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| Dakota protesters WIN their bid to stop pipeline being built through Standing Rock |
| 2016-12-05 |
| [DailyMail] Dakota Access Pipeline protesters cheered as the news emerged and cried 'Mni Wiconi', or 'water is life' Corps of Engineers said they would not be granting an easement for the DAPL to cross Lake Oahe Federal agency said they would explore alternate routes for the pipeline on Sunday afternoon Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council Chairman Harold Frazier told DailyMail.com that he was 'shocked' Thousands of veterans arrived this weekend to support the protests as temperatures hovered at 30F Protests were thought to intensify after evacuation was ordered and area was to be shut down on Dec 5 'Instead, the Corps will be undertaking an environmental impact statement to look at possible alternate routes.' 'We wholeheartedly support the decision of the administration and commend with the utmost gratitude the courage it took on the part of President Obama, the Army Corps, the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior to take steps to correct the course of history and do the right thing.' 'The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will forever be grateful to the Obama administration for this historic decision.' |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #5 Fucking Bourgeois Assholes always keeping the Proletariat down. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-12-05 21:22 |
| #4 Obama is given credit but there may more to it as he also called in the Feds in the first place. Trump has already done more than O in 8 years before he is even inaugurated. He advocates energy independence, has shares in DAPL, AND called in the North Dakota governor....he is open to outside ideas and at least listens to legitimate concerns over the Ogalala Aquifer. What about other solutions, like maybe a refinery built outside the sacred area near the drilling site? He also plans infrastructure improvements that can generate even more blue-collar jobs plus the shortage of housing can be addressed by a builder. It is an art to get the restless Natives to make a deal with the government and O has done nothing constructive, imho. |
| Posted by: One Eyed Speaking for Boskone7919 2016-12-05 12:35 |
| #3 A big lefty dream has always been to check off on their tax returns what they don't want their tax money to be spent on. Time to make that a reality. Blue regions that don't like energy development or defense spending should get their wishes, with all the ramifications that follow from those choices. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-12-05 11:10 |
| #2 'The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will forever be grateful to the Obama administration for this historic decision.' I seem to remember the Native Americans being grateful for historical administration 'decisions', until they became mugged by reality. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-12-05 10:49 |
| #1 A sixty day delay notice. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-12-05 08:56 |