Global warming may not only be causing more destructive hurricanes, it could also be shaking the ground beneath our feet. Devastating hurricane? More than 1,000 lives lost? It must be climate change!

North Dakota State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson has dropped criminal trespassing charges against Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman—and is instead seeking to charge her with participating in a riot, Democracy Now! (10/15/16) reported today. 

On Saturday, hundreds of people temporarily stopped work at multiple construction sites at the site of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. One person reportedly delayed work for up to six hours

A federal appeals court recently rejected a bid by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to permanently halt construction on part of the Dakota Access pipeline, paving the way for the Dakota