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After years of legal battles and protests led by the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes alongside environmental activists, there has recently been a hopeful news development for those who oppose DAPL, a fracked oil pipeline built uncomfortably close to Standing Rock reservation and it's water supply.
A federal judge ruled today that Dapl/Dakota Access Pipeline must be shut down and emptied of its oil within thirty days.
Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind DAPL, had their permit for this pipeline rescinded, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were found to have violated the National Environmental Policy Act by granting them a permit to begin with, having not taken sufficient consideration for the threats posed by oil spills. A proper examination of the risks of the pipeline has been ordered with a full environmental impact statement also required.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-e...rt-orders-dakota-access-pipeline-to-shut-down
The war is not over. Though they lost this battle, Energy Transfer Partners has vowed to fight and appeal. However, full environmental reviews normally take several years of study, and even after gathering their resources to reapply for a permit it still may or may not be granted. During this tumultuous year, I will take any positive news developments where I can find them.
I feel glad that the indigenous people of this country who had their lands stolen and their water supply threatened now have an opportunity at least for regrowth.
A federal judge ruled today that Dapl/Dakota Access Pipeline must be shut down and emptied of its oil within thirty days.
Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind DAPL, had their permit for this pipeline rescinded, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were found to have violated the National Environmental Policy Act by granting them a permit to begin with, having not taken sufficient consideration for the threats posed by oil spills. A proper examination of the risks of the pipeline has been ordered with a full environmental impact statement also required.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-e...rt-orders-dakota-access-pipeline-to-shut-down
The war is not over. Though they lost this battle, Energy Transfer Partners has vowed to fight and appeal. However, full environmental reviews normally take several years of study, and even after gathering their resources to reapply for a permit it still may or may not be granted. During this tumultuous year, I will take any positive news developments where I can find them.
I feel glad that the indigenous people of this country who had their lands stolen and their water supply threatened now have an opportunity at least for regrowth.
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