A spokesman for Donald Trump said Monday that the president-elect is in favor of building the Dakota Access pipeline, and will revisit the Obama administration’s decision to halt construction until it can be routed around land owned by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
The company behind the project had sought an easement to begin construction. But following months of sometimes violent protests, on Sunday the Army Corps of Engineers said it would find another path for the pipeline.
Trump spokesman Jason Miller said the crude oil conduit is ‘something that we support construction of, and we’ll review the full situation once we’re in the White House and make an appropriate determination at that time.’
North Dakota Republican Sen. John Hoeven said Thursday that Trump’s team had assured him that they sided with the pipeline’s supporters.
‘We have met with President-elect Trump’s transition team on a range of issues, including the need for the new president to issue an easement for the project,’ Hoeven said in a Dec. 1 statement.
‘Today, Mr. Trump expressed his support for the Dakota Access Pipeline, which has met or exceeded all environmental standards set forth by four states and the Army Corps of Engineers.’
The top Republican in Congress criticized the Obama administration on Sunday for the sudden and unexpected decision to deny access for the pipeline to be built near tribal land.
House Speaker Paul Ryan tweeted on Sunday that the decision was ‘big-government decision-making at its worst.’
The Wisconsin Republican tweeted Sunday night that he looks ‘forward to putting this anti-energy presidency behind us.’
Rep. Kevin Cramer, also a North Dakota Republican, said that the move was a ‘chilling signal to others who want to build infrastructure in this country.’
‘I can’t wait for the adults to be in charge on Jan. 20,’ said Cramer, a supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated as president on that day.
Army Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said Sunday in a statement that ‘[a]lthough we have had continuing discussion and exchanges of new information with the Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access, it’s clear that there’s more work to do.’
‘The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing.’
She also added the new routes will be explored using an environmental impact statement, ‘with full public input and analysis’.
The company building the $3.8 billion oil pipeline slammed the Obama administration.
Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners released a statement Sunday night calling the decision ‘just the latest in a series of overt and transparent political actions by an administration which has abandoned the rule of law in favor of currying favor with a narrow and extreme political constituency.’
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters have long argued the project would threaten the its Lake Oahe water source and cultural sites.
Thousands of demonstrators at the Oceti Sakowin campsite erupted into cheers and cries of Mni Wiconi – ‘Water is life’ – went up from the crowd as Sunday’s news spread.
Moments after the decision was announced, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council Chairman Harold Frazier told DailyMail.com that he was ‘shocked’ by the news.
The $3.8 billion pipeline running through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois is mostly complete, except for a segment planned to run under Lake Oahe, which protesters resisted for several months.
Faith Spotted Eagle, an elder of the Ihanktonwan tribe, said: ‘The easement has been denied. We have all come to this gathering being hosted by Mother Earth. I love you all.’
Shailene Woodley, star of the ‘Divergent’ movies and ‘The Fault in Our Stars’, who had previously been arrested while protesting told a huge crowd: ‘We feel so honored to have been a small part of this movement.’
In a statement, Standing Rock tribal chairman Dave Archambault II said: ‘Today, the US Army Corps of engineers announced that it will not be granting the easement to cross Lake Oahe for the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline.
‘Instead, the Corps will be undertaking an environmental impact statement to look at possible alternate routes.’
‘The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will forever be grateful to the Obama administration for this historic decision,’ he added.
But that decision could be short-lived. Trump takes office in just 45 days.
#1: paraclete To: Gatlin (#0)
paraclete posted on 2016-12-07 03:17:09 Reply Private Reply
#2: rlk To: Gatlin (#0)
rlk posted on 2016-12-07 11:58:00 Reply Private Reply
#3: rlk To: paraclete (#1)
Riiiight. They would be better off lving in teepees like the old days and freezing their behinds off during the winter.
rlk posted on 2016-12-07 12:06:23 Reply Private Reply
#4: Hondo68 To: paraclete, Gatlin, Fake News site, Deckard, Army Corp of Engineers blocked DAPL (#1)
The source of this propaganda "truthfeed,com" has been deemed "fake news" by propornot, and the Wahington Post....www.propornot.com/p/the-list.html
Fake News site!
The Army Corp of Engineers blocked the Dakota Access Pipeline, so obviously the Trump spokesman and/or Gatlin-truthfeed, is lying about being in compliance with their standards.
Someone's lying!
Hondo68 posted on 2016-12-07 12:56:59 Reply Private Reply
#5: Deckard To: Gatlin (#0)
Last weekend, a pipeline in North Dakota owned by a Houston-based company, Oasis Petroleum, ruptured. Currently, nearly 70,000 gallons of crude oil has leaked out from this pipeline into the White Earth River, a stream that flows into the Missouri River and also the same river that the #standing rock sioux are trying to protect by protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Deckard posted on 2016-12-07 12:59:44 Reply Private Reply
#6: Deckard To: hondo68 (#4)
It's only "fake news" when Gatlin doesn't like it.
Deckard posted on 2016-12-07 13:01:29 Reply Private Reply
#7: Gatlin To: Deckard (#6)
That's not true.
There is no "Fake News" I like.
I strongly dislike ALL "Fake News."
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Furthermore, thank you for calling to my attention that truthfeed.com is listed as a “Fake News” site at http://www.propornot.com/p/the-list.html.
I join with you in your sincere interest to point out sites that carry “fake News."
Because truthfeed.com is listed as a “Fake News” site….I cease forthwith posting articles or information from truthfeed.com.
I will be more than happy to return the courtesy you have shown to me by calling this “Fake News” site to my attention and I will do the same for you when I see any of the following, or other unnamed sites:
Therefore, I will boldly notify you each and every time an article or information is posted from these sites, or any other sites that are also listed as “Fake News.”Gatlin posted on 2016-12-07 14:55:29 Reply Private Reply
#8: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#7)
You are FUCKEDUPPED IN THE HEAD.
buckeroo posted on 2016-12-07 15:00:32 Reply Private Reply
#9: Deckard To: buckeroo (#8)
Gatlin is a sheep. The only sources he trusts are those directly approved by fed.gov.
Any site that is critical of the government at any level, any site that supports liberty and freedom, or any site that dissents from the official narrative put out by the leftist propaganda outlets is "fake news".
He's too brain dead to understand that the "fake news" meme was orchestrated by leftists in the media who blamed alternative websites for Trump's victory.
In other words - the so-called "fake news" sites were instrumental in defeating Hillary.
Deckard posted on 2016-12-07 16:23:26 Reply Private Reply
#10: Deckard To: Gatlin (#7)
Why? Because some leftist professor blamed these sites for Trump's win and put them on a "list"?
Good grief man - do you ever think before you type?
Deckard posted on 2016-12-07 16:25:52 Reply Private Reply
#11: Fred Mertz To: Deckard, buckeroo (#9)
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Fred Mertz posted on 2016-12-07 16:28:42 Reply Private Reply
#12: Gatlin To: Fred Mertz (#11)
Great choice ...
Gatlin posted on 2016-12-07 17:06:07 Reply Private Reply
#13: Gatlin To: Deckard (#10)
Because I don't like fake news....that's WHY!
Gatlin posted on 2016-12-07 17:07:22 Reply Private Reply
#14: Hondo68 To: Fred Mertz (#11)
Hondo68 posted on 2016-12-07 17:32:21 Reply Private Reply
#15: paraclete To: rlk (#3)
actually they may prefer it but realistically no food
paraclete posted on 2016-12-07 20:14:48 Reply Private Reply
#16: redleghunter To: Gatlin (#7)
Not allowing the use of the above here at LF would mean this site would get a lot smaller.
redleghunter posted on 2016-12-07 20:20:14 Reply Private Reply
#17: redleghunter To: Gatlin (#7)
http://www.redstate.com/kiradavis/2016/11/16/la-times-publishes-list-fake- news-sites-names-redstate-ijreview-blaze/
redleghunter posted on 2016-12-07 20:26:03 Reply Private Reply
#18: Gatlin To: redleghunter (#16)
That's true ...
Gatlin posted on 2016-12-07 21:13:42 Reply Private Reply