On September 14th, over 100 members of the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition, land owners, and other Iowans rallied outside of the U.S. Courthouse in downtown Des Moines calling on President Obama and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny the Bakken Pipeline once and for all. Previously, three federal agencies announced they would temporarily maintain a halt on construction […]
The following post was written by Mary McBee from Tama, Iowa It was 1963, over a half-century ago. I was a very young wife and mother, living with my husband and two small children in an 8’ by 40’ trailer, one we had tucked back beneath luxurious oak and hickory trees. We lived on Meskwaki tribal lands where my husband […]
Obama must take a stand to stop the entirety of the Bakken/Dakota Access Pipeline Add your name to the petition today & Join us Wednesday, Sept 14th to deliver them. Friday afternoon, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington denied the request of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe to halt construction on the Bakken pipeline. Following this decision, the Department […]
Dakota Access is moving forward with construction of their dangerous Bakken Pipeline that is threatening our water, land and climate, yet President Obama has been silent. It is time the President takes a stand! The President has made taking action on Climate Change one of his top priorities. He said no to the Keystone XL pipeline in large part because of […]
The following post was written by Kai Bosworth, a geography student studying pipeline resistance in the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Iowa. Kai is from Spearfish, SD and lives in Minneapolis, MN. As a geography student, I have had the privilege of traveling throughout the Dakotas, Nebraska and Iowa listening to farmers, ranchers, environmentalists, tribal members, and experts talk about the Keystone […]
A call to protect the Des Moines River, Saturday, September 10th! The Des Moines River, river of the Heartland, is threatened by Dakota Access’ crude oil pipeline. Dakota Access has moved in heavy equipment to bore beneath the river. Come and camp with us at the River Witness camp as we continue to protect the river from further harm. On […]
Join us Tuesday, August 16th as we demand the Iowa Utilities Board hold Dakota Access accountable! Dear Fellow Pipeline fighters, As Dakota Access begins construction, it is clear that they have no regard for Iowa Utility Board’s rules, landowners in Iowa, or our precious resources. Based on reports from landowners and our pipeline watchdogs, Dakota Access is not in compliance […]
The “total disregard” Dakota Access paid to the extensive damages they caused on a farmer’s field in NW Iowa (reported here by the Storm Lake Tribune last week) reminds us what we knew all along—the state is not holding Dakota Access accountable for our soil, water, and community health, so now we have to do this important work! Kathy Holdefer, […]
Iowans Host Broken Heartland Rally at Capitol in Protest of Bakken Pipeline There were 100Grannies for a Fossil-Free Future, there were children who were concerned about their future, and there were regular folks just plain mad that a Fortune 500 Texas oil company was allowed to put a 30 inch for-profit flammable crude oil pipeline across the middle of […]
Calling all pipeline fighters–we need YOU to monitor pipeline construction on the ground! We are looking for people to watch the construction along the pipeline route and to be our eyes and ears for justice. Are you a pipeline fighter? Can you adopt a section of the pipeline corridor of Dakota Access’s nasty crude oil pipeline and monitor it for […]
