Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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American Indians Gather (Occupy) in D.C. for 4-Day Protest Against Trump, Dakota Access Pipeline
Starting Tuesday, tribal members and supporters plan to camp each day on the National Mall, with teepees, a ceremonial fire, cultural workshops and speakers, culminating with a Friday march on the White House.
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Pakistan's Billion Tree Tsunami: How A Reforestation Campaign Is Tackling Climate Change
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is spending millions of dollars on a far-sighted project: the country’s largest ever tree planting campaign, aimed to offset the country’s shrinking forest cover and soak up high levels of CO2.
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Biologists Warn Half of All Species to Face Extinction by 2100
"The living fabric of the world is slipping through our fingers without our showing much sign of caring," warned the conference of biologists, ecologists and economists that began Monday at the Vatican.
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Challenging London, Renewables Are Flexing Power Across the British Isles
From Scotland to Wales to Northern Ireland, renewable energy is growing and innovating, and a bottom-up green revolution is showing it can undercut a toxic national government in London.
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How a Russian Steel Oligarch and Putin Ally Is Profiting from the Keystone XL Pipeline
DeSmog has uncovered that 40 percent of the steel created so far for KXL was manufactured in Canada by a subsidiary of Evraz – a company partly owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who is a close ally of Putin and a Trump family friend.
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Legal Battles Over Wisconsin Pipeline Shines Light on Enbridge Woes
The Bad River Tribal Council voted in January to evict Enbridge’s Line 5 from tribal lands, arguing that the pipeline’s age poses a significant threat to tribal lands and water supplies.
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Iowa Pipeline Spills 138,000 Gallons of Diesel Fuel Mix
The accident happened roughly 200 miles northeast of where the Dakota Access Pipeline would enter Iowa from South Dakota.
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Trump Gives Green Light To Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines
Well, that was fast.
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Pakistan Feels Warming Woes As Drought Hammers Crop Production
“This sickness of fish is an indicator of the worst climatic changes occurring in the region,” said Pakistan fisheries director Zubair Ali, and “will have negative impacts on many sectors, in particular food, water and energy.”
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Fighting the Black Snake At Two Rivers: How Standing Rock-Style Protest Came to West Texas
The 142-mile-long Trans-Pecos Pipeline would bring fracked gas to the small border city of Presidio, where it would continue on into northern Mexico – in the process crossing under the Rio Grande, threatening fragile water supplies.
