A group of seven young protesters gripped a long white banner reading, “Divest,” which stretched across G Street in Arcata. As the youth leaders marched north, they yelled, “Water is what?” “Water is life,” the fellow protesters responded. The protesters marched from the Arcata Plaza to Wells Fargo on Saturday, led by Indigenous youth from […]
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Huffman on DAPL: ‘Justice and Environmental Protection Have Won’
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman issued a statement last night applauding the Obama Administration’s announcement that it will deny an easement needed for the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross Lake Oahe, forcing the project to abandon its controversial route and undergo an environmental review. “Since July, tensions have escalated to a boiling point at the […]