Standing with Standing Rock: Day 3
Tuesday, November 29, 2016. On any given day, an estimated 10,000 people live at the Oceti Sakowin camps at Standing Rock. To put the enormity of this community into perspective, Continue Reading →
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Standing with Standing Rock: Day 2
Monday, November 28, 2016. I have a knack for timing: our first night in a tent at Standing Rock coincides with the first snowstorm of the season. It’s a soft, wet, Continue Reading →
Standing with Standing Rock: Day 1
Sunday, November 27, 2016. Nothing about Standing Rock is normal or predictable. As Lyssa and I approach the Oceti Sakowin camps just north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, our GPS navigator Continue Reading →
Silver-linings in Election Day cloud
Dear Friends, Being swamped with anti-pipeline work, I’ve been slow to process my take-away on Donald Trump’s Election Day victory. Bottom line: Trump’s presidency presents two tremendous opportunities. More on that in a Continue Reading →
NoDAPL National Day of Action Includes Des Moines, Omaha
Dear Friends, People have been asking me my thoughts on the election, and why I seem to have been silent. Honestly, I simply haven’t had time to fully collect what Continue Reading →
Weaver a true ally in pipeline fight
Dear Friends, Every day or two, there’s a new twist in the fight to stop the Dakota Access “Bakken” Pipeline. Last night, President Obama was asked about it on “Now Continue Reading →
Texas Pipeline Worker Sent Home
Dear Friends, First, a reminder about our exciting event this Sunday with Jane Kleeb and Josh Fox. We’ll watch Fox’s new film on climate, and Jane will update us on Continue Reading →
“How much for the little girl?”
Dear Friends, I hope you can join me and the Bold Iowa team when filmmaker Josh Fox (“Gasland”) visits Des Moines on October 30th, the final stop on his Climate Revolution Continue Reading →
Standing Strong at Standing Rock
Dear Friends, I don’t believe I’ve ever included a mainstream media story in its entirety in this weekly update. Yet the story on the Standing Rock Sioux encampment in North Continue Reading →
Bug the Size of a Pterodactyl
Dear Friends, While cruising along at 20 mph on my bike recently, my left eye had an intimate encounter with a bug that, from a centmeter out, seemed as big Continue Reading →