Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Dakota Pipeline Was Approved by Army Corps over Objections of Three Federal Agencies

Sioux tribe's concerns were echoed in official reports by the EPA and two other agencies, but Army Corps of Engineers brushed them aside.

The Sioux tribe objecting to the Dakota Access pipeline had their concerns echoed by several federal agencies, but those concerns were dismissed in the pipeline's approval. (Credit Getty Images) Click to Enlarge.
Senior officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and two other federal agencies raised serious environmental and safety objections to the North Dakota section of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, the same objections being voiced in a large protest by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe that has so far succeeded in halting construction.

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