POLL: How do you feel about the Dakota Access Pipeline?
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Headline of the Day ^
Headline of the Day Poll How do you feel about the Dakota Access Pipeline? It jeopardizes the water supply and desecrates sacred Sioux land. It
is the safest and most environmentally sensitive way to transport crude oil from domestic wells to American consumers.
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Dakota Access pipeline expected to begin shipping Thursday
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Fox 12 Oregon ^
| 05/31/2017 | Spencer Ernst
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, which is expected to begin shipping oil on Thursday, will face scrutiny later this summer on whether it violated North Dakota rules during construction.
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Dakota Pipeline Scheduled To Begin Delivering Oil In May
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The Daily Caller News ^
| 04/14/2017 | Chris White
Energy Transfer Partners, the developer behind the so-called DAPL, is scheduled to start delivering oil on May 14 to Illinois, according to filings from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The oil project is expected to transport more than 500,000 barrels of oil a year across the eastern section of the country. ...
The Obama administration rejected the previously approved pipeline last December ... President Donald Trump eventually issued orders approving the DAPL in January ... many demonstrators have begun diverting their attention to the equally contentious Keystone XL Pipeline, another oil pipeline Trump approved through executive order. Obama originally rejected...
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Dakota Access Pipeline sabotaged in two states
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hotair.com ^
| 3/22/2017 | John Sexton
The company which built the Dakota Access Pipeline says there have been “recent coordinated physical attacks” on the completed pipeline which is ready to begin delivering oil this week. At
least two attacks taken place within the past month. Last week, someone took a blowtorch to an above-ground section of the pipeline in South Dakota. From the Duluth News Tribune: In South Dakota, authorities received a report on March 17 that someone burned a hole through an above-ground section of an oil pipeline at a valve site just south of Sioux Falls, according to Chief Deputy Chad Brown of the...
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Officers’ spouses terrorized by threats of murder, rape during Dakota Access pipeline protest
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The Washington Times ^
| March 16, 2017 | Valerie Richardson
Families come under siege as anti-cop agitators move into pipeline campsThere reached a point when the Dakota Access protest became less about debating the merits of pipeline routes and more about mixing it up with cops. That’s
when the danger spiked for officers and their families. While protesters were fueling worldwide outrage and fundraising over allegations of police brutality, an aggressive cohort of agitators was terrorizing the families of law-enforcement officers with threats of death, rape and arson. “There were threats made to us, mostly that they were going to come burn down our houses or rape us while our...
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Judge rules against tribes, clears way for Dakota Access pipeline to begin moving oil next week
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The Washington Times ^
| March 15, 2017 | Valerie Richardson
A federal judge has denied a last-minute plea to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, allowing the $3.8 billion oil pipeline to begin operating as early as next week. U.S.
District Court Judge James A. Boasberg ruled Tuesday that the Cheyenne River Sioux and Standing Rock Sioux are unlikely to prevail on the merits of their challenge to his March 7 decision, saying that the court “believes that Plaintiff does not have a strong case on appeal.” A status report filed Monday by Dakota Access LLC said oil is expected to start flowing through the North Dakota section of the 1,172-mile,...
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Taxpayers Foot $1M Bill to Clean Up Dakota Pipeline Protest Area
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Breitbart ^
| Feb. 28, 2017 | Penny Starr
The U.S. Army Corps will spend more than $1 million to clean up the mess left behind by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and others opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. The protesters — who succeeded in temporarily shutting down pipeline construction under orders from President Barack Obama —
were evicted after President Donald Trump put the pipeline project back online.
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Dakota protesters: Fine, we’ll just oppose every pipeline we can think of
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Canada Free Press ^
| 02/27/17 | Dan Calabrese
Mindless. They failed to stop the Keystone XL pipeline, which they said posed particular environmental hazards. They
failed to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, which they say represents an adulteration of sacred Indian grounds. OK. Whether you agree with their objections to either pipeline (and I don’t), at least they offered some specific rationale for why they were opposed. It’s not as if they’re just going to mindlessly oppose every pipeline anyone ever proposes, because that would be nothing more than knee-jerk opposition to energy-related infrastructure driven by reflexive opposition to fossil fuels. You do that, no one is going...
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Volunteers Race to Rescue Dogs Left Behind by Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters
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Heat Street ^
| February 27, 2017 | By Emily Zanotti
By Emily Zanotti | 2:12 pm, February 27, 2017 The Dakota Access Pipeline protesters left more behind than just piles of trash when they were booted from their makeshift camp: they left several dogs and puppies to fend for themselves, abandoned with the rest of their unwanted belongings. Furry
Friends Rockin Rescue, a local animal rescue near Bismark, North Dakota, says they’re working to catch all of the abandoned animals, and so far, they’ve managed to rescue two dogs and six puppies. They believe, however, that the dogs represent only a small fraction of the pets left behind at the...
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Dakota Access pipeline poised to flow oil within weeks as project roars ahead of schedule
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Washington Times ^
| Friday, February 24, 2017 | Valerie Richardson
After months of protest-driven delays, the Dakota Access pipeline is now running ahead of schedule and expected to be ready to deliver oil as early as next month. Attorneys
for Energy Transfer Partners said in a court-ordered status report Thursday that the final 1,100-foot section is nearly finished, which would enable the 1,172-mile, four-state pipeline to begin operations months ahead of previous estimates. “Dakota Access reports that the pilot hole is complete,” said the report filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court. “The company is currently reaming the hole — i.e., making it larger in order to accept the pipe. As...
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Dakota pipeline builder says oil could flow in as few as two weeks
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ABC News ^
| February 22, 2017 | Tom Kutsch and James Hill
On the eve of the deadline for anti-Dakota Access Pipeline protesters to vacate camps in North Dakota, the company in charge of construction said in a court filing on Tuesday that oil could start flowing in as early as two weeks, beating previous estimates. Texas-based
developer Energy Transfer Partners, the builder of the pipeline whose construction has sparked protests since last August over its location, said in the filing to the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that the company "estimates and targets that the pipeline will be complete and ready to flow oil anywhere between the week of March...
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Today is the deadline for Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps: Clear out before bulldozers arrive
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Hotair ^
| 02/21/2017 | Jazz Shaw
By the time you read this the sun will have already risen in North Dakota, where a few hundred dead end protesters are hanging on in what remains of the Dakota Access Pipeline camps. Obstruction
of the project essentially collapsed once Donald Trump took office and the Army gave the go-ahead for the final sections of pipe to be laid. Even the Standing Rock tribe has asked the unwelcome visitors to depart, preferring to fight the rest of the battle in court, but the remaining holdouts do not appear to be convinced. (Associated Press) As dawn breaks over an...
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New York Mayor Warns Wells Fargo over Dakota Access Pipeline
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telsurtv.net ^
| 2/20/17 | telsurtv.net
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Wells Fargo & Company over its funding for the Dakota Access pipeline, saying he has the power to pull the plug on the bank’s contract for operating accounts. “I
am writing to express my deep concern about your involvement, and the involvement of other banks, in financing the Dakota Access Pipeline,” de Blasio wrote in a Feb. 17 letter to Wells Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan. He said his concern stemmed from the fact that he is the mayor of a “coastal city threatened by climate change" and that such a structure carrying...
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De Blasio Threatens Wells Fargo Over Dakota Access Pipeline
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The Daily Caller ^
| February 19, 2017 | By Kerry Picket
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio threatened Wells Fargo bank for its investment in the North Dakota Access Pipeline. In a February 17 letter to Wells Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan, de Blasio said he wanted to “express my deep concern about your involvement, and the involvement of other banks, in financing
the Dakota Access Pipeline,” noting his concern is partly based on being a Mayor of a “coastal city threatened by climate change.” De Blasio claimed the pipeline would violate “human and tribal rights of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation” and would have “negative environmental consequences” to the land...
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North Dakota, feds address garbage left at pipeline protest camp
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The Spokesman-Review ^
| FEB. 15, 2017, | Blake Nicholson
BISMARCK, N.D. – Federal and state officials announced plans Wednesday to accelerate cleanup at a camp in southern North Dakota that has housed hundreds and sometimes thousands of Dakota Access pipeline opponents. Officials
fear the camp near the Cannonball River will soon flood due to warm weather and rapid snowmelt. They worry trash and debris left behind by people who have left in recent weeks might pollute the Missouri River and other nearby waterways. “With the amount of people that have been out there and the amount of estimated waste and trash out there, there is a good chance it...
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Littering slob protesters generate 2,500 dump trucks of waste at Dakota pipeline camp
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Canada Free Press ^
| 02/16/17 | Robert Laurie
Environmentalism How many times have we seen this play out? Whether
it’s the Earth Day mob leaving mountains of trash on the national Mall, Leo’s private jets and mega-yachts, or Al Gore’s enormous carbon footprint, it’s always the same. The people who scream the loudest about the environment always seem to be the worst offenders when it comes to the planet’s alleged destruction. Case in point, the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp in North Dakota. A small army of hippies had nothing better to do, so they descended on the site, screamed about the evils of oil, then left. Now...
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Pope Appears to Back Native Tribes in Dakota Pipeline Conflict
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Reuters ^
| February 15, 2017 | Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis appeared on Wednesday to back Native Americans seeking to halt part of the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying indigenous cultures have a right to defend "their ancestral relationship to the earth".The Latin American pope, who has often strongly defended indigenous rights since his election in 2013, made his comments
on protection of native lands to representative of tribes attending the Indigenous Peoples Forum in Rome.While he did not name the pipeline, he used strong and clear language applicable to the conflict, saying development had to be reconciled with "the protection of the particular characteristics of indigenous peoples...
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U.S. Army Corps to Grant Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Easement
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Bloomberg ^
| 2/7/17 | by Meenal Vamburkar
<p>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a court filing it will grant Energy Transfer Partners LP the easement it needs to finish the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline.</p> <p>The company needs the easement to complete work under Lake Oahe, following President Donald Trump’s memorandum that advised expediting review of the
project. Trump took office promising to favor oil and natural gas developments as well as support new infrastructure, which has included reviving TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline.</p>
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Dakota Access Pipeline protest leader charged with inciting a riot, 74 arrested
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Hotair ^
| 02/03/2017 | John Sexton
Dakota Access Pipeline protester Chase Iron Eyes was arrested this week and has been charged with inciting a riot, which is a felony. Iron
Eyes allegedly led a group of several dozen protesters who set up a new camp on higher ground that would be out of the flood plain where the current camp sits. The only problem: The property the new camp was set up on is owned by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline. From the Associated Press: Chase Iron Eyes could face up to five years in prison if convicted on the felony charge. He...
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North Dakota wants hired pipeline protesters to pay state income taxes
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The Washington Times ^
| Monday, January 30, 2017 | Valerie Richardson
It’s no secret that millions have been funneled into the six-month-old demonstration via crowdfunding websites, and that more than 30 environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, Indigenous Environmental Network, Food and Water Watch, 350.org and Greenpeace, have backed the protest. If
national environmental organizations are paying protest personnel, they’re not saying so publicly. Still, Mr. Rauschenberger said red flags will be raised if he doesn’t start seeing W2 or 1099 tax forms from those affiliated with the protest arriving at his office. “It’s something we could possibly pursue if we don’t see 1099s coming in for the activity,” Mr. Rauschenberger...
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