Since the pipeline will probably benefit Illinois, I'm guessing that 0bama is not too interested in stopping it.
Since the pipeline will probably benefit Illinois, I'm guessing that 0bama is not too interested in stopping it.
October 12, 2016
Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline remains halted at the point where it will cross the Missouri River in North Dakota, but construction is nearly complete in South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois.
Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline remains halted at the point where it will cross the Missouri River in North Dakota, but construction is nearly complete in South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Sunday announced that it had rejected the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s motion for an injunction to block construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Protesters and activists this week stepped up their efforts not only to halt construction on the 1,172-mile-long, $3.8 billion pipeline that will carry North Dakota crude to a terminal in Patoka, Illinois, but also to shut down pipelines transporting crude from Canadian tar sands through the northern U.S.
Following the court’s ruling, the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked Energy Transfer Partners—the Dallas-based company building the pipeline—to voluntarily halt construction 20 miles either side of the Lake Oahe reservoir where it crosses the Missouri River just north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. At issue is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to build the pipeline under the river.
“The Army continues to review issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other Tribal nations and their members and hopes to conclude its ongoing review soon,” according to a DOJ news release.
However, Energy Transfer Partners issued a statement saying that it “looks forward to a prompt resumption of construction activities east and west of Lake Oahe on private land.” The company did not say when construction along the Missouri would resume in North Dakota, but it believes “the Army Corps will soon issue the easement for approximately 1,100 feet necessary for the crossing beneath the Missouri River—the sole remaining authorization necessary for completion of the project.”
According to news media reports, by the end of September, the Dakota Access Pipeline was nearly 90 percent complete in North Dakota and mostly completed in South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois.
http://thebakken.com/articles/1703/court-refuses-to-block-dakota-access-as-pipeline-protests-expand
Those Crook County pols need all the money they can get to keep their lifestyles going. I read yesterday the average income of people moving INTO Illinois (not many) is far below those moving OUT of Illinois (lots). The tax base is rapidly withering and the state is in a death spiral.
So you are probably exactly right about Obunghole wanting this particular project to get completed.
(Being sarcastic is fun)
