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Clergy of many faiths from across the United States participate in a prayer circle Nov. 3, 2016, in front of a bridge in Standing Rock, North Dakota, where demonstrators confront police during a protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. (CNS/Reuters/Stephanie Keith) Jessica Reznicek, a 39-year-old environmental activist and Catholic Worker from Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced in federal court June 30 to eight years in prison for her efforts to sabotage construction of the Dakota ...

Durkan, who has a year left in her first term, struggled to regain her footing after protesters declared an autonomous zone within the city and essentially forced out police and took over a neighborhood.  The problem for both was that the people who perpetrated the violence and destruction in both cities faced few consequences. Few were arrested. Those who were either were released almost immediately or, for those facing the most serious charges, bailed out by other activist groups, such as th...

Norway, dnb, announced it had sold its assets in the pipeline and sold $23.8 million worth of shares invested in companies behind the pipeline. earlier in december, the swedish bank nordea said it would not back the pipeline if the corporation violated the demands of the standing rock sioux tribe." u.s. bank is not commenting on whether it will divest. in a statement to "the last word," standing rock sioux tribe chairman said "oil prices have dropped and production from the bakken fields have de...

Behind the pipeline. earlier in december, the swedish bank nordea said it would not back the pipeline if the corporation violated the demands of the standing rock sioux tribe." u.s. bank is not commenting on whether it will divest. in a statement to "the last word," standing rock sioux tribe chairman said "oil prices have dropped and production from the bakken fields have declined significantly. this means on top of everything else, there is no economic rationale to increase the regional pipelin...

>> reporter: well, thats right. it was provided, the biggest one was provided by the recent disaster of a train wreck in quebec. part of a town was destroyed, and 47 people were killed last month in a fire triggered by an oil car that exploded. the rail company is pointing to human error, but the investigation continues, and one aspect theyre looking into is whether the oil which came from the bakken fields in north dakota is actually possibly more explosive than other oil fields. >> typically, ...