Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

I apologize if I've missed something. But.... Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?

Re: Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

Because its a wasted conversation.

Re: Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

are you now posting for real, or still using us as an object lesson?

Re: Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

So, where do you fall? Do you support the Native Americans or the oil pipeline corporation?

Re: Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

Don't know. I've not read into the issue much. I like the oil pipeline. I hate the history oil companies have when it comes to maintaining such things.

Re: Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

Why are the Sioux and others protesting the project?

The pipeline has united a number of different interest groups with a variety of objections, but Native Americans have been at the center of the opposition. The pipeline would travel underneath the Missouri River, the primary drinking water source for the Standing Rock Sioux, a tribe of around 10,000 with a reservation in the central part of North and South Dakota. Builders of the pipeline insist that they have taken extraordinary measures to safeguard against disaster, but opponents point out that even the safest pipelines can leak. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has reported more than 3,300 incidents of leaks and ruptures at oil and gas pipelines since 2010. And even the smallest spill could damage the tribe’s water supply. The Standing Rock Sioux also argue that the pipeline traverses a sacred burial ground. And while the land being used for the pipeline is not technically on its reservation, tribal leaders argue that the federal government did not adequately engage the Standing Rock Sioux during the permitting process—a requirement under federal law.

http://time.com/4548566/dakota-acces...ng-rock-sioux/

Re: Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

Re: Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

All of them?

Re: Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

The protestors all use horse and buggy and grow/raise their own food, right? It just wouldn't do if they turned out to be hypocrites...

Re: Why isn't anyone discussing the DAPL Pipeline?
 

The oil pipelines pose a real and historic risk to the watersheds they cross. The tribes are discovering their role in conservation in our nation.

In Wisconsin, the tribes have legal rights that the state cannot touch or ignore.

I celebrate the conservation efforts of the tribes at Standing Rock and elsewhere.

The violent reaction by the state of North Dakota to citizens is terrifying.