Judge grants partial stop on North Dakota pipeline work

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Judge grants partial stop on North Dakota pipeline work

Padmananda Rama, Associated Press

Updated 5:30 pm, Tuesday, September 6, 2016


WASHINGTON (AP) — An American Indian tribe succeeded Tuesday in getting a federal judge to temporarily stop construction on some, but not all, of a portion of a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline, but their broader request still hangs in the balance.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said Tuesday that work will temporarily stop between North Dakota's State Highway 1806 and 20 miles east of Lake Oahe, but will continue west of the highway because he believes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lacks jurisdiction on private land. It wasn't immediately clear how long of a stretch on which work will stop.

He also said he'll rule on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's challenge of federal regulators' decision to grant permits to the Texas-based operators of Dakota Access pipeline, which will cross North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois, by the end of Friday.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Corps-won-t-oppose-tribe-s-request-to-stop-work-9204880.php

[macandsandy]

1. Democracy now has indepth coverage on this issue

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/6/full_exclusive_report_dakota_access_pipeline
and
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/6/did_the_dakota_access_pipeline_company

These oil people are truly evil

[turbinetree]

2. So the judge basically said that he will do what with this

sorta say no, really--------- time to give more money to

Where is Hedi Heitkamp on this issue? Anyone heard anything from her?

Where is Obama on this issue? Anyone hear anything from him?



http://earthjustice.org/

http://standingrock.org/



http://saige.org/words/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/NATIVE-AMERICAN-GRAVES-PROTECTION-AND-REPATRIATION-ACT-saige-2013.pdf

[Arazi]

3. President Obama and SOS Clinton remain silent

I believe only Senator Sanders has spoken out

[turbinetree]

4. Yes, he, Sanders so far has been the only US senator to say anything, in fact the only Congressional

member to say anything. And if I were to see him (Wado)

Lawrence O'Donnell just reported it on his show. (Wado)

This is outrageous, neither one of them has said anything.

Obama can ask for another review

I really hope that a veteran at this meet and greet tomorrow asks a question on this issue.

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/05/02/running-their-lives-500-mile-youth-spiritual-run-against-dakota-access-pipeline-video

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/09/05/dakota-access-pipeline-part-1-legal-encounters-first-kind