What the article doesn't say:
More and more pipelines are being built because the industry discovered a
way to get very dirty oil out of shale by fracking. Most of this oil will be
explorted to other countries by US and Canadian oil companies for profit. It
has nothing to do with US oil independence. We are constantly hearing about
pipelines breaking and oil flooding into pure water or gas contaminating
water and endangering people. And then, there's the question of wo is
actually the owner of the land.
Miriam
Excerpt: "Law enforcement officials arrested 141 people in North Dakota
after police surrounded protesters, deploying pepper spray and armored
vehicles in order to clear hundreds of Native American activists and
supporters from land owned by an oil pipeline company."
Law enforcement evicts Dakota Access Pipeline protesters. (photo: Reuters)
North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Pushed Back From Site After 141 Arrested
By Sam Levin, Nicky Woolf and Damian Carrington, Guardian UK
28 October 16
Deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles marked beginning of new phase to
thwart demonstrations to prevent construction of the controversial oil
pipeline
Law enforcement officials arrested 141 people in North Dakota after police
surrounded protesters, deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles in order
to clear hundreds of Native American activists and supporters from land
owned by an oil pipeline company.
The move marked the beginning of an aggressive new phase in ongoing police
efforts to thwart a months-long demonstration by hundreds of members of more
than 90 Native American tribes to prevent the construction of the
controversial Dakota Access pipeline, which they say would threaten the
regional water supply and destroy sacred sites.
The confrontations marked the most intense conflict to date at the protest,
which has become a flashpoint across the US for Native American rights and
climate change activism.
Clashes between Morton County law enforcement and protesters escalated on
Thursday during a tense all-day standoff, as police pushed protesters off
the private land where the pipeline is slated for construction, forcing
activists to retreat back to the camps that have sprung up since the protest
began in April.
Activists vowed to continue fighting the project after the arrests. More
activists were in custody but had yet to be processed, Morton County sheriff
Kyle Kirchmeier said in a press conference.
Officials claimed that activists set pipeline equipment on fire, and erected
illegal and dangerous roadblocks, forcing police to close in on the
demonstration, deploy pepper spray and arrest activists who failed to comply
with orders.
However, Rose Stiffarm, a cinematographer and member of six Native American
nations including the Chippewa Cree, told the Guardian that the police
response on Thursday was unnecessarily harsh. "The government is attacking
us for protesting, for protecting the water."
She said police were deploying teargas - something Kirchmeier denied - and
said they were "targeting press".
"We are innocent people - women, children and elders," she said.
Dean Dedman Jr, a member of the Standing Rock Hunkpapa tribe from South
Dakota, told the Guardian: "Everybody is still standing strong. We are still
holding the lands."
Dedman, who has been camped out for months, frequently shooting footage of
the protests with his drone, said protesters would not back down even in the
face of hundreds of armed police officers. "We're all just trying to keep
the prayer and keep the singing."
The events unfolded days after the Morton County sheriff's office arrested
127 people in a major sweep, including journalists and film-makers.
Police have made more than 260 arrests since the demonstrations ramped up in
August, and prosecutors have filed a range of charges, including criminal
trespassing, participating in a riot and resisting arrest.
The first round of mass arrests came after a local judge rejected
controversial riot charges against Amy Goodman, a well-known broadcast
journalist and host of Democracy Now! who earned widespread support from
free speech advocates after authorities issued a warrant for her arrest.
Actor Shailene Woodley was also previously arrested at the protests, and
celebrity Mark Ruffalo and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson made headlines
when they traveled to the pipeline standoff this week and publicly
criticized police tactics.
The Standing Rock tribe and a diverse group of Native American groups have
been fighting to block the $3.7bn oil pipeline, which is operated by
Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners and on track to transport fracked crude
from the Bakken oil field in North Dakota to a refinery near Chicago.
It was recently revealed that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
has close ties to the pipeline company. On Thursday, a group of Standing
Rock youth also traveled to New York City to the campaign headquarters of
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to urge her to support the tribe.
The protests began in April when members of the Standing Rock Lakota and
other nations took to horseback to ride to the river's edge and set up a
"spiritual camp", named Sacred Stone, where activists returned on Thursday.
Cecily Fong, spokeswoman for the state department of emergency services,
told the Guardian that the pipeline operator would be in charge of securing
the site once law enforcement successfully removed activists. "Our intent
from the beginning here is that no one gets seriously hurt. We've shown a
lot of patience and discretion."
The security response of the pipeline company, however, has proven to be
controversial. On Wednesday, the Morton County sheriff's office revealed
that some private guards were not properly licensed when they deployed dogs
on unarmed activists.
In a hastily planned press briefing, Kirchmeier told reporters that police
were planning to remain in place "as long as it takes" to keep protesters
off the pipeline's land. Fong also claimed that protesters set fire to
multiple pipeline excavators.
Activists have also tried to fight the project in court, but in September, a
judge denied an attempt by tribal leaders to challenge the legitimacy of the
pipe's construction permits. The federal government, however, announced last
month that it would reassess initial approvals and delay permits.
Earlier in October, climate activists disrupted oil pipelines in North
Dakota, Montana, Minnesota and Washington state, with protest group Climate
Direct Action saying the move was in support of those opposing the Dakota
Access pipeline.
Major protests also occurred in recent years over the proposed Keystone XL
pipeline, which aimed to carry tar sands oil from Alberta to Nebraska and
also pick up Bakken shale oil in Montana. Over 200 protesters were arrested
in 2014 after strapping themselves to the White House fence. Another 50 were
detained in 2013, during a rally led by climate scientist James Hansen,
actor Daryl Hannah and environmental advocate Robert Kennedy Jr.
However, after seven years of fierce debate, Barack Obama rejected the
pipeline in November 2015, saying: "If we're going to prevent large parts of
this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our
lifetimes, we're going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground."
The defeat of Keystone XL was a major coup for climate change campaigners,
who are now battling to stop another proposed pipeline from TransCanada, the
company behind Keystone XL. Called Energy East, it would take tar sand oils
across Canada to the Atlantic, where it would be shipped to the Gulf of
Mexico.
The North Dakota oil boom began in 2006 with the discovery of the Parshall
oil field in the Bakken shale and the use of new fracking and horizontal
drilling technology, which could force oil from formations that could not be
previously tapped. The Bakken formation is the biggest oil producer in the
US, along with Texas's Eagle Ford, but production has peaked.
However, US shale oil remains relatively cheap to produce and there are
signs output is set to increase. The US shale oil and gas boom has
transformed the global energy market and moved the US towards
self-sufficiency. In 2005, 65% of the oil used in the US was imported but
this had plummeted to 28% in 2015.
But scientists calculate that half of all known gas reserves and a third of
oil reserves cannot be burned if the world is to avoid dangerous global
warming, including 85% of Canada's tar sands.
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Law enforcement evicts Dakota Access Pipeline protesters. (photo: Reuters)
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North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Pushed Back From Site After 141 Arrested
By Sam Levin, Nicky Woolf and Damian Carrington, Guardian UK
28 October 16
Deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles marked beginning of new phase to
thwart demonstrations to prevent construction of the controversial oil
pipeline
aw enforcement officials arrested 141 people in North Dakota after police
surrounded protesters, deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles in order
to clear hundreds of Native American activists and supporters from land
owned by an oil pipeline company.
The move marked the beginning of an aggressive new phase in ongoing police
efforts to thwart a months-long demonstration by hundreds of members of more
than 90 Native American tribes to prevent the construction of the
controversial Dakota Access pipeline, which they say would threaten the
regional water supply and destroy sacred sites.
The confrontations marked the most intense conflict to date at the protest,
which has become a flashpoint across the US for Native American rights and
climate change activism.
Clashes between Morton County law enforcement and protesters escalated on
Thursday during a tense all-day standoff, as police pushed protesters off
the private land where the pipeline is slated for construction, forcing
activists to retreat back to the camps that have sprung up since the protest
began in April.
Activists vowed to continue fighting the project after the arrests. More
activists were in custody but had yet to be processed, Morton County sheriff
Kyle Kirchmeier said in a press conference.
Officials claimed that activists set pipeline equipment on fire, and erected
illegal and dangerous roadblocks, forcing police to close in on the
demonstration, deploy pepper spray and arrest activists who failed to comply
with orders.
However, Rose Stiffarm, a cinematographer and member of six Native American
nations including the Chippewa Cree, told the Guardian that the police
response on Thursday was unnecessarily harsh. "The government is attacking
us for protesting, for protecting the water."
She said police were deploying teargas - something Kirchmeier denied - and
said they were "targeting press".
"We are innocent people - women, children and elders," she said.
Dean Dedman Jr, a member of the Standing Rock Hunkpapa tribe from South
Dakota, told the Guardian: "Everybody is still standing strong. We are still
holding the lands."
Dedman, who has been camped out for months, frequently shooting footage of
the protests with his drone, said protesters would not back down even in the
face of hundreds of armed police officers. "We're all just trying to keep
the prayer and keep the singing."
The events unfolded days after the Morton County sheriff's office arrested
127 people in a major sweep, including journalists and film-makers.
Police have made more than 260 arrests since the demonstrations ramped up in
August, and prosecutors have filed a range of charges, including criminal
trespassing, participating in a riot and resisting arrest.
The first round of mass arrests came after a local judge rejected
controversial riot charges against Amy Goodman, a well-known broadcast
journalist and host of Democracy Now! who earned widespread support from
free speech advocates after authorities issued a warrant for her arrest.
Actor Shailene Woodley was also previously arrested at the protests, and
celebrity Mark Ruffalo and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson made headlines
when they traveled to the pipeline standoff this week and publicly
criticized police tactics.
The Standing Rock tribe and a diverse group of Native American groups have
been fighting to block the $3.7bn oil pipeline, which is operated by
Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners and on track to transport fracked crude
from the Bakken oil field in North Dakota to a refinery near Chicago.
It was recently revealed that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
has close ties to the pipeline company. On Thursday, a group of Standing
Rock youth also traveled to New York City to the campaign headquarters of
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to urge her to support the tribe.
The protests began in April when members of the Standing Rock Lakota and
other nations took to horseback to ride to the river's edge and set up a
"spiritual camp", named Sacred Stone, where activists returned on Thursday.
Cecily Fong, spokeswoman for the state department of emergency services,
told the Guardian that the pipeline operator would be in charge of securing
the site once law enforcement successfully removed activists. "Our intent
from the beginning here is that no one gets seriously hurt. We've shown a
lot of patience and discretion."
The security response of the pipeline company, however, has proven to be
controversial. On Wednesday, the Morton County sheriff's office revealed
that some private guards were not properly licensed when they deployed dogs
on unarmed activists.
In a hastily planned press briefing, Kirchmeier told reporters that police
were planning to remain in place "as long as it takes" to keep protesters
off the pipeline's land. Fong also claimed that protesters set fire to
multiple pipeline excavators.
Activists have also tried to fight the project in court, but in September, a
judge denied an attempt by tribal leaders to challenge the legitimacy of the
pipe's construction permits. The federal government, however, announced last
month that it would reassess initial approvals and delay permits.
Earlier in October, climate activists disrupted oil pipelines in North
Dakota, Montana, Minnesota and Washington state, with protest group Climate
Direct Action saying the move was in support of those opposing the Dakota
Access pipeline.
Major protests also occurred in recent years over the proposed Keystone XL
pipeline, which aimed to carry tar sands oil from Alberta to Nebraska and
also pick up Bakken shale oil in Montana. Over 200 protesters were arrested
in 2014 after strapping themselves to the White House fence. Another 50 were
detained in 2013, during a rally led by climate scientist James Hansen,
actor Daryl Hannah and environmental advocate Robert Kennedy Jr.
However, after seven years of fierce debate, Barack Obama rejected the
pipeline in November 2015, saying: "If we're going to prevent large parts of
this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our
lifetimes, we're going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground."
The defeat of Keystone XL was a major coup for climate change campaigners,
who are now battling to stop another proposed pipeline from TransCanada, the
company behind Keystone XL. Called Energy East, it would take tar sand oils
across Canada to the Atlantic, where it would be shipped to the Gulf of
Mexico.
The North Dakota oil boom began in 2006 with the discovery of the Parshall
oil field in the Bakken shale and the use of new fracking and horizontal
drilling technology, which could force oil from formations that could not be
previously tapped. The Bakken formation is the biggest oil producer in the
US, along with Texas's Eagle Ford, but production has peaked.
However, US shale oil remains relatively cheap to produce and there are
signs output is set to increase. The US shale oil and gas boom has
transformed the global energy market and moved the US towards
self-sufficiency. In 2005, 65% of the oil used in the US was imported but
this had plummeted to 28% in 2015.
But scientists calculate that half of all known gas reserves and a third of
oil reserves cannot be burned if the world is to avoid dangerous global
warming, including 85% of Canada's tar sands.
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