Tribe's request denied!

[Lee Borgersen]

      Tribe's request to stop work on Dakota Access pipeline denied.

Business Associated Press · Sep 9, 2016


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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 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 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 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 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 arrested since the protest began in April, including tribal chairman Dave Archambault II, though none stemmed from Saturday's confrontation 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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[Lee Borgersen]

Breaking News As The Drum Beat Goes On & On & On & On!  ..........


                       ANOTHER UPDATE!


Government temporarily halts Dakota Access pipeline near tribal lands


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

 
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.

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 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.

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.

[dew2]

OOPS wrong artical!!Pipeline halted

[Lee Borgersen]

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.

[Lee Borgersen]

  Red Lake supports Standing Rock in protest against Dakota Access Pipeline

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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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[glenn57]

maybe they could burn walleye gutz in there carz, or produce electricity from them too!!!!!!!!!!

[snow1]

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.

[Lee Borgersen]

maybe they could burn walleye gutz in there carz, or produce electricity from them too!!!!!!!!!!

There you go again Tryin to make diamonds outa coal. 

[Lee Borgersen]

   Dakota Access CEO: Company committed to 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  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 unfounded." The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and others argue 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.

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

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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 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.

"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 on its plans to build the pipeline, spokeswoman Vicki Granado underlined comments in an internal memo saying the company is committed 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."

[Lee Borgersen]

  Court: Construction can resume on small stretch of Dakota pipeline

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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

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 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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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" were arrested 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 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, 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.


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. 

Authorities did not immediately comment on the charges. Some of those arrested included video crews who were recording the action for 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,” 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 , Sopariwala said. They left sunflowers in the valves as a symbol of the world they want to build, she said.  (well, in that case they should go free)

“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.


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[snow1]

Trespassers,thro'em in jail...Cut off they're federal aid,its time and way past due.

[Lee Borgersen]

And The Beat Goes On & on & on.......

  'Democracy Now' reporter to plead not guilty to riot charge
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  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

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.

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

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

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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 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, 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, unfettered" journalism about such events.

[Lee Borgersen]

                                  News Update!

10/26/16


  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.

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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."

"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."

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

"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!)

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

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


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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.

                       

                    This is a dark day in more than one way!


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                             Let da games begin!

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

10/27/2016

                         
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.

   

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[Lee Borgersen]

Over 100 ND Pipeline Protesters Arrested


10/30/16

 
I thought 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

 

 

 

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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 and energetic in a way because they want to be the fearless warrior."

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. 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.




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[Leech~~]

First thing they should do is cut off their Snacks! 
It's seemed to work in Oregon! 

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[Lee Borgersen]

  Money pours in for anti-pipeline protest, but will it last?


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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.

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"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."


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[cookie]

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?

[dew2]

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

[snow1]

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.

[savage270]

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.

[snow1]

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.

[savage270]

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!

[snow1]

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.

[glenn57]

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!!!!!!!
 

[Lee Borgersen]

  Obama says Army Corps examining Dakota oil pipeline route.

11/2/16

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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  but will "let it play out for several more weeks."

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"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 statement but said the administration and the Corps should go farther and stop work on the pipeline and do a full environmental impact study.

[snow1]

He and the tribe had their chance two years ago and snubbed the meeting with the corps when appling for the required work permits.

[Lee Borgersen]

  Corps renews call for Dakota Access to stop construction.


By Forum News Service:

 Nov 10, 2016

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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.



Dakota Access Pipeline construction in North Dakota earlier this fall.


     





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[Lee Borgersen]

Dakota Access oil pipeline developer won't consider reroute!


Business Associated Press · Nov 18, 2016

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 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.

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


• More: Dakota Access Pipeline decision unlikely until early 2017

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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.


"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."

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

President Barack 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.

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.

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

 
"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."

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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 violent "repulsive," but he also said the company could have done some things differently.

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

                                   






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