In possible roadblock for Keystone XL, pipeline opponents gift land to Ponca

LINCOLN — For five years, opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline and members of the Ponca Indian Tribe have sown native tribal corn in the path of the controversial project as a form of resistance.

Now they’ve planted another potential roadblock.

Last weekend, Art and Helen Tanderup, who farm north of Neligh, Nebraska, deeded the 1.6-acre plot of native corn to the native inhabitants of the land, the Ponca.

Selling the land to the Ponca means not only that TransCanada will have to negotiate with a new landowner, but one that has special legal status as a tribe — a tribe that is opposed to the pipeline. The plot becomes the only tribally owned plot of land on the XL pipeline route in the U.S.

“We want to protect this land. We don’t want to see a pipeline go through,” said Larry Wright Jr., the chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. “If this adds another layer (of opposition) to that issue, we’re happy to be part of that.”

http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/in-possible-roadblock-for-keystone-xl...

There really isn’t too much to say. The bastids who think the world revolves around dirty oil and their bank balance are still at it. They still want that horrible pipeline. They’re pretty sure they’re going to get it too, just like the North Dakota Access Pipeline. The one that’s already sprung multiple leaks. It went into ‘service’ one year ago on June 1, 2017. As of January 2018:

FIVE SPILLS, SIX MONTHS IN OPERATION: DAKOTA ACCESS TRACK RECORD HIGHLIGHTS UNAVOIDABLE REALITY -PIPELINES LEAK

https://theintercept.com/2018/01/09/dakota-access-pipeline-leak-energy-t...

The stupid bastids that build these things are willing to sacrifice our water and food sources for their own greedy ends. Far, far too many people are sitting on their asses just watching the boys and girls that profit from planet killing greed and destruction prosper while everything and everyone else pays the price.

Bottom line. Want future generations to have food and water? Then these guys have GOT to be stopped. This is just one more reason we should be out in the streets.