Dakota Access Pipeline protesters Occupy Part of Grand Central station

[G_j]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/us/grand-central-nodapl-trnd/index.html

New York (CNN) Dozens of demonstrators aiming to raise awareness of the ongoing pipeline protest in North Dakota disrupted the morning commute at New York's Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday before marching on the offices of major US banks to question their decision to fund the pipeline.

The protesters, who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline, gathered in the station's lobby floor at 8 a.m. to express solidarity with the demonstrations at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, they said. They then marched from Grand Central to the offices of Bank of America and JP Morgan to protest the big banks' funding of the project.

Some chanted, "It is always a political fight." Others waved signs that read, "Water is life" and, "Respect the Earth." One large banner read, "Indigenous sovereignty protects the land and water."



Lori Dalvi, from South Orange, New Jersey, said she has been participating in the protests since earlier this summer, raising awareness about the protests through Facebook and Twitter. "This issue is a tipping point issue for all of us," she said. "If we do not change the way we are treating this Earth to receive our fuel and energy sources, we are in deep trouble."

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Koch brothers major funders of that pipeline.

Colonial Pipeline's owners include Koch Industries (a.k.a. Koch Capital Investments Company LLC, 28.09% stake ownership),

South Korea's National Pension Service and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (a.k.a. Keats Pipeline Investors LP, 23.44% stake ownership),
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (16.55% stake ownership),
Royal Dutch Shell (a.k.a. Shell Pipeline Company LP, 16.12% stake ownership),
and Industry Funds Management (a.k.a. IFM (US) Colonial Pipeline 2 LLC, 15.80% stake ownership).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028263715

[Mateo80]

2. Shut Down??

How exactly did they shut down the station? It sounds like there was a demonstration there. It does not seem like anybody "shut" anything "down".

[Donkees]

3. And Demonstrations at JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and street marches...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017408961

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017408951

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017408947