tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825511530912388870.post2957724758589343383..comments2023-12-05T23:27:05.687-05:00Comments on Wirelesshogan: Reflections from the Hogan: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: Background on the Dakota Access Pipeline Mark Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04210437745178979457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825511530912388870.post-16606774760518555192016-08-24T10:45:58.293-04:002016-08-24T10:45:58.293-04:00On July 25, 2016, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers ...On July 25, 2016, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers granted authorization to the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross Lake Oahe as part of the construction of a 1,100 mile pipeline that is proposed to carry over a half-million barrels of Bakken crude oil to Illinois and across four states...The company’s initial draft environmental assessment of December 9, 2015 made no mention of the fact that the route they chose brings the pipeline near, and could jeopardize, the drinking water of the Tribe and its citizens. It actually omitted the very existence of the tribe on all maps and any analysis, in direct violation of the US environmental justice policies.Mark Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04210437745178979457noreply@blogger.com