Just over two years after the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe stood against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), Dakota Access and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company (ETCO) are already trying to double the amount of dirty oil pushed through it from 570,000 barrels a day to as much as 1.1 million barrels, most of which, experts… More Weigh in on DAPL Expansion Case Now Being Considered by the ICC
Thursday morning (3/5/2020) SOIL and its allies held a press conference to draw attention to the legal hearing about to begin in the ICC offices. Representatives from Save Our Illinois Land and the Sierra Club Illinois Chapter joined local advocates at a press conference to speak out against the proposed pipeline expansion. Deni Mathews, Save… More Press Conference – Funeral for Mother Earth
The battle to stop the expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline is going on in four states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. The laws governing oil pipelines, unlike gas pipelines, are different in every state. In North Dakota, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe intervened in the proposed expansion before the ND Public Service… More Dakota Access Pipeline expansion sparks battles in four states
Dakota Access and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company are enmeshed in a legal process before the Illinois Commerce Commission to determine whether they can nearly double the capacity of the Dakota Access Pipeline. SOIL, Sierra Club and others have intervened to oppose the expansion. In responding to a request from SOIL for information about the… More Dakota Access: Climate Change “undefined, vague, and ambiguous”
Members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have filed a federal lawsuit to remove sections of the aging Line 5. This 66-year old pipeline carries crude oil and propane across 12 miles of their reservation in northern Wisconsin. The easements expired in 2013, but Enbridge continues to use the line. The full… More Bad River Band Sues Enbridge to Remove Pipeline
On June 14, 2019, Dakota Access filed a petition at the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) seeking authority to build new pumping facilities in three locations. Similar requests have been made in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa. The petition to the ICC only asks for permission to add or expand pumping stations to increase the… More Dakota Access Seeks to Double Pipeline Capacity
Representatives Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal have sponsored an amendment that keeps the Department of Energy from offering loan guarantees to any project that doesn’t avoid or mitigate carbon emissions. Please contact your House Rep and ask them to support the Omar-Jayapal Amendment – Amendment 105 in Rule II on HR 2740. If you don’t know… More Stop DOE from backing carbon-emitting projects
“Dangerous anti-protest legislation is working its way through state assemblies all across the U.S., chipping away at the right to protest and undermining social justice movements. State legislators have introduced nearly 100 bills curbing your right to protest since the resistance at Standing Rock began. And if oil and gas companies get their way, Illinois… More Criminalizing pipeline resistance in Illinois
On May 21, JPMorgan Chase Bank held its annual shareholder meeting in downtown Chicago. Activists disrupted the meeting and rallied outside the offices. Thank you to everyone who was there for the protest. (https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/21/protesters-disrupt-chase-shareholder-meeting-over-financing-controversial-pipeline) Take action to amplify the divestment movement: If you have control over your retirement funds, divest from fossil fuel companies. If… More Activists Call to Divest
MN Line 3 updates The Minnesota Court of Appeals has thrown out the state Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) approval of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement project. It determined that the EIS didn’t adequately address the potential impact of a spill in the Lake Superior watershed. Redoing the EIS is a… More Pipeline Resistance