Republican-led committee says Dakota pipeline protesters had Russian backing

House lawmakers say Russia helped fund environmentalists and supported them on social media, but evidence is thinA powerful US congressional committee has alleged that Russia financed major environmental organizations and used social media to support opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline, fracking and fossil fuels.The Republican-controlled committee claimed in a new report that the Kremlin is attempting to make "'useful idiots' of unwitting environmental groups and activists" to further its global agenda. Continue reading...