Also on Friday, a United States judge denied a request from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe to stop construction of the pipeline.
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Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersSanders joins protesters against ND pipeline project Dem lawmakers: Clinton should have disclosed illness sooner Stein, Johnson deserve spot on debate stage with Clinton, Trump MORE (D-Vt.) on Tuesday evening called on President Obama to take action to stop the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline oil project, joining protesters at a rally near the White House.
Energy Transfer chairman and CEO Kelcy Warren told employees in a September 13 memorandum to employees that the company is committed to finishing the pipeline despite the administration’s interference.
In coming weeks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will review its initial decision to permit the pipeline and decide whether it correctly followed federal environmental law in granting permits.
Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, and Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., wrote a letter to the GOP leadership of the House Natural Resources Committee requesting an oversight hearing into whether federal agencies properly consulted with Indian tribes on the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.8-billion, 1,172-mile pipeline that would carry oil from North Dakota to IL.
“We view a three-to-six month delay as the best case scenario for the pipeline, and it could easily be longer”, analysts at ClearView Energy Partners wrote earlier this week. Asked Tuesday if the removal indicates Energy Transfer Partners is backing down on its plans to build the pipeline, spokeswoman Vicki Granado underlined comments in an internal memo saying the company is committed to the project.
Two protesters who bound themselves to equipment remained at the construction site early Tuesday afternoon, Preskey said.
The 1,172-mile pipeline has a capacity to transport more than 500 million barrels of oil a day through the Dakotas, Iowa and IL. “The decision of the Departments of Justice, Army and Interior is a direct result of the efforts of the pipeline opponents who have taken this courageous stand on behalf of all of us”, said NNU Co-President Jean Ross, RN. ETP has said construction is continuing elsewhere.
In July, after multiple appeals and national complaints, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe released a statement via Earthjustice – an environmental law firm stating the tribe’s intentions to sue federal regulators.
“Energy Transfer Partners has proved time and time again that the bottom line for them is money”.
“At first it was like just getting wrapped up in it, should I step over and trespass, but I mean they can’t arrest 2,000 people”, she said.
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Hundreds of people from over 200 indigenous nations have gathered in the area to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which claimed in a lawsuit filed against federal regulators that the oil pipeline would harm water supplies and disturb sacred burial and cultural sites.
