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Massive cleanup underway after Dakota Access protesters leave behind environmental mess
The Washington Times ^ | February 4, 2017 | Valerie Richardson

Posted on 02/05/2017 3:44:09 PM PST by jazusamo

Clean-up crews are racing to clear acres of debris at the largest Dakota Access protest camp before the spring thaw turns the snowy, trash-covered plains into an environmental disaster area.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday that the camp, located on federal land, would be closed Feb. 22 in order to “prevent injuries and significant environmental damage in the likely event of flooding in this area” at the mouth of the Cannonball River in North Dakota.

“Without proper remediation, debris, trash, and untreated waste will wash into the Cannonball River and Lake Oahe,” the Corps said in its statement.

Those involved in the clean-up effort, led by the Standing Rock Sioux, say it could take weeks for private sanitation companies and volunteers to clear the expanse of abandoned tents, teepees, sleeping bags, blankets, canned food, supplies and just plain garbage littering the Oceti Sakowin camp.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Dakota
KEYWORDS: camp; cleanup; dakotaaccess; dap; environazis; environment; environmental; leftists; leftwingnuts; liberals; mess; northdakota; pipeline; protest; protesters; standingrocksioux
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How can this be, the protesters are supposedly environmentalists?
1 posted on 02/05/2017 3:44:09 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Something else the NYT, WP, and CNN can decline to cover.


2 posted on 02/05/2017 3:45:47 PM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: jazusamo

So much for the “Stewards of Mother Earth” and stuff.
I guess they don’t do windows either.


3 posted on 02/05/2017 3:45:59 PM PST by lee martell
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To: jazusamo

Pigs...


4 posted on 02/05/2017 3:47:07 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: jazusamo

All the fanfare, yet not one picture at the link.


5 posted on 02/05/2017 3:48:12 PM PST by Fungi (So you think you know what a fungus is?)
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To: Vendome

Exactly!


6 posted on 02/05/2017 3:48:20 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

Liberals never clean up after themselves. They count on “the government” to do it for them.


7 posted on 02/05/2017 3:49:19 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: jazusamo

The left always leaves a mess or one sort or another.


8 posted on 02/05/2017 3:50:10 PM PST by NewHampshireDuo
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To: Fungi

I also Googled for images and not one photo is there that I could find.


9 posted on 02/05/2017 3:51:44 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Why the HELL isn’t it closed TODAY instead of Feb 22??? It will NOT be closed.


10 posted on 02/05/2017 3:51:52 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: jazusamo

you can always count on a left wing protest to leave their trash behind, and then claim they are for the environment.


11 posted on 02/05/2017 3:53:09 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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Go President Trump!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

12 posted on 02/05/2017 3:54:03 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

Interesting.


13 posted on 02/05/2017 3:57:05 PM PST by Fungi (So you think you know what a fungus is?)
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To: Fungi

Great opportunity for a citizen journalist to go and get some photos...


14 posted on 02/05/2017 3:57:36 PM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: jazusamo

It’s not brain surgery,it’s why Indian Tribes kept on the move;)


15 posted on 02/05/2017 3:59:00 PM PST by mdittmar
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Imagine the amount of human waste that will wash into the river.


16 posted on 02/05/2017 4:01:33 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: jazusamo
Ah, North Dakota, flat as a pancake with a few rolling hills.
It's 13° there right now, about 6:00 P.M. or so.

I AM tickled pink NOT to live there right now.

17 posted on 02/05/2017 4:03:38 PM PST by cloudmountain
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NOTE: They are burning old tires
Really great environmentalists


18 posted on 02/05/2017 4:04:26 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Here's a pic of a camp on Army Corps lands of a type that they may be referring to:

Image result for Mess left by protesters in North Dakota

19 posted on 02/05/2017 4:04:37 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: marktwain

How is it that Valerie Richardson did the story and not include a picture? Was it second hand info?


20 posted on 02/05/2017 4:06:12 PM PST by Fungi (So you think you know what a fungus is?)
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