On Sunday, July 26, 20 riders on horseback led nearly 400 people in a march across the Missouri River to protest the Keystone XL pipeline! Hearings on the state’s pipeline permit started today at the Capitol building, where numerous organizations, tribes, and native and non-native individuals have intervened to oppose the permit certification. My […]
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will be taking public comments (Written or In-Person) on May 4th at the Commission Room 413 of the State Capital. From 5:30 pm-8:30 pm and you only get 5 minutes. Let’s pack the room! Please read the announcement for all information:
For immediate Release: APRIL 9, 2015 Contact: Sabrina King, Dakota Rural Action Keystone XL Organizer, (605) 939-0527. Dallas Goldtooth, IEN KXL Organizer, (507) 412-7609 TRIBES AND LANDOWNERS FIGHT TO BE HEARD IN SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (PUC) HEARINGS ON KXL PIPELINE LATE BREAKING NEWS: The South Dakota PUC scheduled an “Ad hoc” […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 9, 2015 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe ✤ Yankton Sioux Tribe ✤ Standing Rock Sioux Tribe ✤ Indigenous Environmental Network ✤ Dakota Rural Action South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Intervenor’s Statement on the Nebraska State Supreme Court Keystone XL Decision Pierre, SD — The intervenors against TransCanada’s Keystone XL […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Response to Senator Murkowski’s Actions and Comments in Senate Meeting on KXL Bill January 9, 2015 – The Indigenous Environmental Network is dismayed by the actions and comments made yesterday by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), in her first day as the new chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources’ Committee. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 7th, 2015 NO KXL DAKOTA Statement on Statewide Actions and Prayer Rally Pierre, SD – The grassroots coalition NO KXL DAKOTA is celebrating two-days of successful actions that occurred across the state of South Dakota against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. In spite of cold weather, pipeline fighters held […]
Rapid City Protest: Top of Main Street Square parking ramp, 7:45am MT Sioux Falls Protest: 10th and Minnesota, 2:00pm CT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, January 5, 2015 Contact: Sabrina King, Dakota Rural Action Organizer: (605)939-0527 Joye Braun, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe member:(605)964-3813 Alice Alexandrescu, Dakota Rural Action member: (716) 803-3081 Dallas Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network KXL Organizer: (507)412-7609 In lead-up […]
MEDIA ADVISORY Grassroots Coalition to Launch Demonstrations in Three South Dakota Cities Preceding Public Utilities Commission Meeting. With the Transcanada Keystone XL pipeline permit up for certification by the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, a grassroots group of landowners and Native people will launch a public awareness campaign to highlight resistance to the proposed pipeline […]