The "bands"  , "indigenous people" and other saviors of the Earth are using tactics  similar t Kim Jong-un.
Intimidation, threats, and proclamations.  There is no realistic approach, just stop this, because it's all "corporate greed".
The oil flows via rail car, why not stop that ?  Oil reaches the same destination, but from other sources, namely the middle east.  Why don't these protesters take their cause to Saudi Arabia, or Iran or any of those countries? ........
Many of these groups have settled for cash in the past, and likely will again.