Tara Houska, Honor the Earth and Standing Rock Struggle, #NoDAPL Water Protector, confirmed as kickoff keynote speaker at #WeRise - J21 Teach-In

As posted at the Program section of the J21 #WeRise Teach-In website:

1:30-2:10
Kickoff: Sign Up Here
Tara Houska, Honor the Earth and Standing Rock Struggle, #NoDAPL Water Protector

The J21 #WeRise Teach-In follows and complements the Women's March on Washington (Jan. 21 in D.C.).

You can register and learn more at the J21 #WeRise Teach-In website.

Beyond Nuclear is honored and privileged to serve on the J21 #WeRise Teach-In planning committee, environmental subcommittee. Beyond Nuclear is an official endorser of both the Teach-In and Women's March.

North Dakota: Water Protector Opposing Pipeline Resists Grand Jury

As reported by Democracy Now! news headlines:

In North Dakota, a water protector opposing the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline says he’s willing to go to jail on contempt charges rather than give testimony to a federal grand jury. On Wednesday, a federal judge threw out a motion by Steve Martinez to quash a subpoena ordering him to testify about injuries to Sophia Wilansky, a water protector whose arm was severely wounded during a police crackdown on November 20. Martinez has been ordered to testify on February 1. He says he believes the grand jury is a fishing expedition aimed at forcing him to list the names of other activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline.

Steve Martinez: "February 1st, I am looking at contempt, because I’m not going to cooperate with this. And I just think it’s just a way for them to bully me into giving names and helping them out. I don’t want to lose my freedom at all, but it’s a small price to pay."

See today's NoDAPL and related oil pipeline resistance coverage from Midwest Energy News

PIPELINES:
• State and regional businesses form the Great Lakes Business Network to lobby lawmakers to close Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. (MLive)
• Enbridge may be set up for a “bruising legal battle” in Wisconsin after a Native American tribe voted against renewing land use agreements for the Line 5 pipeline there. (Reuters)
• Dakota Access activists are pushing for a patchwork of pipeline protests across the country. (Associated Press)
• A group of landowners file a federal lawsuit claiming the Dakota Access developer deceived them into accepting an unfair price for pipeline easements. (Forum News Service)
• Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is also President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, has resigned from the boards of two energy companies developing the Dakota Access pipeline. (Associated Press)

Energy Secretary pick Rick Perry resigns from Dakota Access pipeline boards

As reported by NY Daily News.

NoDAPL headlines from today's Midwest Energy News

PIPELINES:
• How the mood has changed at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp in North Dakota. (NPR)
• A federal grand jury is looking into a violent November clash between pipeline opponents and officers in North Dakota, in which protesters say a woman was injured by a grenade thrown by police. (Associated Press)
• North Dakota regulators fine a company $7,500 for being unable to locate underground pipelines. (Bismarck Tribune)