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      Activists gather around a sign reading, "Line 5: people or pipeline? Which side are you on?"

      Marching for a World Free From Fossil Fuels

      Not one new pipeline or drilling rig should needlessly threaten communities and our planet when we know that the end of the fossil fuel era is on the horizon.

      Ben Jealous
      Sep 16, 2023

      The following is part of a series of opinion pieces Common Dreams is publishing in the lead-up to the March to End Fossil Fuels on Sunday, September 17 in New York City. Read the rest of the series and our complete coverage here.

      This Sunday, I will join thousands of people in New York City for the biggest climate mobilization since before the pandemic, urging President Biden and other world leaders to act boldly to stop fossil fuel expansion and extraction.

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      Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016

      'Furious' at Army Corps, Tribe Calls for Public Support to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline

      "The Corps' covering for the pipeline company's outrageous safety record and the reviewer's serious conflict of interest have now resulted in a failed effort," said Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairwoman Janet Alkire. "They need to start over with adult supervision."

      Jon Queally
      Sep 09, 2023

      Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairwoman Janet Alkire is leading a fresh demand that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers throw out an ongoing environmental review process of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline and start again from scratch alongside a superseding call for the pipeline to be shuttered completely.

      Following Friday's release of a revised Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), ordered by a federal court, the tribe said the document reveals the entire process has been a failure and that the pipeline—currently operating across their land without consent in what they consider an "illegal" manner by the Energy Transfer company—should be shut down once and for all.

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      DEFUND CLIMATE CHAOS NOW

      The People vs. Petrocracy

      In the absence of a federal fossil fuel phase-out—grassroots efforts are more essential than ever.

      Stan Cox
      Jun 16, 2022

      The United States is moving fast on climate change--in the wrong direction. The Energy Information Agency forecasts that by 2023, the nation will set a new annual record for oil extraction: 4.6 billion barrels. Plans to build more than 200 new natural gas power plants are in the works. More than 130 new oil and gas pipelines now under development will carry enough fuel to increase national emissions by 10 percent--560 million metric tons per year.

      If that nightmare scenario unfolds, local and regional activism will not only become more essential than ever; it could be the nation's only route to climate mitigation and adaptation.

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