Goodman reported on a clash between private security guards and protesters.
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Also on Friday, a U.S. judge denied a request from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe to stop construction of the pipeline.
During recent months, opposition has grown to construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, which if completed would carry roughly 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day over about 1,172 miles from North Dakota through South Dakota, Iowa and finally to an existing pipeline in IL, according to the developer, Energy Transfer Partners.
Protesters say the pipeline not only would endanger the Standing Rock Sioux’s drinking water but also that of several million other people downstream.
Late last Friday a federal judge denied the tribe’s emergency bid.
The Corps of Engineers attempted to consult with the Sioux without success. “An injunction of an unlawful permitting now can, at most, do the same”.
Where before the focus was on the so-called “bomb trains” that spread Bakken Oil through their backyards, now the focus is on the Sioux tribe in North Dakota.
Charger says the last week has been an emotional roller coaster, with a federal judge rejecting the Standing Rock Sioux’s request for a preliminary injunction, then later Friday the Army and Department of Justice announcing they would stop pipeline work temporarily.
In the past month, Native Americans in Oklahoma increased their support for the Standing Rock Sioux. The Mescalero Apache tribe president wrote, “This is a fight that all tribes face”.
In a news release, Ruiz said “Tribes have the right to self-determination and the right to have a say in decisions that impact their health, sacred lands and cultural preservation”. “I think it is just not right”. “It gives a way for tribes to really help legislators, and I would hope legislators are open to hearing what works for tribes and what doesn’t”. “Why are we in the position of having to come back to the table to explain why this is wrong?'”
The heated, ongoing battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline continued Tuesday as the billionaire CEO of the pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners issued a memo to employees and outside media promising to “reiterate our commitment” to the pipeline’s construction. But company officials said they would meet with federal administrators to better understand concerns.
Unarmed Native American “Water Protectors” protesting the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline were arrested today, along with journalists who were trying to cover the action, and two medics who were with the protestors.
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Warren said the pipeline was designed with “tremendous safety factors” that negate any risk to the water supply from an oil spill. She plans to travel in the next week to the camp in North Dakota, where members of her family have already gathered.
