On September 9, a district court judge by the name of James Boasberg denied the attempt to halt the construction of the pipeline. On that same day, however, the Army declared that the construction that is bordering or under Lake Oahe would stop and would be no further reviews on it.
Violence occurred on November 21st, when authorities used tear gas, water sprays, and rubber bullets on protesters, who say that the protesters were throwing rocks and burning logs. Seventeen protesters were sent to the hospital while one officer was injured due to being hit on the head with a rock.
December 4, the Assistant Army of Secretary Works by the name of Jo-Ellen Darcy declined letting the pipe be built due to looking for alternate routes. Many say Obama was holding off until he was out of office.
This year, January 18, 2017, the Army Corps launched an environmental study on the pipeline, which could take up to two years to complete. A couple days later, on the 24th, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive actions to get the pipe construction advancing. On the 31st, the Acting Secretary of the Army directed the Army Corps of Engineers to proceeded with completing the pipeline, and that it is planned to be approved in days.
By proceeding with the executive order, it will not only harm the many tribes that depend on this lake for as a form of sustenance, but it will also be harming the environment that is already so greatly impacted by human actions. Building the pipeline may perhaps be benefiting some for a short time, but it will gradually have a huge negative impact later, or perhaps in a shorter time span.
Article By: McDow, Jammer, & Maria Hernandez
There is an ongoing issue in North Dakota as we speak. There is an access oil pipeline being built near a reservation. This pipe is supposed to carry oil from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to get to an Illinois pipeline that is already there. The route is right in the territory of a tribe called Standing Rock and it would cross under Lake Oahe, which happens to be that tribe’s drinking source.
In March, 2016 the Iowa regulators approved the pipeline.
In April, later that year, citizens started a peaceful protest which soon turned from small numbers to thousands of people.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers then granted pipeline permits through more than two-hundred water crossings in July. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe did not tolerate that at all, and sued a day later, along with another tribe named Cheyenne River Sioux.
On August 10, the police arrested some of the protesters that were there. Over six-hundred people were arrested by the end of the day.
On September 9, a district court judge by the name of James Boasberg denied the attempt to halt the construction of the pipeline. On that same day, however, the Army declared that the construction that is bordering or under Lake Oahe would stop and would be no further reviews on it.
Violence occurred on November 21st, when authorities used tear gas, water sprays, and rubber bullets on protesters, who say that the protesters were throwing rocks and burning logs. Seventeen protesters were sent to the hospital while one officer was injured due to being hit on the head with a rock.
December 4, the Assistant Army of Secretary Works by the name of Jo-Ellen Darcy declined letting the pipe be built due to looking for alternate routes. Many say Obama was holding off until he was out of office.
This year, January 18, 2017, the Army Corps launched an environmental study on the pipeline, which could take up to two years to complete. A couple days later, on the 24th, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive actions to get the pipe construction advancing. On the 31st, the Acting Secretary of the Army directed the Army Corps of Engineers to proceeded with completing the pipeline, and that it is planned to be approved in days.
By proceeding with the executive order, it will not only harm the many tribes that depend on this lake for as a form of sustenance, but it will also be harming the environment that is already so greatly impacted by human actions. Building the pipeline may perhaps be benefiting some for a short time, but it will gradually have a huge negative impact later, or perhaps in a shorter time span.