Keystone XL Pipeline Hearing, ...

Apr 25, 2013 by admin

On April 18, 2013 the U.S. State Department held a gathering to hear public comments regarding the pending permit submitted by...

Enbridge Spill in Viking, MN

Apr 25, 2013 by admin

IEN REPORT FROM THE FRONT LINES by Marty Cobenais Viking, MN – The small northern western Minnesota town of approximately100...

U.S. EPA Weighs In: Keystone X...

Apr 24, 2013 by admin

TCKTCKTCK – by EcoWatch By Emily Saari The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has challenged the State Department on its...

Stop the Keystone XL: Comments...

Apr 21, 2013 by admin

IF you haven’t sent your comments – NOW is the time. Monday, April 22nd, EARTH DAY, is the last day! The Indigenous...

Red Lake Members take on Enbri...

Apr 15, 2013 by admin

Bemidji, MN— In a David vs. Goliath fight, David took the fight to Goliath.  At 1:05 pm, Wednesday, April 10, 2013.  Thirty...

Woman arrested after hours-lon...

Apr 11, 2013 by admin

BEMIDJI – An act of civil disobedience over an oil pipeline on the Red Lake Indian Reservation ended with a moment of civility...

All risk, no reward

Apr 6, 2013 by admin

Guest comment  – New York Times.com Randy Thompson, landowner and Keystone XL pipeline opponent | Posted: Saturday, April 6,...

Keystone XL Pipeline – P...

Apr 4, 2013 by admin

Important NOTE: This is the only public meeting that will be held before the SEIS is finalized. Federal Register Volume 78, Number 59...

First Nations responds to Sunc...

Mar 26, 2013 by admin

Another Industry Failure to protect environment and First Nation rights March 26, 2013 Fort McMurray, AB– Last week Chief Allan Adam...

Occupy Enbridge: Taking a Stan...

Mar 10, 2013 by admin

By Robert Desjarlait • Mar 10, 2013 To the southwest of the Red Lake Anishinaabe Nation, lie desolate, wooded lands that were opened...

IEN Executive Director, Tom B....

Mar 6, 2013 by admin

IEN Executive Director, Tom B.K. Goldtooth, Issues Statement in Response to U.S. Department of State Keystone XL Pipeline Draft...

IEN Responds to Draft Keystone...

Mar 6, 2013 by admin

Statement from the Indigenous Environmental Network Initial Response to the U.S. Department of State Keystone XL Pipeline Draft...

Red Lake Pipeline Blockade ini...

Feb 28, 2013 by admin

On the Red Lake sovereign nation land located in what is today known as northern Minnesota, an occupation has started at a location...

Comments Requested for: Applic...

Feb 24, 2013 by admin

STATE OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PHONE 651-296-7124 • TOLL 800-657-3782 • FAX 651-297-7073 •...

Pipeline industry pushed envir...

Feb 21, 2013 by admin

Heather Scoffield ~ The Canadian Press When the Harper government included a radical overhaul of the Navigable Waters Protection Act...

What’s in a Number? Medi...

Feb 21, 2013 by admin

by Carol Linnitt A Sunday report from the Globe and Mail gives a rather undersized account of what prominent environmental...

Oil Sands Mining Uses Up Almos...

Feb 21, 2013 by admin

Thanks to high global oil prices, industry can afford the large amount of energy needed to extract the oil and turn it into a usable...

Don’t buy it, Canada has no cr...

Feb 21, 2013 by admin

Canada has a long history of failure on climate change. Failure to act at home and abroad have made Canada an international pariah...

Caribou protection promises ma...

Feb 20, 2013 by admin

Since 1929 it was recognized that Alberta’s caribou would soon need some protection and that their range was becoming limited....

Effects of the Keystone XL pip...

Feb 20, 2013 by admin

Media Release Feb. 19, 2013 Alberta conservation groups have sent information on the decline of woodland caribou in Alberta to the...

Piscataway Indian Nation Welco...

Feb 17, 2013 by admin

February 14, 2013 Greetings Chief Abraham, Chief Flurer, Chief Thomas, and the Yinka Dene Alliance, On behalf of the Piscataway...

Shut Down the Tar Sands

Feb 17, 2013 by admin

While citizens in Nebraska and all over the USA watched and waited for the decision of Nebraskan Governor Heinman regarding his...

Dispatches from the Front-line...

Feb 13, 2013 by admin

Women of the Land Speak:  Dispatches from the Front-lines of the Tar Sands to Renewables February 17, 2013 7pm – 10 pm  Speakers...

KXL Petition is Growing…...

Feb 8, 2013 by admin

Friends & Supporters, The “Tell President Obama to Stop Construction of the Southern Leg of Keystone XL” petition has...

Bold Nebraska, Natives protest...

Jan 30, 2013 by admin

January 28, 2013 7:00 pm By KEVIN ABOUREZK/Lincoln Journal Star Cowboys hats and shawls adorned a coalition of more than 100 ranchers...

Ethical Enbridge? The real sto...

Jan 23, 2013 by admin

As State Department nears comp...

Jan 21, 2013 by admin

The State Department is close to completing a draft of an environmental review that will help determine whether President Obama...

Why Canadian Tar Sands are the...

Jan 21, 2013 by admin

By Lorne Stockman [Editor's note: Today, scientists and advocates speaking at the National Press Club in Washington unveiled new...

Enbridge Expansion Fact Sheet:...

Jan 14, 2013 by admin

by Marty Cobenais on Saturday, January 12, 2013 In 2009 Enbridge Energy L.P. received a Presidential Permit to construct the Alberta...

Gathering to Protect the Sacre...

Jan 9, 2013 by admin

January 3, 2013 Treaty Councils Oceti Sakowin Makoce Anpetu Waste Mitakuyepi: The Ihanktonwan Oyate Treaty Steering Committee is...

Application for a Presidential...

Jan 3, 2013 by admin

“We intend to fight this expansion….Enbridge is planning to reverse other pipelines to make this extra oil flow to the...

Yellowstone River Oil Spill

Jan 2, 2013 by admin

Delayed Response From Exxon Made Matters Worse, Feds Say BILLINGS, Mont. — Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.’s response to a major...

Quebec-Ontario pipeline will c...

Nov 30, 2012 by admin

Enbridge wants to reverse flow of pipeline, ship more crude through it Canadian press November 30, 2012 MONTREAL — A number of...

You heard it here: Northern Ga...

Oct 21, 2012 by admin

BY JEFFREY SIMPSON The Northern Gateway pipeline that Enbridge proposes to build from Alberta’s bitumen oil to the Pacific coast of...