Native American tribe members were among those who’ve been protesting the pipeline for months. Tribal members claim the pipeline could contaminate their drinking water and would disturb sacred tribal sites.
U.S. Senator John Hoeven responded to Trump’s support in a statement. “The Obama administration should approve the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline without delay, and also provide assistance to state and local law enforcement.”
An “operations order” for those participating in the event “Veterans Stand for Standing Rock” lists Wes Clark Jr. and Michael Wood Jr. as initial organizers of the December 5-7 activist action. Wood equated the Standing Rock protest action and Black Lives Matter as the “same thing!” in a November 14 tweet.
North Dakota law-enforcement officials will begin warning people who travel to the North Dakota pipeline protest camp that they can be fined for entering a “mandatory evacuation area.”
Rocker Neil Young penned a lengthy letter on Facebook Monday demanding that President Obama “end the violence” against activists protesting the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline being built in North Dakota.
Valerie Richardson reports in the Washington Times that some of the Dakota Access pipeline protesters encamped in North Dakota are complaining that “white people” are treating the protest like a hippie festival.
Actor Mark Ruffalo challenged President Obama’s record on climate change at a rally in Los Angeles Sunday, calling the president an “immoral” hypocrite for referring to himself as a “climate change leader.”
Actress Shailene Woodley was arrested Monday morning and charged with criminal trespassing and engaging in a riot while protesting the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline.
