**Written by Doug Powers

Police began the process of shutting down the Dakota Access Pipeline protest site today, and the tireless advocates for a clean environment added to their already sizable carbon footprint. Here’s just a sampling of the lengths eco-warriors went today to protect Mother Gaia from capitalist ickiness:

We’ve been moved way back by police. #NoDAPL Protestors set guard shack at north entrance on fire and barricaded it. pic.twitter.com/Y8P9bCB96j

— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) February 22, 2017

The air smells cleaner already, doesn’t it?

**Written by Doug Powers

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