Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/series/protesting-the-pipeline/page/4/)
Beginning in late summer 2016, Native American tribes from across the country and their supporters gathered in North Dakota to protest the Dakota Access pipeline, a 1,200-mile pipeline that would carry oil from the Bakken to Illinois. The Standing Rock Sioux sued the Army Corps of Engineers to stop construction, and the case is making its way through the courts. The conflict is reminiscent of earlier conflicts between tribes and the federal government over infrastructure development on tribal land.
News that construction must stop on part of a controversial oil pipeline is drawing a mixed reaction from the people protesting it. That’s because even though a judge says work on the project can continue, the Obama administration surprised everyone when it announced it would block construction. Now, the fight over the Dakota Access pipeline is ramping up as it spreads from North Dakota to the nation’s capital.
Construction on key parts of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline is on hold after the federal government stepped in Friday. The decision is a victory for the thousands of people who have gathered in North Dakota in recent weeks to protest the $3.7 billion pipeline.
On Thursday, the governor of North Dakota called in the National Guard to assist law enforcement with anticipated protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has been charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief for actions taken during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota on Tuesday.
A federal judge has temporarily halted construction on part of a massive oil pipeline in North Dakota.
Both tribes on Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation have submitted letters of support for the Standing Rock Sioux in the Dakotas as they protest the Dakota Access pipeline.
A battle over a major new oil pipeline is gaining momentum on the ground while it plays out in court. It’s drawing hundreds of Native Americans from tribes throughout the United States to rural North Dakota. They’re hoping to prevent the pipeline from going under the Missouri River next to an Indian reservation.
