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Title: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on September 09/09/16, 03:40:28 PM: Tribe's request to stop work on Dakota Access pipeline denied.

Business Associated Press · Sep 9, 2016

:reporter; ........
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's attempt to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline near their North Dakota reservation was denied Friday by a federal judge.

The tribe had challenged training-087 the Army Corps of Engineers' decision to grant permits at more than 200 water crossings for Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners' $3.8 billion pipeline, saying that the project violates several federal laws, including the National Historic Preservation Act, and will harm water supplies. The tribe also says ancient sacred sites have been disturbed.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington denied the tribe's request for a temporary injunction in a one-page ruling that included no explanation. It ordered the parties to appear for a status conference on Sept. 16.

The ruling said that "this Court does not lightly countenance any depredation of lands that hold significance to the Standing Rock Sioux" and that, given the federal government's history with the tribe, "the Court scrutinizes the permitting process here with particular care. Having done so, the Court must nonetheless conclude that the Tribe has not demonstrated that an injunction is warranted here."

Attorney Jan Hasselman with environmental group Earthjustice, who filed the :bs: lawsuit in July on behalf of the tribe, said in the days before the ruling that it'll be challenged.

"We will have to pursue our options with an appeal and hope that construction isn't completed while that (appeal) process is going forward," he said. "We will continue to pursue vindication of the tribe's lawful rights even if the pipeline is complete."

Energy Transfer Partners officials didn't return The Associated Press' phone calls or emails seeking comment.

The 1,172-mile project will carry nearly a half-million barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota's oil fields through South Dakota and Iowa to an existing pipeline in Patoka, Illinois.

Thousands gathered Friday at the protest :taz: over the pipeline, which will cross the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in southern North Dakota. Judith LeBlanc, a member of the Caddo Nation in Oklahoma and director of the New York-based Native Organizers Alliance, said before the decision that she expected the protest to remain peaceful.

"There's never been a coming together of tribes like this," she said of Friday's gathering of Native Americans, which she estimated could be the largest in a century. People came from as far as New York and Alaska, some bringing their families and children, and hundreds of tribal flags dotted the camp, along with American flags flown upside-down in protest.

A :bs: rally against the Dakota Access pipeline is scheduled for Friday afternoon at the North Dakota Capitol, and many of those gathered at the protest site are expected to make the about 45-mile trek.

State authorities announced this week that law enforcement officers from across the state were being mobilized at the protest site, some National Guard members would work security at traffic checkpoints and another 100 would be on standby. The Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association has asked the federal Justice Department to send monitors to the site because it said racial profiling is occurring.

Nearly 40 people have been :police: arrested since the protest began in April, including tribal chairman Dave Archambault II, though none stemmed from Saturday's confrontation training-087 between protesters and construction workers.

Tribal officials said workers allegedly bulldozed sites on private land that Hasselman said in court documents was "of great historic and cultural significance." Energy Transfer Partners denied the allegations.
Four private security guards and two guard dogs were injured, officials said, while a tribal spokesman said six people -- including a child -- were bitten by the dogs and at least 30 people were pepper-sprayed.

The state's Private Investigation and Security Board received complaints about the use of dogs and will look into whether the private security personnel at the site are properly registered and licensed, board attorney Monte Rogneby said Friday, adding that he would not name the firms.

On Thursday, North Dakota's archaeologist said that piece of private land was not previously surveyed by the state would be surveyed next week and that if artifacts are found, pipeline work still could cease.

The company plans to have the pipeline completed this year. In court papers, ETP said stopping the project would cost it $1.4 billion the first year, mostly due to lost revenue in hauling crude.

"Investor appetite for the project could shift and financing may no longer be available," the company said. "Construction of the entire project would cease and the project itself would be jeopardized."

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Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on September 09/10/16, 04:54:17 PM: :reporter; Breaking News As The Drum Beat Goes On & On & On & On! :doah: ..........

ANOTHER UPDATE! :banghead:

Government temporarily halts Dakota Access pipeline near tribal lands

By Reuters Media on Sep 9, 2016 at 5:12 p.m.

:reporter;
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. government moved on Friday to temporarily halt an oil pipeline in North Dakota that has angered Native Americans, blocking construction on federal land and asking the company behind the project to suspend work nearby.

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The move came shortly after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington rejected a request from Native Americans for a court order to block the project. The government's action reflected the success of growing protests over the proposed $3.7 billion pipeline crossing four states which has sparked a renewal of Native American activism.
"This case has highlighted the need for a serious discussion on whether there should be nationwide reform with respect to considering tribes' views on these types of infrastructure projects," the U.S. Departments of Justice, Army and Interior said in a joint statement released minutes after Boasberg's ruling.

Opposition to the pipeline has drawn support from 200 Native American tribes, along with celebrities and activists from across the globe. :taz:

The Standing Rock Sioux, whose tribal lands are a half-mile south of the proposed route, say the pipeline would desecrate sacred burial and prayer sites, and could leak oil into the Missouri and Cannon Ball rivers, on which the tribe relies for water.

Thousands of people have swelled campgrounds near the site of the proposed pipeline, and protesters have included Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein and celebrities including actress Shailene Woodley.

Last weekend, the protests turned violent training-087 as demonstrators breached a wire fence and were confronted by security officers and guard dogs.

After Boasberg said in his ruling that a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fast-track the pipeline project was not illegal, tribal leaders quickly filed a notice of appeal.

At the same time, however, government officials were promising to temporarily halt construction of the pipeline on federally owned land.

In their joint statement, the three departments said they would invite Native American leaders to meetings this fall to discuss how the federal government can better consider the tribes' views and respect their land.

The three departments also said they respected protesters' rights to assemble and speak freely.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which owns some of the land where the pipeline was slated to be built and has been involved in the permitting process, said it would halt construction on its property until after officials had re-examined Native American concerns about the pipeline as well as previous projects. :doah:

It called on Dakota Access to halt work on other land, as well. But Dakota Access and its parent company, Energy Transfer Partners LP of Dallas, declined to comment for this story. By midafternoon Friday, the company had not said whether it would comply with the request.

ETP shares fell 3.6 percent to close at $39.14 on Friday.

When fully connected to existing lines, the $3.7 billion, 1,100-mile (1,770 km) Dakota Access pipeline would be the first pipeline to carry crude oil from the Bakken shale, a vast oil formation in North Dakota, Montana and parts of Canada, directly to the U.S. Gulf.

It would carry oil from just north of land owned by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe to Illinois, where it would connect with an existing pipeline and route crude directly to refineries in the U.S. Gulf Coast.

In his ruling Boasberg said he could not concur with claims by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe that the government erred in approving the Dakota Access pipeline.

Canadian light crude prices whipped around on Friday, trading as weak as 80 cents a barrel over U.S. crude futures earlier in the day before rallying to $1.00 a barrel over crude futures after Boasberg's decision. It held steady, however, after the U.S. government moved to halt work on the pipeline.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: dew2 on September 09/11/16, 02:52:48 PM: OOPS wrong artical!!Pipeline halted
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on September 09/11/16, 04:09:43 PM: Quote from: dew2 on September 09/11/16, 02:52:48 PM
OOPS wrong artical!!Pipeline halted

Hey Dewster,

The last post I had made was an update stating pipeline halted. Things are happening rapidly!

Lots of flip flopping so stay tuned.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on September 09/12/16, 10:35:22 AM: Red Lake supports Standing Rock in protest against Dakota Access Pipeline

:coffee: .......
On Thursday, Red Lake Chairman Darrell Seki presented the Red Lake Tribal Council's Resolution of Support to Standing Rock Chairman Davide Archambault in Fort Yates, N.D., and a donation of $5,000 on behalf of the Red Lake Band. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and many others are protesting the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline. The $3.8 billion pipeline will carry 450,000 barrels of crude oil each day from North Dakota to Illinois.

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Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/12/16, 10:38:26 AM: maybe they could burn walleye gutz in there carz, or produce electricity from them too!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on September 09/12/16, 11:13:41 AM: Well this could get interesting,last week friends from nodak said security forces and local police from several different counties encountered 150-200 protesters at the site armed with knives and hatchets,security backed off and that's when the governor called up the nat'l guard.

The odd thing is the state of nodak re-routed the standing rock drinking water some 200 miles away from this site last year,so there is more to this issue and most likely $$$$,pretty sure the nodak tribes ain't busting at the seems with casino money like we have here.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on September 09/12/16, 12:11:09 PM: Quote from: glenn57 on September 09/12/16, 10:38:26 AM
maybe they could burn walleye gutz in there carz, or produce electricity from them too!!!!!!!!!!

There you go again :doah: Tryin to make diamonds outa coal. :banghead:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on September 09/13/16, 06:48:04 PM: Dakota Access CEO: Company committed to training-087 finishing project.

Business Associated Press · Bismarck, N.D. · Sep 13, 2016

The head of a Texas company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline told employees :kingscourt: Tuesday that it is committed to the project despite strong opposition and a federal order to halt construction near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota.

Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren said in a memo to employees that the four-state, 1,172-mile (1886 km) project is nearly 60 percent complete and that "concerns about the pipeline's impact on the local water supply are :bs: unfounded." The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and others argue :taz: the project will impact drinking water for thousands of tribal members and millions downstream.

"I am confident that as long as the government ultimately decides the fate of the project based on science and engineering, the Dakota Access Pipeline will become operational ... So we will continue to obey the rules and trust the process," he wrote.

Standing Rock Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II said he and the thousands of others who have gathered at an encampment in southern North Dakota to protest won't budge. :doah:

"People are still coming down here and are committed to stopping the project," he said.

:popcorn: ....
Warren's memo, which was released to some media outlets, is the first time in months the company has provided significant details of the project. The company often has ignored requests for comment from The Associated Press.

"Our corporate mindset has long been to keep our head down and do our work," his memo said. "It has not been my preference to engage in a media/PR battle. However, misinformation has dominated the news, so we will work to communicate with the government and media more clearly in the days to come."

The Standing Rock Sioux is challenging the Army Corps :ustroops: of Engineers' decision to grant about 200 permits at water crossings for pipeline, which goes through the Dakotas and Iowa to Illinois. The tribe says the project will disturb sacred sites and impact drinking water.

Energy Transfer Partners disputes those claims, saying the pipeline would include safeguards and that workers monitoring the pipeline remotely could close valves within three minutes if a breach is detected. :happy1:

"We have designed the state-of-the-art Dakota Access pipeline as a safer and more efficient method of transporting crude oil than the alternatives being used today," his memo said.

ETP removed damaged or vandalized construction equipment from the area near the protest site Tuesday. Morton County Sheriff's Department spokesman Rob Keller says it was about 30 bulldozers, scrapers and other heavy equipment.

Asked Tuesday if the removal indicates Energy Transfer Partners is backing down :surrender: on its plans to build the pipeline, spokeswoman Vicki Granado underlined comments in an internal memo saying the company is committed :swords: to the project.

The tribe's effort to temporarily block construction near its reservation on the North Dakota-South Dakota border was denied by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Friday. But minutes later, federal officials ordered a temporary halt to construction on Army Corps land around and underneath Lake Oahe -- one of six reservoirs on the Missouri River. Three federal agencies also asked ETP for a "voluntary pause" in work for 20 miles (32 km) on either side of Lake Oahe.

The federal departments said the case "highlighted the need for a serious discussion" about nationwide reforms "with respect to considering tribes' views on these types of infrastructure projects."

Warren said the company had consulted with more than 55 tribes, including the Standing Rock Sioux, adding that ETP values and respects "cultural diversity and the significant role that Native American culture plays in our nation's history and its future and hope to be able to strengthen our relationship with the Native American communities as we move forward with this project."

Archambault said the consultations were one-sided and that "they met with us after their plans were already made." :moon:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on October 10/10/16, 08:52:19 AM: Court: Construction can resume on small stretch of Dakota pipeline

:reporter; .....
Environment The Associated Press · Bismarck, N.D. · Oct 10, 2016

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A federal appeals court on Sunday opened the door for construction to resume on a small stretch of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline while it considers an appeal by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

The ruling removed a temporary injunction that halted work on the project.

• FAQ: The Dakota Access pipeline and protest :scratch:

The tribe had asked the U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to continue work stoppage on the pipeline within 20 miles of Lake Oahe in North Dakota. The court earlier ordered work to stop while it considered the motion.

In a statement, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chair Dave Archambault II said that the tribe "is not backing down from this fight."

"We will not rest until our lands, people, waters and sacred places are permanently protected from this destructive pipeline," Archambault said.

Owned by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile project would carry nearly a half-million barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota's oil fields through South Dakota and Iowa to an existing pipeline in Patoka, Ill., where shippers can access Midwest and Gulf Coast markets.

The company did not immediately return an email Sunday seeking comment on the court's decision.

The pipeline passes near Standing Rock Sioux reservation land that straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border. The tribe's protest encampment near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers has swelled to thousands at times as demonstrators from around the country joined their cause.

• Counter Stories: On being at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp

Tribal and state officials also are at odds over whether :bs: sacred sites were destroyed while digging the pipeline corridor. The state archaeologist has said an inspection found no sign that the area contained human remains or cultural artifacts.

Congressman Kevin Cramer applauded the ruling. "I look forward to the workers getting back to work, doing the jobs they need to do Monday morning," the North Dakota Republican said in a statement.

The court hasn't decided on the tribe's appeal of a September ruling by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who declined to shut down work on the entire pipeline. He said the Sioux hadn't demonstrated that an injunction was warranted.

Though work may resume, three federal agencies — Interior, Justice and Army — immediately ordered that construction stop on land owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers next to and underneath Lake Oahe as it reviews its permitting decisions.

No timetable has been set for the federal review.

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Protesterof the Dakota Access Pipeline look over a fence on top of a hill on the west side of the Missouri River at pipeline construction crews as they work on the other side of the river on Aug. 16.

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Post by: Lee Borgersen on October 10/13/16, 05:22:31 AM: Activists target five pipelines, including in Clearbrook, in solidarity with Dakota Access opponents

Oct 11, 2016

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Two people from a group calling itself "Climate Direct Action" :moon: were arrested :happy1: on Tuesday for tampering with this Enbridge valve station near Leonard, Minn.

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CLEARBROOK, Minn. — Activists who tampered Tuesday, Oct. 11, with five oil pipelines that carry Canadian crude into the United States said they’re standing in solidarity with Dakota Access Pipeline opponents and calling on President Obama to prevent a “climate catastrophe.”

The activists from a group called Climate Direct Action said they targeted pipelines that deliver tar sands oil from Alberta into the U.S. in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and an international :bs: call for prayer and action.

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Nine people were arrested in connection with tampering with emergency valves on pipelines, including two Enbridge Energy pipelines southeast of Clearbrookand TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline near Walhalla, N.D., said Afrin Sopariwala, a spokeswoman for the group.

“They used the emergency valves because this is a climate emergency,” she said.

No oil was reported spilled in any of the incidents, but the companies involved said they take the incidents very seriously.

“The groups involved in this morning’s activities claim to be protecting the environment, :doah: but their actions alone are inviting an environmental incident and put the safety of people, including themselves and potentially first responders and our employees, at risk,” Enbridge said in a statement.

The group also targeted Spectra Energy’s Express pipeline in Coal Banks Landing, Mont., and Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline at Anacortes, Wash.

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Spokespeople for Enbridge, TransCanada and Spectra Energy said the companies temporarily shut down their pipelines as safety precautions. Kinder Morgan was not operating that segment of pipeline at the time.

“The actions taken to unlawfully trespass on our facility, use bolt cutters to cut chains off our valves and then attempt to turn the valves to stop the flow of oil were dangerous and reckless,” Enbridge said.

TransCanada joined Enbridge in saying the company supports the prosecution of those involved.

“Vandalism which attempts to sabotage our equipment or interfere with operating machinery, poses a risk to the public, our employees, those who broke into our facility and to the environment,” said TransCanada spokesman Mark Cooper.

Three were arrested in North Dakota and identified by the activist group as Michael Foster, 52, Seattle, Sam Jessup and Deia Schlosberg. :banghead:

Pembina County State’s Attorney Ryan Bialas said his office is working with local and federal authorities to investigate and determine whether charges will be filed in county or federal court.

The TransCanada pipeline was inactive for more than seven hours but the preliminary reports indicate there is no threat to the health and safety of local residents, Bialas said.

In Minnesota, authorities arrested Emily Johnston, 50, Seattle, and Annette Klapstein, 64, of Bainbridge Island, Washington. They were being held in the Clearwater County Jail. :bow:

Authorities did not immediately comment on the charges. Some of those arrested included video crews who were recording the action for :reporter; social media.

Sopariwala said the activists involved have spent several years signing petitions, talking to political representatives and pursuing other legal avenues to fight climate change but the efforts haven’t made a difference.

“We felt compelled to take an escalated action,” training-087 she said.

The activists contacted each company to let them know what they were doing and made sure their actions wouldn’t cause any environmental harm :party1:, Sopariwala said. They left sunflowers in the valves as a symbol of the world they want to build, she said. :bonk: (well, in that case they should go free) :puke:

“Our intention was not to cause damage but actually stop the damage that we’re facing,” Sopariwala said. “The damage and danger and the emergency we are facing far exceeds the breaking of a chain or two.”

The activist group also wrote a letter to Obama calling on him to shut down tar sands pipelines and immediately mobilize a shift away from fossil fuels.

The group said they are acting in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, who fear the four-state Dakota Access Pipeline proposed to cross Lake Oahe less than a mile north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation threatens their water supply and sacred sites. :bs:

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Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on October 10/13/16, 01:58:33 PM: Trespassers,thro'em in jail...Cut off they're federal aid,its time and way past due.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on October 10/18/16, 03:00:10 AM: And The Beat Goes On :party1: & on & on.......

:reporter; 'Democracy Now' reporter to plead not guilty to riot charge :moon:
Issues Associated Press · Mandan, N.D. · Oct 17, 2016

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Protesters look over a fence at the construction. Protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline look over a fence on top of a hill on the west side of the Missouri River at pipeline construction crews as they work on the other side of the river on Aug. 16, 2016. Christopher Juhn for MPR News File
Journalist Amy Goodman, host of the syndicated program "Democracy Now!" said she planned to plead not guilty Monday to a riot charge stemming from her coverage of a protest against the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota.

"I will training-087 these charges vigorously," Goodman told The Associated Press. "I wasn't trespassing. I wasn't rioting. I was reporting."

Goodman had earlier been charged with criminal trespassing, but that charge was dismissed Friday.

• FAQ: The Dakota Access pipeline and protest :scratch:

Her defense attorney, Tom Dickson, said Monday that prosecutor Ladd Erickson had told him authorities planned to charge Goodman with engaging in a riot. The misdemeanor charge, which carries penalty of up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine, had not been filed Monday morning.

Goodman plans to enter her plea and post bond Monday afternoon, Dickson said.

The protests have drawn thousands of people to the area where Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners is trying to wrap up construction on the $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois. :doah:

Opponents of the pipeline worry about potential :bs: effects on drinking water on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and farther downstream, as well as destruction of :bs: cultural artifacts. :moon:

Goodman is one about 140 people who have been charged in recent weeks with interfering with the pipeline's construction in North Dakota.

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An arrest warrant was issued for Goodman after she reported on a clash between protesters and pipeline security at a construction site Sept. 3, when Standing Rock Sioux officials said crews bulldozed several sites of "significant cultural and historic value" on private land. Energy Transfer Partners denies those allegations.

• More: Green Party candidate faces charges in graffiti protest :whistling:

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Law enforcement officials said four security guards and two guard dogs received medical treatment. A tribal spokesman said six people were bitten by guard dogs and at least 30 people were pepper-sprayed.

Goodman, who is based in New York, said she "came to North Dakota to cover this epic struggle ... what we found was horrifying."

Erickson did not immediately return telephone calls Monday. He has said Goodman went beyond reporting by yelling at security guards.

"I think she put together a piece to influence :banghead: the world on her agenda, basically," Erickson told the Bismarck Tribune.

"Is he charging me with a crime because he doesn't like my reporting?" said Goodman, :cry: who was broadcasting her program Monday across the street from the Morton County Courthouse. "I'm afraid he is sending a message to reporters, 'Do not come to the state of North Dakota or we will arrest you.'"

Carlos Lauria, senior Americas coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists, said any charges against Goodman are an attempt to intimidate reporters from covering protests of "significant public interest."

"It is shocking," said Lauria, who is based in New York. "Authorities must drop these ridiculous accusations to ensure all reporters can continue to work without interference."

Goodman's New York-based show airs daily on hundreds of radio and TV stations and over the Internet.

It's not the first time Goodman has had a brush with the law while covering events. She and two of her producers received $100,000 in a settlement over their arrests during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.

St. Paul and Minneapolis agreed to pay a combined $90,000 while the federal government agreed to pay $10,000. The lawsuit named the federal government because a Secret Service agent confiscated the press credentials of Goodman and her producers.

Goodman said at the time the money would go "to support independent, :bs: unfettered" journalism about such events.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on October 10/27/16, 03:12:10 AM: :reporter; News Update!

10/26/16

training-087 Tense standoff at Dakota Access protest encampment.

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The prospect of a police raid on an encampment protesting the Dakota Access pipeline faded as night fell Wednesday, with law enforcement making no immediate move after protesters rejected their request to withdraw from private land.

Unmarked aircraft that had been monitoring protesters were withdrawn late in the day, and some activists who had been on hand for a possible confrontation headed back to a larger protest camp on federal land.

:police: ......
Law enforcement officials said they were ready to remove about 200 protesters who this weekend set up teepees and tents on land owned by the pipeline company.

• Minneapolis: Protesters decry use of Hennepin Co. Sheriff's equipment, staff.

Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney told reporters that authorities don't want a confrontation but that the protesters "are not willing to bend." :moon:

"We have the resources. We could go down there at any time," he said. "We're trying not to."

Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said authorities would continue to try for a peaceful resolution but that "we are here to enforce the law as needed."

Protesters vowed to stay put, at one point chanting "Stand in peace against the beast." :bonk:

"We're going to hold this ground," said protester Mekasi Camp Horinek. training-087

"I'm here to die if I have to. I don't want to die but I will," said Didi Banerji, who lives in Toronto but is originally from the Spirit Lake Sioux reservation in North Dakota. (Go back to Toronto!) :taz:

Activists fear the nearly 1,200-mile pipeline could harm cultural sites and drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. :blablabla:

Energy Transfer Partners, which is building the $3.8 billion pipeline, said Tuesday that the protesters were trespassing and that "lawless :bs: behavior will not be tolerated."

:coffee: ......
Protests supporting the Standing Rock Sioux tribe's opposition to the pipeline have been ongoing for months, with more than 260 people arrested so far in North Dakota. The pipeline is to carry oil from western North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to an existing pipeline in Patoka, Illinois, where shippers can send it on to Midwest and Gulf Coast markets. Energy Transfer Partners has said the pipeline is nearly complete other than the work in south central North Dakota.

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Local sheriff's officials had said earlier they didn't have the resources to immediately remove activists from the private land, which is just north of the main protest camp on federal land near Cannon Ball, a town about 50 miles south of Bismarck. But officers called for reinforcements, and those were arriving from other states.

One notable clash came on Sept. 3, after construction crews removed topsoil from private land that protesters believe contained Native American burial and cultural sites. Authorities said four security guards and two guard dogs were injured. The tribe said protesters reported that six people were bitten by security dogs and at least 30 people were pepper-sprayed.

• NewsCut: Feds close airspace over pipeline protest

The state and pipeline company dispute that any sacred grounds have been disturbed during the construction.

North Dakota's Emergency Commission approved $6 million in emergency funding for law enforcement costs related to the protest — but as of Wednesday, nearly all of that had been used up. The Department of Emergency Services plans to ask for more, Fong said.

The protest has drawn the attention of activists and celebrities, including actress-activist Shailene Woodley and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson and actor Mark Ruffalo were at the protest camp Wednesday. Jackson said he was there "to pray together, protest together and if necessary go to jail together."

A second encampment that became necessary when arriving sympathizers outgrew the first on

Sept. 9, 2016.

:Photography:

This is a dark day in more than one way! :banghead:

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Post by: Lee Borgersen on October 10/28/16, 06:30:08 AM: Let da games begin! :banghead:

Officials: Shots fired :fudd: at law officers, protesters pepper sprayed as protest site grows tense :taz: in armed eviction. :police:

10/27/2016

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Story and video:
http://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/4146041-officials-shots-fired-law-officers-protesters-pepper-sprayed-protest-site-grows-tense#.WBMwpQQlnjU.link

Protesters are using burned vehicles to block a state highway Friday. :taz:

:Photography:

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Post by: Lee Borgersen on October 10/30/16, 10:30:17 AM: :reporter; Over 100 ND Pipeline Protesters Arrested

10/30/16

I thought :scratch: you would be interested in this video I found. Over 100 ND Pipeline Protesters Arrested

Video: http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAjuOmr?ocid=se

:coffee: .......
CANNON BALL, N.D. — Protesters trying to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline urged unity on Saturday as they prayed together near burned-out construction vehicles that served as a barricade between activists and law enforcement officers.
Following two days of confrontations with law enforcement, at least 150 people prayed near the barricade in chilly, cloudy weather in southern North Dakota. Women in Native American regalia participated in the prayer, which stressed the need for protesters to work together. Opponents of the project have been camped near the pipeline route for months in an effort to stop construction.

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"Our camp needs to continue to be peaceful and prayerful," Caroline High Elk, who has stayed at the encampment for brief periods eight times over the past few months, said Saturday. "But there are some who are been aggressive training-087 and energetic in a way because they want to be the fearless warrior." :taz:

The $3.8 billion pipeline was designed to carry oil 1,200 miles from western North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point at Patoka, Illinois. But the Standing Rock Sioux tribe objects to the project, saying it passes so close to its reservation that any leak could pollute the local water supply. They also said the pipeline could disturb sacred cultural sites.

© The Associated Press Holly Doll, of Mandan, an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, holds a protest sign outside the state’s capitol building, in Bismarck, N.D., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. Doll and more than 60 other demonstrators…

The protest escalated last weekend, when demonstrators set up camp on private land along the pipeline's path that had recently been acquired by Energy Transfer Partners. On Thursday, more than 140 people were arrested as law enforcement — bolstered by reinforcements from several states — slowly moved in and cleared them off the private land.

Then on Friday, dozens of people moved behind the burned vehicles and heavy plywood along a highway, facing concrete barriers, military vehicles and police in riot gear. Don Cuny, the security leader for activists at the encampment, said Saturday that standoff "does not represent" the ongoing protest.

Cuny noted that disagreements have surfaced about how to demonstrate, but he said any people involved in the protest who instigate trouble would be kicked out of the encampment. Stressing unity, he said: "More numbers make you more powerful."

"Enough is enough. Natives have been ignored throughout history," said Holly Doll, a tribal member who was among more than 60 protesters at another rally Saturday at the state Capitol in Bismarck. "Our voices may be small, but we are strong. This is about looking ahead for future generations and protecting our water."

The camp cleared on Thursday was located just to the north of the more permanent, larger encampment, which has been allowed on federally owned land and is a main staging area for hundreds of protesters from around the country including Native Americans, environmentalists and some celebrities.

Sandra Chasing Hawk, 37, a Standing Rock Sioux member who has been at the protest camp for months, said joining the movement has been a religious experience for her.

"Our elders are keeping us together. They are bringing unity," she said.

A federal judge in September denied the tribe's request to block construction after it argued that the Army Corps of Engineers improperly issued permits.

North Dakota officials have said no culturally significant sites have been found in the area. :doah: But on the day the judge ruled, three federal agencies stepped in to order construction to halt on Army Corps-owned land around Lake Oahe, a wide spot of the Missouri River, while the Corps reviewed its decision.

Construction has been allowed to continue on private land owned by the developer, with a goal of completion by the end of the year. :happy1:

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Post by: Leech~~ on October 10/30/16, 06:07:14 PM: First thing they should do is cut off their Snacks! :cry:
It's seemed to work in Oregon! :rotflmao:

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Post by: Lee Borgersen on October 10/31/16, 01:36:40 AM: :banghead: Money pours in for anti-pipeline protest, but will it last? :cry:

:doah: ........
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The crowdsourcing goal was modest: $5,000, enough to help a few dozen people camping in North Dakota to protest the nearby construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline. The fund has since topped a staggering $1 million.

The fund is among several cash streams that have provided at least $3 million to help with legal costs, food and other supplies to those opposing the nearly 1,200-mile pipeline. It may also give protesters the ability to prolong their months-long encampments that have attracted thousands of supporters, as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe pursues the fight in court.

And as the number of protest-related arrests increased this week, so did contributions — the funds raked in more than $200,000 between Thursday and Friday alone.

But demonstrators are quick to note that the amount of money raised and what they have left isn't the same.

"It still feels unreal sometimes because it is such an astronomical figure to me," said Ho Waste Wakiya Wicasa, the protester who set up the GoFundMe account that has raised more than $1 million mostly for operating expenses at the camp, which took root in April.

"The money goes as quickly as it comes, but without it having been as much as it is, we certainly wouldn't have been able to be as productive as we have been in the fight," he said.

For months now, opponents of the $3.8 billion pipeline — which is slated to move oil from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois — have been camping near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers. They worry the project will disrupt cultural artifacts and hurt drinking water sources on the Standing Rock Sioux's nearby reservation and farther downstream because the pipeline will cross the Missouri River.

The Texas-based company building the pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners, insists the project is safe. The tribe is fighting the pipeline's permitting process in federal court.

Since the number of protesters soared in August in North Dakota, donations started rolling in more frequently and more than 400 people have been arrested — including more than 140 on Thursday when officers evicted protesters camping on private land recently acquired by Energy Transfer Partners.

But running a camp — and readying it for North Dakota's brutal winter — isn't cheap. The account Wicasa set up has only about $100,000 left as of Friday night, according to LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, a tribal historian and preservation employee. She provided family land for use in the original camp, Sacred Stone, in April and still houses demonstrators.

The money has been used for grocery store trips every two days that cost about $2,000 each, 20 yurts purchased for $160,000, and around $7,000 for bail money. It has also paid for a storage area, composting toilets, tiny houses, tepees, a medical area and generators powered by solar panels and wind.

A bookkeeper and an accountant now keep track of the crowd-sourced money.

"I got people to take care of," Brave Bull Allard said. "I got to provide homes for people and blankets, thermal wear, socks, hats and gloves, and food. Right now, we are feeding 670 people."

One online legal defense fund has raised more than $655,000 for "the legal defense of warriors protecting land, water and human rights."

Meanwhile, much of the money the tribe is using for the legal fight is from at least $1.3 million in direct donations, tribal chairman Dave Archambault recently told The Associated Press. He declined to say how much tribal officials have spent so far, saying that could give their opponents an advantage in the legal case.

Energy Transfer Partners also has declined to provide an estimate of its legal expenses. The tribe is pursuing appeals after losing in lower courts.

The Standing Rock Sioux didn't solicit money, Archambault said, but asked other tribes for letters of support or formal resolutions. He said it was only after other tribes, including the Red Lake Nation and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Minnesota, inquired about financial contributions that leaders decided to accept money for legal costs. And as the protests continued, the tribe decided to also use part of the money for waste-management services for protesters, he said.

"I know the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is not alone; we have overwhelming support," Archambault said, adding that his tribe would in return help other tribes "in their fight against corporations."

Among the donors to online fundraisers is southern New Hampshire resident Carol DiPirro. She gave $30, motivated in part because of a fight her community waged against a natural gas pipeline.

:popcorn: ....
"They are saying the same thing: This is our water supply. You run a pipeline through it and it leaks, you are poisoning us. That's exactly what I spent two years of my life saying," DiPirro said. "This really, really struck a chord with me." :bonk:

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Post by: cookie on October 10/31/16, 10:39:19 AM: So is there any way the pipe line can be rerouted? Or with todays technology away to make it 100 % safe. Under the river hundreds of feet? Over the water?
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: dew2 on October 10/31/16, 11:37:07 AM: Weird pipeline! Crosses the Missouri 2 times when it could have been routed east of the river with no crossings!!
It was to cross north of Bismark BUT the city and residents said NO our water concerns are to great and a spill will pollute the drinking water?? So their crossing someone elses area and possibly polluting their water?UMM??
Heres a good read and a map of the pipeline.Prositutes?? maybe a 3some??
http://bismarcktribune.com/bakken/man-alleges-company-offered-prostitute-for-pipeline-right-of-way/article_3a0ccfeb-4388-53ec-915c-b88491eba789.html
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Post by: snow1 on October 10/31/16, 01:20:50 PM: Seems the media is creating this firestorm....weird eh?

Little 1st hand feed back from the Standing Rock tribe.

finally have an article that addresses what the Standing Rock folks have to say and not just Archambault and his few lackies:

“If He Had Any Balls” He’d Tell #NoDAPL Protesters “To Go Home” Standing Rock Tribal Leader Says of Archambault

Featured North Dakota7 hours ago by Rob Port
Robert Fool Bear Sr. is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. In fact, he’s a tribal leader, serving as the district chairman of Cannon Ball, the tribal community located just a few miles from the often unlawful and sometimes violent protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

He says not everybody at Standing Rock is in support of the protests.

Fool Bear has had it with the protesters. He says that more than two years ago, when members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe could have attended hearings to make their concerns known, they didn’t care. Now, suddenly, the crowds are out of control, and he fears it’s just a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt.

According to the article, Fool Bear says his community shot down a request from the protesters to build a winter camp there. Of the 88 people from the tiny community who voted, 66 were against the camp and less than 10 were for it.

This stands in stark contrast to the impression we’ve gotten from most media reports about the protests, which is that the Native American communities all stand in solidarity in favor of the protests and against the pipeline. That’s obviously not the case.

I don’t know what Mr. Fool Bear’s opinion of the pipeline is, but he’s clearly not in favor of the protests. And who can blame him, given how out of control they’ve gotten?

Meanwhile, Chairman Archambault seems to be backing off some of his more heated rhetoric towards law enforcement. Let’s hope it’s a trend which continues.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: savage270 on October 10/31/16, 02:04:39 PM: This has been a complete crap show out here for the past 2 and a half months and most of the truth is not getting out in the media at all. It started out with a handful of natives praying and camping by the river, but the VAST majority of them are not "protesters". They are criminals, mostly made up of environmental extremist nut jobs from around the country. During the course of their "peaceful" protests they have repeatedly trespassed on private land, intimidated local ranchers and families, stolen hay, killed livestock, cut fences, set contractor's and ranchers' equipment on fire. Law enforcement has been overwhelmed. The children at the local rural schools have not been able to go out for recess for months because their schools are constantly in lockdown. The sheriff deputies routinely have to escort the school buses on their routes so the children feel safe.

As for the pipeline itself, it took years to get approvals and permits and rerouted something like 140 times to avoid sensitive cultural and environmental sites. It will be bored 80 feet BELOW the river bed and is double cased, to detect and prevent leaks before they could ever reach the water. The pipeline route on both sides of the river follows and existing natural gas pipeline route that was installed 30 years ago, so no new area is being disturbed. The route north of Bismarck was scrapped because there is too much development to adhere to the guidelines of staying 500 feet away from a residential property. It was NEVER the chosen route of this pipeline and was only one of several options being considered.

I think that answers all of the questions that were asked, but I'd be happy to answer any others. Everyone out here is completely sick of this and ready for it to end. We are hoping for a cold, nasty, early winter to send these idiots home.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on October 10/31/16, 02:29:37 PM: Hellofa 1st post savage and welcome to MNO,thanx for your insight,do you live near cannon ball? or are you in town?curious.Buddies from the area said they lost two cow's and one horse from someone shooting them and let them lay,sad deal,the entire issue sucks.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: savage270 on October 10/31/16, 02:34:58 PM: Haha. I suppose it was! I have actually been a "lurker" on this site for a couple of years and enjoy reading the articles and talk forums. I live near Bismarck, but my wife is from central Minnesota and we still spend plenty of time enjoying the outdoors there. Looking forward to being in the deer stand early Saturday morning!
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on October 10/31/16, 03:11:53 PM: Well good luck Saturday,ticks are horrible! The whole damn family are out and blood thirsty,deer ticks,dog ticks and the hard to see nymphes.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: glenn57 on October 10/31/16, 04:04:25 PM: Quote from: savage270 on October 10/31/16, 02:34:58 PM
Haha. I suppose it was! I have actually been a "lurker" on this site for a couple of years and enjoy reading the articles and talk forums. I live near Bismarck, but my wife is from central Minnesota and we still spend plenty of time enjoying the outdoors there. Looking forward to being in the deer stand early Saturday morning!
bismarck......... huh. my boss lives south of mandan. now of the mid america steel plant by the prison?? i travel to bismarck about every 3 months!!!!!!!
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Post by: Lee Borgersen on November 11/02/16, 06:33:21 PM: Obama says Army Corps examining Dakota oil pipeline route.

11/2/16

:reporter; ...
President Barack Obama has called for "peace" and "restraint" on the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining whether the four-state project can be rerouted in southern North Dakota to alleviate the concerns of American Indians.

Obama told the online news outlet this that his administration is monitoring the situation closely :doah: but will "let it play out for several more weeks."

:blablabla: ....
"As a general rule, my view is that there is a way for us to accommodate sacred lands of Native Americans, and I think that right now the Army Corps is examining whether there are ways to reroute this pipeline," Obama said an interview Tuesday.

Corps spokeswoman Eileen Williamson said Wednesday the agency had no immediate comment on the president's remarks. She said a statement by the agency was expected later in the day.

The White House said the Corps was exploring a range of options that would address concerns raised by tribal officials and others. Separately, the Army, the Justice Department and the Interior Department are discussing with tribal governments how to prevent future disputes with the federal government over public works projects, according to the White House.

Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault welcomed Obama's :bs: statement but said the administration and the Corps should go farther and stop work on the pipeline and do a full environmental impact study.
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Post by: snow1 on November 11/04/16, 12:08:05 PM: He and the tribe had their chance two years ago and snubbed the meeting with the corps when appling for the required work permits.
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Post by: Lee Borgersen on November 11/11/16, 11:26:04 AM: :reporter; Corps renews call for Dakota Access to stop construction.

By Forum News Service:

Nov 10, 2016

:banghead: ....
OMAHA - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers renewed its call Wednesday, Nov. 9, for Dakota Access Pipeline to voluntarily stop construction near Lake Oahe, citing concerns for people involved with continued protests north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

"We are concerned over recent statements from DAPL regarding our request to voluntarily stop work, which are intended to diffuse tensions surrounding their operations near Corps-managed federal land until we have a clear path forward," said Col. John W. Henderson, commander of the Omaha district, in a statement released late Wednesday.

The Army Corps asked Dakota Access on Nov. 4 to voluntarily stop construction for 30 days to allow for tensions to de-escalate, Henderson said.

Dakota Access LLC, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, said Tuesday the company would not agree to halt construction. Dakota Access said the company has completed construction of the pipeline on each side of Lake Oahe and is mobilizing horizontal drilling equipment in preparation to drill under Lake Oahe.

The Army Corps has not issued an easement for the Lake Oahe crossing.

Representatives from the Army Corps also have met recently with tribal officials and agreed to work proactively to defuse tensions between demonstrators and law enforcement, Henderson said.

"We again ask DAPL to voluntarily cease operations in this area as their absence will help reduce these tensions," Henderson said.

Previously, the Army Corps, the Department of Justice and the Department of Interior had asked Dakota Access to voluntarily pause construction within 20 miles of Lake Oahe, but the company did not comply with the request. :moon:

Dakota Access Pipeline construction in North Dakota earlier this fall.

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Post by: Lee Borgersen on November 11/19/16, 07:12:46 AM: Dakota Access oil pipeline developer won't consider reroute!

Business Associated Press · Nov 18, 2016

:taz: .......
Protesters demonstrate against the Dakota Access Pipeline Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at an Army Corps of Engineers office in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Peter Cox | MPR News
The head of the company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Friday that it won't be rerouted but that he'd like to meet with the head of an American Indian tribe to try to ease the tribe's concerns about the project.

Kelcy Warren, the CEO of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, told The Associated Press that the company has no alternative than to stick to its plan for the $3.8 billion pipeline, which would ship oil from North Dakota to Illinois and which is nearly completed. :happy1:

"There's not another way. We're building at that location," Warren said.

• More: Dakota Access Pipeline decision unlikely until early 2017

:reporter; ...
Warren said he would welcome the chance to meet with Dave Archambault, the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux, to address the tribe's concerns that the pipeline skirting its reservation would endanger drinking water and cultural sites.

Archambault, who was with celebrity sympathizers who toured the tribe's protest encampment Friday, including the actors Shailene Woodley and Ezra Miller, said he'd be willing to meet with Warren but that he doesn't think it would make a difference. :moon:

"We already know what he's going to say -- that this is the cleanest, safest pipeline ever," the chairman said."What he doesn't know is that this is still an issue for Standing Rock and all indigenous people." :moon: :blablabla:

The 1,200-mile, four-state pipeline is largely complete except for a section that would pump oil under Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota. The Standing Rock tribe fears that a leak could contaminate the drinking water on its nearby reservation and says the project also threatens sacred sites, which Warren disputes.

• FAQ: The Dakota Access pipeline and protest :scratch:

President Barack :bs: Obama earlier this month raised the possibility of rerouting the pipeline, and Archambault has told the AP that would be acceptable to the tribe as long as the new route wouldn't take it near the reservation.

Warren noted that the Dakota Access route parallels the existing Northern Border Pipeline, which crosses the Dakotas as it carries natural gas from Canada and the U.S. to the Chicago area.

"We're going to cross the river at that location," he said, calling it the "least impactful" site. :popcorn:

The Army Corps of Engineers in July granted ETP the permits needed for the crossing, but the agency decided in September that further analysis was warranted given the tribe's concerns. On Monday, the Corps called for even more study and tribal input.

ETP responded the next day by asking U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to declare that it has the right to lay pipe under Lake Oahe. The judge isn't likely to issue a decision until January, at the earliest. :happy1:

The matter might linger until after President-Elect Donald :superman: Trump takes office. Trump, who owns stock in ETP, has said he wants to rebuild energy infrastructure.

:popcorn:
"Do I think it's going to get easier? Of course," Warren said of the incoming administration. "If you're in the infrastructure business ... you need consistency, and you need rules and (regulations). And we need to follow those — everybody needs to follow them, including our own government. That's where this process has gotten off track."

:whistling: ......
In the meantime, the months of protests against the pipeline continue. There have been demonstrations at the protest encampment near the site of the proposed reservoir crossing and elsewhere, including at the state Capitol and state-owned Bank of North Dakota. About 500 people have been arrested, in total.

Warren called protests that became training-087 violent :taz: :taz: "repulsive," :puke: but he also said the company could have done some things differently. :fudd:

"I think we could have had communication with state government before we did," he said. "That dialogue wasn't started until after we had a problem."

Protesters demonstrate :taz: against the Dakota Access Pipeline Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at an Army Corps of Engineers office in downtown St. Paul, Minn.

:oops1:

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Post by: LPS on November 11/19/16, 09:23:01 AM: Our Union used to have the Big Christmas party at a Casino. I never went partly due to where it is held at. This year they changed it to a different place not affiliated with any tribes due to these demonstrations and their effect on Union Jobs. We will be attending this years party and will get a room and stay overnight and have a great time.
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Post by: glenn57 on November 11/19/16, 10:04:53 AM: Quote from: LPS on November 11/19/16, 09:23:01 AM
Our Union used to have the Big Christmas party at a Casino. I never went partly due to where it is held at. This year they changed it to a different place not affiliated with any tribes due to these demonstrations and their effect on Union Jobs. We will be attending this years party and will get a room and stay overnight and have a great time.
the building trades use to hold there convention at the casino's now and then until like you said LPS. now they look elsewhere.
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Post by: Lee Borgersen on November 11/19/16, 10:55:22 AM: Hoeven, the only member of the delegation available for an interview Friday, said he thinks the Corps is ready to issue an easement but the Obama administration is holding them up. Hoeven said he’s also reached out to the Trump administration and said he believes “they’ll provide that easement right away.”

The state cost to respond to protests was estimated to be $10.9 million as of Nov. 9 and expected to keep growing.

Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company of Dakota Access LLC, has made public statements about the possibility of the company reimbursing North Dakota for those costs. :scratch:

Company spokeswoman Vicki Anderson Granado said Energy Transfer executives made a verbal offer to Gov. Dalrymple to reimburse the state.

However, Dalrymple said Friday he has not received any such offer in his office.

Jeff Zent, a spokesman for the governor, said he’s not sure if there’s a legal mechanism that would allow the state to receive a reimbursement from the company.

:reporter; Breakdown of protest-related costs:
Out-of-state law enforcement, $3.3 million

Law enforcement from ND cities and counties, excluding Morton County, $2.8 million

North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, $1.3 million

North Dakota National Guard, $1 million

North Dakota Highway Patrol, $1.4 million

Other state agencies, $1.1 million

(Game and Fish, Attorney General, Parks and Recreation, Departments of Health and Corrections)

Source: North Dakota Department of Emergency Services estimates as of Nov. 9
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: The General on November 11/20/16, 06:33:23 AM: That company doesn't owe north Dakota a dime. If they would have enforced the law right away the cost would have been minimal.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on November 11/20/16, 07:27:24 AM: Quote from: The General on November 11/20/16, 06:33:23 AM
That company doesn't owe north Dakota a dime. If they would have enforced the law right away the cost would have been minimal.

I agree :happy1:
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Post by: Lee Borgersen on November 11/20/16, 07:51:16 AM: Quote from: Lee Borgersen on November 11/20/16, 07:27:24 AM
Quote from: The General on November 11/20/16, 06:33:23 AM
That company doesn't owe north Dakota a dime. If they would have enforced the law right away the cost would have been minimal.

I agree :happy1:

Somewhere along the line our law enforcement system has gone down the tubes. Instead of all the trouble makers all getting cuffed, our police arrive already hand cuffed.
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Post by: Lee Borgersen on November 11/21/16, 10:56:16 AM: Police, :police: protesters :taz: face off training-087 at Dakota Access pipeline

:coffee: ....
Tension flared :taz: anew on the Dakota Access pipeline as protesters tried to training-087 past a long-blocked bridge on a state highway, only to be turned back by a line of :police: enforcement using water cannon and what appeared to be tear gas.

Sunday's skirmishes began around 6 p.m. after protesters removed a burned-out truck on what's known as the Backwater Bridge, not far from the encampment where they've been for weeks as they demonstrate against the pipeline. The Morton County Sheriff's Department estimated 400 protesters sought to cross the bridge on state Highway 1806.

A live stream early Monday showed a continued standoff, with large lights illuminating smoke wafting across the scene.

The sheriff's department said in a statement around 1 a.m. Monday that approximately 100 to 200 protesters were on the bridge or in the vicinity. It said law enforcement officers "had rocks thrown at them, burning logs and rocks shot from slingshots, " and that one officer had been hit on the head by a thrown rock.

:coffee: ......
At least one person one person ? :scratch: was arrested. Protesters said a gym in Cannon Ball was opened to aid demonstrators who were soaked on a night the temperature dipped into the low 20s or were hit with tear gas. Rema Loeb told The Associated Press he was forced to retreat from the bridge because he feared being doused with water on the freezing night. Others, he said, needed medical treatment after being hit with tear gas.

"It's been just horrible," said the 83-year-old Loeb, who traveled from Massachusetts about two weeks ago to join the protests.

The 1,200-mile, four-state pipeline is being built to carry oil from western North Dakota to a shipping point in Illinois. But construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline has been protested for months by the Standing Rock Sioux, whose reservation lies near the pipeline route, and the tribe's allies, who fear a leak could contaminate their drinking water. They also worry that construction could threaten sacred sites.

Energy Transfer Partners has said no sites have been disturbed and that the pipeline will have safeguards against leaks, and is a safer method of transport for oil than rail or truck. The company has said the pipeline is largely complete except for the section under Lake Oahe.

The bridge lies near where protesters had set up camp on private property owned by the pipeline developer, Energy Transfer Partners, before they were forcibly removed by law enforcement Oct. 27. It's also about a mile from an uncompleted section under Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir, where work has been on hold by order of federal agencies.

Tara Houska, an organizer with Honor the Earth, told the Bismarck Tribune that the Cannon Ball gym was opened to aid people who had been doused with water or tear gas.

Phone calls to the sheriff's department late Sunday went to an answering machine.

On Friday, Kelcy Warren, the chief executive of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, said the company is unwilling to reroute the pipeline. :moon: :Clap:

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Post by: Lee Borgersen on December 12/01/16, 12:15:54 AM: Veterans to form human shield at Dakota Access pipeline protest :doah:

12/1/16

:doah: ......
CANNON BALL, N.D. - More than 2,000 U.S. military veterans plan to form a human shield to protect protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline project near a Native American reservation, organizers said.

:scratch: ....
"I figured this was more important than anything else I could be doing," Guy Dull Knife, 69, a Vietnam War Army veteran, told Reuters at the main camp.

Dull Knife, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota, said he has been camping at the protest site for months. :moon: :imstupid:

Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, a contingent of more than 2,000 U.S. military veterans, intends to go to North Dakota and form a human wall in front of police, protest organizers said on a Facebook page. Organizers could not immediately be reached to comment. :blablabla:

Morton County Sheriff's Office spokesman Rob Keller said in an email his agency was aware of the veterans' plans, but would not comment further on how law enforcement will deal with demonstrators.

Former U.S. Marine Michael A. Wood Jr. is leading the effort along with Wesley Clark Jr., a writer whose father is retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark.

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii and a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard, has said on Twitter she will join the protesters on Sunday.

Meanwhile, North Dakota law enforcement will not make spot checks on vehicles headed to the camp where activists are based, the governor's office said on Wednesday, backing away from a previous plan.

Activists have spent months protesting plans to route the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline beneath a lake near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, saying it poses a threat to water resources and sacred Native-American sites.

The 1,172-mile pipeline project, owned by Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP, is mostly complete, except for a segment planned to run under Lake Oahe, a reservoir formed by a dam on the Missouri River.

The veterans will bolster the thousands of people protesting at camps located on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land, north of the Cannonball River in Cannon Ball.

The Army Corps, citing safety concerns, has ordered the evacuation of the primary protest camp by Dec. 5, but said it would not forcibly remove people from the land.

The state's latest decision to avoid making spot checks on cars entering the protest site indicates local officials will not actively enforce Monday's emergency order to evacuate the camp issued by Gov. Jack Dalrymple, who had cited a coming blizzard.

Local law enforcement said on Tuesday they planned a blockade of the camp, but local and state officials later retreated, saying they would only check vehicles for certain prohibited supplies like propane, and possibly issue fines.

"The governor has said there will be no checkpoints, no stopping of vehicles," said Jeff Zent, a spokesman for Dalrymple.

:popcorn:
So far I guess since every plan to end this has been cancelled :bonk:

It's up to Mother Nature to take over now......... :banghead: :cold:

The Oceti Sakowin camp is seen in a snow storm during a protest against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Nov. 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

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Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: LPS on December 12/01/16, 07:25:29 AM: I think I would just go home. Let the professional activists stay there and get frosbitten by themselves. Just like BLM, that is who gets these people all reved up..
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Post by: Rebel SS on December 12/01/16, 10:02:11 AM: What next?!

http://kstp.com/news/protest-wells-fargo-corporate-office-minneapolis-dakota-access-pipeline/4332331/?cat=1
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Post by: Lee Borgersen on December 12/01/16, 10:51:53 AM: Quote from: Rebel SS on December 12/01/16, 10:02:11 AM
What next?!

http://kstp.com/news/protest-wells-fargo-corporate-office-minneapolis-dakota-access-pipeline/4332331/?cat=1

Unfortunately the hands off policy all over the country is backfiring. The more slack we cut the :taz: protesters ......The more they take advantage of it. This does not bode well for the future of America. :doah:

:reporter; Hurry Donald hurry....... :cry:

Hey! "Who is that masked man?" :scratch:
Why, That's Donald Trump and He's On His Way :happy1:

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Post by: glenn57 on December 12/01/16, 11:51:41 AM: Uncle Donny!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :laughroll: :laughroll: :laughroll: :laughroll: :laughroll: :spam: :spam: :whistling: :whistling:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on December 12/01/16, 12:30:23 PM: Good,lets see how they like the nodak winter,heavy snow and strong north wind=sub zero temps.These folks are nothing short of eco terrorists and should be held accountable.Anyone that has been through a rez can testify how these folks could careless about our land resources,they live a cess pool life style that our gov't created.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: LPS on December 12/01/16, 12:43:31 PM: There are good and bad of all races #1. So I am not bashing all Native Americans when I say this. I went to Mobridge once and was real excited to be there. Of course I had to drive across all of the bridges there. Great area. They have all of that big rock rip rap by the bridges and did a great job of it. Well I stopped at the one bridge and was looking down at the water and there were applicances, I mean washing machines, dryers, frigs etc all over the place. I thought WTF??? I walked down there and I usually at least pick up a piece of paper or a can when I am by the water and I thought noone else cares about this particular bridge it seems. I did pick up a can and it seemed foolish with all of the trash there. Well we got back in my truck and drove ahead. Well it is the bridge going into the Res. I just shook my head and turned around. That is not the only place on a Res that I have seen total disregard for the natural resources.... I was going to fish at this place and changed my mind...
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Rebel SS on December 12/01/16, 12:46:46 PM: I'm all for native americans...but they say one thing about the land, and do another. Go on a rez and look at the abandoned cars, crap, garbage, etc. That's all I'll say. :coffee:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on December 12/01/16, 01:39:48 PM: Just a quick followup,here is a few tidbits that fail to make the news and what we consider "eco terrorists"

Tell me how can they be terrorist and still stand next to an American veterens.
Molotov cocktails thrown at officers
Rocks thrown at officers
Vehicles burned
Tires slashed
Fires started
Drones flown towards helicopters
Buffalo herded towards officers
Workers intimidated and insulted
Sticks/logs thrown at officers
slingshots/bolts shot at officers
verbal comments (racist comments towards all ethnicities of officers)
Harassment and threats made towards LE personnel and families on social media
Breaking the damn law constantly
Trespassing on private property
Killing of livestock
Trashing of public lands

There is probably more, but for effs sakes lets not chalk this up to be a peaceful protest.
It is unlawful and will continue to escalate. Those that facilitate and support these types of actions are terrorists IMO.

I will add, that I have the utmost respect for veterans. Aside from the ones that support this unlawful protest.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on December 12/04/16, 12:20:17 AM: Emergency officials: We won't let pipeline protesters freeze :cold:
(hey it's their choice man!)

Environment The Associated Press · Fargo, N.D. · Dec 3, 2016

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The head of North Dakota's emergency management services says the state is prepared to respond to Dakota Access pipeline protesters who may need help? :rotflmao: during a winter storm or some other crisis. :snow2:

State Homeland Security Director Greg Wilz said it would be a "huge challenge," especially during a mass evacuation, but his office has winter shelter plans in place and various agencies are ready to respond. :puke:

"The bottom line here is, if we are in a situation of life and limb, we are going to be humane in anything and everything we do," Wilz said. "We aren't going to let somebody out there freeze. So if they start evacuating en masse looking for shelter -- which I highly suspect will happen -- we would take care of that."

The government has ordered hundreds of protesters to leave the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires camp, on federal land in southern North Dakota by Monday, although demonstrators say they're prepared to stay until changes are made to the route of the four-state, $3.8-billlion pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and others say the pipeline north of the reservation could pollute drinking water and threatens sacred sites. :blablabla:

The North Dakota Department of Transportation and Morton County Highway Department will be key players in any evacuation plans, Wilz said, noting that those agencies worked to keep roads clear :snow2: around the protest site during a recent storm that dumped more than a foot of snow.

:queen: ..........
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement Friday that the Department of Justice has offered community policing resources to local law enforcement as "winter begins to take hold." ''Our first concern is the safety of everyone in the area -- law enforcement officers, residents and protesters alike," Lynch said.

Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said Lynch contacted him by phone Friday to discuss the situation.

"While I appreciate the Attorney General taking the time to reach out to me, neither assistance for law enforcement nor a timeline for :bs: resolution was offered," Kirchmeier said in a statement. "I hope the dialogue continues, but it's time for more actions from the federal government, not more words."

:coffee: ....
The North Dakota National Guard is prepared to help with any emergencies, :moon: said Jeff Zent, spokesman for Gov. Jack Dalrymple. The Republican governor issued a "mandatory evacuation" Monday for the main encampment, though he said no one would be forcibly removed.

Officers at the staging area and traffic control points have temporary warming houses, cold-weather gear and other winterization measures, :doah: said Rob Keller, spokesman for the Morton County Sheriff's Department.

"All law enforcement personnel who report for duty to the Morton County Sheriff's Department are now from North Dakota agencies and they are more than prepared for our North Dakota winters," Keller said.

Wilz said his office has received no response from emergency management officials at Standing Rock about whether they have any emergency plans or whether they need support from the state.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on December 12/10/16, 08:45:57 PM: Some Dakota Access protesters beginning to leave.

:mysterymachine: :mysterymachine: :mysterymachine: :mysterymachine: :mysterymachine: :mysterymachine:

Environment Associated Press · Dec 9, 2016

:cold: ...
Harsh winter weather is forcing some protesters against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline to leave a vast camp in North Dakota.

:police: ......
The Morton County Sheriff's Office estimates between 1,800 and 2,200 people remain at the camp on federal land. That's down from the estimated 3,000 to 5,000 protesters before a couple of winter storms brought heavy snow and bitter-cold temperatures.

• Standing Rock chair: Pipeline off treaty lands is OK, but climate change is the bigger issue. :doah:

Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault has called for the camp to disband, though Native American rights activist Chase Iron Eyes has implored protesters to stay.

A coalition of grassroots groups opposing the pipeline issued a statement Friday saying they support a transition to protesting against project investors. But they say they also support pipeline opponents who choose to camp overwinter. :snow4: :banghead:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on December 12/12/16, 12:13:13 AM: ND governor says pipeline company 'abdicated' role in defending project.

:coffee: ................
In a wide-ranging conversation about the state's difficulties in dealing with the ongoing protest, Dalrymple expressed frustration that the company building Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners, has not been vocal in making the case for the project in the public debate.

"They have abdicated completely their responsibility to explain the safety of the pipeline," Dalrymple said, adding that the portion planned to pass under Lake Oahe on the Missouri River will be double-strength, buried more than 90 feet beneath the riverbed and carefully monitored.

"It's as safe a pipe as you can build," the governor said.

:popcorn: ............
"The pipeline is great for our economy," he added, explaining that it could carry half of the oil produced in the Bakken Formation in the state.

Native Americans and environmental activists have been protesting :taz: to prevent the Dakota Access Pipeline from crossing under Lake Oahe at a point that is just upstream of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

The Obama administration's Army Corps of Engineers announced Sunday, Dec. 4, that it would not grant an easement allowing the pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe, despite granting other permits for the $3.8 billion project designed to carry Bakken crude oil 1,172 miles to a hub in Illinois that provides access to oil refineries near the Gulf Coast.

North Dakota officials have been busy maintaining public safety in the face of a sophisticated public relations operation involving paid protesters, strategic advice from public relations professionals and an "army" of activists posting often misleading information, including "fake news," that has shaped national media coverage, Dalrymple said.

"National media is killing us," the governor said.

"There's a new paradigm," he said, referring to the influence of social media in molding public opinion. "I try to do what I can, but I'm no match for that organization. That's a long-term challenge. That may be going on well after the pipeline is laid."

Some protesters also repeatedly provoked law enforcement officers to try to goad them into a response that would make law enforcement look bad on video that would be widely shared on social media sites, Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley said.

One notable example came Nov. 20, he said, when protesters refused to back away from a bridge and set fires. When responders used fire hoses to douse the flames, protesters could easily have moved back away from the spray, but didn't, creating a misleading visual representation of the confrontation, Wrigley said.

Wrigley said he and Dalrymple, joined by Col. Michael Gerhart, superintendent of the North Dakota Highway Patrol, and Al Dohrmann, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, as well as Ron Rauschenberger, Dalrymple's chief of staff, watched a live video feed of the confrontation.

"The Native Americans are being used, absolutely being used, by these outside agitators," Wrigley said. "The state of North Dakota is not in conflict with the Standing Rock tribe."

Law enforcers have made more than 500 arrests so far, with 90 percent of those arrested coming from outside the state, Gerhart said. Officers have acted with great restraint, but are forced to act when protesters break the law, he said.

"Every time it becomes dangerous is because of their actions," he said. As examples, he said officers have been shot at, have faced improvised explosive devices, and have had rocks and burning logs thrown at them.

It has been clear for months that David Archambault II, the Standing Rock tribal chairman, is not able to control many of the protesters, Dalrymple said. After the corps' announcement on Sunday, Archambault asked protesters, many living in tents or other accommodations that are no match for a harsh North Dakota winter, to go home.

"Archambault's influence is non-existent" with protesters, said Dalrymple, who said he has a good relationship with the tribal chairman and has visited with him many times during the protests, often by telephone.

North Dakota no longer has any regulatory role in determining the fate of Dakota Access Pipeline, but must provide public safety, including for the protesters, Dalrymple said. The state's cost so far is $17 million, he said.

The project will be in limbo until the Donald Trump administration :bow: takes over, Dalrymple said.

"I'm not going to lead us out of a federal easement decision," the governor said.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: glenn57 on December 12/12/16, 08:53:32 AM: that pipeline as i understand it, in particular where they are protesting isnt even on reservation land?????? :doah: :doah: they dont want it to go thru.........guess they dont need gas for there car, or fuel to heat there homes then i guess???????????
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on December 12/13/16, 12:56:15 AM: Law officers ask Obama for help policing pipeline protests.

:reporter; Associated Press · Bismarck, N.D. · Dec 12, 2016

:coffee: .....
Members of the North Dakota National Guard are on stand-by to assist law enforcement behind a police line north of a barricaded bridge near oil pipeline protest camps in Cannon Ball, N.D. Doualy Xaykaothao | MPR News
A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama in a letter to send federal officers to help local police during protests against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline, citing costs, fatigue and a growing fear of vigilante justice.

The officials asked Obama for 100 Border Patrol agents and members of the U.S. Marshals Service Special Operations Group, along with an unspecified amount of financial assistance, saying they've been "completely and utterly abandoned" :banghead: by the federal government. The letter was dated Friday, and officials released details Monday.

• Related: Go behind police lines at the Dakota Access pipeline protests

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"If we do not receive federal assistance, the safety and well-being of law enforcement officers, citizens of the community, and the protesters themselves are at grave risk," stated the letter spearheaded by Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier.

Obama last month said his administration is monitoring the dispute surrounding the nearly finished four-state pipeline that's intended to carry North Dakota oil to a shipping point in Illinois. The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection did provide 11 Border Patrol agents to help with protest policing last month, according to the agency.

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Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Rebel SS on December 12/13/16, 01:26:11 PM: This oughta help rev things up...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/12/oil-spill-pipeline-north-dakota-standing-rock-belle-fourche
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on January 01/18/17, 01:56:41 AM: Dakota Access company seeks to block pipeline study.

!/17/2017

:reporter;
The company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline wants a federal judge to block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from launching a full environmental study of the $3.8 billion pipeline's disputed crossing of a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.

:popcorn: ..
Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners asked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Tuesday to stop the Corps from publishing a notice in the Federal Register announcing the study. Boasberg scheduled a hearing for Wednesday.

ETP wants any further study put on hold until Boasberg, in Washington, D.C., rules on whether ETP already has the necessary permission to lay pipe under Lake Oahe — the reservoir that's the water source for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

ETP wants to block further study so that the decision on the permitting, which is likely weeks away, will be "free from the risk that its ruling will be frustrated or thwarted by new governmental actions." The Corps did not immediately respond to ETP's request.

The stretch under Lake Oahe is the last big chunk of construction for the 1,200-mile pipeline. The Corps wants to look at alternate routes, the potential for a pipeline leak and tribal treaty rights in the wake of opposition by the Standing Rock Sioux and its supporters who believe a pipeline leak would contaminate the tribe's drinking water.

ETP maintains the pipeline is safe and that the Corps gave it permission in July to proceed with the Lake Oahe stretch, but the Corps says all of the necessary steps have not yet been completed — including an easement to work on federal land and the notification of Congress.

An environmental assessment conducted by the Corps last year determined that the Oahe crossing would not have a significant impact on the environment. However, Assistant Army Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said in December that a broader environmental impact statement was warranted. Such a statement can take :blablabla: up to two years to complete, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has been urging people to lobby the Corps to start the environmental impact study before President-Elect Donald Trump, an energy supporter, takes office Friday. The tribe in a statement Tuesday said it's confident that a full environmental study would be "the best way to analyze the alternative routes."

The MAIN Coalition, made up of agriculture, business and labor entities that benefit from Midwest infrastructure projects, issued a statement saying it's "optimistic that the incoming Trump administration will soon issue the final easement for the Dakota Access pipeline."

ETP has already drilled entry and exit holes for the Oahe crossing, all on private property, and has already put oil in the pipeline leading up to the lake in anticipation of finishing the project, ETP executive vice president Joey Mahmoud said in court documents.
:Photography:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on January 01/24/17, 04:48:08 PM: Trump Revives Keystone Pipeline Rejected by Obama :happy1:

Video:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-revives-keystone-pipeline-rejected-by-obama/ar-AAmaX47?
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on January 01/25/17, 12:47:22 PM: Well this will get interesting forsure,might end up being another pine ridge or wounded knee now that the feds will be involved.Folks should see the trash these camps have piled up including human waste,come spring these camps are setup on the missouri flood plain,all the crap will be flushed down river just like a toilet,so much for saving they're water supply.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Candiru on February 02/09/17, 06:19:52 AM: Here are some pictures and you can get an idea what these camps are like and the stuff left behind:

http://bismarcktribune.com/gallery/the-slow-teardown-of-the-oceti-sakowin-dapl-protest-camp/collection_39711af5-705b-5b69-9019-8f5686beccd7.html

http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Sanitation-crews-work-to-remove-massive-amounts-of-garbage-from-DAPL-protest-camp-before-spring-thaw-412954433.html

CANNON BALL, N.D. - Last week, we showed you all the garbage that was left by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters at the Oceti Sakowin Camp.

Now, we're showing you where all that trash will end up.

Sanitation crews are working hard to dispose of six months' worth of garbage from a community the size of Wahpeton or Valley City. The mountains of debris need to be moved before the spring thaw occurs.

Making a dent in the immense amount of trash being hauled out of the Oceti Sakowin protest camp is being hindered by the weather. All the garbage that was left behind is now frozen into massive chunks of junk.

In a month, all this trash could become toxic.

"Standing Rock Environmental Protection Agency and Dakota Sanitation are working together to try and advert an environmental tragedy," says Tom Doering, Morton County Emergency Manager.

It's estimated it will take 250 trucks filled with litter to clear the camp.

"There's a lot of work to be done," says Doering.

Each load that's dumped is inspected by the Morton County Sheriff's Department.

"We are looking for, as I said, anything illegal, anything that might be used to, I guess, harm our officers during a protest," says Jay Gruebele, Morton County Sheriff's Office Captain.

Authorities are also searching through the piles for evidence they hope they don't find.

"As bad as it sounds, we're looking for people that may have died and could be wrapped up in a canvas or a tarp or tent," says Gruebele.

Logistics make cleaning up this mess more difficult.

"Because the bridge is closed, they have to take the long way around, so it's adding haul time," says Doering.

Twenty-three loads have been dumped at the Bismarck Landfill since the cleanup started.

The clean-up effort started about a week ago.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Candiru on February 02/09/17, 06:30:16 AM: They started drilling under the river:

MANDAN, N.D. (NBC NEWS) The company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline said Wednesday that it has all the approvals it needs "to proceed expeditiously to complete construction" after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted a crucial easement.

"We began drilling once we obtained the easement," a spokesperson for Energy Transfer Partners said Wednesday night.

The oil pipeline has been the scene of months of protests from those who fear the project could pollute the water supply for a Sioux reservation. Opponents also say the project could damage sites sacred to the Standing Rock Sioux.

The Army Corps said Wednesday that it granted the easement allowing the construction of a 30-inch pipeline on federally controlled lands at the Oahe Reservoir. The project is nearly finished, and the easement covers 1.25 miles of the pipeline that runs under the Missouri River.

"With this action, Dakota Access now has received all federal authorizations necessary to proceed expeditiously to complete construction of the pipeline," Energy Transfer Partners said in a statement Wednesday.

The project was delayed during President Barack Obama's administration, and a review of environmental studies was launched after protests by the tribe and others, who call themselves "water protectors" instead of protesters.

The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux told Reuters that the tribe would continue to do whatever it can to oppose the project.

"We're running out of options, but that doesn't mean that it's over," Chairman David Archambault II told the news agency in a telephone interview. "We're still going to continue to look at all legal options available to us."

The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe announced Wednesday that it would file a legal challenge to the granting of the easement, saying "it is illegal for the Trump Administration to sidestep the administrative process that was rightfully underway."

Under Obama, the Army Corps and the Justice and Interior departments said in September that "this case has highlighted the need for a serious discussion on whether there should be nationwide reform with respect to considering tribes' views on these types of infrastructure projects."

Demonstrations against the project erupted in violent clashes at times, with equipment set on fire and allegations by protesters of excessive force used by authorities, including being doused with cold water in freezing temperatures. The Morton County Sheriff's Office said water wasn't used against protesters but was used to douse fires.

President Donald Trump said in a Jan. 24 memorandum that the pipeline served the national interest and ordered an approval review, which included the easement. The pipeline has been projected to transport about 470,000 barrels of oil a day, with a maximum capacity of 570,000 barrels a day.

The pipeline project spans 1,172 miles of new pipeline from North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois, running within a half-mile of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Another section of existing pipeline runs from Patoka to Nederland, Texas.

Energy Transfer Partners said in a statement Wednesday that it expects both sections to be in service by the second quarter of 2017.

Army Corps Col. John Henderson said in a statement Wednesday that "the safety of those located on Corps-managed land remains our top priority, in addition to preventing contaminants from entering the waterway."

http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Construction-resumes-on-Dakota-Access-Pipeline-413252923.html
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Rebel SS on February 02/09/17, 07:29:50 AM: Something tells me this s going to turn into another Waco...... :doah:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Gunner55 on February 02/09/17, 09:15:30 AM: I seen it stated somewhere that at least 90 % of those arrested were not tribal members but professional protesters. I believe it was the leader of the protest for the tribe that said it when the clashes started getting ugly earlier this winter. "They won't listen to me, they aren't members of the tribe". A large share are from Calif. & the west coast :mad1: I hope you are wrong, Reb, but I wouldn't bet on it. confused-3316.gif
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Rebel SS on February 02/09/17, 09:36:27 AM: Me either. Just read the local paper about a pro protester here that is getting his group of 1,000 together and heading out there. What a buncha Bullshirt! Sure hope they don't call me back to duty...I'm too busy here!!! :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: mike89 on February 02/09/17, 10:40:02 AM: some are saying they even go to homeless shelters and recruit people. hope you are wrong to Reb, but it could get very ugly.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on February 02/09/17, 11:47:20 AM: Now that the feds are involved,this BS will turn the corner,locals from the area tell me they have road blocks setup already going in and out of the area keeping the lookey lou's and non natives out,they said the standing rock tribe does'nt want these folks coming in stiring the pot,infact relationship with the tribe and locals will never be the same or set back at least 20years,they suspect the folks that cut fences and shot the cattle were from one of many outside trible members.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Candiru on February 02/14/17, 11:41:36 AM: What it looks like after a few days of warm weather: https://www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/video-disgusting-nodapl-camps-become/

Where do all those people that have been at those camps relieve themselves, #1 and #2?
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Easy on February 02/14/17, 01:00:59 PM: .
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on February 02/18/17, 07:37:45 AM: :reporter; North Dakota Senate OKs bills aimed at pipeline protesters.

Politics Associated Press · Bismarck, N.D. · Feb 17, 2017

:coffee: .............
Some oil pipeline protesters were arrested near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Sept. 13, 2016. Courtesy of Morton County, ND Sheriff's Office 2016
A trio of North Dakota House measures influenced by the dispute between Dakota Access pipeline protesters and law enforcement sailed through the Republican-led Senate Thursday, though some Democrats called the bills an overreaction and unnecessary.

The Senate voted 33-12 in favor of a measure that makes it a crime for adults to wear masks in most cases. The Senate also approved bills that increase penalties for rioting and trespassing by even wider margins.

The masks and trespassing measures were slightly amended by the Senate. The legislation now returns to the House to see if representatives will agree with Senate changes to the bill. If they do not, a conference committee of three House members and three senators will attempt to strike a compromise.

:popcorn: ....
• In Minnesota: Activists, DFLers push back against bill to hold protesters liable for costs :embarrassed:

Republicans said none of the measures infringe on the right to peacefully protest.

Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, called legislation aimed at rioting "knee-jerk." Under the proposal, those convicted of participating in a riot involving more than 100 people could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine -- double the current penalties for a lower-end felony. Participation in smaller riots, currently a misdemeanor, would be upgraded to a felony carrying up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

North Dakota has been the center of protests against the $3.8 billion, four-state pipeline, in large part because of objections of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in the southern part of the state.

There have been more than 700 protest-related arrests in North Dakota since mid-August. :bow: But should have been more :bonk:

Lock um up! tut_tut-3315.gif
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on February 02/22/17, 10:02:24 AM: Floods approaching, some Dakota Access protesters plan final act of defiance at camp.

:coffee: ...........
Where thousands of people once built, slept and ate — and protested — a couple of hundred Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents now struggle to clean up camp as a deadline to evacuate approaches Wednesday.

Spring flooding is expected to inundate the Oceti Sakowin camp within days, prompting the Army Corps of Engineers to order people off the property by 2 p.m.

Winona Kasto has been worrying this week about saving her kitchen supplies from demolition crews.

"Got to take those two tipis down, this tent, these two tents, that meat tent and this RV," she said surveying the kitchen operation that has fed countless protesters who started arriving in big numbers last fall to challenge completion of the Dakota Access pipeline.

Full story and lots of discussing photos here:

:Photography:
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/02/22/floods-approaching-some-dakota-access-protesters-plan-final-act-of-defiance-at-camp
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: glenn57 on February 02/22/17, 10:10:49 AM: me thinks they should send the people who started and organized this protest for all costs incurred for cleanup..............including wages for any law enforcement !!!!!
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Rebel SS on February 02/22/17, 10:15:06 AM: Quote from: glenn57 on February 02/22/17, 10:10:49 AM
me thinks they should send the people who started and organized this protest for all costs incurred for cleanup..............including wages for any law enforcement !!!!!

Ya, and how are they gonna make THAT happen?! :scratch: :doah:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on February 02/22/17, 10:21:43 AM: Quote from: Rebel SS on February 02/22/17, 10:15:06 AM
Quote from: glenn57 on February 02/22/17, 10:10:49 AM
me thinks they should send the people who started and organized this protest for all costs incurred for cleanup..............including wages for any law enforcement !!!!!

Ya, and how are they gonna make THAT happen?! :scratch: :doah:

They can pay us back wit white eyes scalps :doah: :embarrassed:
while were on da subject did anyone see the way da Hawks scalped da Wild last night?
:sorry: :offtopic: once again :whistling:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: glenn57 on February 02/22/17, 10:23:11 AM: Quote from: Rebel SS on February 02/22/17, 10:15:06 AM
Quote from: glenn57 on February 02/22/17, 10:10:49 AM
me thinks they should send the people who started and organized this protest for all costs incurred for cleanup..............including wages for any law enforcement !!!!!

Ya, and how are they gonna make THAT happen?! :scratch: :doah:
send it to the tribe who started this :bs:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Rebel SS on February 02/22/17, 10:25:04 AM: And you know hat you'll get in return......... :archery:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Rebel SS on February 02/22/17, 11:05:36 AM: Now there's a nice mess to lean up.... :doah:

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/dakota-pipeline-protests/dakota-pipeline-protesters-torch-tents-deadline-leave-looms-n724131
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Candiru on February 02/23/17, 06:05:38 AM: A bunch of Pics from yesterday. What a mess.

http://bismarcktribune.com/gallery/photos-protest-camp-evacuation/collection_34f1d6ba-8417-57a4-bd08-733e4afe58e3.html#44
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: LPS on February 02/23/17, 08:13:32 AM: Like I said in the other thread, some of these people must not have jobs to be there that long, and lots of them are probably homeless and this is a convenient place to live for awhile.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Rebel SS on February 02/23/17, 08:57:24 AM: Quote from: LPS on February 02/23/17, 08:13:32 AM
Like I said in the other thread, some of these people must not have jobs to be there that long, and lots of them are probably homeless and this is a convenient place to live for awhile.

Rebs solution:

Maybe they could get together with the BLM folk, and since Guantanamo is being emptied, ship 'em all over there, where they can protest to their hearts content. Lotsa nice rooms over there. :happy1: ;)
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: LPS on February 02/23/17, 01:12:17 PM: Obviously lots of water too...
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on February 02/23/17, 02:08:57 PM: Well operation "Beat the Hippies" is under way~ they had a chance to leave,and most if not all are from outof state.Some not even tribal...

https://youtu.be/gaEqS3BuqcQ
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on February 02/23/17, 02:13:37 PM: PS~ That was awesome to watch that jack wagon was taunting and harassing the police for nearly 3 hrs before he was tackled and arrested. His attitude changed quickly once he was on the ground and was crying like a little girl. The officers had a couple good quotes. As the asshat was mumbling about his hip being broken the officer said
" use your words we know you can we have been listening to you for the last two hours "
" you need to grow up you have been disrespecting the land, our state, and us for 6 months"
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on February 02/25/17, 01:25:14 AM: "Caution Warning!"

The following video could be hazardous to your health. It could cause nausia, dizzyness, and diaria.
It's highly recommended that you have a wastebasket & paper towels near by in case you :puke:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkAKUSYakrQ&list=PLOy4FqQKFpR5GfauQ3GtZ3qOTyNzSnuT4&index=2
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on February 02/28/17, 08:43:12 AM: A federal judge will hear arguments. :popcorn:

Tuesday about whether to stop the final bit of construction on the disputed Dakota Access pipeline, perhaps just days before it could start moving oil. :moon:

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U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., will consider a request by the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes to order the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw permission for developer Energy Transfer Partners to lay pipe under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. The stretch under the Missouri River reservoir is the last piece of construction for the $3.8 billion pipeline that's to move oil through the Dakotas and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois.

• FAQ: The Dakota Access pipeline and protest

The tribes argue that the mere existence of an oil pipeline under the reservoir that provides water to the neighboring reservations violates their right to practice their religion, which relies on clean water.

"The granting of the easement and resulting construction activity violates the tribe's and its members' constitutional rights, and will result in immediate and irreparable harm to the tribe and its members before this court will be able to rule on the merits of this claim," tribal attorney Nicole Ducheneaux said in court documents.

When they filed the lawsuit last summer, the tribes argued that the pipeline threatens Native American cultural sites and their water supply. Their religion argument is new, however, and both the Corps and Energy Transfer Partners argue that the delay in raising it is a reason for Boasberg to reject the argument.

Company attorney William Scherman also said the tribes' claim is suspect based on other man-made infrastructure under the lake, and that the company respects the tribe's religious beliefs but has no legal duty to make concessions for them.

Corps attorney Erica Zilioli said the government's permission for the company to lay pipe under the lake "does not substantially burden the exercise of the tribe's religious beliefs."

The protests at Standing Rock: Oil, water, race and treaty rights

Earlier this month, Boasberg declined the tribes' request to order an immediate halt to the pipeline construction, ruling that as long as oil wasn't flowing through the pipeline, there was no imminent harm to the tribes.

In a court filing Friday, Ducheneaux argued the claim is "about the religious harm arising from the mere siting of this pipeline under the tribe's sacred waters."

Boasberg's decision on the matter won't be the end of the court battle. Both tribes have asked him to overturn the federal permission for the Lake Oahe crossing and to bar the Corps from granting permission in the future. The judge won't rule until at least April.

Hundreds and sometimes thousands of pipeline opponents who sided with tribal opposition to the pipeline camped on federal land near the drill site for months, often clashing with police. There have been about 750 arrests in the region since August. Authorities last week closed the camp in advance of spring flooding season and set up roadblocks to prevent protesters from returning.

Work under Lake Oahe had been held up in the courts until President Donald Trump last month instructed the Corps to advance construction. The Army is involved because its engineering branch manages the river and its system of hydroelectric dams, which is owned by the federal government.

Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners began drilling under the lake Feb. 8. The pipeline could be operating as early as Monday and no later than early April, according to Scherman.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on March 03/08/17, 08:03:37 AM: Judge won't stop construction of Dakota Access pipeline.

Environment Associated Press · Bismarck, N.D. · Mar 7, 2017

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A federal judge declined Tuesday to temporarily stop construction of the final section of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, clearing the way for oil to flow as soon as next week.

The Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux had asked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw permission for Texas-based developer Energy Transfer Partners to lay pipe under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. The stretch under the Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota is the last piece of construction for the $3.8 billion pipeline to move North Dakota oil to Illinois.

When they filed the lawsuit last summer, the tribes argued that the pipeline threatens Native American cultural sites and their water supply. Their religion argument was new, however, and disputed by both the Corps and ETP.

In February, Boasberg declined the tribes' request to order an immediate halt to the pipeline construction, ruling that as long as oil wasn't flowing through the pipeline, there was no imminent harm to the tribes.

Tribal attorney Nicole Ducheneaux countered in court documents that the mere existence of an oil pipeline under the reservoir the tribes consider to be "sacred waters" violated their right to practice their religion.

The court battle isn't over, as no final decision has been made on the merits of the tribes' overall claims. Both tribes also have asked Boasberg to overturn the federal permission for the Lake Oahe crossing and to bar the Corps from granting permission in the future. The judge won't rule until at least April.

The pipeline saga has endured for months. Hundreds and sometimes thousands of pipeline opponents who sided with tribal opposition to the pipeline camped on federal land near the drill site for months, often clashing with police. There have been about 750 arrests in the region since August. Authorities last month closed the camp in advance of spring flooding season and set up roadblocks to prevent protesters from returning.

Work under Lake Oahe had been held up in the courts until President Donald Trump last month instructed the Corps to advance construction. The Army is involved because its engineering branch manages the river and its system of hydroelectric dams, which is owned by the federal government.

ETP began drilling under the lake Feb. 8. Company attorney William Scherman said in court documents that the pipeline could be moving oil as early as next week.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: snow1 on March 03/08/17, 02:17:05 PM: Its amazing! the corps and private company dapl had all paperwork at the ready two years ago,invited the tribe to a round table meeting to address any and all concerns,nothing became of it until the pipeline hit the river,its obvious they want$$$ but the battle they want is over and the damage done by the tribe set relations back 20yrs or more,infact state legistrators are lobbing to enstate state run casino's asking for (5) to for starters,locals have been boycotting tribal casino's since this all started,the tribe is feeling the effects.With any luck we'll see the days of federal tax monies being funneled to the tribes end,after all they live a double standard life style for many years,federal aid and casino$$$,enough is enough.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on March 03/08/17, 05:48:51 PM: Quote from: snow1 on March 03/08/17, 02:17:05 PM
Its amazing! the corps and private company dapl had all paperwork at the ready two years ago,invited the tribe to a round table meeting to address any and all concerns,nothing became of it until the pipeline hit the river,its obvious they want$$$ but the battle they want is over and the damage done by the tribe set relations back 20yrs or more,infact state legistrators are lobbing to enstate state run casino's asking for (5) to for starters,locals have been boycotting tribal casino's since this all started,the tribe is feeling the effects.With any luck we'll see the days of federal tax monies being funneled to the tribes end,after all they live a double standard life style for many years,federal aid and casino$$$,enough is enough.

:Clap: If you run for office I'll vote for you! :toast:
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: delcecchi on March 03/11/17, 02:26:39 PM: Quote from: snow1 on March 03/08/17, 02:17:05 PM
.With any luck we'll see the days of federal tax monies being funneled to the tribes end,after all they live a double standard life style for many years,federal aid and casino$$$,enough is enough.

Yep, those folks on Pine Ridge and Red Lake reservations are really raking it in. You should see the mansions they live in.

"The reservation encompasses the entirety of Oglala Lakota County, the southern half of Jackson County and the northwest portion of Bennett County. Of the 3,142 counties in the United States, these are among the poorest. Only 84,000 acres (340 km2) of land are suitable for agriculture."
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Rebel SS on March 03/11/17, 02:31:17 PM: :doah: Get out and get a job like everyone else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/11/17, 02:37:19 PM: well there the ones that wanted there " SOVERGIEN NATION" deal with it. and like reb said......I had a neighbor who,s family had a construction business that built a lot of houses for the natives. he said they went back later to do some warranty work. siding tore off the house to use to burn for heat, place is trashed, you name it.

I wont name the reservation we have a place close to but some of the newer places we have seen on the reservation in a few years are absolutely horrendous. let them use there flippin casino money to fix it up. they wanted this crap, I don't feel a bit sorry for them.

with that said I have met some awesome natives that absolutely don't fall into this category and are awesome people!!!!!!
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: glenn57 on March 03/11/17, 02:39:04 PM: AND another thing..............these protesters leaving that boars nest out in north Dakota, protesting the pipeline will pollute there grounds and water..........and leaving that mess..........yea right what a joke.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: delcecchi on March 03/20/17, 10:23:30 PM: Quote from: glenn57 on March 03/11/17, 02:39:04 PM
AND another thing..............these protesters leaving that boars nest out in north Dakota, protesting the pipeline will pollute there grounds and water..........and leaving that mess..........yea right what a joke.

A lot of non-indians out there in that encampment.

Don't forget, most of the reservations are on land no one wanted enough to steal. And what resources they had was mostly "managed" by the Bureau of Indian Affairs who managed to steal or lose most of the money. Go back and read about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobell_v._Salazar
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on March 03/21/17, 12:57:48 AM: :popcorn:

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Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on March 03/21/17, 05:51:00 PM: South Dakota confirms Dakota Access oil pipeline vandalism.

Associated Press · Bismarck, N.D. · Mar 21, 2017

:coffee: It never ends :banghead:
Authorities in South Dakota on Tuesday confirmed an incident of vandalism against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in which someone burned a hole through an empty section of pipe.

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Texas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners said in court documents Monday that there have been "recent coordinated physical attacks along the pipeline that pose threats to life, physical safety and the environment." The company didn't provide further details, including the locations of the attacks, and ETP spokeswoman Vicki Granado on Tuesday declined comment.

South Dakota attorney general's office spokeswoman Sara Rabern confirmed one incident of what she called "felony vandalism" southeast of Sioux Falls on Friday. Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Brown said it happened at an above-ground valve site that had no fencing or other security.

• In depth: Oil, water, race and treaty rights

"When deputies arrived, they observed what appeared to be a hole in the pipe, and it looked like there was burn around the hole," Brown said, adding it was possible the vandalism was done with a blowtorch.

No injuries were reported and no suspects were immediately identified, according to Brown. Local and state officials were investigating and also notified the FBI, he said.

The $3.8 billion pipeline runs 1,200 miles through the Dakotas, Iowa and Illinois. State officials in North Dakota, Iowa and Illinois on Tuesday said they were not aware of any pipeline attacks in their states. Company attorney William Scherman said in the court documents that ETP still plans to have oil flowing this week through the pipeline.

Environmental activists who tried to disrupt some oil pipeline operations in four states last year to protest the Dakota Access pipeline said Tuesday that they weren't responsible for any recent attacks on that pipeline.

Jay O'Hara with the Climate Disobedience Center told the AP that Climate Direct Action wasn't involved, and he wasn't aware of anyone claiming responsibility.

In October, Climate Direct Action activists tried to shut valves on pipelines in North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and Washington to show support for Dakota Access opponents. Other than that, "we have nothing in the works," O'Hara said.

The Red Warrior Society, a pipeline protest group that advocated aggressive tactics such as confrontations with pipeline security and police in North Dakota last year, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

Jan Hasselman and Nicole Ducheneaux, attorneys for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes, who are leading the legal battle against the pipeline, said the tribes don't encourage or condone acts of violence against pipeline property.

The company's reports of attacks didn't change the plan of authorities in North Dakota to reopen a stretch of highway that was closed for months due to pipeline protests. Part of state Highway 1806 was shut down in late October after a bridge was damaged by fires during protests.

Authorities on Friday began allowing public traffic with the assistance of pilot cars escorting vehicles over the 9-mile stretch near the site where pipeline opponents camped for months. The camps were cleared out and shut down late last month in advance of spring flooding season.

The highway was being fully reopened without pilot cars at midday Tuesday, according to Morton County sheriff's spokesman Rob Keller.

Authorities also are slowly shuttering a law enforcement staging area that was set up last summer in the protest camp area. There is no set timeline for removing the last officers and structures, but Keller and state Emergency Services spokeswoman Cecily Fong indicated it's likely to happen soon after oil begins flowing through the pipeline. "That's going to be the sort of flash point for us," Fong said.
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Post by: Lee Borgersen on March 03/22/17, 10:42:49 PM: :reporter; Dakota Access pipeline vandalism highlights sabotage risks.

Associated Press · Bismarck, N.D. · Mar 22, 2017

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The developer of the Dakota Access pipeline has reported "recent coordinated physical attacks" on the much-protested line, just as it's almost ready to carry oil.

Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners didn't give details, but experts say Dakota Access and the rest of the nearly 3 million miles of pipeline that deliver natural gas and petroleum in the U.S. are vulnerable to acts of sabotage. It's a threat that ETP takes seriously enough that it has asked a court to shield details such as spill response plans and features of the four-state pipeline that the company fears could be used against it by activists or terrorists.

Here is a look at some pipeline security issues:

Recent attacks

Authorities in South Dakota and Iowa confirmed Tuesday that someone apparently used a torch to burn a hole through empty sections of the pipeline at aboveground shut-off valve sites.

Mahaska County Sheriff Russell Van Renterghem said the culprit in Iowa appeared to have gotten under a fence around the facility, but Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Brown said the site in South Dakota wasn't fenced. The Iowa incident was discovered March 13 and the South Dakota incident Friday.

Pipeline operators are asked to report security breaches to the National Response Center. Data on the center's website show no reports from ETP this month. The $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline runs 1,200 miles through the Dakotas, Iowa and Illinois.

How do you attack a pipeline?

Because pipelines mainly run underground, aboveground shut-off valves are natural targets, according to Jay O'Hara, a spokesman for the environmental group Climate Direct Action. That group targeted valves on pipelines in October in North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and Washington state, though the pipeline companies said activists didn't succeed because none of the sites were operating when the attacks happened.

Explosives, firearms and heavy machinery also have been used to try to sabotage pipelines.

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Securing pipelines is difficult because they often travel long distances through remote and even uninhabited territory, said Kelly Sundberg, a professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, who studies energy infrastructure security and environmental crime.

The danger:

Sundberg said "it's stupid and dangerous" to tamper with pipeline shut-off valves.

Modern oil pipelines are "incredibly sophisticated" systems that move huge volumes of petrochemicals at high pressures, he said. Simply closing a valve can cause the pressure upstream to increase quickly, creating a significant risk of a spill that endangers the environment and anyone in the area where the pipe suddenly bursts, he said.

In response to the October incidents, federal regulators issued a bulletin warning that tampering with pipeline valves "can have significant consequences such as death, injury, and economic and environmental harm."

Sundberg also said that it's ironic for people who say they're concerned about the environment to take an action that could cause an environmental disaster.

But O'Hara said: "The hypocrisy really lies in the pipeline corporations who say their pipelines are safe, say leaks don't happen. They blame activists who are trying to stop global cataclysm by taking action to point out what they do every day, which is leak and spill."

Someone who targets a pipeline facility in the U.S. could face up to 20 years in prison.

• In depth: Oil, water, race and treaty rights

Who's responsible for the recent attacks? :scratch:

No suspects have been identified in either state and no group has claimed responsibility.

O'Hara told The Associated Press that Climate Direct Action wasn't involved in any actions against the Dakota Access pipeline.

Attorneys for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes, which are leading the legal battle against the pipeline, said the tribes don't condone acts of violence against pipeline property.

How frequently does pipeline sabotage occur?

Not very often, Sundberg said. It happens more frequently in Canada than the U.S. It's generally committed by people trying to make an environmental point. It would be "very scary" if terrorist groups tried it in North America, he said.

Some of the worst incidents in the U.S. were on the Trans Alaska Pipeline. Vandals blew up a section in 1978, spilling about 16,000 barrels of oil near Fairbanks. In 2001, a drunken man fired a hunting rifle into the pipeline near Livengood, causing more than 6,000 barrels to spray out.

Some of the most notable incidents in Canada happened in the 1990s and 2000s in Alberta and British Columbia. A series of bombings in 2008-09 targeted pipelines in British Columbia. Weibo Ludwig, an Alberta man who crusaded against the extraction of "sour gas" containing high amounts of hydrogen sulfide, was convicted in several of the 1990s acts of vandalism. He was arrested but never charged in the later attacks.

Pipeline sabotage happens with some regularity in war zones. Iraqi insurgents, Colombian rebels and Mexican guerrillas all have claimed responsibility for pipeline attacks in recent decades.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: LPS on March 03/23/17, 02:10:53 PM: Good read.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: dew2 on March 03/23/17, 02:22:02 PM: Ya its a good read! oil spills are activists or terrorists EH?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Oil+Pipeline+spill+cover+ups&rlz=1C1AOHY_enUS727US727&oq=Oil+Pipeline+spill+cover+ups&aqs=chrome..69i57.17315j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: LPS on March 03/24/17, 08:25:29 AM: Ya they are their own worst enemy. Sometimes actually having a real job is beneficial not only to earn money but just to give one something productive to do in life.
Title: Re: Tribe's request denied!
Post by: Lee Borgersen on March 03/25/17, 05:43:45 AM: :reporter; Pipeline opponents vow training-087 as Trump approves Keystone XL

Mar 24, 2017 at 1:39 p.m.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday the United States has issued a presidential permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, but environmental groups and Native American tribes vowed to fight the project in the courts and on the land.

:moon: ..."Resistance spirit camps" are expected to be erected along the Keystone XL route similar to the camps established by Dakota Access Pipeline opponents in North Dakota, said Dallas Goldtooth, an organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network.

South Dakota's Cheyenne River Sioux and Rosebud Sioux tribes have said they will provide space to resist construction of the pipeline, said Goldtooth, who was a key figure at the main Dakota Access camp.

Pipeline opponents, bolstered by the unity they found while opposing Dakota Access, will likely work to fight the pipeline in various locations along the route, he said.

"Donald Trump should expect far greater resistance than ever before," Goldtooth said Friday, March 24. "Indigenous people are rising up and fighting like our lives, sovereignty and climate depend on it, because they do."

Others welcomed Trump's approval of Keystone XL, including South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard.

"This is a victory for all of us who rely on oil to heat our homes, fuel our cars, and power our tractors, and pipelines are the safest and most efficient way to transport oil," Daugaard said in a statement.

The governor added he recognizes that some South Dakotans will not celebrate the news and he respects their perspective.

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"I hope we will all seek to exercise our First Amendment rights peacefully, and respect the right of others to do likewise," Daugaard said. :doah:

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Native American communities along the Keystone XL route have similar objections to this project that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and others had against Dakota Access.

Chairman Larry Wright of Nebraska's Ponca Nation said during a conference call with reporters that he's concerned about protecting water and preventing sacred sites from being disturbed.

In addition to concerns about impacts to land and water, South Dakota tribes also believe the pipeline route violates treaty rights, Goldtooth said.

TransCanada spokesman Terry Cunha said the company recognizes that construction activities would occur on tribes' ancestral homelands. He said TransCanada is committed to building long-term relationships with indigenous communities "based on respect, trust, open communication."

The biggest remaining hurdle for Keystone XL may be in Nebraska, where the state Public Service Commission is still reviewing TransCanada Corp's application. Approval in Nebraska is needed before construction can begin.

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In addition to Native American tribes, environmental groups like 350.org and others said they're fighting the project. Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said the organization plans to file a court challenge in the coming days.

The pipeline linking Canadian oil sands to U.S. refiners had been blocked for years by former President Barack Obama, who said it would do nothing to reduce fuel prices for U.S. motorists and contribute to emissions linked to global warming.

Trump, however, campaigned on a promise to approve it, saying it would create thousands of jobs and help the oil industry, and signed an executive order soon after taking office in January to advance the project.

The multibillion-dollar Keystone XL pipeline would bring more than 800,000 barrels per day of heavy crude from Canada's oil sands in Alberta into Nebraska, linking to an existing pipeline network feeding U.S. refineries and ports along the Gulf of Mexico.

Keystone XL would not cross North Dakota, but it would have the capacity to transport up to 100,00 barrels of Bakken crude a day from an oil terminal near Baker, Mont.

The need for Bakken pipeline capacity has changed significantly since Keystone XL was first proposed. With the addition of Dakota Access, North Dakota will have pipeline capacity for 1.3 million barrels per day. The state currently produces about 980,000 barrels a day, projected to return to 1 million barrels a day by the end of 2018.

At one time, Keystone XL had commitments to ship 65,000 barrels a day of Bakken crude, a 2014 State Department report showed. TransCanada would not comment Friday on the amount of Bakken crude committed to the pipeline, saying those discussions with customers are ongoing.

All three members of North Dakota's Congressional delegation applauded :Clap: Trump's action Friday.

"Approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline is a clear signal that our nation is once again open for business and that we are committed to building the infrastructure we need now and in the future," said Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.

Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said the project will create temporary construction jobs and permanent jobs and displace oil from hostile countries with oil from "our friendliest, longest neighbor in Canada."

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., said the announcement is "important to renewing the United States' commitment toward mutually beneficial energy solutions with Canada."

Reuters contributed to this report.

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