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The Challenge to the Dakota Access Pipeline Isn’t Over: Cheyenne River Sioux Take Battle to Court

Emma Niles / Truthdig Mar 26, 2017 As with the Standing Rock Sioux, the South Dakota tribe's land and water supply are threatened by the controversial oil pipeline. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Via Twitter, National Parks Service and NASA Defy Trump’s Gag on Climate Change Information

Emma Niles / Truthdig Jan 26, 2017 Many in the scientific community are also spreading word of an upcoming “Scientists March on Washington.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Plans to Allow Drilling on America’s East Coast

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 29, 2015 The Obama administration put forth a five-year plan Tuesday that would allow oil and gas drilling in a giant area off the East Coast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Plans a Comeback in Gulf of Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2011 One might think that after the ecological apocalypse that British Petroleum visited upon the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding environs with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, BP might harbor a healthy sense of shame about returning to that scarred region. Yeah, no. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama to Tribal Nations: ‘You Will Not Be Forgotten’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2009 President Obama told a gathering of tribal leaders at a rare Interior Department summit that he intended to devote more time and attention to the concerns of American Indians. In closing, he also addressed the Thursday shooting at Fort Hood. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Plans $7-Billion Royalty Windfall to Oil Companies

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2006 On the heels of Exxon Mobil's record-setting $10-billion quarterly profit, the "federal government is on the verge of one of the biggest giveaways of oil and gas in American history, worth an estimated $7 billion over five years." It's nice being an oil baron when two oilmen head the government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )