Supporters said the pipeline would create more markets and reduce truck and oil train traffic – the latter of which has been a growing concern after a spate of fiery derailments of trains carrying North Dakota crude, including one near Dalrymple’s hometown of Casselton in 2013, and an explosion in Quebec that same year that killed 47 people.
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Mostly members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, but they’ve been joined by other American Indians and non-Native Americans from across the country.
Shailene Woodley is taking a stand against the construction of an oil pipeline that will run through North and South Dakota.
The hearing was held in Washington, DC where several people protested outside. Positioned upstream from tribal land, the pipeline will threaten sacred indigenous sites and drinking-water sources, opponents say.
“They are calling us protestors. but, they have it wrong: we are not protesting. we are p.r.o.t.e.c.t.i.n.g”, she wrote on Instagram.
“We want to make sure that things are handled peaceably”, she said.
“At this point, there is not a permit, but it is my understanding they are requesting a permit”, she said of the protests, according to Forum News Service.
By an order from U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland, these protesters and others, referred to as John and Jane Doe, are barred from “unlawfully interfering in any way with the plaintiff and its representatives’ access and construction of the pipeline”.
You can follow updates from activists occupying the Dakota Pipeline drilling site on Twitter with #NoDAPL.
He will hear arguments on issuing an injunction against the protests in early September.
Actress Susan Sarandon poses ahead of a debate “Kering Women in Motion” during the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 15, 2016.
The company also agreed to halt construction until its case could be heard in federal court. After passing through South Dakota and Iowa, the DAPL would continue to IL, where it would transfer its load to another almost completed line carrying the hazardous material to the Gulf of Mexico refineries and export facilities in Texas.
A complaint filed by the company alleges Edwards built “obstructions” to prevent pipeline workers from accessing the construction site and chained himself to a fence to prevent work from continuing.
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“In our land, it was never protected, it was just taken and they strategically placed the dams so that tribal lands would get flooded”, said David Archambault II, chairman of the tribe, speaking outside the courtroom in Washington yesterday.
