Did Federal Judge just stop Dapl?
Submitted by Tall Bald and Ugly on Sun, 12/04/2016 - 3:27pm
Heard this on my community radio station and have been unable to confirm. The ruling has to do with the environmental impact statement and perhaps redo-ing it? I've been checking and no luck confirming so I thought I'd ask.
Thanks!
peace
edit to add; didn't know where to put this for the most eyeballs, so here ya go! Still looking, but it being Sunday, well, you know how it is.
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I don't know what you have heard, but it's been a bone of
contention that no environmental impact statement for the whole project was ever done. I have read that many piecemeal upgrades and short stretches have been applied for and approved, but environmental lawyers have said that his is an improper end run around that legal intent of the law and should not be allowed.
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
Yes, it's on The Daily Beast
and Sierra Club web sites. I googled it and that's what I found. Sorry, don't know how to orl ode link from my iPad. Army Corps of Engineers says Environmental Impact Study us in order, so halt the pipeline.
Stay strong everyone. It's not over til it's over.
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Sweet!
And thanks RA! I thought maybe I was getting my hopes up too soon. Dog knows we could use some good news.
My understanding is that if they can't ship oil by 1Jan17 then the clients can renegotiate the contracts, perhaps making this unprofitable?
I trust very little(almost none) of lamestreammedia and that colours my view of alternatives, hence my hesitancy in making declarative statements on my understandings.
peace
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I've heard that as well.
Including from at least 1 IRL source that I find very trustworthy. Of course, the same source said that they were super close to completion, so hopefully this is enough of a delay.
I saw a diary headline on DK when I messaged my friend
It's on Twitter and says that the government has denied the DAPL easement and it will be rerouted around Sioux territory.
I suppose that it's still going to be built, but doesn't the pipeline backers have a 12/31 deadline?
I'm happy for all the protectors who put their lives on the line and were injured to see this happen!
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
I did a Google search
And the only hit I got the DK diary, but Meteor Blades has one up with a quote from Jewel Edit to add correct link.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/308702-army-corps-halting-w...
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There is a blurb
on the daily beast, but it doesn't make clear if it's ACE's or a court order.
H/t to RA.
Still looking, will update when I find more. However, if someone else finds something and wants to post a full blown essay, Please do!
peace
edit; oops, thanks Snoopydawg.
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Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
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Now you know. . .
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Army Corps denies easement
I just published this. http://caucus99percent.com/content/standing-rock-breaking-news-army-corp...
Thx for breaking the news, TBU. I'm looking for more info and will update in my essay soon.
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peace
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
From the hill link
Federal officials have denied the final permits required for the Dakota Access Pipeline project in North Dakota.
The Army Corps of Engineers announced Sunday it would instead conduct an environmental impact review of the 1,170-mile pipeline project to determine if there are other ways to route the pipeline to avoid a crossing on the Missouri River.
“Although we have had continuing discussion and exchanges of new information with the Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access, it’s clear that there’s more work to do,” Army Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said in a statement.
“The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing.”
The decision comes after months of protests against the proposed project. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe objects to the pipeline, warning that it threatens their drinking water supply.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/308702-army-corps-halting-w...
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DAPL dead for now?
Army Corp of Engineers denies further easement to Missouri River:
[video: http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/12/04/army-corps-of-engineers-denie...
If the terminus of DAPL or its successor is still Illinois, then the Missouri crossing can be avoided--therefore necessitating crossing of the Mississippi River. I fail to see that this, while being better for the Sioux, represents a victory in the broader environmental picture.
DAPL dead?
DAPL frozen in place