The company developing the $3.8-billion, 1,172-mile project to carry oil from North Dakota to IL says it is committed to the project.
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On Tuesday, people in North Dakota, Washington, DC and other U.S. states rallied against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which will move crude oil through four states from North Dakota to IL.
National Nurses United Friday welcomed the move by the federal government to stop construction on the Dakota Access pipeline project that has been the center of protests by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and supporters.
On Sept. 9, several agencies of the federal government temporarily suspended pipeline construction on a small piece of land owned by the Army Corp of Engineers, bringing Energy Transfer’s North Dakota operations to a halt… for now.
Warren also added that the Dallas-based company remained “committed to completing construction and safely operating the Dakota Access Pipeline within the confines of the law”.
Authorities also arrested 22 people for interfering with construction on the pipeline about 70 miles (113 km) northwest of the main protest site near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.
“One time? Maybe when the colonized us”, a female protester said before citing the Trail of Tears.
Environmental and Native American rights activists participate in a demonstration against the Dakota Access oil Pipeline, in Los Angeles, California, September 12, 2016. Worse, say tribal leaders, they were never consulted about the change in plans.
Such federal interventions could delay or halt work on other needed infrastructure and energy projects, he said.
Energy Transfer Partners are developing a $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, that once completed would travel through four states.
“The pipeline crosses 90 to 115 feet below Lake Oahe with heavy wall pipe and, as we all know, the pipe is inspected, tested and re-tested prior to being placed into service to ensure its longterm integrity”, Warren wrote.
The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj interviewed Native American protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Sunday to understand why there is so much mistrust of the USA government. Warren says that “concerns about the pipeline’s impact on the local water supply are unfounded”.
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Since April, there’s been a tribal protest at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri rivers and it has grown considerably – thousands gathered last week.
