Good Guys win for a change! Some bad news/good news Friday on the Dakota Access Pipeline being built to take Bakken crude oil from North Dakota to refineries in Illinois. Led by members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, thousands of protesters have shown up to try to stop the bulldozing of sacred sites in the path of the pipeline (a swath of land, unfortunately, was already bulldozed last weekend), and the tribe sued in federal court to stop the construction on a route that will take the pipeline under the Missouri River. So first, the bad news: U.S. District Judge James Boasberg
Nice Time! Obama Administration Cavalry Comes, Puts Hold On North Dakota Pipeline
Nice Time! Obama Administration Cavalry…
Nice Time! Obama Administration Cavalry Comes, Puts Hold On North Dakota Pipeline
Good Guys win for a change! Some bad news/good news Friday on the Dakota Access Pipeline being built to take Bakken crude oil from North Dakota to refineries in Illinois. Led by members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, thousands of protesters have shown up to try to stop the bulldozing of sacred sites in the path of the pipeline (a swath of land, unfortunately, was already bulldozed last weekend), and the tribe sued in federal court to stop the construction on a route that will take the pipeline under the Missouri River. So first, the bad news: U.S. District Judge James Boasberg