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October 6, 2016

D.C. Appeals Court Hears Suit Seeking to Block Dakota Access Pipeline
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This revelation comes as three federal appeals court judges in
Washington, D.C., heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking
an emergency injunction to stop construction of the Dakota Access
pipeline over concerns it could destroy sacred sites and burial grounds.
The court is not expected to issue a ruling for months. Meanwhile, in
more news on the struggle to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, the Lee
County Attorney's Office in southeast Iowa is threatening to evict land
defenders from a permanent encampment established to stop the Dakota
Access pipeline company from boring under the Mississippi River. The
threatened eviction is slated for today. It's been the site of a series
of protests in which dozens of people have been arrested blocking
pipeline construction over the past two months.


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