The tribe argues the pipeline would disturb sacred sites and affect drinking water for the thousands of residents on the reservation and the millions who rely on it downstream.
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The Sierra Club was a major opponent of Keystone XL, saying the project would spill oil and worsen global warming. Pipelines are the safest, most efficient, most reliable way to get oil to the market. The Dakota Access Pipeline would taint sacred land and put the tribe’s water supply and health at risk.
A banner protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline is displayed at an encampment near North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux reservation on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016.
‘We’re trying our best for everyone to hear our voices, especially the government.’
Law enforcement officers from across the state are assisting the Morton County Sheriff’s Office, with support from 10 city agencies, 12 county sheriff’s departments and numerous state agencies, including some from parole and probation, said Morton County spokeswoman Donnell Preskey.
Kolpack reported from Fargo, North Dakota.
“Many friends and neighbors are scared to travel far from their home”, NDSU senior Renae Tokach from nearby St. Anthony, N.D. said.
The agencies will now decide whether they need to reconsider permitting decisions for the pipeline under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Protestors were physically attaching themselves to the equipment and vandalizing company property.
An arrest warrant was issued for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate last week after the pair spray-painted construction equipment at a protest site in North Dakota.
Hollywood stars such as Susan Sarandon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Shailene Woodely have pushed their support and stood beside the protestors.
ActionNetwork.org is urging activists and protesters nationwide to join the #NoDAPL crusade: “To defeat a pipeline, it takes a movement of people from all corners of the nation”.
“The reality is (Dakota Access) likely will move forward – not that I believe it should move forward – but all the pieces are in place for it to go forward”, Jorde said. Here’s a look at some key points from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s 58-page opinion: — KEY QUOTE “This Court does not lightly countenance any depredation of lands that hold significance to the Standing Rock Sioux”.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it would halt construction on its property until after officials can re-examined Native American concerns about the pipeline as well as some previous projects.
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“I frankly see this as a political play by the administration in its final months”, he said, adding that it could have unforeseen consequences, including higher gas prices and decreased transparency from pipeline developers seeking to avoid a similar fate. People came from as far as NY and Alaska, some bringing their families and children, and hundreds of tribal flags dotted the camp, along with American flags flown upside-down in protest. Now, Energy Transfer Partners, the Dallas-based company behind the pipeline and Native American protesters from around the country who’ve gathered to push back against the pipeline are at something of an impasse.
