Not the Whole Story

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‘The black snake, Keystone XL, has been defeated and best believe we will dance to our victory!’ By Common Dreams. Published 11-6-2015 President Obama’s official rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday was met with grand applause from those who opposed the project and organizers who worked tirelessly, despite long odds, to force the […]

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Stick a Fork In It – The End of Keystone XL

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On Monday afternoon, TransCanada announced that it had asked the State Department to suspend its permit application review process for the Keystone XL pipeline project. The request was made in a letter to Secretary of State john Kerry, TransCanada had faced multiple lawsuits in Nebraska over the pipeline’s route through the state and over who in the state […]

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‘We love being Lakota’: native autonomy in Pine Ridge

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‘We love being Lakota’: native autonomy in Pine Ridge By Peterson Rasamny. Published April 12, 2015 by ROAR Magazine. ‘The Native and the Refugee’ documentary project explores the similarities between the struggles and experiences of Native Americans and Palestinians. By Matt Peterson & Malek Rasamny, photo by Chris Huber for Rapid City Journal. In December 2014, we visited […]

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How Not To Be Awakened

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In case you’ve never noticed (or if you’re new here), we write a lot about pipelines. Like any other addict who knows that his or her habit is bad for their health, but continues with it anyways, we as a society are dependent on our fossil fuels. As with any other addiction, there’s an infrastructure in place for […]

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The Safest Ever Built?

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On January 22, TransCanada started shipping oil through the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. That day, TransCanada CEO Russ Girling said in a conference call with reporters: “Showing people that this isn’t an export pipeline, that it can be operated safely, should provide the base underpinning and evidence that the Keystone XL is at the end […]

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