They have the camps surrounded – dozens of North Dakota police and National Park Service rangers who are counting down the hours to clear the network of camps behind the Dakota Access Pipeline battle.
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Reinforcements arrive as camp closure looms
New realities about the nearly yearlong Standing Rock demonstration started to be realized.
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How America’s tallest dam nearly overflowed
After the water in Lake Oroville reached the highest level since 1985, officials released more water from the dam through its main spillway. But a massive sinkhole split the spillway, prompting the evacuation of 180,000 in nearby communities. We built a 3D flyover of the time and charts to show what lead up to these events,
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He was supposed to protect the sea. Then he vanished from his ship
Hundreds of miles out to sea, fisheries observer Keith Davis was the odd man out, a scientific monitor and conspicuous informant in the company of mariners he did not know. He carried no badge, no weapon. One day, he disappeared from the ship.
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As snow melts, Standing Rock tribes’ legal challenges dwindle
A new hearing calling for a halt in construction of the last leg of the Dakota Access Pipeline is scheduled for Feb. 27. Many believe it may be the tribes’ last legal hope.
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Some Standing Rock protesters resolve to stay put as tribe shifts focus
For the foot soldiers behind the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, the battle isn’t over.
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What would you tell Trump about the Dakota Access Pipeline?
President Donald Trump claims he hasn’t “had one call from anybody” about the Dakota Access Pipeline. So we think it’s time to make your thoughts known on the controversial energy project.
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‘We will begin drilling immediately’
It’s as though the long months of protests and delays over the Dakota Access Pipeline were whisked away in an instant.
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How public funds ended up in hands of Gitxsan chiefs after pipeline nod
A First Nation in northern British Columbia is conflicted over a secretly signed pipeline agreement involving public funds.
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Journalist among 76 arrested for trespassing at Standing Rock
Journalist Jenni Monet, who has been blogging for Reveal from Standing Rock, was among 76 people arrested during a sweep of a camp.