The company constructing the Dakota Access pipeline declared on Monday that the project remains on track to start moving oil this week despite recent “coordinated physical attacks” along the line. A court filing on Monday from this company didn’t detail the attacks, but said they “pose threats to life, physical[Read More…]
Tag: North Dakota
Army to allow the completion of Dakota access pipeline
On Tuesday the Army declared that it will allow the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, clearing the way for completion of the disputed four-state project. However, construction could still be delayed because of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which[Read More…]
Clean-up starts at North Dakota pipeline protest camp
A number of dump trucks and heavy machinery were seen at the protest camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Monday. These vehicles cleared a large amount of garbage that has accumulated. Protesters came together for months against plans to route the $3.8 billion pipeline beneath Lake[Read More…]
Protestors take to streets over DAPL nod; Jane Fonda calls Trump a ‘predator-in-chief’.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a document that allows the government to reconsider the construction of Dakota Access Pipeline, a project that was routed in December by Obama Administration due to protest from activists and the native Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Large numbers of activists and Standing Rock[Read More…]
Standing Rock protest: Construction of the controversial pipeline stopped
Native Americans and environmentalists celebrated the victory of ‘Standing Rock’ protest as Obama administration would halt the construction of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). In the most substantial victory of tribals over the Federal government, The US Army Corps of Engineers has informed the protestors that the current route[Read More…]