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Army Corps Denies Easement For Dakota Access Pipeline

Dec 04, 2016 15:25

The Army Corps of Engineers has decided to deny a permit for the construction of a key section of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The decision essentially halts the construction on the 1,172-mile oil pipeline about half a mile south of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The decision is also a victory for the thousands of demonstrators across the ( Read more... )

native americans, north dakota, oil

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eveofrevolution December 4 2016, 23:29:29 UTC

namey December 5 2016, 00:17:36 UTC

Looked weird in the preview for me, but went with it. Currently looks right to me, but will check the real HTML... thought I got that damn caption...

Edit: Yeah, really think it's whatever weird CSS ontdp's got set up. Looks okay now there, and has bigger paragraph breaks everywhere else. >_>

eveofrevolution December 5 2016, 00:35:06 UTC

kate_mct December 4 2016, 23:31:35 UTC

While this sounds great, considering the history of promise keeping by the US Government and Army as regards to Native Americans, I wouldn't celebrate yet.

lightframes December 4 2016, 23:47:29 UTC

This is great news!

elenbarathi December 5 2016, 00:00:31 UTC

Hurray!! Here's another good article:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/04/standing_rock_wins_big_as_army_corps_blocks_key_dakota_access_pipeline_route.html

Call the White House and your representatives to tell them how you feel about this! The more public support, the more they'll be inclined to stand by it.

moonshaz December 5 2016, 00:30:53 UTC

I saw a post about this at the Mother Ship, and I came running right over here to see if it had been posted yet, lol! This is SO fucking awesome.