Work on Dakota Access Pipeline halted
Yesterday, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced that it is forcing a rerouting of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This comes as a victory for thousands of people who, in a movement led by indigenous people, have opposed and protested the pipeline, saying that it would...
Yesterday, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced that it is forcing a rerouting of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This comes as a victory for thousands of people who, in a movement led by indigenous people, have opposed and protested the pipeline, saying that it would threaten the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s water source and several sacred cultural sites.
Elizabeth Hoover is a Native American Professor at Brown University, who took 10 students from the group Native Americans at Brown to North Dakota last month to protest the pipeline’s construction. On yesterday’s news, Hoover said she wished she could be more excited.
“I think it’s a step in the right direction, but I’m not as excited as some people. I’ll be excited when Energy Transfer Partners has to pack up all of their equipment, their pipes, their drill,” Hoover said.
The Army Corps decision doesn’t put an end to the pipeline but instead means that more potential sites for the pipeline will be considered.